# Rachel Urbelis > Talent Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/rachelurbelis Former D1 college athlete. ## Work Experience ### Talent @ Homebase Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Consultant @ Stealth Startup Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 Helping various startups scale 0-1. ### Head of People @ Simple Habit Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 ### Senior Technical Recruiter @ Simple Habit Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 Owning all Recruiting, HR & People Operations ### Founding Recruiter @ Simple Habit Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Hired as Simple Habit's 1st recruiter. Built 0-1. Scaled the team from 5-50 in under 3 months (50% technical roles). ### Founding Recruiter @ Tempo Automation Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Hired as Tempo's 1st recruiter. • Hired 75+ employees in under 11 months in all disciplines including Engineering, Business, Sales, Manufacturing, Logistics, Marketing and Product ranging in management to individual contributor level. • Managed two technical recruiters ### Account Manager & Senior Technical Recruiter Lead @ Aerotek Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Aerotek Engineering is the largest engineering staffing provider in the United States. We also offer custom engineering services and solutions to fit specific client needs. I provide Engineering staffing and services to companies in the San Francisco Bay area with a focus in: • Mechanical Design • Software Engineering • Hardware Design/Engineering • Applications/UI Development • Test Engineering • Systems Engineering ### Senior Technical Recruiter @ Aerotek Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 ### Technical Recruiter @ Aerotek Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Greater Chicago Area Specialties: Engineering • Full cycle technical recruiter specializing in hardware and embedded systems recruiting for consumer electronics and medical device companies throughout the Bay Area. • Responsible for sourcing and identifying top candidates through various different strategies including cold calling, LinkedIn connections, hosting networking events, and referral generation. • Screened candidates for technical fit to job requisition down to the component, fixture, or code level. • Individually prepared each candidate for every interview process by highlighting how to address strengths and weaknesses, providing hiring manager feedback, and describing how to word answers in the most effective manner to win the interview. • Implement sourcing strategies to target passive candidates through internal databases and ATS through SalesForce, acquiring referrals, direct sourcing, Boolean searches, LinkedIn, Indeed, CareerBuilder, social media, networking events, and cold calling • Partner with hiring managers to fully understand staffing needs and develop ideal candidate profiles • Complete on-boarding process including reference and background checks • Conduct a thorough pre-screening process which includes a phone screen and face-to-face behavioral interviews • Negotiate salary requirements to close offers with candidates • Continuously develop rapport and build relationships with candidates to ensure high retention rates • Exceed company's standards and activity goals while developing other Junior Recruiters along the way. • Influenced hiring decisions by providing references, work portfolios, and coding tests as selling points. ### Social Media Intern @ Flex Direct Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Manhattan, New York Updated social media platforms, designed and created professional web layout from scratch, organize and schedule in-person and phone interviews for Account Managers, promoted and advertised specific target market articles to broad audience members ### Social Media & Content Intern @ Pricing Nation Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Manhattan, New York Conduct, measure and analyze various social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, Pinterest, ect.), formalized intake survey data amongst other interns nationally and tested target markets with daily content updates ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Communication and Media Studies Mercer University Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 ### Bachelor's Degree of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Organizational and Corporate Communication Northern Illinois University Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 ### highschool diploma in Corporate and Organizational Communication Geneva High School Jan 2004 – Jan 2008 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rachelheidiurbelis --- Source: https://flows.cv/rachelurbelis JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/rachelurbelis/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25