Lexie Di Gaeta

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist @Onterris | Recruitment Expert

Canada

About

A seasoned Talent Acquisition partner, wrangler of Information Technology and Software Security experts. She loves working in fast-paced, and high-growth environments. Driven by the desire to develop creative solutions and is fueled by coffee Specialties: Full-Cycle recruitment, Sourcing passive candidates, relationship building with stakeholders and candidates, Building branding, recruitment events, Bias/Diversity and Inclusion coaching and development, Research, Process improvement, University recruitment/intern hiring.

Experience

  • Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Onterris
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Our mission - to help protect the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the soil that feeds us. Every day, our teams work hard to help our clients and our environment, and as a result, we improve lives and increase opportunities for our people, our communities, and our shareholders. Supporting our ARRM, Ground and Surface Water, Soil, Air and Emissions and Ecology teams: ● Partnering with VP, Director level hiring managers across Onterris on hiring initiatives ● Assist with defining and managing workstream scope, deliverables, and outcomes ● Owned all aspect of recruiting process; sourcing, interviewing, candidate engagement process, offers and negotiations ● finding gaps and opportunities to make Process improvements ● Working with branding to build culture, pipelines and hiring events ● Lead new team members on hiring process/policies/KPI and company initiatives

  • Senior Technical Advisor at Cisco
    Mar 2016 - Apr 2024 · 8 yrs 2 mos

    Supporting Cisco's Security Business Group: AMP (Advanced Malware Protection), Umbrella, ThreatGrid, CTR ( Cisco Threat Response), StealthWatch Cloud Security and AnyConnect as well as IT, Enterprise and CX, AI/ML Operating as a one-human-recruiting-machine for a year before we hired another recruiter to join the team, I took over as in-house first recruiting expert. I spent my days finding any and every way to build a strong healthy pipeline, hire high caliber quality, redefine process flow, and branding. • Candidate happiness • Liaise between centralized Cisco Recruitment/HR and local managers/People Ops for a consistently smooth and efficient candidate experience • Partnering with hiring managers on Cisco leveling processes, compensation assessments, requisition compliance, and more • Act as a confidante to candidates by trying to understand their needs and coaching them through the interview process •Partnering with VP and Director level hiring managers across SBG on strategic hiring initiatives. •Mentoring new recruiters on Cisco’s hiring policies, practices and internal systems. •Coordinating recruiting events. Worked with Security Marketing Branding team to engage local Universities in Calgary, Women in Technologies initiatives to build talent pipeline and branding

  • Resource Development Manager at Modis
    Jul 2014 - Mar 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Success is about finding the right fit across people, solutions, environment and objectives. With Modis, you can take a strategic approach to boosting performance through an optimal mix of internal staff, outside consulting resources and project outsourcing. And, because we take the time to properly understand your IT resourcing requirements (and the needs of the candidates we place) and match them appropriately, everyone is more successful. Whether it’s short-term or long-term, mission critical or day-to-day objectives, Modis gives you the ability to acquire the knowledge, resources, skill sets and manpower to be nimble, efficient and strikingly effective in your mission. Experience the difference our Right Fit philosophy makes in your business and your career. Whether you’re a client or a consultant, our mission is to understand your specific needs and help you meet your goals.

  • Marketing and Administrative Assistant at Delizia's Pasta Ltd.
    May 2011 - Sep 2014 · 3 yrs 5 mos

    • Work closely with company owners to build business • Attained new contracts from businesses to build accounts and maintained relationships with new accounts • Provided demos at different businesses in Alberta to gain new contracts • Took care of administrative work in office, set up more efficient computer systems for owner to use, set up training on the new systems, helped to develop new website for company

  • Assistant store manager at Urban Barn
    Jun 2007 - Sep 2014 · 7 yrs 4 mos

    Assistant Manager, Program Developer, Team Trainer • Developed Sales training tools with company to teach across Canada • Excellent working knowledge of SAP, MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint), and POS systems • Experienced with schedule building and maintaining and building relationships between customers and store staff • Have been placed at stores to build stronger teams and dynamic sellers • Awarded Top Seller status in company for 4 years