Dan Abbott, Sphr Email & Phone Number

Austin, TX, US

Austin, TX, US

I have the privilege to lead the amazing Global Talent & Immigration teams here at Silicon Labs.

Mountain View, CA, US

Mountain View, CA, US

Salt Lake City, UT, US

Reporting directly to the SVP, Head of HR; I led all of Global Talent Acquisition, HR Operations & Benefits for zulily across our 5 US locations and Asia office.

Salt Lake City, UT, US

• Led a team of fabulous recruiters and recruiting coordinators across multiple domains for zulily.
• Built a data driven workforce management strategy within our Studio business resulting in the lowest number of revolving openings, while also cutting time to fill by ~10 days.
• Spearheaded the creation of an 18-month trailing attrition and hire matrix that led to establishing data driven demand planning for recruitment headcount and hiring forecasting, while also being utilized as benchmark.

Seattle, WA, US

• Led a team of up to 21 including recruiters, sourcers, coordinators and client leads in support of the largest revenue generating retail business (Hardlines) and multi-Billion dollar post start up (Amazon Business).
• Improved overall external hiring by 22% YoY while also increasing team productivity by 25% YoY.
• Co-Created and sponsored a centralized recruiting function for our Business Analyst job family across five businesses resulting in over 750 saved recruitment/business hours and improved overall funnel metrics of.
• Refined the overall interview process resulting in hundreds of saved business hours and offer acceptance rate improvements of 12% YoY bringing our close percentage to 86% YTD 2015.
• Sponsored the first ever non-technical retail recruiting events at Amazon, focused on delivering top passive talent across our most challenging non-technical domains. Year to date, the hires from these events make up.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Led a recruiting/sourcing team dedicated to bringing top talent into the organization. My team acted as a flexible resource and supported both our field and headquarters hiring for all types of exempt positions up to.
• In addition to sourcing efforts my team also provided name generation work, competitive intelligence, market analysis and sourcing acumen training.
• I co-sponsored and lead a cross functional team focused on refining and building out Target's Military Recruitment Strategy.
• Responsible for ownership and management of relationships with all outside recruitment agencies and vendors looking to do business with Target.
• In addition to my core role, I was also invested heavily into elevating the areas of Team Development, Talent Planning, Client Engagement and Strategy across Talent Acquisition at Target.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Focused on sourcing and recruiting top talent in the for Target's.Com and Mobile spaces. Area's included; Strategy, Interactive Marketing, Creative, Digital, Business Intelligence & Analytics, Product and Site Content.
• Partnered with strategy & operations, and HR to develop the first ever talent acquisition strategy for Target’s Multichannel initiative
• Conceptualized and led a competitive analysis project focused on digital talent across multiple markets for Target.com and Mobile.
• Facilitated and lead the first ever digital talent day for Target.com and Mobile focusing on connecting passive digital talent with our team.
• Partnered with the Employment Brand team on developing the first Multichannel social media and branding strategy.

US

• Co led the design, implementation and training of an enterprise wide candidate presentation tool that ensured OFCCP compliance and consistency across all of recruitment.
• Led the Finance team with the greatest amount of directly sourced hires in 2009.
• Efficiently managed 20-25 full cycle requisitions within the Finance & Business Operations space while adhering to SLA’s.
• Directly identified and sourced top finance and operations professionals across all US geographies and experience levels from individual contributors to C level executives.
• Built and maintained relationships with senior business leaders across all segments of UHG while establishing myself as an SME for all finance and operations recruitment.
• Identified as a lead for UHG’s diversity recruitment efforts for NBMBA, ALPFA and NABA including both event recruitment and local chapter liaison responsibilities.

Menlo Park, CA, US

• Promoted to a Mentor in less than 6 months.
• Originated and implemented a new tracking system for quarterly goals to ensure proper growth of sales volume and total team buy in.
• Built and grew my personal book of business from the ground up through extensive cold calls in upwards of 60 per day.
• Recruited top local accounting and financial professionals and interviewed them to identify specific opportunities that fit their needs.
• Negotiated and established billing rates and conversion fees with clients.

Chanhassen, MN, US

• Made hiring, promotion and disciplinary recommendations to the Department Head based upon regular evaluations and insight.
• Presented and negotiated partnerships with local businesses for sales and marketing opportunities.
• Led the club in overall membership sales for 12 of 14 months through effective use of creative marketing tactics and a strong referral base.