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startupTA is a Talent Acquisition Consulting partner and Executive Search Firm with over 30 years of experience in Talent Acquisition and HR serving early to mid-stage start-ups, Non-Profits and small-medium size companies. startupTA delivers innovation, creativity and leadership expertise to our clients, and takes a strategic, direct expectation-setting.

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Silver Spring, MD, US

• Brought in by new VP of HR to bring transformation and innovation to Talent Acquisition, create and build out the ANA employment brand and recruit for all positions throughout the organization.
• Originally consulted to re-invent and build confidence in Talent Acquisition – To date hired over 150 employees from early career to C-Suite executives (COO/3 SVP's/ 5 VP’s/18 Directors)– Upgraded hiring processes from.
• Immediately reduced recruiting costs by eliminating need for outside recruiting agencies, and increased incoming resumes by re-branding job descriptions and adding new recruiting tools
• Developing Employment Brand, and New Talent Acquisition and On-Boarding programs
• Create and establish comprehensive strategic staffing plans and processes, including Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Being a "Nurse Advocate" and playing a part in helping the ANA elevate, promote and advance the role.

Herndon, Virginia, US

Led a team of recruiters to recruit and hire dozens of technology professionals and more for this cutting edge IT Modernization company! Karsun is leading the modernization and evolution of mission-critical systems for government entities such the FAA, FEMA, GSA, Homeland Security and more!Check us out and come join our growing teams!.

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Somerville, Massachusetts, US

• Paint Nite® is a new concept of blending two timeless pastimes, artistic painting and drinking cocktails, as a way to draw patrons into local pubs on a slow night with a unique opportunity to socialize and be creative..
• Hired 60 employees to date (100% offer close rate)- less than $1,500 cost per hire
• Created and implemented employment branding strategies leveragng LinkedIn, Facebook, The Muse, VentureFizz and new corporate web site (currently under development)- Hired CTO, SW Engineers, QA, Digital Marketing, CMO.
• Re-branded job descriptions and created user stories and journey mapping s to re-brand new career site
• Established successful Employee Referral Program yielding 15 new-hires to date
• Implemented The Resumator as an ATS to track all candidates and measure success

Courbevoie, Ile De France, FR

In 15 months with MorphoTrust I have recruited and hired over 140 people in the Boston area, Nashville, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Michigan and several more locations across the US and Puerto Rico. Positions I have recruited for to date have ranged from; Java Developers, Systems Engineers, Integration Engineers, Business Analysts, Program Managers.

• Student Career Quest provides career direction, guidance and counseling for college students as they enter college and stay with them through graduation.
• Guide students through the logical process steps of career discovery, research, developing a career plan, building a resume, searching for a job
• Teach how to use and leverage Social Media tools (LinkedIn, FB, Twitter etc) to engage active and passive networks to acquire internships and full time jobs
• Teach students how create their own unique brand, and how to market their brand to targeted employers

Waltham, Massachusetts, US

The Hire Education Program at Bentley will offer a formalized four-year approach and guide for students, which will encompass the hundreds of programs Bentley offers to help students develop the skills and contacts that pave the way for professional success. The “Board of HIRE Education”, was created to enhance Bentley's relationship with key corporate.

Woburn, MA, US

• Recruited and joined Avenue100 from Vestmark (same founder for both companies) to lead all Talent Management responsibilities and lead a new business venture. Avenue100 is a digital performance marketing company in the.
• Led the Acquisition of GetTheJob.com, and led the redesign and brand strategy of this job and career management web site
• Sole practitioner for all HR needs including staffing (LinkedIn, FB, Twitter and other Social Media tools), benefits, org design, employee engagement, immigration
• Developed and implemented organizational redesign; created new hire on-boarding and training; benefits and compensation plans
• Worked with Bentley University students on a corporate immersion project. As a result, accepted Bentley invitation to sit on their Board of “Hire” Education for 2 years.

Wakefield, MA, US

• For this privately held 75 person financial services software company led Talent Management efforts as sole practitioner to design, develop and implement strategic and tactical Talent Management initiatives..
• Recruiting (LinkedIn, FB and other Social Media tools), On-Boarding, Employee Relations, Employment Brand, Immigration
• Established and implemented unique, creative and highly successful College Recruiting Program which yielded many hires from multiple universities
• Created Annual Review Process, On-Boarding and Retention Plans
• Created Employee Referral Program that resulted in a 65% new hire rate
• Hired outside firm and led the complete design and content development for Vestmarks’ career site (www.vestmark.com/careers) including conducting and editing over 20 hours of employee interviews.

US

Primarily hired as a consultant to recruit an inside sales force and also helped with engineering hires for this developer and provider of leading edge Web Conferencing solutions that was eventually acquired by IBM.

Alpharetta, GA, US

Initially hired to advance the development and build a sales pipeline for AIRS' web-based Outplacement offering. Successfully engaged with and closed national business with ESTES Trucking and National Grid. Also hunted and sold Human Capital solutions to HR vendors at global companies like Avon.

US

Hired to build and manage BrassRing's Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) solutions to targeted Fortune 1000 companies and also lead the business development efforts for this new business.Managed local (4 recruiters) and remote staff in Memphis and Louisville (8 recruiters), and initiated and closed a $900K RPO deal with National City Bank in Cleveland.

Jacksonville, Florida, US

Hired as Job Market Consultant and promoted within 3 months to VP of Bus Dev to acquire and manage new Outplacement and Executive Coaching business as well as manage existing accounts.Managed and up-sold to Gillette globally in 12 different countries. Coordinated global Reductions In Force (RIF), and led the global RFP process to retain Gillette's.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

Led all HR efforts at Riverton and managed a staff of 2 recruiters and the front office. Led and worked collaboratively with executive team peers on compensation, employee development, employee relations and much more. Also managed benefits and ensured all HR guidelines, procedures and initiatives mapped to the ongoing business strategy of the company..

Serve senior level high-tech professionals as their Career Agent.

Boston, MA, US

Singapore, SG

Reporting to the CEO, led the Human Resources and staffing efforts (including establishing a College Recruiting Program) for this start-up company through a successful IPO in July 1996. In 12 months, hired 113 full-time employees (grew from 40-153 employees). Also led the Executive Search for CFO and VP of Engineering and managed Executive Search firm.

Brooklyn, NY, US

Served as a recruiter for the nations leading UNIX search firm. Averaged between 10-12 placements per 6 months period and placed a high of 17 people in one 6 month period. One of a handful of recruiters selected to start a new group for Pencom and start recruiting and placing software engineers with Object Oriented programming experience. Attended OOPSLA.

Atlanta, GA, US

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