Erik Waldo

About Erik Waldo

Throughout my career, I’ve had the privilege of collaborating with individuals and businesses across diverse industries. Drawing from my experience in sales, account management, marketing, and community engagement, I transitioned into recruiting—a field where I combine my skills with my passion for connecting with people and helping them achieve their goals.In my role as a recruiter, I lead with empathy to earn trust, build lasting relationships, and deliver meaningful results. I\'m highly organized and I strive to improve processes and enhance efficiency wherever possible. I’m committed to continuous learning, taking on new challenges, and seeking exposure to diverse perspectives to grow both personally and professionally.Outside of work, you’ll often find me exploring the nature with my wife and rescue dog, lifting weights, running, cooking, or playing video games with friends. Lately, I’ve also been learning more about geopolitics, investing, AI and emerging technologies.I’m always eager to expand my network and connect with like-minded professionals. Feel free to reach out—I’d love to connect!

Experience

1. Senior Recruiter

   Improving

   Jun 2025 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Manage full-cycle recruiting for a diverse range of technical roles (Full Stack, Platform, Data, AI/ML Engineering) and non-technical roles (Sales, Marketing, Agile Coaches, Business Analysts, Project Managers) across multiple U.S. and Canadian business units. Lead end-to-end hiring processes, including intake, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offers, and onboarding, maintaining a 75% offer acceptance rate and a consistently positive candidate and hiring manager experience. Drive improvements in technical candidate response rates from approximately 30% to 55% by developing new outreach templates, improving outreach personalization, and incorporating LinkedIn best practices. Advise hiring managers by leading structured intake calls and presenting market insights that influence hiring decisions, shape role and job posting design, and establish realistic requirements and timelines. Create interview templates, workflows, and sourcing frameworks that improve candidate quality, reduce midprocess drop-off, and establish consistency across hiring teams. Enhance TA team search accuracy by sharing sourcing insights, experimenting with outreach tactics, and helping recruiters refine strategies for challenging roles, drawing on LinkedIn platform expertise and coaching certification. Leverage ATS and CRM systems to manage pipelines, document search activity, and support talent pooling efforts that enable team-wide visibility and workflow consistency.

Education

• University of Maryland

  Bachelor's Degree, English Language and Literature

  2009 — 2013