Kathryn M. Leary

adxlc3@r.postjobfree.com

952-***-****

Education

Adler University

Master of Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Emphasis in Social Justice

GPA 3.8

College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN

BA Communications, Minor Spanish, GPA 3.6

Study Abroad, Madrid, Spain and Philippines

Harver

Senior Strategic Account Manager

January 2022 to present

Harver is the largest creator of assessment products used in hiring processes globally. Company known for first class assessment experience, we work with over 1400 organizations to help them predict successful hires and reduce attrition and do so efficiently and at scale. Promoted to current role after one year. Manage book of business of clients with value of 3.4 million dollars in a SaaS environment. Primary responsibilities to renew current customers and identify opportunities for expansion using Force Management Sales methodology. Achieved best annual net retention of all peers during initial year, not losing a single account. Meet with clients on a regular basis to ensure satisfaction with products and services. Partner with internal teams to support customers’ needs, including people science, delivery, and product teams. Apply principles of I/O psychology to assessment interpretations and facilitate understanding by customers. Train and coach client teams on using products, interpreting assessment reports and results, interview guides, development reports, etc.

Robert Half Management Resources

Senior Recruiting Consultant

February 2019 January 2022

Provide recruiting consultation to seven companies during this time, Bluestem Brands, Jack Links, Inc., Electromed Inc, Lawrence Merchandising Services, Imagine Print Solutions, Pentair and Heraeus Medical. Brought on in a variety of circumstances. Responsibilities range from developing recruitment team structure and strategy to prioritize and fill corporate roles across all functions. Recruiting for all functions, including accounting and finance, marketing and sales, R&D, Engineering, IT, Supply Chain, HR and more. Quickly engaged with hiring managers, screen, recommend and hire candidates for critical roles.

TCF Bank

Talent Acquisition Manager

February 2018 to February 2019

Publicly held regional bank with 4000 employees. Led consumer, talent acquisition team of two senior recruiters and eight, geographically dispersed professional recruiters. Team focused on both high volume, retail roles and highly impactful, mortgage lending roles. Strategic planning for team, translating strategy into executable initiatives to enable filling over 1500 roles annually across eight states. Focus on change leadership, coaching, development, and best practices. Team focus on sourcing, candidate and hiring manager experience and aligning talent acquisition process to support business goals. Project responsibilities in the following:

●Selection (RFP and bidding process) and implementation of new background vendor

●Selection and integration of assessments for various roles

●Manage and renew relocation policies

●Model strong partnerships with HRBPs and other teams within the organization

Robert Half International

Senior Recruiter

April 2015 to February 2018

World’s largest specialized staffing company. Hired to grow RHI’s newest line of business, providing human resources direct hire services to a variety of clients in the Twin Cities across all Human Resources functional areas. Filled roles from HR Generalists to CHROs.

Best Buy

Talent Acquisition Manager

October, 2013 to April 2015

Largest national retailer of electronics. Led talent acquisition team and campus recruiting team of 6 full time and 6 contract staff to support CFO organization, including finance, IT, Supply chain, human resources and campus hiring.

●Lead strategy to fill all roles with in 45-day time to fill goal

●Executive search activities including management of external partnerships with firms and sourcing for Director and above level finance roles.

●Participated in TA Leadership team and execution of goals, strategies

●Held weekly 1-1 meetings with direct reports resulting in highest (100%) engagement scores across talent acquisition

●Lead project to fill 1200 net new IT roles within 5-month time period, directing work of six contract resources

●Directed Campus recruiting team to deliver strong results on Intern, Full time and Summer U programs.

●Worked closely with HR business partners throughout the organization, participating in weekly meetings and providing constant flow of communication on critical issues relating to the hiring of top talent

MomCorps, September Minnetonka, MN, Owner

September 2010 to 2013

MN franchise location of specialty staffing firm. Specialize in finding flexible jobs for talented professionals who seek flexible work.

●Hired, trained and worked alongside small team of sales and recruiters

CarVal Investors/Cargill Inc.

Recruiting Manager

July 2005 to September 2010

Began as national recruitment lead for Risk Management and Financial Solutions Business Units. Promoted to Recruiting Manager of CarVal Investors in May,2008. Responsible for partnerships with business and human resource leaders to establish best practices in sourcing and selection. Manage to operating budget within a fee-for-service environment.

●Implemented assessment testing as part of selection process

●Responsible for control of annual recruiting budget for firm

●Service client group of over 800 individuals, participating in planning and executing recruitment and talent strategies

●Participate in workforce planning, including, external and internal workforce data, screening and selection tools, metrics, sourcing strategies, branding and improved processes

●Hired, trained, and managed team of six, including four professional recruiters

●Coaching, performance management and development of staff

●Metric accomplishments include increased platform hires, projected 3-year increase of 100%, Managed time to fill below industry average

●Designed and implemented strategy for MBA level recruitment at top 10 US schools

●Developed and managed retainer for billing clients based on prior and forecasted usage

●Coordinated efforts with larger talent recruitment team and global counterparts

●Executed search for key positions including Chief Legal Office, Chief Compliance Officer, and other business unit executives

●Created and implemented an employee referral program

●Evaluate jobs and write descriptions, maintaining library of resources

●Liaise with Cargill Valuing Differences team to ensure diverse sources of candidates

●Managed vendors relationships, including search firms and research organizations

●Trained client group on relevant legal and regulatory changes involving recruitment

Volunteer Experience

Volunteered 200 hours for Children of the Nations (COTNI). This nonprofit supports children and families in six impoverished countries with basic needs. Build a resource consisting of 200 likeminded non-profits based in the Dominican Republic for future collaboration and partnership.

System Experience

Salesforce, Gainsight, SPSS, Tableau, Excel, Microsoft Office, Power Point, Linked In Recruiter

Talent Acquisition Systems- Workday, iCIMs, Ultipro, ICIMS, Talent Neuron, SmartRecruiters, Silk Road, Smart Recruiters, Sales Force, Taleo Enterprise and Business editions, Bullhorn, PeopleSoft, Micro J, Recruitmax, RecruitSoft,

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