Provide guidance and oversight of people, policies and best practices for a heavy equipment company focused on air compressor sales and service. Business advisor on hiring, onboarding, and employee engagement. Develop methods to attract and retain talent. Implement guidelines to increase compliance and enhance structure through growth.

Influences strategic direction, growth, and profitability by overseeing the firm's approach for attracting and building a diverse workforce of the best and brightest business-savvy consultants and deep technology specialists, a workforce that now exceeds 2,500 professionals and continues to grow rapidly. Works directly with senior leadership to provide talent acquisition thought leadership and best practices, project future skill and capability requirements, and lead evolution of the firm's recruiting strategies and tools. Also drives development and evolution of a compelling employment brand strategy that attacts talented professionals at all levels, from college graduates to seasoned consulting leaders, who share the firm's values and are ideally suited to work in an award-winning collaborative people-first culture. Guides efforts to attract the right talent for a fast-growing workforce of business consultants and deep technologists.

Responsible for a national recruitment team, located in United's hubs and HDQ. Manage all recruitment for Operations, Corporate and Global divisions, including oversight of United's MBA/Campus internship programs & pilot hiring activities. Oversight of United’s relocation program, temporary services & outplacement program. Development of the employment brand, responsible for the social media and diversity recruitment strategies as well as implementation of vet hiring initiatives.

Responsible for management of the Chicagoland Recruitment department (team of 15). Support of full life cycle recruitment in areas of Interactive, Publishing and Broadcasting, as well as Tribune Company's Corporate Office. Hiring focus concentrated in areas of Accounting/Finance, Marketing, Project Management, Human Resources, Business Development and Technology. Responsible for management of background check companies, drugscreen vendors, temporary services and outplacement. Oversight of applicant tracking system and other recruitment technology (CRM). Partner with Diversity, Succession Planning and Employee Relations throughout entire recruitment process. Manage contingency, retained and research firm relationships when needed. Oversight of recruitment budget and manage annual business reviews for all vendors. Delivery of Behaviorial-Based Interviewing (BBI) workshops to company-wide line management quarterly.

Full cycle recruitment for key finance/accounting areas (Audit & Business Advisory, State & Local Tax, Global Corporate Finance) at the experienced levels (mid-management to partner). Overall management of finance recruitment (team of ten), located at global HDQ. Previous responsibilities include overseeing MBA and campus recruitment, and providing career transition assistance. Conduct resume workshops, behavioral interviewing and career coaching. Deliver train-the-trainer courses in behavioral-based interviewing.

Provide consulting services to commercial, government and non-profit organizations worldwide. Facilitation and delivery of training and development seminars to Chicagoland Fortune 500 companies. Specific modules included emphasis on strategy, leadership, organizational development and change management. Support Midwest Partner and consultants in RFP's, licensing agreements and scheduled delivery.

Internship within The Economist Magazine, Paris bureau of Business International.