Driven by our purpose: Building progress for people and the planet. We are transforming to become the leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions. To move the industry forward to a greener future we need people who are passionate about sustainability, are driven to shape and influence perception and keen to build, grow, and thrive in our high-performance culture.  Are you ready to build progress with us?Wendy is an expert at promoting a positive candidate experience.● Implements strategies to enhance the candidate experience, from initial contact through to onboarding, ensuring that candidates have a positive and engaging experience with the organization. ● Works with internal stakeholders to understand the business needs delivering streamlined recruiting processes for overall operational efficiency; ultimately securing quality talent. ● Builds and maintains external relationships with recruitment partners and job boards to expand the talent pipeline. ● Training and development ● Creates a recruitment strategy based on business needs.● Leads efforts to improve diversity in the workplace and develops strategies to support recruitment efforts in the business.● Works collaboratively with internal teams to build workforce plans and fill ‘difficult to fill’ and talent pipeline positions:● Writes complete and detailed search assignments, ensuring an understanding of responsibilities and requirements.● Develops and maintains strong working relationships which creates a successful partnership.● Develops and maintains a network of contacts to help identify and source qualified candidates.● Leverages online and social media recruiting.● Creates and fosters relationships with colleges and diverse professional organizations to attract andrecruit diverse candidates.● Develop an effective pipeline of key talent.● Conducts and ensures effective candidate interviews.● Ensures effective timely communication with candidates.

Personal summary:Results oriented Director of Recruiting offering years of recruiting, sales and management experience. Expertise in the formulation and delivery of top talent, well trained in business operations and thrives in dynamic, challenging and fast-paced professional environments. Innovative thinker who can solve complex problems with creative solutions. Professional talents and traits:• Passion for providing a high-caliber candidate experience• A highly motivated, self-driven, problem/solution-focused work ethic• Ability to work extremely well under pressure and maintain high energy • Strong verbal, written, and electronic communication skills• Excellent interpersonal skills – a knack for building relationships • A strong sense of discretion and respect for confidentiality • Able to blend facts and finesse to recruit top talent • Proven track record for successful influencing and negotiating• Expertise in strategic planning, staff training, supervision and mentoring • Critical knowledge of staffing, recruiting and employee developmentPosition Description:• Lead the recruitment process through entire candidate lifecycle• Successfully filled high-level executive positions, commission based sales, corporate, visual manager, client services, warehouse, accounting and other office positions• Developed innovative and creative ways to attract the best and brightest diverse candidates• Proactively source candidates through online recruitment tools, networking, college recruiting, employee referrals, agencies, and on-the-ground recruitment• Build and maintain pipeline of active and passive candidates• Organize, coordinate and attend industry networking & recruiting events and college job fairs• Prepare offer letters, compensation agreements and employment contracts • Introduce new hires to the company and walk them thru the hiring and training process• Serve as an employee advocate for new hires and established employees

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER • Provide workforce solutions for small and medium sized businesses in the Chicagoland area. Understand client’s business needs and provide the most qualified candidates in commercial, administrative, and professional positions. Source and attract candidates using databases and social media.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Participate in trade show and expo management, implementation and execution.• Design and implement recruiting strategy.

SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE EVENTSManaged daily workflow of client projects to ensure projects were on strategy, on time and on budget. Acted as main point of contact for client. Managed multiple projects and responsibilities simultaneously while building client relationships.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Developed new business with Fortune 500 company that produced more than $200,000 in annual revenue.• Achieved 300% increase in sales for performance year 2012 – 2013.• Developed client website with potential to generate revenue of $500,000 annually.• Planned and executed 6 corporate and public events within 1 year while staying within given budget.

PRESIDENTCreated a fun, easy and better way to get healthy, delicious dinners on the table to clients. Designed and implemented consumer marketing campaigns, including direct mail, cable TV and radio promotions. Led training for area franchises. Motivational speaking engagements at local businesses, chamber of commerce, schools, senior centers and corporate events.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Recruited, hired and trained 20 employees including 3 store managers.• President of the Chicagoland Co-op which created marketing programs for more than 20 franchise locations.• Managed HR and payroll for all employees.• PowerPoint presentations on the benefits of healthy eating.• Planned and catered events for groups of up to 1300 people.• Received Corporate Training of Illinois and Wisconsin Franchisee of the Year Award.

OUTSIDE SALES REPRESENTATIVE/INSIDE SALES SUPERVISORMet sales goals, obtained new accounts and maintained professional image while promoting products to customers.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Established new business through market research and cold calling, managing a sales territory of over 250 accounts.• Developed new territory resulting in revenue growth of over $8 million in first year.

*Managed sales territory of over 200 accounts.*New customer development