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St. Paul, MN

- Develops and executes recruiting & sourcing strategies for a wide variety of complex and volume-based positions, including director level openings.- Assesses candidates’ qualifications and matches to the requirements of current and future openings.- Proficient in LinkedIn, HootSuite, and Handshake for employment branding.- Directed the Fall 2024 campus.

St. Paul, MN

- Established, lead, and championed the sourcing function at Securian Financial as the company's first full-time, dedicated Talent Sourcer.- Responsible for the identification, research, and generation of talent leads to fill open positions across a variety of departments, technical and corporate.- Grew pipelines of qualified, diverse candidates through.

St. Paul, MN

- Worked as a Subject Matter Expert for Workday software suite, answering employee questions, providing insight to HCM issues, and recommending business process improvements to help drive key performance indicators.- Tester for business process implementation strategies within Workday on topics such as Organizational Management, Open Enrollment, and User.

St. Paul, MN

- Assisted in the recruitment and onboarding of 116 college summer interns for corporate and technical roles from all over the country in a 3 year period.- Actively assisted in recruiting efforts to fill spots in 7 different programs throughout the company. Examples of programs include Actuarial Science, Information Technology, and Management Development.

Eden Prairie, MN

- Lead high capacity sales team of 50+ sales associates. Responsible for department sales strategy and execution.- Promoted eight store associates in FY16 to more prominent leadership positions within the Eden Prairie store and Best Buy Corporate Office.

Minnetonka, MN

- Trained in the Best Buy AMIT Program to learn the role of Assistant Store Manager.

Owatonna, MN

- Managed the day-to-day operations of 85+ team members at the Owatonna Target store, by ensuring Best Practices are followed and store metrics are met.- Delivered a guest-focused shopping environment, while driving profitable sales through strategic merchandising, resource management, and transition execution on the sales floor.- Additional roles include.

Austin, MN

- Drove Profitable Sales through the reduction of process shortage and theft for a team of 80+ team members.- Drove store shortage reduction of $84,000 in process error in FY 2010.- Captain for Assets Protection Events Budget in FY 2010 for Southern Minnesota District.- Awarded City of Austin Community Partnership Award for management of National Night Out.

Rochester, MN

- Managed National's corporate account with Hormel Foods.- Managed branch operations and inventory of rental vehicles daily.- Gained 10%+ airport market share within the first 3 months of branch opening.- Provided unparalleled customer service.- Operated Odyssey rental software.

Leawood, Kansas, United States

- College internship position for the summer of 2008.