Andraya Lund, Cpc Eli-Mp Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Eagan, Mn, Us

Rockford, Minnesota, Us

In her 15 plus years as an HR/Organizational Development & Effectiveness/Talent and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion leader in the Twin Cities, Andraya Lund has had the honor of coaching, leading, and mentoring women of all ages, career levels and stages of life, and leading people initiatives within large, global organizations as well as start-up environments. Andraya's work within The VIP Lab allows her to provide leadership coaching to executives and marginalized professionals and consult with organizations to design, develop and execute strategies that attract diverse talent, effectively lead teams and address talent retention issues through creating inclusive cultures.She is actively designing and leading Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity training programs and Antiracism training; acts as a Keynote speaker at multiple leadership conferences, and leads weekly group coaching for a global women’s networking organization. Access to DE&I and Antiracism training currently offered linked below.Most recently, Andraya is proud to have been called to co-found and lead a remarkable group of people in the Wright County Coalition Against Racism. WCCAR was founded in response to the on-going social injustice in MN and in our country. WCCAR is working to bring education and resources for the members of the community to dismantle systemic racism, foster inclusivity in the community, work with local school systems and law enforcement on Diversity Training programs, and with local government officials on racial justice legislation. Learn more by visiting WCCAR.org.

New York, New York, Us

Tech Ladies is a community of 15,000 women and nonbinary people in tech. Tech Ladies City Organizers hold meetups and events all over the US and Canada. As the volunteer City Organizer for the Twin Cities, I'm excited to represent this great organization to continue to build our network for women in tech! Please connect with me for more details on future events or if you're interested in joining us, please apply at hiretechladies.com.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

The Center of Excellence works to create and execute a long-term strategies for organizational excellence within the IT teams. The work being done within this group is focused on exceptional engineering leadership: Directly supporting the people on the team; managing execution and coordination across various teams; and taking a holistic view to observe & evolve the broader organization and its processes as it grows.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Code42 is a well-funded software as a service (SaaS) company backed by several of the most successful venture capital firms including Accel, JMI, NEA, and Split Rock Partners.Director, Talent & Diversity areas of responsibility included: * Leading a world-class team of Talent professionals to execute against a best in class end to end Talent function with focuses on an engaging candidate experience, top talent identification, career development opportunities, employer brand & value propositioning, and diversity & inclusion. * Strategic HRBP: Assist the business groups up to our CFO and SVP/GM to successfully achieve business goals, objectives and operational excellence through counseling and advising on HR related business matters to improve individual, team and management effectiveness.* Diversity & Inclusion: Designing and management of broad diversity and inclusion program initiatives.* Campus Recruitment & Intern Program: Establishing and managing a robust campus recruitment strategy and internship program.* Development and analysis of comprehensive metrics, accurately assess the effectiveness of talent strategies, and drive process improvements* Strategic workforce planning across the business* Vendor Management: all Third party staffing vendor relationships, contracts, strategy, performance and spend* Monitoring compliance with state and federal regulations, and company policy and procedure* Providing robust HR Project Management

Dulles, Virginia, Us

Leader for large-scale, cross functional recruitment initiatives to develop and strengthen the recruitment functionality & success across the entirety of all divisions. Projects include initiatives to develop robust recruitment marketing strategies to support full lifecycle recruitment activities; creation & execution of multi-level training programs; Process Documentation & Process Improvements; Social Media strategy creation & integration; Diversity and Inclusion programs; HR compliance; and Management of systems & technology utilization/optimization, including managing vendor partnerships.

Continuation of my steadfast work to build and brand a consulting practice that provides quality, strategic solutions for companies that need process improvement, change management, employer brand development and Talent Acquisition & Talent Management solutions. My practice partners with clients to execute talent strategies to bring their team to the next level. Providing strategic planning surrounding Talent Management - Employer Branding, Employer Value Propositioning, Workforce Optimization, Staffing Partnership development, management & negotiation, and strategic talent acquisition strategies. Client industries include: Technology, Sales & Marketing, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Business Services, Retail and Healthcare. Additional services provided to clients, from C-Level individuals looking for a change, boutique organizations to Fortune 100 companies, include: Career Counseling, Employment and On-boarding processes, Contract & Salary negotiations, Sourcing, Social Media strategy, and HR process improvement consultation.As the British mathmatician, Alan During, stated: Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.

Chaska, Mn, Us

Apex International is a personal care & OTC co-manufacturer. As the the head of Talent initiatives, my areas of focus encompassed:* Strategic Talent Acquisition Planning & Development, Implementation and Management - Including process improvement, Talent community/pipeline development, Robust workforce optimization, consultative action plan coaching for hiring managers, implementation of industry best practices, collaboration with other HR team members to implement strategy & streamline processes.* Vendor Relationship development, negotiation and management * Employee Development* Employee Engagement* Overall Employment Brand Awareness definition and implementation* Employer Value Proposition definition* Budgeting & Expenditures* Assessment tools review, recommendation and implementation* Campus Recruiting initiatives* Social Media strategy, implementation and management

As a Strategist and Partner, I have worked steadfastly to build and brand a consulting practice to provide quality, strategic solutions for companies that need process improvement, change management, employer brand development and Talent Acquisition/Management solutions. We partner with clients to execute talent strategies to bring their team to the next level. When partnered with our clients to provide Talent Acquisition consulting services, we focus on talking to the best-of-the-best in the Twin Cities market to join leading organizations that focus on exceptional people, innovation and expertise.Our Chief Talent Consultant, Andraya Thompson, spends the time to learn about you, the candidate - focusing on all aspects of your professional aspirations, not just your competencies. Focusing on your goals, needs & desires allows us to assist you in ensuring the right fit for the next step on your career path.Providing strategic planning surrounding Talent Management - Employer Branding, Employer Value Propositioning, Workforce Optimization, Staffing Partnership development, management & negotiation, and strategic talent acquisition strategies. Client industries include: Technology, Sales & Marketing, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Business Services, Retail and Healthcare. Additional services provided to clients, from C-Level individuals looking for a change, boutique organizations to Fortune 100 companies, include: Career Counseling, Employment and On-boarding processes, Contract & Salary negotiations, Sourcing, Social Media strategy, and HR process improvement consultation.As the British mathmatician, Alan During, stated: Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.Are you ready to change your world?

Provided consultation to the Director for this federally funded college prep program for low income and/or educationally disadvantaged high school students. Designed and updated strategic HR & program design consultation, marketing plan design & development, and project management on multiple initiatives - including UB's annual scholarship ceremony, staff assessment & development, as well as technology upgrade planning.

St. Louis Park, Mn, Us

• Recruit full-time consultants specializing in Microsoft focused software development for this 250 consultant strong, $45 million national IT solutions consulting firm. • Possess expertise in Direct Sourcing and Proactive Recruiting/Talent Acquisition methods to surface high caliber and passive candidates and to maintain candidate pipeline.• Successfully source and screen candidates both in the San Francisco and Minneapolis markets.• Consistently operate above and beyond set monthly expectations of hire, therefore reducing the need to use outside recruiting agencies, reducing external costs. • Proactively conduct research on new and creative recruiting methods of sourcing passive candidates, then presented those methods to the entire recruiting staff.

Glendale, Ca, Us

•Full Life-Cycle Recruiting and Biz Dev/Account Mgmt•Supported a large sales pipeline and effectively move clients through the various stages of the sales cycle efficiently while still prospecting new business for future months and quarters.•Consistently exceeded goal every quarter since hire date with sales numbers from 113%-200% over goal; consistently ranked in the top 10 Account Executives out of 50 in the region.•Recruited and sourced for candidates by utilizing referrals/networking, proprietary resume bank, Internet searches, job postings, career fairs, and cold calling.•Utilized Behavioral Interviewing Techniques /Selection Process through conducting phone screens, in-person interviews, reference checks, and employment processes for consultants.•Negotiated salaries, wages, benefits, completion bonuses, and per diem on candidate’s behalf with my clients.•Human Resource functions, including: Payrolling, Employee Counseling, Terminations, and Career Development

• Planned, staffed, managed, and marketed Events and Corporate meetings.• Consistently maintain pipeline of staff, both for corporate events as well as outsourcing to clients. • Organized catering services for these events, and budgeted costs pertaining to client budgets.• Promoted major beverage companies to advertise at these events, if appropriate. • Negotiated contracts as well as catering, staffing, and security needs. • Worked closely with budgets on these projects to stay within production and promotional costs.• Booked and planned 7 events in the course of a 3 month period generating over $60,000 in sales for each event, as well as accommodating the needs of over 200 patrons for each event. • Organized numerous private parties, banquets, and fund raisers for major restaurants, corporations and clubs. Managed and negotiated with their representatives, recruited proper staff, project manager for vendors and outsourced staff.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Managed and directed, as exclusive contact, between financial consultants, distributors, sales staff and client in order to finalize fundings on big ticket direct sales and leased purchases.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Starting out my corporate career at Target was fantastic! I worked in Real Estate Department and in New Store development. I was responsible for assisting in promoting the development of the Target stores and brand in expanding markets.

Certification With The International Coaching Federation, Executive And Leadership Coaching

I/O Psychology / Organizational Design & Effectiveness

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