Recruiting's Double Edged Sword

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A business and HR professional, and career strategy expert with over ten years of experience working with and for Fortune 500 companies, fast-growing businesses, start-ups and individual career professionals, Susan doesn't mince words or waste time.

She's got a low tolerance for laziness and a high tolerance for the insanity of the corporate world, plus, a perspective like no others: she's helped hundreds of professionals get jobs and dozens of companies offer them.

As both an experienced career coach and corporate recruiter, Susan has lived in both sides of the house: the corporate hiring suite where needs have to be met perfectly (and faster than you can say "hire"), and the job seeker's basement where hours of hard work don't always equal success. Currently, Susan sits on the corporate side of the house as Director of Talent Acquisition for one of the world's best known brands. She's an expert in using social networking for recruiting and job searching as well as a speaker on all things Gen Y.

Previously, as the founder of University and Career Decisions, Susan worked with individuals, companies and universities in career management, organization development and human resources strategy. Her performance strengths include: individual coaching and consultation, employer branding and recruiting strategy, human resources communication, and presentation and facilitation. She is the creator of the Kaleidoscope Career Model which serves as the basis for her brand new book, The Right Job, Right Now.

A results-oriented career coach and HR professional, Susan has expertise in serving students, business professionals and executives and a proven knowledge of the business landscape and human resources trends. In addition to providing individual career coaching services, Susan previously served as the Assistant Director of Career Services for Johns Hopkins University working with the university’s MBA, business and education graduate students. Through her past partnership with Next Step Partners , Susan led group career programs and customized career management workshops working with MBA graduates from universities across the country including Harvard, Stanford and Duke.

Susan’s broad based business experience also includes working in Staffing for The Home Depot, specifically on National Hiring Partnerships. She also served as a Project Manager for a human resources consulting firm (GW Solutions) where she managed customized learning projects for both public and private sector clients and also helped develop and launch an automated career management tool for use by the Federal workforce.
Susan has also served as a Director for the Corporate Executive Board (CEB) serving hundreds of Fortune 1000 executive clients including Texas Instruments, Sprint, Aetna, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, General Mills and Entergy in research programs focusing on corporate human resources, benefits, recruiting and training and learning. Prior to working for CEB, Susan worked in corporate human resources for Arthur Andersen LLP, where she served in several recruiting, training and staffing functions.

Susan's speaking experience is also extensive ranging from groups of ten to 2,000. She has spoken to numerous corporate groups and universities from Fannie Mae to Harvard, Her engaging style energizes groups in a way no other speaker (well, really a doer) can.

Susan has a MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, a MA in Human Resource Development from The George Washington University, and a BA in Communication from Virginia Tech.

She is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), the highest designation of the human resources profession, and is a certified administrator of the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). In addition to her recent book, The Right Job, Right Now, Susan is also the author of Vault's Guide to Human Resources Careers.

Her expertise has been quoted in both print and online publications including The Washington Post, CollegeGrad.com, Fast Company and The Washington Times. She serves as a blogger for OwenBloggers.com and has written a syndicated career advice column that appeared in several online publications. Susan was also featured in a video on the effect of technology on recruiting and career development created by leading e-Recruiting provider: Experience, Inc.

Originally from Philadelphia, Susan currently resides in Washington, DC. When not coaching or writing, she can usually be found dreaming about a good cheesesteak, watching HBO or football, buying shoes, or figuring out how to make a career of sleeping late.