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William Sever

@williamsever

Recruiting Business Partner at Amazon, using AI to strengthen recruiting and sourcing across supported organizations.

United States
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At Amazon, I partner with senior leaders on workforce planning and use recruiting metrics to inform priorities and strategies across organizations. I also use AI tools in recruiting, sourcing, data analysis, and leadership reporting.

I lead hiring-related training to improve interviewing skills and help calibrate interviewers. I also mentor recruiting business partners, full life cycle recruiters, and sourcers across partnered organizations.

As a Senior Recruiter at Amazon, I led full life cycle recruiting for technical and non-technical roles, focusing on underrepresented groups. I developed inclusive sourcing strategies with business leaders and HR partners.

Earlier, as Training Coordinator and Curriculum Manager at the US Navy, I developed the Basic Division Officer’s Course, which was established fleet wide. I also created a student evaluation system and course data analytics that increased positive feedback by 25 percent.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

AM
Current

Sr. Recruiting Business Partner

Amazon

Mar 2024 - Present (2 years 7 months)

- Communicates across an increasing inclusion of locales, roles, and functions (e.g., Design, product/program, engineering, Functional Marketing, Finance, PR, Sales, external partners). Earns trust to present decisions to Csuite. Leverages a wide variety of AI tools daily when analyzing data, creating reports and in all recruiting and Hiring processes.
- Use of AI to help write narratives (e.g., 6

AM

Senior Recruiter

Amazon

Sep 2022 - Mar 2024 (1 year 6 months)

• Led full life cycle recruiting efforts for technical and non-technical roles, focusing on underrepresented groups.
• Developed and implemented Inclusive sourcing strategies in collaboration with business leaders and HR partners.
• Fostered strong relationships with candidates and stakeholders to create inclusive hiring practices.

AM

Technical and Non Technical Diversity Recruiter

Amazon

Dec 2020 - Sep 2022 (1 year 9 months)

Mentor and help develop team members and Identify technical and non technical professionals throughout the US and source through social media, network, obtain referrals, search job boards, databases and write targeted Boolean strings.

Daily operations include:

- Create Strategic Recruiting initiatives in the Technical/Nontechnical/DEI spaces.
- Develop and maintain close partnerships with Senior

AM

Technical and Non Technical Recruiter

Amazon

Jul 2020 - Dec 2020 (5 months)

Sourced and Recruited both Technical and Non Technical candidates and placed them in Amazon's Covid Testing Center.

AM

Technical Recruiter

Amazon

Feb 2020 - Jul 2020 (5 months)

Worked as Technical Recruiter at Amazon.

HG

Lead Senior Technical Recruiter

Harvey Nash Group

Aug 2018 - Jan 2020 (1 year 5 months)

• Led and developed a high-performing team of Sourcers and Full Life Cycle Recruiters.
• Cultivated professional relationships with candidates to enhance the recruitment experience.
• Collaborated with Business Development and Hiring Managers to align on client needs.
• Conducted thorough screenings and reference checks to ensure candidate quality.

XF

Technical Recruiter

XFL

Jul 2019 - Sep 2019 (2 months)

Harvey Nash/XFL - IT Recruiter for XFL RPO, responsible for hiring Information Technology Professionals. Great familiarity with multiple ATS programs including Greenhouse.

OT

Technical Candidate Recruiter

Orion Talent

Jun 2017 - Jul 2018 (1 year 1 month)

A part of a top performing technical recruiting team. Assists Veterans, while using invaluable Sales and Marketing experience in a high-paced environment. Works with transitioning and recently transitioned military members and aids them in their transition to a new career in Corporate America. Placed candidates in positions within Tech companies including but not limited to;
Project Management,

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Training Site Director

Oct 2016 - Jun 2017 (8 months)

• Led a team of 20 instructors, producing thousands of graduates annually, enhancing fleet performance.
• Managed the implementation of new training evaluations, improving classroom instruction effectiveness by 15%.
• Oversaw regional administrative program repairs, increasing tracking efficiencies by 25% and streamlining communication.

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Senior Administrative and Human Resource Department Head

Aug 2013 - Oct 2016 (3 years 2 months)

• Leader of leaders. Led a department of six divisions of military and civilians totaling 100 - 200 personnel.
• Established and influenced manpower, HR initiatives and strategies while working with higher headquarters. Effectively identified and filled position gaps within the organization increasing underfilled percentages from 20% to under 5%. Executed talent placement and managed hundreds

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Senior Administrative and Human Resource Department Head

Jun 2010 - Aug 2013 (3 years 2 months)

• Leader of leaders. Led a department of four divisions of military and civilian personnel totaling 100+ personnel.
• Volunteered as a liaison to help bridge the cultural gap between over 45 Air Force, Army, Marine, Navy and Federal Civilian organizations located within Joint Base Charleston during the 2010-2011 transition.
• Established manpower strategy and HR initiatives to cultivate mission

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Training Coordinator and Curriculum Manager

Jun 2008 - Jun 2010 (2 years)

• Developed, established and managed a highly successful course for junior Officers, Basic Division Officer’s Course (BDOC), at Afloat Training Group Mayport. Continuously evaluated curriculum and managed course development including Navigation, Engineering, Weapons systems and Managerial services. BDOC was established fleet wide and now processes thousands of Surface Warfare Officers annually.

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Main Propulsion Officer

May 2007 - Jun 2008 (1 year 1 month)

Leader of leaders. Led and managed a division of 65 Sailors on board USS THE SULLIVANS. Managed the maintenance of Engineering Department's Gas Turbines and Generators and all affiliated equipment and spaces.

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Weapons, Security Technician and Operations

Jun 1994 - May 2007 (12 years 11 months)

As a Weapons Technician, Built MK 48 ADCAP Torpedoes, Maintained Weapon Systems on two separate ship platforms involving, Electrical, Mechanical and Electronic actions. Attended basic and advanced training as a Maintenance Technician.

A front line supervisor: Led, short term and long term maintenance actions for groups of 2 - 10 personnel. Created and Maintained rotating watch bills for Secur

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

SU

Saint Leo University

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Human Resources Management and Services

2014 - 2016

JU

Jacksonville University

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science

2004 - 2007

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