Tricia Butler, VP of People

Hiring Isabel was one of the best hiring decisions I have made. She’s one of the most talented and competent recruiters I have ever worked with. She is a very thorough, well-organized, creative individual that is truly passionate about recruiting.  She also understands the recruiting process inside and out.

At the time of her hiring, we were paying agency fees on 60% of technical hires.  Through Isabel’s efforts, we were able to make significant improvements on our hiring stats as she was able to close technical roles with an average of 45-day time to fill without any additional resources/agency fees.  

Among her many talents, Isabel has an amazing ability to connect with people. She is great with both candidates and hiring managers. 

She is incredibly skilled and brought great programs and process improvements to the workplace. These programs raised awareness about diversity in the workplace, and why it is a business imperative. The process improvements included partnering with engineering leaders to change the interview process, which resulted in a significant reduction of interview hours and an on-site to hire ratio of 50%.  She also: created “selling moments” with candidates through each touchpoint during email communication; developed an Interview Plan with defined requirements for each role; and standardized the questions and interview process.  

As well as being an amazing recruiter, she has a great sense of humor and is terrific to work with. I would highly recommend Isabel for her strong work ethic and expertise!

Robert Gash, VP of Engineering

Technical recruiting is one of the most difficult problems most leaders will face. Success requires a talent team that does more than simply follow a process of posting jobs and scheduling candidates, but one that thinks critically about the current market and incorporates candidate feedback to improve the process. This is critical to staying ahead of the market as it changes.

I’ve worked with and hired Isabel at a number of different companies to lead technical talent and hiring. She works to understand the culture, iterates quickly on messaging and outreach strategies, and ensures the entire team moves quickly. What sets her apart is you never have to ask for an update, and we don’t drop the ball. She’s one of the only talent leaders that’s consistently delivered or beat hiring timelines even in very difficult circumstances and has done it without sacrificing quality.

It’s hard to understate say how rare that combination is. I’m a huge fan.

Robbie McAlister, Director of Engineering

Isabel is a fabulous partner in recruiting. She developed a framework for identifying, screening, and interviewing candidates that streamlined hiring for many different engineering roles, reducing the time between first contact and offer acceptance from 2 months to 2 weeks. Isabel made it easy for me to be confident in the candidates entering our pipeline by filtering out anyone that wouldn't have been a great technical contributor to our team. The process she outlined had an additional goal to mitigate the effects of implicit bias with a focus on scoring based on "must haves" and "nice to haves" that pushed us away from risky behavior in interviewing and evaluating candidates. I would quickly seek her help in finding great engineers again.