Kelly Pedersen
Lakemoor,IL
Summary
Professional with strong background in talent acquisition, skilled in sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding top-tier candidates. Known for fostering collaborative team environments and adapting quickly to changing recruitment needs. Demonstrates expertise in candidate assessment, relationship building, and strategic hiring processes, consistently driving successful outcomes. Reliable and results-focused, delivering high standards in every aspect of recruitment.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Mauser Packaging Solutions
10.2022 - 03.2025
- Manage full-cycle recruiting for multiple roles while simultaneously maintaining high-quality standards in candidate assessment and selection for professional level positions across Operations, Sales, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Supply Chain, and IT
- Maximize pipeline activity by executing mutli-channel sourcing strategies and transparent messaging to engage passive candidates to reduce the time to fill by 15% and reduce agency fees by $100,000.00
- Successfully staffed 20 highly niched roles in Engineering before the project deadline of 90 days and with zero turnover
- Project lead to recruit 9 brand new sales positions within 60 days
- Partner with senior leadership to write job descriptions, conduct salary analysis, and provide recommendations to ensure pay plans are competitive in the marketplace
- Improve candidate experience with prompt communication and feedback, ensuring positive perception of company throughout recruitment cycle.
- Evaluate resumes, interviewed, and presented qualified candidates to hiring managers and solicited feedback to refine recruiting strategy.
- Develop strong talent pipelines by utilizing various sourcing techniques, including social media, job boards, and networking events.
- Establish strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment on talent acquisition goals and objectives.
- Provide regular updates on talent acquisition performance metrics to senior leadership, supporting data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement efforts.
Talent Acquisition Consultant
Lucas James Talent Partners
03.2022 - 10.2022
- Recruit for a range of roles and levels in Customer Success, Sales, and GTM, Enablement and Business Development
- Consult with client business leaders to develop comprehensive recruitment strategies to meet demanding target of time-to-fill of 45 days
- Fully integrate into client companies to provide a high-touch, seamless candidate experience with onboarding
- Ensure a positive and trusting candidate experience through the end-to-end recruiting process by prioritizing communication, follow through and candidate advocacy
- Analyze recruiting metrics to share reports and recommendations with stakeholders.
- Conduct thorough candidate screenings, ensuring a high-quality talent pool for consideration.
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Rust-Oleum
03.2020 - 03.2022
- Manage the full life cycle recruitment for 20-30 professional level positions for Field Sales, Finance, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Customer Service, IT, and Marketing
- Source for passive candidates, conduct phone screens, interview candidates by asking behavioral based questions through Predictive Index
- Provide weekly calls to the hiring manager to discuss any challenges such as the candidate pipeline, caliber of candidates and salary requirements
- Manage and create social media posts to enhance our employment brand
- Develop Rust-Oleum Careers Page
- Recruit and manage the intern program for Engineering
- Increase quality of hires through meticulous candidate screening, interviewing, and assessment techniques.
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Rust-Oleum
03.2019 - 03.2020
- Manage the full life cycle recruiting for 12-15 positions while maintaining an average to fill rate of 45 days
- Build and establish rapport across the organization
- Develop relationships with key universities to build a pipeline of students for our Engineering Co-Ops
- Travel to the universities during peak seasons
- Create and develop the Buddy Program to improve on-boarding and increase employee morale and retention
Talent Acquisition Consultant - Contractor
Stepan Company
10.2017 - 02.2017
- Worked with all levels of the organization from Managers to Vice Presidents to fill highly niched roles in Finance, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Legal, Customer Service, Research and Development, and IT
- Conducted full life cycle recruitment for 20 requisitions that includes: sourcing for passive candidates, creating a pipeline for future openings, conducting phone screens, interviewing potential candidates offer negotiations and extensions, and processing background checks
- Managed the relationship with external recruiters for highly specialized positions
Recruiter
Camping World
03.2011 - 10.2017
- Conducted full life cycle recruitment for non-exempt and exempt level positions across 10 Northeast locations for: Sales, Maintenance Technicians, Finance, Business Development positions
- Managed 50+ requisitions to include sourcing, scheduling, and offer extensions
- Build and establish rapport with hiring managers
- Implemented a new process that all new hires will receive an offer letter
- Developed an apprentice program by partnering with trade schools and universities to increase technicians in the 9 dealerships by 1st quarter
Education
Bachelor of Science - Marketing
Roosevelt University
Schaumburg, ILSkills
- Microsoft Word
- PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Outlook
- Oracle
- IRecruiter
- Peerless
- Virtual Edge
- Silk Road
- Job Target
- Sprinklr
- Canva
- Broadbean
- Gem
- Indeed
- PeopleFilter
- Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
- Onboarding processes
- Candidate sourcing
- Social media recruiting
- Recruitment
- Cold calling
- Candidate pipeline management
- Candidate tracking
- Talent acquisition
- Talent management
- Career fair management
- Application screening
- Recruitment reporting
- Relationship building
- New hire orientation
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Mauser Packaging Solutions
10.2022 - 03.2025
Talent Acquisition Consultant
Lucas James Talent Partners
03.2022 - 10.2022
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Rust-Oleum
03.2020 - 03.2022
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Rust-Oleum
03.2019 - 03.2020
Talent Acquisition Consultant - Contractor
Stepan Company
10.2017 - 02.2017
Recruiter
Camping World
03.2011 - 10.2017
Bachelor of Science - Marketing
Roosevelt University
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