Engineering Recruiter & Sourcer @ Building the teams that help Airbnb make data-driven decisions. From March 2014 to Present (1 year 10 months) Technical Sourcer / Recruiter @ Sourcing and developing software engineers for all product areas within Google. From April 2013 to March 2014 (1 year) Sr. Technical Recruiter / Account Manager @ *The Coit Group is a boutique recruiting firm headquartered in San Francisco, providing direct hire staffing solutions to start-­up and tech public companies alike. *Responsible for working with top tier Venture Capital firms to quickly expand innovative Silicon Valley companies. *Specialized in several Software Engineering roles representing 11 Clients, including 1 as the sole Account Manager. *Complete participation in the recruiting process including sourcing passive candidates through initial screening to liaising between candidates and Hiring Managers, ultimately resulting in closing the engineers for permanent full-time placements within the start up. *Helped Coit Group team be listed as “Bay Areas’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies” and "Best Agency in San Francisco”. From July 2012 to March 2013 (9 months) San Francisco Bay AreaGraduate Student @ M.A. Media Studies~ a broad introduction to scholarly literature in mass communication ~ Social Science Track. ~Worked with Professor Lawrence M. Friedman- Professor of Law at Stanford & Faculty Sponsor for Stanford Program in Law & Society~ From September 2011 to June 2012 (10 months) Summer Sales / Marketing Representative @ (Louisville Slugger) From June 2011 to August 2011 (3 months) Research Assistant @ Research Assistant for the Mind Culture Society Lab within the Psychology Department at Stanford University. The Mind Culture Society Lab explores the ways in which the sociocultural environment and its products shape psychological experience. More specifically, research in the MCS lab examines how race, ethnicity, culture, gender, and social class affect perception, attitudes, motivation, and behavior. From September 2010 to June 2011 (10 months) Student-Athlete (Varsity Softball) @ Shake that Cardinal. From September 2007 to June 2011 (3 years 10 months) Public Relations Intern @ From June 2009 to September 2010 (1 year 4 months) Legal Associate Intern @ From June 2008 to September 2008 (4 months) Greater Los Angeles AreaTrainer @ Trainer at HOPS sports training facility in the Santa Clarita Valley, specifically working with softball and baseball players. From September 2005 to June 2007 (1 year 10 months)

Master of Arts (M.A.), Communication -Media Studies @ Stanford University From 2011 to 2012 Bachelor of Arts (BA), Psychology; Mind, Culture, Society Track @ Stanford University From 2007 to 2011 Saugus High School From 2004 to 2007 Melisa Fich is skilled in: Recruiting, Technical Recruiting, Social Networking, Applicant Tracking Systems, Management, Public Relations, Team Building, Profiling, Brand Development, Software Engineering