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Michael Ariale

@michaelariale

I build scalable recruiting and people operations for high-growth technology companies.

United States
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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to build scalable recruiting and people operations at a startup or growth-focused company, partnering with leaders on hiring strategy, process design, and high-impact talent outcomes.

At Alma, I scaled end-to-end recruiting across Engineering, Product, GTM, Operations, Marketing, and Leadership, supporting 30%–100%+ year-over-year headcount growth while maintaining a 90–95% offer acceptance rate and a 47-day company-wide time-to-fill average.

I’ve led talent strategy and recruiting teams at Alma, Allma, and EverQuote, including executive searches, hiring from entry-level through SVP, internal mobility, headcount planning, and structured competency-based hiring. I built a TA operations stack using Juicebox, Gem, and Gemini that saved 500+ hours annually, and redesigned hiring processes to reduce time to fill by 15–20%.

I’m drawn to startups and growth-centric companies, where I can partner closely with leaders to build thoughtful, high-performing teams.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

Jun 2022 - May 2026 (3 years 11 months)

-Scaled end-to-end recruiting across Engineering, Product, GTM, Operations, Marketing and Leadership, supporting 30%–100%+ YoY headcount growth while maintaining a 90–95% offer acceptance rate. Maintained 47 day time to fill (TTF) average, company-wide.

-Carried personal reqload of niche leadership and director+ level searches with high focus on sourced candidates, deep profile alignment and rapi

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Head of Talent

Dec 2021 - Jun 2022 (6 months)

-Successfully led the CTO search and brought the candidate to offer within 60 days of start.

-Organized the inaugural in-person offsite, managing the programming, budgeting, and logistics for 15 distributed employees.

*Left role due to lack of product-market fit for the business

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Director of Recruiting

Oct 2020 - Dec 2021 (1 year 2 months)

-Led a team of six to execute hiring goals for a 600+ person organization, overseeing all FTE hiring, interviewing, and talent strategy.

-Managed recruitment across multiple functions, including Engineering, Analytics, Sales, Product, and G&A, from entry-level to SVP.

-Launched and managed the inaugural internal mobility program, resulting in three internal hires within the first three months.

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Founding Advisory Board Member

Sep 2019 - Dec 2021 (2 years 3 months)

Worked as Founding Advisory Board Member at The People Ops Society.

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Senior Recruiting Manager

May 2018 - Oct 2020 (2 years 5 months)

-Reported directly to the CEO and served as the interim Head of People during the search for a Chief People Officer.

-Led the hiring initiative for the inaugural 1099 agent population, hiring over 150 insurance agents in approximately 10 months.

-Led the evaluation and migration from Jobvite to Greenhouse, ensuring zero disruption in data parity or hiring velocity.

-Served as a founding member

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Senior Recruiter

Nov 2017 - May 2018 (6 months)

Worked as Senior Recruiter at EverQuote.

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Recruiter

Jul 2016 - Nov 2017 (1 year 4 months)

Worked as Recruiter at EverQuote.

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Assistant Director of Career Development & Social Media Outreach

Aug 2015 - Jul 2016 (11 months)

Worked as Assistant Director of Career Development & Social Media Outreach at Northeastern University.

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Career Advisor

Jul 2014 - Aug 2015 (1 year 1 month)

• Counsel students and alumni on a variety of career development topics including job searches, resume/cover letter writing, mock behavioral and case interviews, salary negotiating, networking and social media use
• Deliver ~20 career development workshops and classroom presentations each semester to undergraduate students, graduate students and alumni
• Conceptualized, developed and implemented

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Interim Coordinator, Disability Careers Office

Sep 2013 - May 2014 (8 months)

• Consult with multiple Fortune 500 companies on the topics of disability-inclusive diversity in the workplace, recruitment and retention of students with disabilities
• Developed and implemented inaugural "Immersion Excursion" program at UTK. This program gave students an in depth, on location, job shadowing experience with local employers.
• Work directly with employer representatives int

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DCO/COSD Graduate Assistant

Jun 2012 - May 2014 (1 year 11 months)

• Coordinated with Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities (COSD) Executive Director to plan, program and execute the COSD Annual National Conference & FULL ACCESS: COSD Student Summit for Career Exploration
• Conducted student intake meetings through the Disability Careers Office (DCO) at the University of Tennessee
• Planned and executed Disability Mentoring Day and the US Department

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University & Diversity Recruiting - FTP Intern

Jun 2013 - Aug 2013 (2 months)

• Delivered a companywide recruitment and retention strategy for People with Disabilities (PwD)
• Designed and implemented inaugural Merck Disability Career Day, a higher education outreach program
• Conducted research and training briefs for relevant company stakeholders on the ADAAA, Office of Federal Contracting Compliance Programs Regulations, disability etiquette, disclosure and workplace a

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Hall Director

Aug 2010 - May 2012 (1 year 9 months)

• Supervised a co-ed Residence Hall of 185 freshmen and managed a staff of five Resident Advisors
• Managed residence hall budget of $1000.00
• Administered student behavior management sanctions
• Conducted initial training and ongoing staff training throughout the year
• Facilitated Office of Residence Life weekly staff informational meetings
• Formally evaluated staff with constructive feedback

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Resident Advisor

Aug 2009 - May 2010 (9 months)

Worked as Resident Advisor at James Madison University.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Master of Science, College Student Personnel Administration

2012 - 2014

Master of Science in College Student Personnel Administration from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, completed in 2014.

UK

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Master of Science (M.S.), College Student Personnel Administration

2012 - 2014

JU

James Madison University

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Psychology

2008 - 2012

James Madison University logoJU

James Madison University

Bachelor of Science, Psychology

2008 - 2012

Bachelor of Science in Psychology from James Madison University, completed in 2012.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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