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Evanston, Il, Us

Empowering Women and Professionals of Color to Advance in the Workforce. Providing Talent Solutions to Drive a Skilled and Diverse Workforce.

San Francisco, California, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

● Led a team of 6 across the US and managed a 3.5-million-dollar budget● Implemented Applicant Tracking System Analytics Dashboards and rolled out weekly reporting to each business function● Built Applicant Tracking System workflows to enhance the hiring manager experience and cut time to approve requisitions and offers by 50%● Promoted 2 team members and continued focus on developing team members● Developed and implemented Interview Skills Training for hiring managers and individual contributors with a heavy emphasis on Everyday Biases and Diversity Recruiting● Cultivated partnerships with City Colleges of Chicago and specialized boot camps to attract early career students, military personnel, and minority groups for employment.● Owned company-wide contractor population and implemented an Employee of Record for our UK team ● Partnered with HRBP team to revamp our Employee Handbook

Chicago, Illinois, Us

▪ Lead a Global Talent Team with recruiters located across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia. ▪ Expanded team of direct reports from 5 to 9, and manage a $2 million budget.▪ Oversee recruitment strategy for 350-500 new hires and 300 contractors annually.▪ Regularly analyze the candidate journey across the full recruitment cycle. Identify and implement process improvements to enhance candidate experiences, minimize costs, and reduce time to hire.▪ Implemented new Applicant Tracking System (ATS) within 6 months of hire.▪ Developed updated workflows and approval processes which reduced time to hire by 50% and decreased outside search firm costs by 75%.▪ Conducted training for 75 hiring managers globally on hiring skills, interview skills, unconscious bias, and best practices for using LinkedIn Recruiter software.▪ Worked with LinkedIn to have SAI Global included as an enterprise partner. Secured a global 3-year contract including unlimited job posts, recruiter seats, and focused marketing campaigns plus a 20% cost savings.▪ Refined branding on LinkedIn and Glassdoor to better reflect company culture and to make our organization more attractive to top talent.▪ Collaborated with the leadership team to manage organizational change during two mergers and acquisitions, with a focus on business continuity and execution.▪ Deliver weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports to the senior leadership team.

San Jose, Ca, Us

▪ Head of recruitment for two subsidiaries of PayPal, one of the world's largest Internet payment companies.▪ Managed a team of 13 responsible for hiring over 400 employees annually. Built a customer service organization of over 100 employees for Venmo, and hired 200 tech, marketing, and sales employees for Braintree.▪ Created and executed a talent management strategy focused on forecasting, staffing, onboarding, development, performance management, career/succession planning, and talent retention.▪ Led diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Implemented new programs that increased access for individuals of diverse backgrounds and improved hiring of diverse candidates by double digits.▪ Identified opportunities to streamline and implement new organizational structures, roles, and processes.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

▪ Managed the hiring process for over 100 information technology professionals and human resources employees.▪ Developed and implemented programs to support employee retention and professional development.▪ Designed and rolled out a formal performance review process. Trained leadership team members on managing performance, mediating conflict, and employee promotions.▪ Conducted meetings with employees to gather feedback used to improve processes and HR strategy.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

▪ Managed a team of 13 corporate recruiters and coordinators overseeing talent acquisition strategies.▪ Scaled recruitment activities and grew the company from 200 to 1300 employees at the Chicago headquarters.▪ Led team with a focus on developing top talent. Promoted 50% of team members into senior-level recruiting roles.▪ Collaborated with cross-functional teams including sales, IT, marketing, product, legal, and operations to develop headcount budgets and inform recruitment strategy.▪ Led large-scale corporate project to secure the first-ever Applicant Tracking System (ATS), including managing the RFP process, vendor evaluation, selection, and software implementation.▪ Spearheaded efforts to promote the company as an employer of choice. Partnered with marketing team to develop a speaker series, hack-a-thons, and innovative strategies to recruit candidates.▪ Led initiative to recruit hard-to-fill positions through pipeline and college recruiting program with Northwestern, Notre Dame, DePaul, Illinois Institute of Technology, and Northern Illinois University.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Framingham, Ma, Us