Jake Nelko

Human Resource Consultant - Lead Recruiter @Washington State Health Care Authority

Olympia, WA, US

Execute full cycle recruiting for a variety of divisions across our agency of 1500+ employees, including information technology, behavioral health and recovery, legal services, auditing and accounting, policy, human resources, and Medicaid customer service. Develop strong relationships with business partners to support their hiring and employee management. Utilize Lean Six Sigma concepts to improve efficiency of recruitment processes.Lead a team of four recruiters through day-to-day coaching on complex HR topics, updating of processes and procedures, and backing up the supervisor. Ensure compliance and that policies and procedures are followed to promote fair and equitable hiring practices. Consult with hiring managers to strategize staff recruitment. Regularly recognized for maintaining consistent communication and problem solving with business partners to ensure their recruitments are successful.Created process instructions and onboarding tools resulting in efficient and consistent service across the recruitment team. Trained new recruiters and presented recruitment process training to supervisors across the agency.Manage a summer high school internship program including collaboration with school districts, recruiting and training supervisors, running full-cycle recruitment, and weekly meetings for students.Lean Consulting Pathway - August 2025Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification - May 2023Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certification - September 2022

University of Pittsburgh

Master of Education

University of Pittsburgh

Bachelor of the Arts