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Andre Burns
Senior Candidate Development Specialist , Discover Financial
Location: Chicago, IL United States
Joined: Mar 5th, 2026

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Southern IL Univ at Carbondale class of 2012

Undergrad Major: Business Administration

Southern IL Univ at Carbondale class of 2015

Grad Major: Human Resources Management

Experience

I currently work with Discover Financial as Senior Candidate Development Specialist
I have 14 years of experience working in the Human Resources industry.

Senior Candidate Development Specialist | Discover Financial Services
From September 2024 to Current • 2 year(s)
Full-cycle campus and university recruiter for Discover internships and full-time rotational programs, building early talent pipelines for tech focused roles. Hired 87 interns and recent graduates for Summer and Fall 2025 cohorts.

Lead Technical Recruiter | John Deere
From February 2023 to July 2024 • 1 year(s)
Full-cycle recruiter for Software Engineering, Data Engineering, and AI/ML roles from mid-level management to senior leadership. Led team of five recruiters and three sourcers, monitoring KPIs and streamlining hiring processes.

Campus Recruiter | Meta
From May 2022 to September 2022 • 0 year(s)
DEI Campus Recruiter for Meta University, a pathway for non-traditional students to enter Meta's software engineering program. Coached and mentored 43 freshmen and sophomores through CodePath bootcamp.

Lead GTM Technical Recruiter | Google
From June 2021 to February 2022 • 1 year(s)
Led team of recruiters and sourcers to build robust pipelines for Google Cloud Sales organization roles. Maintained weekly KPIs and created 'Sell Call' strategy to increase offer acceptance rate by 15%.

Campus Recruiter | CDW
From January 2021 to June 2021 • 0 year(s)
Full-cycle campus recruiter for corporate functions, customer service, and sales rotational programs. Executed DEI recruitment strategy that exceeded company diversity goals by 10%.

Sr. Campus Recruiter | United Airlines
From September 2019 to December 2020 • 1 year(s)
Full-cycle campus recruiter for Digital Technology and Engineering program, including internships, co-ops, and rotational programs. Created performance metrics to determine ROI of school outreach efforts.

Talent Acquisition Specialist | Chicago Transit Authority
From September 2016 to July 2019 • 3 year(s)
Full-cycle recruiter for corporate functions ranging from mid-level management to executive talent. Developed recruitment strategies to increase workforce diversity and attended career fairs and professional conferences.

Interim Administration Manager | Chicago Transit Authority
From April 2018 to December 2018 • 0 year(s)
Supervised and coordinated administrative activities, programs, and reports for maintenance, transportation and customer assistant functions at multiple locations.

Human Resources Project Specialist II | Chicago Transit Authority
From May 2017 to April 2018 • 1 year(s)
Planned, directed, and coordinated activities of designated projects to ensure goals were accomplished within prescribed time frame. Led cross-functional team to create and update SOPs and user manuals.

Human Resources Assistant | Chicago Transit Authority
From September 2016 to May 2017 • 1 year(s)
Prepared internal and external job postings and coordinated onboarding activities for union/non-union employees and interns. Updated and maintained tracking system for closed requisitions.

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