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Karen Mattonen
Karen is an experienced, successful recruiter who operates her own business and is actively involved in many industry organizations and activities.
Her recruiting career began with Snelling Corporation. In 1998, after a successful tenure as a recruiter with Snelling, Karen struck out on her own, founding Advanced Career Solutions (ACS). ACS focuses on recruiting for the HVAC and allied industries, including mechanical construction, piping, plumbing and sheet metal.
Karen has achieved certification as a California Accredited Consultant (CAC) through California Staffing Professionals. This certification signifies commitment to the staffing industry and knowledge of the many laws that govern it. The CAC exam covers employment laws such as the ADA and FMLA, discrimination laws, constitutional Law, common law, state & federal regulations, immigration law, and a comprehensive overview of other legal issues that face recruiters, staffing companies, and their clients every day. She has also gained here certification through American Staffing Professionals.
Karen has a new and future oriented vision of what recruiting can and should become: a profession we can be proud of for its ethical standing, professional conduct and ability to build great organizations. Her doing-well-by- doing-right philosophy is shaking up the status quo in an industry that needs to be shaken. She does this with conviction, leadership, and a distinctive voice that cries out for change. She participates very actively in recruiting discussions relating to ethics, legal issues, and industry self-regulation and is often quoted in the Electronic Recruiting Exchange, a popular online community for HR professionals, and is a regular online contributor to several organizations' sites.
Her passionate and tireless advocacy has led her to co-create Recruiting Standards Solutions, LLC, a company dedicated to providing training to the recruiting and staffing industries, with a special focus on the ethical and legal dimensions.
Karen was a co-creator of the landmark webinar event – "EEOC Discrimination Debate." This event featured senior members of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and staffing industry experts discussing and debating difficult issues about discrimination in today’s workplace environment. Company executives, hiring managers, recruiters, and human resource professionals from across the United States were invited to participate in the free Webinar and live panel discussion. Karen also served as one of the panelists on the discussion team in the March, 2006 event.
As co-host of the popular podcast "The Recruiters Lounge," Karen discusses her frank opinions on the recruitment industry with her co-host, Jim Stroud.
She is a member in good standing with the California Staffing Professionals, Society of Human Resources and the National Association of Personnel Services.
Outside of the HR community, Karen Mattonen has been cited by Microsoft as a resource in how to use Microsoft Outlook as a recruiting management tool. She has also served as the Marketing and Public Relations Director for the city of West Jordan, the third largest city in Utah. She has also worked under the president of the Utah State Chamber of Commerce.
For Recruiting Standards Resources, Karen serves as webinar speaker, trainer, and marketing director.
Her recruiting career began with Snelling Corporation. In 1998, after a successful tenure as a recruiter with Snelling, Karen struck out on her own, founding Advanced Career Solutions (ACS). ACS focuses on recruiting for the HVAC and allied industries, including mechanical construction, piping, plumbing and sheet metal.
Karen has achieved certification as a California Accredited Consultant (CAC) through California Staffing Professionals. This certification signifies commitment to the staffing industry and knowledge of the many laws that govern it. The CAC exam covers employment laws such as the ADA and FMLA, discrimination laws, constitutional Law, common law, state & federal regulations, immigration law, and a comprehensive overview of other legal issues that face recruiters, staffing companies, and their clients every day. She has also gained here certification through American Staffing Professionals.
Karen has a new and future oriented vision of what recruiting can and should become: a profession we can be proud of for its ethical standing, professional conduct and ability to build great organizations. Her doing-well-by- doing-right philosophy is shaking up the status quo in an industry that needs to be shaken. She does this with conviction, leadership, and a distinctive voice that cries out for change. She participates very actively in recruiting discussions relating to ethics, legal issues, and industry self-regulation and is often quoted in the Electronic Recruiting Exchange, a popular online community for HR professionals, and is a regular online contributor to several organizations' sites.
Her passionate and tireless advocacy has led her to co-create Recruiting Standards Solutions, LLC, a company dedicated to providing training to the recruiting and staffing industries, with a special focus on the ethical and legal dimensions.
Karen was a co-creator of the landmark webinar event – "EEOC Discrimination Debate." This event featured senior members of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and staffing industry experts discussing and debating difficult issues about discrimination in today’s workplace environment. Company executives, hiring managers, recruiters, and human resource professionals from across the United States were invited to participate in the free Webinar and live panel discussion. Karen also served as one of the panelists on the discussion team in the March, 2006 event.
As co-host of the popular podcast "The Recruiters Lounge," Karen discusses her frank opinions on the recruitment industry with her co-host, Jim Stroud.
She is a member in good standing with the California Staffing Professionals, Society of Human Resources and the National Association of Personnel Services.
Outside of the HR community, Karen Mattonen has been cited by Microsoft as a resource in how to use Microsoft Outlook as a recruiting management tool. She has also served as the Marketing and Public Relations Director for the city of West Jordan, the third largest city in Utah. She has also worked under the president of the Utah State Chamber of Commerce.
For Recruiting Standards Resources, Karen serves as webinar speaker, trainer, and marketing director.
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