Chris Thomas Email & Phone Number

Oak Park, Il, Us

Greater Chicago Area

Working Better Together, a division of Grow Exponential Inc., curates intentional experiences that help organizations meet their strategic objectives. We equip organizations and leadership with human-centered engagement strategies, tools, and resources essential to build up their teams through a unified culture, thereby improving your overall hiring, training, and retention strategies.

Oak Park, Illinois, United States

YourPassion1st is community based mentoring & coaching platform looking to improve communities by being the industry leader in workforce readiness festivals, workshops, and events. We envision a world where all youth are inspired to find, define, and follow their passion into the workforce.

Greater Chicago Area

Purpose Workforce Solutions is a full-service mentoring & coaching based staffing firm that helps employers fill their open roles with reliable, engaged and diverse talent. Drawing from an underutilized talent pool, we connect employers with highly motivated talent. We then support that talent, post-placement with performance-enhancing coaching and ongoing skills development designed to help them build both expertise and a deeper sense of Purpose.

Greater Chicago Area

Ranked #10 by Forbes in 2018 as One of America's Best Recruiting FirmsAs Senior Technical Search Consultant for a highly respected and results-driven staffing firm, I focus on providing a consultative approach to IT Security Business Challenges, and the placement of IT Security Professionals possessing but not limited to the following skill-sets : Security Operations (SOC), Application Security, Network Security, Attack & Penetration Testing (Red Team), Threat Vulnerability Management & Configuration, Incident Response/Intrusion Detection (Blue Team), Data Loss Prevention/Protection, and Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC). Advanced Resources is a diversified professional staffing organization specializing in talent acquisition and workforce business solutions. What makes Advanced unique is our collaborative work environment. We desire to build strong partnerships and relationships with clients and consulting team members. While speed is important, quality is what matters to us. We desire to be more than just a “vendor” but a competitive advantage for our clients.

One East Wacker Dr. Chicago, Il 60601

Manage an Executive Direct Placement Recruitment Team and a $1.8M P&L to include:•Managing and coaching a team of 6-10 recruiters•Designed a recruitment SOP•Improve and implement recruitment processes•Develop employer branding •Develop new business in the Information Security, Cloud, Mobile, Big Data, & IT Strategy space•Recruit both technical and non-technical position within the Financial Services, Banking, Technology & Risk Management spaces •Raise the communication within the business•Assist in on-boarding of new hires•Oversee internal as well as external job postings

One East Wacker Dr. Chicago, Il 60601

•Was responsible for providing recruitment services for Financial Services, Information Technology, Insurance, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, Marketing, and Sales professionals to Fortune 500 companies throughout the US in all aspects of the recruiting lifecycle•Worked as vendor relations manager, duties included: recruiting and prescreening all candidates and daily contact with human resources department•Coordinated job postings on the internet and local newspapers•Helped with development strategies such as marketing, sales leads and referrals in order to create a solid client base•Helped with the training and development of new recruiters

101 N. Wacker Dr. Chicago, Il 60606

My responsibilities included:•Developed strong relationships with active and passive candidates with a mission based in bringing a better quality of life•Excellent communication, negotiation, presentations, behavioral interview, multi-tasking, time management skills, and building relationships with customers and partners• Proven ability at streamlining the recruiting and hiring process to drive down cost and reduce time to fill•Successfully developed and implemented recruiting and hiring process/strategies to expand candidate pool by use of: research/sourcing, established networks and contacts, database, manipulation of Internet resources, and on-campus recruiting programs

B.A., Psychology

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