Human Resources Director

Carol Essig

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East Brunswick, NJ 08816

904-***-**** cell

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Professional Summary

• Energetic professional with over ten years of recruiting experience and five years of leadership

experience within Human Resources

• Corporate trainer with excellent track record of employee engagement

• Driven individual with a strong ability to build and maintain professional relationships through

initiative, integrity and follow through

Experience:

Wachovia, a Wells Fargo Company

Human Resources Consultant 08/2007- Present

South Florida Region

• Trained and coached a recruiting team of twelve on sourcing and process improvement

• Developed various training manuals to keep recruiters up to date on latest technology advances

• Created a “talent book” for each of the markets in Florida to utilize, compiling data such as salary,

competitor information and any challenging market conditions

• Provided high value recruiting expertise to line of business HR partners to meet strategic business

needs

• Research best practices and initiate changes in programs, policies and processes

Recruiting Consultant 01/2005-08/2007

Jacksonville, FL

• Responsible for the recruitment and on-boarding of platform and leadership level employees

within the retail banking segment of North Florida totaling 48 locations

• Partner with Retail Banking Director, Service Director and other key leaders to determine and

project staffing needs for the North Florida market

• Proactively recruit through various networking groups, calling on competitors, utilizing our

referral system, open houses, career fairs and other various community events

• Facilitate the Interviewing and Hiring classes to multiple layers of leadership to ensure we are

following the “Targeted Selection” interview process; became a “Targeted Selection Certified

Instructor” through Development Dimensions International

• Conduct new hire orientation classes

Notable Achievements:

• Hired 137 people in first year

• Highest number of hires state wide in 2007

• Developed new training curriculum for the Florida Recruiting Team to educate on our Financial

Specialist’s scorecard, compensation and other measurement techniques

• Created and presented a “Walk the Market/ Creative Sourcing” seminar for the senior leadership

team in the Pennsylvania/ Delaware market

• Assisted in the opening of a newly acquired market (Houston, TX)- spent two weeks building a

recruiting foundation and hired nine people in the process

• Set up recruiting department for the Richmond, Virginia market by consulting with the new

Regional Banking Director and Service Director to assess needs and implement strategy to meet

aggressive hiring demands

Northwestern Mutual Financial Network 11/2000-05/2004

Jacksonville, FL

Director of Agency Development

• Identify and recruit potential Financial Representatives

• Arrange speaking engagements at both campus events and various community functions

• Update management team on a weekly basis of recruiting activities

• Created a recruiting seminar for the Management Training Program

• Coordinated strategic public relations events to market the Northwestern Mutual name in the

community

• Assist in training new representatives with effective prospecting techniques and helping them to

develop a personalized marketing plan

• Selected to co-host a monthly teleconference designed to help newly appointed Managing Partners

establish a productive recruiting department

Notable Achievements

• Doubled recruiting activity in less than six months with no industry experience and increased sales

through the addition of twelve new Financial Representatives within the first year

• Consistently in the top 10% company wide for retention of new Financial Representatives

• Facilitated a “Dining Etiquette” seminar for a both local colleges and a statewide career

development seminar

Education

University of North Florida December 1998

Bachelor of Arts in Communications, Specialization in Advertising

• College work experience included an internship with the Walt Disney World company and various

positions in the hospitality field

Dale Carnegie Course Completed April 2008

• Effective Communications and Human Relations Course

• Served as a coach for participants going through the Dale Carnegie course

Community Involvement

• Junior Achievement- Served as company coordinator for the Bowl-A-Thon; teach classes on basic

economic principles to elementary-aged students- ongoing since 2001

• ImpactJax- young professional division of the Chamber of Commerce- member

• 2006 Honoree for the “Single Greatest Night”- a designation given to 50 single professionals in

the Jacksonville area who have been committed to community service and professional leadership

• USO Volunteer- work weekly at the Jacksonville International Airport in the USO Welcome

Center

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