Management Executive

Kristen Shortman

**** ****** ***** ***** ***** Brook, CT 06016 Cell: 860-***-****

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HRIS Experience:

Taleo, Ceridian, Brassring, Vurv, Encore, TAS, SAP HR Module, e-Recruit,

Job Diva, Consol, PeopleSoft, Oracle

Education:

Candidate for Master of Science - Human Resource Management & Employment

Relations; The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Expected graduation - May 2015

May 2005, Bachelor of Arts - English; Westfield State College, Westfield,

MA

Minor: Women's Studies

Sigma Tau Delta, Member of the International English Honor Society

Experience:

April 2013 - Present

KellyOCG - Client Recruiting Consultant for GE Capital

Contract Recruiter position working virtually supporting the KellyOCG

contract with GE Capital

Full Life-Cycle Recruiting for Risk Analytics, Regulatory, Compliance and

Legal positions

Trained for the Kelly Internal Sourcing role specifically networking and

building pipelines through LinkedIn Recruiter.

Aug 2011 - April 2013

Conning, Hartford, CT - Assistant Vice President - Talent Acquisition,

Human Resources

Full Life-Cycle Recruiting for all open positions globally in Risk &

Capital Management Solutions, Insurance Research, Business Development,

Marketing & Communications, Portfolio Management, Research & Risk

Management, Operations, Information Technology and Alternative Investments.

Onboard all new employees and contractors - discuss handbook, code of

conduct, benefits, self-service website, compliance, corporate finance,

logistics and technology.

Partner with outside counsel regarding all Immigration issues for new hires

and employees globally.

Manage domestic and international relocations globally, including long and

short term ex-pat assignments.

Interview, assess and engage with niche and boutique retained search firms

for specialized C-level positions.

Create, design, implement and manage a global recruitment policy &

procedure from requisition approval to employment offer stage.

Collaborate with colleges and universities to promote Conning to students;

hire summer interns and promote creating a co-op program in fall 2012.

Strategize on compensation planning, succession planning, employee

relations, benefit strategies and 401K initiatives.

Participate in research, preparation and execution of RIF to capitalize on

growth within certain specified divisions.

Present Interview Training to the Management Committee, as well as manage

the launch of internet based interview training company wide.

September 2009 to August 2011

Contract Recruiter

Conning (Contracted through The McIntyre Group)

Full Life-Cycle Recruiting for all open positions globally

Streamlined recruiting processes to utilize online functionality for

tracking applicants, building pipelines, networking and sourcing.

Process improvement on several projects, including structured interviews

and debriefs, employment on-line application, hiring capability in HRIS,

strategy meetings, etc.

UTC (Contracted through VOLT) - Relationship Manager (3 month contract)

Manage all aspects of the UTC Fire & Security leased and contract labor as

the on-site with the Vendor Management Solution.

KeyTech, LLC/Arrowpoint Technologies - Executive Recruiter (3 month

contract)

Focused on FT permanent Actuarial, IT and Engineering placements based on

client requirements and qualifications on several Statements of Work

(SOW's)

Capital One (Contracted through PrecisionRS) - Recruiter, Analytics (3

month contract)

Full Life-Cycle Recruiting for Statisticians and Data Analysts

Fully trained in OFCCP regulations

Travelers (Contracted through Continuiti) - Analytics and Actuarial

Recruiter (6 month contract)

Recruit all levels of R&D (Statisticians) and Actuarial in P&C Insurance

Cold call, target recruit and direct recruiting on Chief Actuary searches,

VP - Research & Modeling searches, as well as Interns, Consultants &

Director level.

Candidate Management, Reporting and Metrics in ENCORE

Jan 2009 to Aug 31, 2009

Humana, Inc. Louisville, KY - Corporate Recruiter - Actuarial

Placed approximately 30 Actuaries in various level roles across all lines

of business in 6 months.

Support and collaborate with SVP level Actuaries, Executives outside of

Actuarial, Director of Talent Strategies, as well as Consultants, to work

directly on re-vamping the culture of Actuarial talent Enterprise wide.

Manage Actuarial College and University Recruiting efforts for spring and

fall.

Focus on networking and target recruiting in the Medicare/Senior Products

arena. Medicare/Senior product was 60% of Humana's revenue.

Successfully managed the hiring project of approximately 50 plus Actuaries

at all levels and designations only in the Medicare/Senior Products

department. Only three positions remain open out of 50.

Dec 2005 to Dec 2008

The Hartford/Hartford Life, Simsbury, CT - Senior Staffing Consultant -

Actuarial & Enterprise Risk Management

Trained and led the Actuarial Recruiting team in Life Insurance and

Investment Management.

Recruited for ASA/FSA/ACAS/FCAS level positions, Student positions, HIMCO,

Enterprise Risk Management positions and all college level and intern

roles.

Recognized by SVP and AVP of Talent Acquisition, as well as the company's

Chief Actuary, for candidate generation through many different sourcing

methods.

Effectively and efficiently create and execute a thriving strategy to

immerse myself and my experience into the Actuarial Community both

internally and externally to advance my knowledge and understanding of the

Enterprise as a whole, all lines of business and products, as well as learn

all of our Executive level and Non-Executive level Actuarial functions for

recruiting needs.

Develop and continue to improve the role of Talent Acquisition in relation

to our Actuarial Community and our Rotating Student Executive Actuarial

Training Program in terms of opening lines of communication across

Management, Students and the Program Committee.

Became an "HR Advisor" and expert on assessing internal talent and gaps for

future recruiting strategies.

Placed 336 Financial Services employees in 2006

May 2005 to Dec 2005

KeyTech, LLC, Hartford, CT - Executive IT/Technical Recruiter - Agency

Recruit for Information Technology professionals for contract and permanent

placements.

April 2004 to Dec 2004

London Calling Executive Search, Solana Beach, CA - Executive Recruiter

Billed $155K and placed 30 sales and management candidates permanently in

Fortune 500 Companies.

Sept 2001 to April 2004

Adecco Employment Services, San Diego, CA - On-site Supervisor and Staffing

Specialist

Staffing/Agency Recruiting, Managing and Sales

Computer Skills:

Advanced user of MS Office: Visio, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint,

Outlook, Google Apps/Gmail, Lotus Notes

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