Erek T Powell
Dwight, IL **420
**********@*****.***
Lighthouse Search Group, Inc. Lemont, IL 05/05 - 09-08
Director of Recruiting
. Responsible for managing a group of actuarial recruiters in the
office.
. Trained new recruiters that started at Lighthouse Search Group, Inc
. Maintained a B.O.B. of fortune 500 clients and responsible for
bringing in new businesses.
. Recruited actuaries for opportunities across the United States.
. Would walk each candidate through the whole process/
. Prep and debrief each candidate for their interviews.
. Help negotiate each offer to the satisfaction of the candidate and the
client.
. Prepare each person for the resignation process to ensure there would
be no counter offer.
Hewitt Associates, Lincolnshire, IL 03/05 - 05/05
Contract Recruiter
. Recruited Actuaries for the Pension retirement department nationally
. Co-called on a daily basis to develop candidates for all level of
actuaries throughout the United States.
. Sourced Candidates through Career Builder and on Monster.
. Conducted behavioral interviews with each candidate before passing on
to the proper department.
Allstate Insurance, Northbrook, IL 01/04 -02/05
Contract Recruiter
. Recruiter for several different departments of Allstate's home office.
. Property and Casualty Actuarial and Non Actuarial positions, Life
Actuarial, Asset Liability/Risk Management, Certified Financial
Analyst, Financial Sales Consultants and Compensation Department.
. Involved with full life cycle recruiting for all departments I
supported
. Created spread sheets for each position to track how many candidates
were being contacted each month.
. Meet with different department managers to determine their hiring
needs
. Attended job fairs and campus recruiting events
Lighthouse Search Group, Inc, Burr Ridge, IL 07/96 - 01/04
Director of Recruiting - 08/98 - 01/04
Executive Recruiter - 07/96 - 08/98
. Responsible for recruiting retirement and health care actuaries for
fortune 500 companies.
. Managed a team of five employees in the actuarial department.
. Involved with bringing in new clients to the company.
. Responsible for training new employees.
. Was responsible to produce 120k in production of my own revenue.
. Co-called on a daily basis to develop new candidates for current
opportunities.
. Was involved with full cycle recruiting taking the candidate from
start to finish.
TRI-S Recruiters, Westmont, IL 07/95 - 07/96
Recruiter
. Responsible for recruiting actuaries for consulting firms and
accounting firms.
. Daily responsibilities were to source new candidates for open
positions.
. Involved with there training program.
EDUCATION
Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL, 1996
Took a year and a semester of business courses
COMPUTER SKILLS
Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Act, Resumix, Same Time and Sendouts.