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SUMMARY:Enthusiastic and effective Recruiter and HR Generalist with broad experience in talent acquisition, hiring, employee-relations, training, policy development, and legal compliance. Very systems savvy with a focus onproviding the highest level of customer service to company leadership and employees.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Gracenote (division of Tribune Media) Emeryville, CA & Chicago, IL (4/2015 – present)Talent Acquisition Consultant

• Recruit Accounting, Finance and HR roles for very rapidly-growing entertainment metadata division

of Tribune Media• Filled Revenue Accountant, Executive Assistant, Staff Accountant, Controller and Intern positions

(15-20 open and active reqs, temp and full-time)

Technicolor/IZ-ON Media San Francisco, CA (3/2008 – 4/2015)Human Resources Generalist & RecruiterPrimary HR contact for 150-275 employees of IZ-ON Media and other divisions of Technicolor, a $3.5 billion France-based media & entertainment technology company.

• Promoted from Recruiter to HR Generalist to help change focus of HR functions at two operating

sites plus small Technicolor-owned start-up ventures• Recruited and hired people for the following functional areas: Sales, Marketing, Operations, IT,

Creative/Design, Motion Graphics Animation and Video Production of all levels (req load varied widely from 3-5 to 15-18)

• Work closely with team to address visa and immigration issues for international employees and

recruits• Integrated HR and recruiting functions of IZ-ON Media and parent company Technicolor including

system conversions from Taleo to iCIMS to Jobscore

• Reduced recruiting expenses by over $200,000 per year by reducing agency use to near zero

• Saved the company hundreds of thousands of dollars by filling contractor positions and reducing

agency reliance to near zero

• Defined local HR and recruiting process to more involve managers in planning for sourcing,

marketing and recruiting for each position• Co-developed company “Culture Crew” to improve company morale and engagement (no budget)

• Coordinated two major layoffs of 20-30 employees each

• Provide active guidance to employees and managers on a range of issues including: performance

appraisal process, merit increases, conflict resolution, leave of absences, training, payroll, timekeeping

• Developed and delivered all HR employee communications including: SharePoint intranet

administration, company internal blog, in-office televisions and contributions to company meetings.

Lieberman Research Worldwide Los Angeles, CA (8/2007-3/2008)Senior Recruiter

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• Source (mostly direct), screen and hire senior-level market research and information technology

professionals for one of the 25 largest market research firms in the world (req load of 5-9 very challenging positions to fill)

• Network internationally within the market research community using LinkedIn, Zoominfo, college

graduate programs & alumni associations, internet discussion boards, Facebook and active use of the candidate referral program

Mergis Group Columbus, OH (12/2004-7/2007)Senior Recruiter

• Filled mid to senior-level accounting and finance positions with a top staffing agency in the

Columbus area, placing talent with major companies that included Nationwide Insurance, Abercrombie & Fitch, Victoria’s Secret, OhioHealth and DSW and others in financial services, insurance, logistics, retail and other industries

• Develop loyal client base that consisted of mostly Fortune 1000 companies in new territory using a

variety of methods including networking and cold calling

Randstad (formerly Accountants, Inc.) San Francisco, CA (12/2000-11/2004)Staffing Manager

• Successfully developed candidate and client relationships in two very different job markets. Clients

included Real Networks, Esurance, CSAA, Sephora, others.

• Responded to difficult market conditions by focusing on quality, resulting in a 50% increase in

average bill rate, increase in fill ratio and temp-to-perm conversions

• Launched successful college recruiting program

AskHR Fremont, CA (7/2000-12/2000)Senior HR Consultant

• Acted as in-house HR Administrator and Recruiter for small start-up companies

Gazoontite.com San Francisco, CA (1/2000-6/2000)HR Coordinator/Recruiter

• Coordinated recruitment as company grew from 75 to over 120 in three months

FedEx Office (formerly Kinko's) San Francisco, CA & Detroit, MI (9/1991-12/1999)Regional Recruiter (12/97-12/99) – Silicon Valley, CA & Central U.S. Division

• Recruited for 19 Silicon Valley Kinko's locations

• Trained new employees for 17 Detroit Area locations

EDUCATIONMichigan State University, East Lansing, MIB.A. Economics (1988), informal minor in Broadcast Journalism

OTHER RELEVANT SKILLS & EXPERIENCETaleo & iCIMS (User/Administrator), ADP EV5, Kronos, Success Factors, SharePoint (Administrator), Jobscore, MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint, basic HTML. LinkedIn Groups Owner/Administrator: California Spartans, Lieberman Worldwide Alumni.

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