Human Resources Vice President

Karen R. Young

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Fort Lee, New Jersey 07024 Email:*******@**.**.***

Human Resources Senior Executive/Talent Acquisition

Specialist

Talent Acquisition Specialist and partner with senior management in

organizational development strategies to attract, retain and develop top-

flight executives. Innovator of programs for cost-effective recruitment,

leadership assessment, succession planning, identification of high

potential employees and selection of diversity and global candidates.

Effective trainer and builder of inspired teams, known for working in

challenging environments, improving communication among parties and

increasing credibility of human resources efforts.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ingersoll Rand Company, Montvale, NJ 2003 - 2009

Director Strategic Staffing

Provided executive recruitment knowledge and vendor management expertise to

this $17 billion globally diversified manufacturing organization. Worked

as a strategic business partner to the CEO, the Executive and Global

Leadership teams.

. Hired senior executives in North America, India, China and European

Served Areas.

. Created sophisticated policies, procedures, reference materials and

resource guides to support the recruitment process from position

description preparation through on-boarding/ assimilation.

. Developed a comprehensive process to assess, evaluate and manage

suppliers.

. Developed/reported staffing metrics to C level regularly.

BRM Capital Management, Inc., Fort Lee, NJ 2000 - 2002

Director, Human Resources/Chief Talent Officer

Recruited top tier executives for venture capital firm's corporate staff

and 17 portfolio companies. The firms $300MM investments were both in seed

and expansion stage Internet and communications infrastructure companies.

Oriented Israeli management on US recruitment practices and collaborated in

structuring of organization for optimal growth.

. Increased potential profits of companies and efficiency of top management

with innovative, researched-based recruitment methods, which match

competencies of candidates to growth stage of companies.

. Conducted leadership assessment that demonstrated that the right talent

at the right stage of a company's development leads to higher profits.

. Saved firm$1mm+ in outsourcing fees and increased productivity by

handling many recruiting tasks in-house and negotiating discounted rates

with top staffing firms.

Ernst & Young, LLP, New York, NY 1997 - 2000

Director, Executive Recruitment, Consulting Services

Developed and implemented an alternative recruiting approach based on a

centralized, in-house, research/sourcing methodology which reduced

dependence on recruiting firms in hiring Partners and other World-Class

talent. Trained five top recruiters to identify, qualify and prescreen

candidates.

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. Hired 88 Partners and improved competitive position of company by using

both standard and innovative methods based on market intelligence.

. Reduced cost per hire and fees paid to vendors that resulted in

efficient, cost-effective recruiting and yielded higher quality

candidates for national positions.

. Improved competitive position of company by identifying a pool of World-

Class leaders in the consulting world through market intelligence

obtained by managing relationships with selected search firms.

Citigroup/Citibank, N.A., Long Island City, NY 1994 - 1997

Vice President, Staffing and Mobility, Corporate Human Resources

Provided strategic planning, consultation and recruitment advice to the

Operations and Technology organizations.

. Identification, selection, evaluation/assessment of technology search and

contingency firms.

. Lead member of Diversity Council Committee.

Gartner Group, Inc., Stamford, CT 1992 - 1994

Director of Staffing

Developed a centralized staffing function with a staff of five full-time

and four contract recruiters for this information technology consulting

organization of 350 employees.

. Recruited 250 technical, financial and marketing professionals through

cost effective recruiting strategies including research.

. Came in 20% under budget, which reduced cost per hire by 30%.

Citigroup/Citibank, N.A., Long Island City, NY 1986 - 1992

Vice President, Staffing and Mobility, National Executive Search

Vice President, Global Consumer Bank/Distribution Services

Vice President, National Systems & Technology

Assistant Vice President, Corporate Technology Office

. Key member of a newly created centralized recruiting function, providing

search and staffing expertise on a national level to business managers

and internal employees.

. Provided strategic direction and tactical management in the development,

implementation and maintenance of staffing functions/projects throughout

the business.

. Developed a centralized technical staffing and manpower function for this

division of 1,000 employees in seven national locations; supervised staff

of two.

. Managed business unit responsible for internal technical search, internal

mobility of technologists and strategic programs for officer-level

technologists worldwide; unit saved Citicorp $2MM in agency fees.

EDUCATION

M.S., Counselor Education, Fordham University

B.S., Sociology/Psychology, Emporia State University

AWARDS

. Harlem YMCA's Black Achiever in Industry Award, 1990

. YWCA's Tribute to Women in Industry Award, 2006

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