Ben C.

About Ben C.

A research-first approach to talent acquisition, applied consistently across Energy, Technology, Healthcare, and Professional Services, has contributed to 300+ hires and measurable improvements in hiring efficiency across every function worked on.Core strengths lie in the process and infrastructure side of talent acquisition: structured intake and stakeholder calibration, CRM and ATS workflow optimization, candidate pipeline development, and building hiring systems that scale. Experience includes taking full ownership of a recruitment function — completely redesigning sourcing workflows, data management, and team alignment — reducing time-to-fill from 45 to 35 days, and mentoring team members on recruitment process and outreach strategy.Currently consulting with MBC Talent Connections on full-cycle searches across senior and specialized roles in professional services across the US. The work is research-intensive and relationship-driven — identifying and engaging passive, senior-level professionals who require a considered, long-term approach.Founder of Black Sapphire Group LLC, a business services holding company based in Atlanta, GA, with Black Sapphire Recruitment as its first operating division — a talent acquisition practice built on the same principles that have shaped the work so far.Open to full-time opportunities in Talent Acquisition and Recruiting Research — corporate, agency, or hybrid. Atlanta, GA. Open to remote roles across the US. No sponsorship required.

Experience

1. Talent Acquisition Consultant

   Mbc Talent Connections

   Nov 2025 — Present

   Conducting full-cycle searches across professional services roles in the US, with a research-led approach to identifying and engaging professionals not actively in the market.• Analyze each role across position scope, compensation benchmarks, client context, and talent market landscape before sourcing begins.• Map target organizations, apply Boolean search and competitive intelligence techniques to identify passive professionals, and engage through research-informed, personalized outreach.• Design and deploy AI-assisted outreach and screening templates using prompt engineering, improving engagement consistency and efficiency across active searches.

Education

• Labour India Gurukulam Public School

  Higher Secondary Certificate, Science

  2006 — 2007

• NIFE - TUV Rheinland

  Diploma, Fire and Safety

  2016 — 2017

• United Indian School, Kuwait

  Higher Secondary School, Mathematics and Computer Science

  1993 — 2006

• Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

  Bachelor's degree, Business Management with Computer Applications

  2007 — 2011