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WORK EXPERIENCE
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11/2009 - Present
Head of Recruitment Sourcing Strategies - US
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BMO Harris Bank
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Chicago, IL
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Lead recruitment staff and all facets of the recruitment process for the line, departmental SVPs and president levels. - Advise SVPs and president on changing practices, legislation and regulation on recruitment and selection of C-level and top-strata talent; partner with management to identify concrete, measurable position requirements to field qualified candidates.
- Saving millions of operating dollars annually by transforming a high-cost external recruitment and sourcing strategy into a lean, efficient internal function with increased control, minimized risk, improved selection and slashed employee turnover.
- Realizing immediate and ongoing earnings results by personally on-boarding top-revenue producers; renegotiating key vendor contracts, and streamlining time-to-fill processes.
- Prepare and maintain detailed job descriptions and personnel specifications to ensure clear lines of responsibility accountability and expectations.
- Devise and execute position notification strategies to maximize yield while filtering for competency; write job placement notices and advertisements to generate a strong, targeted field of candidates.
- Develop creative recruitment solutions using Web 2.0 and Ning Platform Development to overcome current economic and job market realities to screen for and attract the appropriate level and quality of staff.
- Professionalizing documentation and archive standards to ensure compliance with employment legislation, communicate to all line managers relevant changes and bulletproof the function for internal audits.
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06/2005 - 10/2008
Global Strategic Sourcing Professional
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MERCK & COMPANY
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Illinois
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Provided Global Strategic Sourcing solutions and established recruiting operations/strategies. Hired, trained, motivated and managed overall recruiting, incorporating techniques to reduce cost-per-hire and time-to-fill. - Lowered recruiting costs 20% by establishing an innovative and flexible global strategic sourcing strategy, managing up to 15 full-time and contract employees while directing all vendor management selections.
- Staffed new product/drug launch; accelerating and exceeding hiring expectation nationally and earning the "Award for Excellence" multiple times.
- Created and implemented RIF plans for a project-oriented staffing model; built a matrix to measure talent pipeline and recruiting ROI to rapidly resource new or expanding projects.
- Slashed hiring costs 60% year-over-year by designing the vendor list and sourcing budgets; optimized the national hiring fill rate from less than 80% to 100%; lowered time-to-fill from 45+ days to less than 20 days.
- Developed recruiting and diversity tactics implemented enterprise-wide and managed Immigration Process design and OFCCP compliance, maintaining perfect records during audit.
- Pro-actively readied relationship networks and talent pipelines for future openings; reduced time and costs by building a pipeline of pre-recruited candidates and increased client satisfaction 30 % while maintaining a 99% rating.
- Engaged continuous improvement to actively seek new technology and searching methods, realizing regular cost savings.
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1999 - 2005
Human Capital Resource Consultant
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HRCLICKS
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Illinois
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Delivered human capital solutions to international and domestic clients, offering full-service talent acquisition strategies including sourcing, Internet research, recruitment process automation, competitive intelligence, Data Mining, recruitment SEO for start-ups, expansions and established multinational companies. - Client list includes; Allstate, Sara Lee, U.S. Cellular, Abbott Laboratories, CNA, HR Value Group, Abercrombie & Kent, Inc., Transportation Security Administration, Visual Insights, Totality, SortRite, CUNA Mutual Insurance and more.
- Streamlined corporate talent acquisition processes, technologies and strategies, delivering comprehensive senior-level strategic planning, human capital management and operations for start-up and established organizations.
- Established and managed a range of recruiting, global strategic sourcing, human resources services, including account maintenance, contract negotiations, industry networking, presentations, special events planning, budgeting, college recruiting, quality control and a comprehensive personnel management.
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1996 - 1999
Staffing Manager
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USWeb/CKS
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Illinois
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Spearheaded recruitment and personnel functions, driving staffing from 6 to 80 in pace with and support of growth from $1M to $8.5M in two years, winning specifically-trained, highly-sought individuals to drive and create brand strength for this Internet-solutions firm catering to Fortune 500 clients. - Key in enabling new business development and outplacement services; prioritized college recruiting strategies while reducing operating costs by leveraging an Internet recruiting association to filter for ideal candidates.
- Recruited two Principals, structuring negotiations and multi-leveled, high-reward compensation packages.
- Protect human capital investment by generating and promoting a positive and engaging atmosphere of job satisfaction and employee loyalty.
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1994 - 1996
Senior Technical Recruiter
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NEW RESOURCES CORPORATION
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Illinois
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Implemented an aggressive recruiting campaign to meet the needs of massive new business development for a growing software development company in a competitive market serving Fortune 500 firms. - Selected, managed and trained five recruiters in best-practices to target and win high-demand developers through strategic sourcing, interviewing and contract negotiations.
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Founder
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THE RECRUITER'S ASSOCIATION
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National Organization
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A premier professional recruiting community and forum of leading recruitment professionals interacting and sharing information, knowledge, and opportunities. - Devised and lead strategy for networking and events promoting the latest recruitment sourcing techniques.
- Established chapters and recruited executive board of directors in eight states and built the online presence.
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