Experience

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  Fairview Health Services

  • Recruiting Specialist

    • Aug 2013 - Present

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  Contract

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Recruiter/Employment Counselor

    • 2013 - Apr 2018
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    Fairview Health Services - Intermittent Recruitment (2013-current)Fairview is an award-winning team of more than 20,000 people and more than 3,000 credentialed physicians providing exceptional clinical care and experience to patients and their families.•Work directly with managers, throughout entire hiring process, for a variety of positions across the Fairview system, including hospital and corporate settings, union and non-union, direct and indirect patient service, administrative, spiritual and management, •Phone screen candidates, providing feedback to hiring managers on further consideration. Set up interviews as needed.•Work with managers to determine offer package and bring successful closure to the position.•Extend offers and process hire into system for streamlined onboarding.•Other projects to support to the Recruiting Center in various capacities.as needed (reference screening, etc).•Systems used: Lawson, HRHire, OnBase.

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  Trusight (formerly known as Employers Association, now known as MRA)

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Talent Acquisition / Vocational Specialist

    • Apr 2011 - Oct 2012
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    Trusight, a non-profit, member-based organization provides business/human resource services. I administered search and outplacement services, providing full life cycle recruitment activities and personalized outplacement services. •Developed and maintained ongoing relationships with companies. Dealt with all levels of an organization.•Managed and drove the recruiting process for select positions within companies, covering all levels and functional disciplines and running across numerous industries. •Developed and executed recruiting strategies specific to company needs and in compliance with company, local, state, and federal guidelines.•Provided guidance and expertise on "best practices" in the hiring process.•Prepared job postings and determined ad placement based on cost, industry, position level/type and other determining factors. Tracked ad success.•Creatively sourced candidates, using Internet resources, social media and other methods.•Developed network to identify candidates and maintain relationships with active & passive candidates through various methods (ATS: Taleo, etc.)•Screened resumes and conducted phone interviews to determine top candidates based on job skills, competencies and other factors.•Developed and conducted behavioral-based face-to-face interviews with prospective candidates, evaluating for company-desired employment factors. Submitted top candidate recommendations to company.•Created structure for company interviews. Developed behavioral/competency based interviews and coached hiring teams as needed. •Participated in interviews as each company requested (introductions, individual or panel interviews, etc.). •Worked with companies to make final selection, conduct reference calls,create offer packages and provide strategies to successfully close the deal.•Performed outplacement services similar to those below, through member company funding rather than governmental.

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  Minnesota Job Partners/Career Management Services (a division of Employers Association)

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Vocational Counselor

    • Jan 2009 - Apr 2011
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    Minnesota Job Partners/CMS (a division of Employers Association) provided one-on-one counseling and job search coaching to dislocated workers through State and Federal funding streams.•Managed 100+ client base, working with individuals from job loss to successful re-employment. Clients came from a wide variety of industries and positions. •Ability to gauge and work with each individual in a manner that fits their style, building rapport and developing strong client relationships.•Worked with clients to find the most applicable resources and methods to successfully market oneself back into the same industry, or work to tailor past and current skills into a new and different direction.•Assisted clients in developing employment road maps for a thoughtful and organized approach to their job search.•Crafted resumes, both from scratch and tailoring already existing resumes, to suit a client's job search focus.•Provided assessments using various tools (Strong, Myers/Briggs, etc.) to help individuals gain understanding of their interests, styles, strengths, etc.•Conducted workshops and provided guidance to determine additional training to aide a client's particular path. •Worked one-on-one, hands-on with clients, providing guidance and training through the vast landscape of Internet job search and networking resources. Client experience levels ranged from no experience to fairly seasoned. •Encouraged clients to think "outside the box" in sourcing and uncovering leads and networking opportunities.•Conducted one-on-one "mock interview" preparation assistance and offered "sounding board" support and encouragement for the roadblocks encountered by clients.•Participated as part of a team in setting up and conducting job fair recruiting events.•Worked closely with external vendors and appropriate agencies as needed. •Obtained, entered and tracked various data for compliance purposes (Workforce One).

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  Employers Association

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Recruiter (Ongoing, on-site contract and off-site, single search services)

    • 1997 - Dec 2008
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    Employers Association, a non-profit, member-based organization, providing contract and consulting services focused on business and human resources to member companies. •Provided end-to-end, full life cycle recruiting expertise and assistance to member companies, in an ongoing, on-site position, operating as an extension of the member company's HR department, or from my own offices in a "search firm" function for single/specific needs of a member company.•Developed vast knowledge base across a multitude of industries, company structures, job types, job levels, etc.•Learned to think on my feet, quickly adapt, build rapport and gain trust as I worked with leadership and staff of companies that varied not only in industry but also in size, style, methodology, system tools and environment.•Industries have included health care, medical device, nursing, senior and developmental care, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, R & D, engineering, IT, telecommunications, manufacturing (operations and production), music/recording, food/food service, fitness and many others.•Companies have ranged from very small to very large, for-profit to non-profit, start-ups to well-established organizations, companies needing help with rapid growth to companies struggling with down-turn challenges.•Recruited across all job titles and levels -- administrative/support, warehouse/production, call center/customer service, supply chain/purchasing, accounting/finance, human resources, sales/marketing, quality, regulatory, clinical, C-suite/management and many others.•Assignments ran a couple of months to a couple of years and were located all over the major metropolitan area.I performed duties similar to the Talent Acquisition above, based on the structure/process of each company. I grew from the change and challenge each opportunity brought and carried the knowledge gained along to each new experience.

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  Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Human Resources/Staffing & Recruiting

    • Oct 1979 - Feb 1997
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    Served as a member of the Human Resources Department of a major Minneapolis law firm. Oversaw administration of attorney recruitment, working with the selection committee and being the liaison between the firm and law schools, students and potential lateral attorney hires. Maintained data and statistical information and compiled annual reports and registration forms required by law schools and legal associations. Coordinated and managed the extremely time-sensitive, fast-paced annual law school interview season with 20 or more law schools across the country. Managed the logistics, interview arrangements and schedules for 100's of law students and laterals traveling to the law firm for interviews each year. Followed up with interview/data collection and streamlined the selection committee's consideration process. Supported and assisted with the summer associate program logistics and structure, including attaining summer housing for 20 plus law students. Gathered data and review information on completed summer associate projects to aide in hiring decisions on summer associates for future summer or post graduation offers of employment. Firm grew from 20 to over 250 lawyers with offices nationwide and overseas. Additionally provided assistance with general staffing and supervision of administrative staff for a period of time.