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Hoffman Estates, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Talent Acquisition lead supporting executive and professional recruitment for IT, Accounting, Legal and Treasury. Successfully partnered with leadership to provide a consultative approach to strategic workforce planning and acquiring top talent. Selected as project lead to define recruitment workflow and configure iCIMS to integrate into Link’s HR product suite.● Led organizational project to customize and configure iCIMS for Link Logistics workflow; previously nonexistent. Delivered successful implementation; resulting in clean and accurate data imported into powerBI dashboards, providing custom reports to business leaders across the organization.● Developed a recruitment strategy to increase and drive diverse talent into our organization. Provided custom DE&I metric based reports to business leaders to engage in coaching sessions and eradicate unconscious bias behaviors throughout the interview process.● Delivered a proactive pipelining approach to recruitment for specific talent gaps within each department by closely partnering with HR business partners and key stakeholders across the organization to influence proper workforce planning from a talent acquisition perspective.

Chicago, Il, Us

Directly responsible for management, development, and oversight of a team of Talent Acquisition professionals. Developed strategies used in the full cycle recruiting efforts for all corporate openings including full time and temporary positions. Partnered with department leaders and managers to align talent acquisition strategies with business goals and objectives. Worked cross-functionally to enhance, streamline and improve HR operational processes, strategies and approaches.● Designed multi faceted Talent Acquisition function to strategically align with unique business demands of both high volume operational retail recruitment and full life cycle corporate recruitment. Obtained CEO approval to expand headcount and managed a team of five direct reports to successfully deliver recruitment support throughout the entire organization.● Identified gaps in Talent Acquisition technological resources by proposing a business case to obtain approval for an RFP process to explore iCIMS implementation. Acted as Project Manager and led all meetings and reviews with a team of key stakeholders to ensure all tasks were completed and deadlines were met. Partnered with Talent Management to develop training aids and webinars to rollout to retail managers and new hires for training iCIMS. Liaised with IT, iCIMS and Ultipro to ensure integration of the two systems was successful and efficient.

Chicago, Il, Us

Hanover, Maryland, Us

Boca Raton, Fl, Us

Boca Raton, Fl, Us

I am responsible for recruiting qualified and talented health care professionals to fill per diem needs across the greater Chicago land area.

• Point person for transitioning latest acquisition • Manage Chicago Rehab Therapy Branch • Execute weekly payroll for therapy employees• Develop therapy Business in greater Chicago area• Contribute to travel therapy business by recruiting and hiring qualified candidates• Recruit qualified Health Care Professionals including disciplines of: Physician, Advanced Practice, and Allied Health.• Point person for job post advertising for three Midwest branches

• Prospect territory assignment to uncover additional revenue opportunities• Apply consultative approach to analyzing customer requirements, activity levels and costs • Develop detailed proposals including floor plans, cost analyses and solutions• Serve as a first point of contact with clients to ensure client satisfaction

Responsible for: Installing arcade gamesInstalling vending machinesHelping fill vending routes, and collect earningsFilling pop orders for clientsManaging and organizing product in the warehouse

Aurora, Il, Us

Bachelor of Arts- Major in Business Administration, Minor in Organization ManagementParticipated on the Varsity Baseball teamGraduation Date: May 2013

Paired domestic companies with foreign companies to execute trade missionsCommunicated with domestic companies to keep them informed on trade mission statusGenerated business leads to increase membership for the Chicago branchScheduled and organized membership meetingsConsulted with other World Trade Centers around the world to organize trade missions

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Organized sales floor with new merchandiseUnloaded mercahndise from truck shipmentsPrepped and stocked merchandise on shelves according to corporate layout strategy

Ba, Business Administration, Organizational Management

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