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United States

United States

New York, Ny, Us

Provide strategic recruitment and sourcing for multiple departments and lines of business across North America. Primary focus in Finance / Accounting, Internal Audit, Premium Audit, Compliance, Underwriting (Inland Marine, Construction) and others.

Unterföhring, Bavaria, De

Source and recruit for specific lines of business throughout North America and globally in support of staffing initiatives. Primary focus in Claims (Work Comp, Liability, Entertainment, Complex Property, Environmental Liability, etc.), Underwriting (Inland Marine, Property, Entertainment), Global Process Management, Global Distribution, Marketing/Communications and others.

Encinitas, Ca, Us

Provide expert career search strategy coaching, interview preparation & practice, resume writing/revision, LinkedIn optimization and career coaching in order to assist professionals through their career transitions.

Create niche sourcing/recruiting strategies utilizing social media, industry specific databases and Boolean searches in order to identify, engage and hire passive candidates resulting in the successful completion of difficult recruiting projects in Financial Services, IT, Veterinary Medicine.Compassionately provide outplacement and career coaching support including targeted resume revision, interview coaching, job search strategy, and social media advice resulting in creating improved traction and overall increased candidate visibility with high levels of client satisfaction.

Unterföhring, Bavaria, De

Led the implementation and communication of regional Grading and Performance, Management plans, policies, processes & tools resulting in the successful regional harmonization and alignment with business objectives, global policy and strategy.Project managed company-wide salary benchmarking project with over 2000 data points from Mercer, Willis Towers Watson and McLagen. Analyzed job families and salary ranges and resulting in the delivery of grade-ready templates within a very tight deadline.

Unterföhring, Bavaria, De

Achieved and surpassed recruiting related KPIs resulting in the overall savings in cost per hire of 4.2 million euros and filling an average of over 500 positions per year.Provided training & development of key stakeholders (Hiring Managers, Recruiters, global colleagues) in best practices, recruiting & selection policies/processes, & behavioral interviewing techniques resulting in a measurable increase in the overall quality of hires as well as greater retention.

Unterföhring, Bavaria, De

Managed a team of three senior recruiters inherited from the Fireman’s Fund merger and ensured their successful acclimation/integration into the AGCS process and culture resulting in the creation of a strong, skilled, effective and highly collaborative team. Trained junior recruiters in sourcing/screening/interviewing techniques which resulted in their subsequent advancement into full desk recruiting roles.

Unterföhring, Bavaria, De

Developed Recruiting strategy and process for North America (US & Canada) which was ultimately adopted and implemented globally.Launched web-based candidate database/job posting tool for North America in order to successfully manage candidate applications & profiles through the selection process as well as to facilitate reporting and capture data in order to analyze recruiting ROI.Created and implemented the company’s first standard vendor agreement and process for managing 3rd party vendor relationships resulting in a significant reduction in redundancy and the potential for multi-fee exposure. Created/implemented Employee Referral Program which resulted in a 25% hire rate from internally referred candidates.Successfully managed the recruiting function for North America & Canada through annual increases in staffing ranging from 3% to over 40% year over year.