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EXPERIENCE
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Oberon, LLC , Minneapolis, MN
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5/07 - Present
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TALENT ACQUISITION CONSULTANT
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- Currently on a year long project (Superfusion) with SUPERVALU INC., recruiting for experienced retail merchandising professionals.
- Other contracts have included Great River Energy, recruiting IT executives and Ceridian recruiting sales/marketing executives.
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UnitedHealth Group , Minneapolis, MN
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10/04 - 5/07
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EXECUTIVE SOURCING STRATEGIST
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- Information Technology executive recruitment team, partnered with senior recruiters to design and execute sourcing strategies for hard to fill positions.
- Initiated discovery sessions and ongoing status meetings with hiring managers.
- Focused on specific functional areas for both active requisitions and ongoing candidate generation. Positions include: Executive level candidates (C-level, Dir. & Sr. Mgrs), Project Management professionals, and General Managers.
- Involved with various projects related to recruitment services, including contact management upgrade, name generation vendor selection, relocation, invite only job fairs and regional company targeting.
- Sourcing expertise includes data mining, cold calling, internal/external job board searching, name generation, lead generation through associations, and networking with senior executives. Utilize these techniques to identify qualified referrals, evaluate profiles of potential candidates and perform preliminary phone screen assessments.
- Serve as a resource for the sourcing and recruiting teams regarding market/competitive intelligence, particularly in targeting best practices and top performers outside the managed care industry.
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Associated Financial Group (fka CFG Insurance) , Minneapolis, MN
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12/03 - 10/04
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TALENT DIRECTOR
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- Sourced and recruited top-level candidates in the insurance / employee benefits industry to build Minneapolis and Milwaukee teams.
- Hire high-impact individuals as well as maintain a bench of prospects for positions such as: Brokers, Marketers and Managers
- Conduct interviews, administer Profile testing, deliver and close offers.
- Administer HRIS system, conduct all background checks and administer benefits.
- Managed a job code / title reconciliation project after merger with AFG.
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H&R Block Mortgage Company - M&I Bank, Minneapolis, MN
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10/01
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SR. LOAN OFFICER
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- Achieve a high level of customer service while maintaining and growing a pipeline of business.
- Responsible for monthly $1 million dollar loan portfolio.
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marchFIRST , Minneapolis, MN
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6/00
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SR. RECRUITER
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- Source and recruit top-level e-consulting candidates.
- Develop relationships insure the highest quality candidate.
- Hire high-impact individuals such as: Business Strategy and Business Development Managers.
- Administrated People Soft and HRIS systems and conduct all background checks and benefits.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ANALYST
- Work with regional BD teams to help identify, develop and cultivate opportunities that lead to sales of marchFIRST service offerings that added value within existing and prospective new strategic accounts.
- Created collateral marketing materials.
- Achieved 150% of stated goals and objectives.
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K-Force.com , Bloomington, MN
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3/99 - 6/00
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RECRUITER
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- Recruited information technology professionals for permanent placement to various Fortune 500 clients in the Twin Cities as well as our internal consulting group.
- Sourced individuals through referrals, user groups, cold calling, Internet data mining, job fairs and internal database.
- Successfully placed 31 information technology professionals in 7 months in 1999 generating $302,000 in annual revenue.
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BI Performance Services , Bloomington, MN
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10/94 - 2/99
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RESEARCH MANAGER
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- Manage $1.3 million in research projects, in various industries: Automotive, IT, Finance, Industrial Equipment, International Marketing, Telecommunications, Utilities, Transportation, and Appliances.
- Manage qualitative and quantitative research studies
- Managed contractors, project expenditures.
- Design / create surveys and reports, present research findings to clients
ASSOCIATE RESEARCH MANAGER
- Managed $360K in research projects in various markets
- Conducted all Secondary Research projects for entire company
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