Laís Ferrarezi

I am deeply committed to giving back to the community by providing guidance and mentorship to LatinX professionals in their career journeys.

•Led the creation of a strategic approach for executive hiring, establishing a new, standardized process focused on quality and efficiency. •Successfully reduced agency fees and decreased overall cost per hire. •Achieved a 50% reduction in time to fill positions, ensuring faster placement of top talent. •Established and maintained strong relationships with senior directors to C-level executives, ensuring alignment and support for talent initiatives. •Created a long-term roadmap for the talent acquisition function, ensuring sustained success and continuous improvement. •Created High-Efficiency Talent Advisor Framework for the global recruiting team, enhancing performance, and facilitating training and development.

Reported to CSO/Founder, directed comprehensive talent acquisition strategy for rapidly growing global software consultancy in US, LATAM, Canada, EMEA, and APAC. Led a global team of 70 people, including directors, managers, recruiters, sourcers, and analysts and oversaw budget. Built a recruiting roadmap to align with business goals while prioritizing scalability and candidate experience. Influenced leadership and collaborated across departments to deliver on aggressive hiring needs. Supported the development of in-house ATS system. Researched and leveraged data to drive decision making. •Reduced time to fill rate by 50% with 100% continued quality hires, implementing Agile framework, improving efficiency, and filling 80% of openings with vetted candidates in pipeline •Exceeded goal with 750 new hires for 2021, introducing time saving recruitment strategies and streamlining processes •Trained 60+ technical professionals in 3 months hitting 80% billable in Q2 with creation and launch of internal training program to ensure ready-to-go candidates for clients •Hit target, hiring 100 consultants in year 1 of LATAM expansion •Hired and scaled a global sales team from the ground up to support the company’s rapid growth and global expansion •Oversaw promotion of 20+ team members, executing training and mentoring for learning, growth, and success •Improved sourcer performance by 40% with additional training, mentorship, and management support •Spearheaded and executed comprehensive Employer Branding initiatives, resulting in increased company visibility and attracting top talent to the organization •Developed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) programs, fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace culture that improved employee satisfaction and productivity

Manage team of 17 recruiters/sourcers, expanding oversight to include US, Canada, and Brazil, optimizing performance for maximum candidate generation. •Boosted performance metric by 60%, establishing bonus structure, driving daily goals, and improving workflow •Saved company $500K/year, spearheading major growth and leveling up of offshore senior recruiting team •Increased referrals from 200 to 4000 in 3 weeks by developing and launching innovative referral program •Grew new hires by 133% in 2019 by leveraging TN Visa program, establishing relocation package, and maximizing training for talent acquisition team •Increased applicants from 7K to 47K in 1 year with aggressive marketing; accelerated sourcing by 57% in Brazil, initiating LinkedIn Enterprise while maintaining same cost per hire •Established and pioneered the role of Career Advisor within the organization, providing strategic guidance and mentorship to high-level executives. Spearheaded the implementation of comprehensive career development initiatives across the company, driving professional growth and employee engagement at all levels

Built talent strategy and recruitment roadmap for office in Brazil. Analyzed market data, established processes, created targets, and introduced recruiter training to meet hiring needs. • Recruited,hired,and trained recruiting team of 8 direct reports in less than 1 year • Pioneered competence behavior assessment for candidates and led roll-out; process embedded in recruitment strategy and serves as global standard for the company

Graduated from the Founder Institute Silicon Valley accelerator.