Lauren Raub (Ortiz), Shrm Cp
About Lauren Raub (Ortiz), Shrm Cp
Lauren Raub (Ortiz) is a Talent Acquisition Manager with extensive experience in recruiting and employee benefits. She has held various roles in companies such as H1, Raley's, and Amazon Web Services, and currently advocates for personalized employee benefits at Benepass.
Current Role at Benepass
Lauren Raub serves as the Talent Acquisition Manager at Benepass, a position she has held since 2022. In this role, she focuses on redefining employee benefits to ensure they are meaningful and individualized. As the founding Talent Acquisition Manager, she is instrumental in creating recruiting processes that align with the company's mission to enhance employee experiences.
Previous Experience in Talent Acquisition
Prior to joining Benepass, Lauren held several key positions in talent acquisition. She worked as the Talent Acquisition Lead - Technical at H1 from 2021 to 2022 in New York. Before that, she was a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Raley's from 2020 to 2021 in the Sacramento area. Her experience also includes roles at SkySlope as a Corporate Recruiter and at Culver Careers as a Recruiter.
Expertise in Recruitment and Operations
Lauren possesses extensive expertise in full-cycle recruiting, strategic sourcing, and operations. She is skilled in mentoring, interview training and coaching, marketing, and branding. Her passion lies in creating recruiting processes and organizations from scratch, which she has successfully implemented throughout her career.
Educational Background
Lauren studied Communication and Media Studies at California State University, Northridge, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from 2011 to 2013. Additionally, she attended California State University, Monterey Bay, achieving another Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication and Media Studies from 2009 to 2011.
Career History and Early Roles
Lauren's career began in sales at Nordstrom, where she worked for eight years from 2006 to 2014 in the San Francisco Bay Area. She later transitioned to marketing as a Marketing Assistant at Simon Property Group from 2015 to 2016. Additionally, she worked as a Technical Recruiter at Amazon Web Services (AWS) for six months in 2019.