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Round Lake, IL *****

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acz1zs@r.postjobfree.com

Sarah E. Schaefer

Professional Summary

Recruiting professional with over 17 years of experience, specializing in full-cycle recruiting and recruiting operations in financial, insurance, pharmaceutical, and other industries.

Employment History

3/2008 – 4/2017 Combined Insurance, a Chubb company Chicago, IL

Senior Staff Recruiter

Created and piloted the full-cycle recruiting program which successfully centralized recruiting to the home office. Identified sourcing resources, implemented an applicant tracking system, established a formal written offer process, and set up relationships among the departments.

Recruited insurance sales professionals from the 100%-commissioned agent level to statewide market directors.

Directly managed 3 recruiters and expanded recruiting team from 2 recruiters to 45 recruiters.

Optimized the recruiting portal of Taleo (applicant tracking system) through regular audit and updating of 75+ requisitions. Trained new recruiters and provided technical support to new hires.

Built and managed the online offer process for 3,000 hires annually, including auditing applications for eligibility, validating hierarchy alignment, and issuing offers and onboarding tasks to all new hires.

Generated and delivered comprehensive daily reports and served as central liaison for onboarding, licensing, payroll, travel, technology, training, and legal departments.

Developed and optimized travel coordination process with a new travel vendor to ensure that travel arrangements for 50-100 new hires per week are accurately scheduled.

Conducted weekly new hire paperwork orientation.

Recovered over $22,000 annually through financial analysis of the recruiting department’s $6 million annual budget.

Reduced travel expenditures by 8% through thorough review and approval of expense reports. Compiled monthly forecasts to finance department.

Started and maintained department intranet site, produced ad hoc reports, and facilitated vendor relationships.

8/2006 – 2/2008 Morgan Stanley Credit Corporation Riverwoods, IL

Associate, Human Resources

Sole full-cycle national recruiter responsible for recruiting, qualifying, and interviewing candidates for mortgage division. Recruited for all levels, including senior vice president to clerk and for all departments, including sales, finance, accounting, marketing, customer service, and administrative.

Facilitated the onboarding and orientation process.

Served as backup to the Human Resource Generalist.

1/2006 – 8/2006 Manpower/Abbott Laboratories Waukegan/Abbott Park, IL

Temporary Contractor

Administrative duties.

6/2002 – 3/2006 Ashby Staffing Austin, TX

Remote Consultant (1/2006 – 3/2006)

Managed year-end process, including W2 distribution and general accounting.

Researched and executed improvements to use of eEmpAct (staffing software).

Ongoing consultant to internal staff.

Staffing Manager (6/2002 - 12/2005)

Recruited administrative and accounting candidates through employee referrals, job fairs, cold calling, Internet recruiting, and networking.

Supervised 3 internal staffing managers.

Increased weekly hours worked by temporary employees by 250%.

Managed and processed payroll and accounts receivable.

5/1999 – 6/2002 Advanced Resources Northbrook, IL

Staffing Coordinator

Recruited, interviewed, and retained temporary employees.

Managed company’s top pharmaceutical client through weekly onsite visits and quality control assessments.

Occasional processing of weekly payroll for 80+ employees and collection of overdue invoices.

Education

1995-1999 Washington University St. Louis, MO

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

Majors: Organization & Human Resource Management, Management, International Business. Minor: Spanish.

Skills

Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Lotus Notes, Taleo, PeopleSoft, ACT!, PeopleClick, eEmpACT, Wonderlic, Tempworks, Tempware.

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