Ashli Hicks

About

Full-cycle recruiter who specializes in unblocking stalled searches and driving tight feedback loops—closed a senior DevOps role that had been open 180 days in under 42 days by resetting intake, sourcing via LinkedIn/GitHub, and pre-closing through competing offers. Has operated in high-throughput environments managing 30+ requisitions using pipeline health, time-in-stage, and conversion metrics to catch bottlenecks early.

Key Strengths

• Turned around a 180-day-stalled senior DevOps search and closed in under 42 days
• Strong intake reset: narrowed must-haves and aligned hiring manager expectations
• Targeted sourcing across LinkedIn and GitHub for cloud/scaling profiles
• Runs structured screens and produces detailed candidate summaries
• Creates tight process control via fast scheduling and feedback turnaround
• Uses pipeline metrics and market data to unblock slow/indecisive hiring managers
• Operates with a weekly/daily cadence and leading indicators (pipeline depth, time-in-stage)
• High-throughput recruiting experience managing 30+ requisitions

Reference Highlights

• efficient recruiter
• professional
• valuable to people teams
• smooth recruitment experience
• deep understanding of hiring manager needs
• forward-thinking about evolving role requirements
• reflective and insightful
• strong candidate judgment
• aligns interview process to job and team culture
• successful hiring across many functions and role types
• built a strong GM team across North America
• excellent expectation-setting
• proactive
• system builder
• effective process design
• works well under tight timelines
• delivers quickly
• handles shifting priorities well
• maintains a positive attitude
• energizing presence
• calm under pressure
• professional with strong personalities
• able to challenge leaders constructively
• good decision influence
• efficient with recruiting tools
• organized tracking and documentation
• maintains clean workflow stages
• experience across full recruiting lifecycle
• supported both technical and non-technical roles
• effective stakeholder management when priorities are clear
• good candidate follow-up on status
• partners with stakeholders to improve candidate experience
• able to lead recruiting strategy when expectations are clear
• average time-to-hire of 37 days
• average time-to-submit (ATS) of 13 days
• proactively kept hiring managers aligned on timelines and blockers
• able to pivot quickly with changing business needs
• assesses candidate alignment and contributes to hiring outcomes
• solid foundation in recruiting operations

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