Tara began her professional career in healthcare staffing after over 10 years as a critical care nurse. Experience includes serving as Regional Manager for On Assignment Inc. Healthcare division, a publicly traded niche specialty staffing company with 7 divisions including healthcare, life science, clinical research, engineering, IT, locum tenens, and nurse/allied travel. She managed and developed professionals delivering yearly revenues of over 7 million per year, with an average gross margin of 30%, for her three markets (Philadelphia, South Jersey, Manhattan), focusing in healthcare contract/temp positions and direct hire placements. She is experienced in all aspects of healthcare and the staffing process: sales, marketing, operations, compliance, as well as human resources, and people management.Tars is also a senior-level sales oriented professional adept at "C-Level" business developmement, relationship management, contract recruiting, and best practices management in the staffing and healthcare/hospital sectors. Combining a highly entrepreneurial and strong clinical nursing background she is an excellent cold-caller, negotiator, strategic thinker, and "closer" when wearing a business development "hat".. Experience in identifying and supplying staff for all healthcare facilities/modalities from medical record clerks up to advance practice nurses and any positions in between (Respiratory Therapists, Diagnostic Imaging Professionals, Medical Technologists, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Phlebotomists,etc.). Successful at landing large staffing contracts with hospitals and physician practices in NYC and Delaware Valley.Specialties: Sales, business development, executive search, contract negotiating, recruiting services, vendor management offsite with primary and subvendor contracts, sales training, recruiting training, staffing mangement, nurse management, career coaching, resume coaching, P&L budget management, competative analysis, forecasting, hiring, interviewing, resume review, employee coaching, and mentoring of staff.