Royal Caribbean Group

Lead Talent Partner, Early Career Recruiting

Business Groups: Leadership roles for HR, Finance, Legal, Supply Chain, IT, Medical, and Newbuild

Lead Talent Partner, Leadership Recruiting

Technical Sourcer

Wix.com

Recruiter and Talent Operations for the Sales and Account Management/ Customer Success organization. Led weekly meetings with stakeholders to strategically plan around funnel conversion rate, process length, and source of hire data. Experience in mass hiring (200+ AM growth in <6 months) as well as strategic and executive level searches. Managed hiring events for over 30 sales professionals to decrease our process length by 6 days. Worked with international TA team to research and execute on candidate experience projects. Led referral hiring strategy to increase referrals received by 15% over the past year. Created guidance on internal mobility programs. Advisor to WixRainbow ERG.

Recruiter

Surpassed yearly hiring targets for the world’s most profitable cruise by 150% by placing entry level to senior-level hires across 5 unique departments (Marketing, Revenue, Beverage, Housekeeping, and Shore Excursion Sales). Experienced in sourcing and generating a healthy pipeline through career fairs, LI recruiter, agency partnerships. referrals, and specialty job boards. Used talent market insights and industry benchmarking data to influence decisions within the leadership groups and cross-functional team. Managed data integrity process improvement for Talent Acquisition as the project lead. Partnered with the data analytics team to create recruitment metrics, implement a forecasting system, and gain access to 7 new reports to increase female and diversity hires. 
•	President of Young Professionals Employee Resource Group.
•       Onboarded candidates through monthly new hire ship tours.

Global Recruiter

Aflac

Implemented a strategy of consistent campus presence which led to a doubling of the number of candidates applying for the Sales Intern Program. Recruited over 500 agents throughout the southeast region.
Streamlined evaluation of recruiting metrics such as daily call volume, new applicants, new enrollments, and retention by switching from outdated data collection systems to Excel spreadsheets

Recruiting Manager

Lead Talent Acquisition Partner @ Royal Caribbean Group | Empowering candidates to Job Hunt Like A Recruiter

As a Lead Talent Acquisition Partner at Royal Caribbean Group, I am passionate about helping people find the next piece of the puzzle in their career journey. I lead the recruitment for leadership roles in various business groups, such as HR, Finance, Legal, Supply Chain, IT, Medical, and Newbuild. I leverage data analytics, employer branding, and diversity and inclusion strategies to attract and retain top talent in the cruise industry. 

I hold a Master of Science in Management from the University of Florida, where I also completed a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. I have also obtained a Certificate of HR Data Analytics from Cornell University and participated in business and Spanish exchange programs at Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and Universidad de Salamanca. I am fluent in English and Spanish and have a Bloomberg Certification and a Certified Gator Professional credential. 

Outside of work, I create content on here to help empower candidates to "Job Hunt Like A Recruiter". I host live webinars, coaching sessions, and provide templates for folks to recharge their search. Check out the link in my bio to learn more!

Nicole Fernandez-Valle

Goodby Silverstein & Partners

Xfinity & Xfinity Mobile
Comcast Business
Bibigo
Kawasaki

Jr Research & Analytics Strategist

- Aggregate and interpret campaign and extant data to uncover valuable insights and trends.
- Leverage R programming skills to import and merge disparate data
  e.g., Sprinklr media data with GS creative-level data to evaluate media performance at the creative level.
- Conduct deep social listening via Brandwatch to provide consumer insights and identify trends.
- Work across various client projects, new business, and internal projects.
- Synthesize results into clear and visual-pleasing dashboards, reports, and client reports.
- Assisting in creative briefs and providing data to support the creative recommendations. 
- Providing actionable insights to inform campaign optimization for the creative team and client decision-making
- Provide ad-hoc research and/or analytical support

Analytics Strategist Intern

Master of Applied Data Science Online | University of San Diego

GPA: 3.92

Completed Coursework:
* Probability & Statistics for Engineers
* Data Science Programming (R, Python, SQL)
* Foundations of Data Science (Ethics & CRISP-DM)
* Applied Data Mining (R, Python)
* Applied Data Science for Business: Use-case Based Course (R, Python, Tableau)
* Applied Time Series (R)
* Practical Data Engineering (AWS, dbt)
* Applied Cloud Computing (AWS)
* Applied Predictive Modeling (R)
* Applied Machine Learning (Python)
* Applied Text Mining (Python)
* Capstone Project (Python, AWS)

Completed Projects: 

Models developed: Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machines, Random Forest, Neural Network, Decision Trees, Extra Trees, Naive Bayes, Linear Regression, ARIMA

* Online Shopper Intention - Predicting Purchase Likelihood                                                                                                     
* Predicting the Likelihood of H1N1 Vaccination using Data Mining Methods                                                                              
* Predicting Churn for Credit Card Customers using Data Mining Methods				                     
* Ten EV Stocks to Watch Tableau Dashboard								     
* Time Series Analysis of Zillow's Home Value Zestimate®
* Predicting Departure Delays: Case Study of December 2019
* A Machine Learning Approach for Identifying Malicious Android Applications based on Application Permissions
* NLP Analysis of Streaming Service App Reviews
* An Evaluation of Strategies Using Natural Language Processing and Yelp for Detecting and Mitigating Crisis-Related Reputational Damage for Restaurants

Graduate Student

Ajilon is now LHH

Supported: Ajilon | Ajilon HR | Paladin | Parker & Lynch Consulting
Developed and executed staffing business strategy for the San Francisco Peninsula territory.

Senior Manager of Business Development and Strategy

House of Webster

Led Sales strategy, business analytics, and account management for Retail, Wholesale, Contract Manufacturing for a medium-sized specialty food manufacturer.

Director of Sales

Promoted to oversee Wholesale and contract manufacturing business for a medium-sized specialty food manufacturer.

Wholesale & Contract Manufacturing Sales Manager

Led business strategy for Wholesale accounts for a medium-sized specialty food manufacturer.

Wholesale Sales Manager

As a Jr Research & Analytics Strategist at Goodby Silverstein & Partners, I apply my data science skills and business acumen to provide valuable insights and recommendations for various client projects, new business, and internal initiatives. I aggregate and interpret campaign and extant data, conduct deep social listening, and synthesize results into clear and visually pleasing dashboards, reports, and client presentations. I also assist in creative briefs and support campaign optimization using R, Python, and Brandwatch.

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