KAROLYN LEONARD

PH: 630-***-**** ad39l5@r.postjobfree.com LINKEDIN: KAROLYN LEONARD

Results-driven Senior Talent Acquisition Leader with an MBA, showcasing creative problem-solving abilities, excellent communication, and organizational skills. Passionate people leader with proven self- motivation, high productivity, agility, and adeptness in thriving within both fast-paced structured and unstructured environments.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HURON CHICAGO, IL 2015 - PRESENT

Huron, a global consultancy firm, helps clients drive growth, enhance performance, and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. Huron partners with them to develop strategies and implement solutions that enable the transformative change that clients need to own their future. Senior Director, Talent Acquisition (2020-Present) Reporting to the VP of Talent Acquisition, promoted to oversee all experienced and campus recruiting and sourcing teams of 30+ people including Healthcare, Higher Ed, and Technology (Salesforce, Workday, Oracle) roles across U.S., U.K., Canada, and India. Manage the recruiting coordination team of 9 responsible for all scheduling, offer letters, background checks, expense management, etc. ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Lead Diversity recruiting efforts across experienced and campus recruiting as well as co-lead the Veterans iMatter team for Huron in addition to leading yearly projects with Huron Helping Hands community efforts.

• Led the design and implementation of Workday Recruiting, optimizing processes for applications, interviews, referrals, internal transfers, references, and reporting in collaboration with the enterprise team.

• Partnered with Leadership, HR, and Operations to understand talent needs and devise sourcing and recruiting strategies for experienced and campus recruiting.

• Partnered with operations to review, select, and implement a new Background Check vendor for all global locations reducing the turnaround time for processing.

• Led the overhaul of Huron's Internal Mobility process, implementing strategic updates and streamlining procedures, resulting in a significant reduction in attrition and a substantial increase in retention rates.

• Collaborated with the India-based team to successfully adopt Huron's recruiting policies and procedures, streamlining hiring processes uniformly across all practices and locations.

• Revamped the Contingent Workforce process for all contract hiring across Huron and hired a Contingent Workforce leader to oversee vendor management and candidate selection.

• Developed operational goals, recruitment marketing, staff development, and headcount plans, as well as P/L budget for the team.

Director, Talent Acquisition (2015-2020)

• Higher Education, Life Sciences and Enterprise Systems & Analytics (2017-2020)

• Higher Education and Life Sciences (2015-2017)

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ADTALEM GLOBAL EDUCATION CHICAGO, IL 2012-2015

$1.2B Public company focused on post-secondary education and leading provider of professional talent to the healthcare industry.

Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition – Chamberlain University (2014-2015) Promoted to lead a team of twelve Talent Acquisition professionals overseeing recruitment for campus, online, and home office positions, including faculty, leadership, marketing, finance, clinical specialists, simulation lab managers, curriculum development, academic affairs, and accreditation. ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Implemented a standardized sourcing and hiring process within the Talent Acquisition Team, introducing a comprehensive dashboard tracking key metrics such as time to fill, candidate slate quality, and client satisfaction to enhance overall effectiveness and performance.

• Strategically recruited, cultivated, and retained a high-performing team of Talent Acquisition Consultants, while continuously adapting and optimizing strategies to elevate overall team performance.

• Contributed strategic insights on compensation, benefits, and perks, resulting in targeted adjustments that successfully attracted a more extensive and higher-quality candidate pool.

• Developed and maintained a network of outside contacts including recruiters, agencies, professional organizations, and schools to help identify and source qualified candidates. Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition – Home Office, Becker, and Executive Recruiting (2013-2014) Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition – Executive Recruiting and Sourcing Lead (2012-2013) KENSINGTON INTERNATIONAL, INC. OAK BROOK, IL 2003 - 2012 Retained executive search firm specializing in mid and senior management to executive level recruitment. Director, Search Operations (2006 - 2012)

Directed and oversaw a team of 5 in recruitment and research, handling C-level, Private Equity, and senior management searches. Led associate team recruitment, formulated strategies for target companies and candidates, and managed information systems, including a proprietary database. Developed and implemented customer-focused search strategies, setting, and managing team goals and performance incentives.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Created and managed pay for performance program and team-based bonus awards.

• Strategically hired a Knowledge Manager reducing research expense by 20%.

• Pioneered training programs to enhance Associates' recruiting skills and writing capabilities. Senior Associate (2003 - 2006)

PACE SYSTEMS NAPERVILLE, IL 1999 - 2003

Recruiting Manager and Human Resources Manager

EDUCATION

M.B.A., Human Resources Keller Graduate School of Management B.A., Business Management Benedictine University Lisle, IL PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Human Resource Management Association of Chicago, Society for Human Resources Management, and Society of Talent Acquisition and Recruitment, Professional Development Committee TECHNICAL SKILLS

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Workday, iCIMS, LinkedIn, Seek-out, MS Office (Word, Excel, PPT, Teams), Zoom, SmartSheets, Sharepoint, OneDrive