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Chicago, Il, Us

Vernon Hills, Il, Us

Leading the overall human capital management strategies for this fast growing, dynamic, experiential hospitality company that manages events across North America.- Led the design and development of a scalable organizational architecture including compensation benchmarking and merit pay rewards programs.- Designed and implemented a talent acquisition program, focusing on candidate/new hire experience; the workflow encompassed candidate applications to 90 day post hire.- Led the redesign of an employee feedback process to include onboarding check ins, coaching and goal setting and employee assessments that are relevant to the specified role.-Aligning benefit and compensation programs to enhance employee experience, driving increased engagement and productivity, while meeting complex federal and state regulations across a complex, multi-jurisdictional environment.

For 9+ years ASK Solutions has been providing HR Consulting and Talent Acquisition Consulting in the Chicago Metro area.

Santa Clara, California, Us

For nearly 50 years, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) has driven innovation in high-performance computing, graphics, and visualization technologies ― the building blocks for gaming, immersive platforms, and the datacenter. Hundreds of millions of consumers, leading Fortune 500 businesses, and cutting-edge scientific research facilities around the world rely on AMD technology daily to improve how they live, work, and play.Currently a Talent Advisor focused on gaming, graphics, and client computing solutions. AMD is experiencing hypergrowth, our market share has tripled in the CPU segment multiplied by the rapidly expanding semiconductor industry market cap. If you are interested in developing innovative products like Smart Shift, leading client product management (notebooks, laptops, Creator solutions, gaming platforms) or contribute to the marketing efforts around gaming and client computing, we are always on the hunt for the best talent. We have a culture of innovation and have arguably one of the best executive leadership teams around. Talk to a TA today to take that next step in your career!

Schaumburg, Illinois, Us

Collaborated daily with clients in fulfilling technical staffing needs. Requirement’s discovery, job description development, sourcing plans, candidate screening, interview arrangement, extending offers and complex onboarding procedures. Management of the sourcing team (8-10 offshore resources) and oversight of the onboarding process for the organization.Accomplishments: Successfully delivered staffing to corporations and government agencies, navigating complex requirements on clearance, country origination restrictions, dual citizenship restrictions and background checks. Recruiting across a broad spectrum of technologies and applications including software product development, hardware/IoT devices, corporate systems, and retail/ecommerce systems. Managed the corporate re-branding after a major ownership change. Oversaw the implementation of new logos, websites, social presence, and sales collateral.  Developed standardized, documented processes around sourcing, candidate interview, client presentation, client interview, post interview activities, hiring and onboarding that resulted in more complete candidate profiles in the ATS, quicker source to hire times and a better candidate/client experience.  Led the transformation of the team’s reliance of subcontracted h1b talent from 75% to 30%.  Implemented a candidate/consultant experience program designed to drive referrals and leads. Increased company reviews from 2.5 stars to 4.8 stars out of 5. Company received a Best of Staffing for Consultant and Client Satisfaction in 2018.

Schaumburg, Illinois, Us

Led the recruiting and business operations activities within the organization. Responsible for company and team goal setting, implemented recruiting technology, developed and designed training and developed on boarding processes. Led the selection, implementation and roll out of a new ATS, CRM and Onboarding system. Customized the system to current business processes. Led the design of all system training materials and documentation. Led the implementation of an onshore/offshore recruiting model. Selected RPO vendor, trained offshore staff and managed both onshore and offshore teams.  Redesigned on boarding process for both internal and external staff, automating many on boarding tasks.  Day to day management of the candidate pipeline across the organization. Hired, trained and mentored staff for Recruiting, Operations and HR. Set team and individual goals, led staff meetings and guided staff on closing deals.

Schaumburg, Illinois, Us

 Responsible for the management of all staff up to 12 direct reports, including Finance, Account Managers and Recruiters. Hired, trained and mentored all staff.  Responsible for all on boarding activities.  Oversaw design of internal computer system after security intrusion.  Designed a new financial system and process. Hired financial and systems professionals. Migrated company from cash to accrual accounting.  Directly managed existing clients, sold new business and performed recruiting duties as needed.  Responsible for all P/L activities as the firm grew from $8 million to $25 million in revenue.

Schaumburg, Illinois, Us

 Hired as first full-time employee. Full desk recruiter performing both sales and recruiting activities for direct clients as well as other clients within the firm. Led 3 mid-level full desk recruiters. 18 direct hires and 4 contract hires in first 8 months of employment. Averaged 30 placements a year, a mix of direct hire and contract. Broke open numerous accounts from startups to large clients such as Oracle, Broadvision, Weblogic and Hewlett Packard. Instrumental in growing firm from $2 million in revenue to 8 million.