Resume - contract, virtual or corporate recruitment, talent professional.

1. Lynn M. Arts, PHR
lynn.m.arts@gmail.com
414 870 9896
WORK HISTORY
Cielo – Largest HealthCare RPO, NA Senior Recruiter Talent Acquisition 11/2016 to Present
Client: Ascension Healthcare
Focus on Senior Level Clinical & Non Clinical recruitment. Full Cycle recruitment filling over
260 openings in this 14 month time period. Roles ranging from mid-level management to Senior
Leadership (Directors, Managers, CEO, CFO all statewide roles). Finance, Operations, Quality,
Supply Chain, Managerial Leadership, Case Management, & Pharmacy. Excel in sourcing and
partnering with hiring leaders & corporate human resources to fill the openings in target of 45
days. Consistently exceed target goals.
TRIO Solutions, LLC Owner/Principal 9/2004 – 11/2016
Clients: Brunswick Corporate, Brunswick Boat Group, Life Fitness, Mercury Marine, Attwood,
Rockwell Automation, Kohler, Johnson Controls, Jefferson Electric, MillerCoors, Kage
Executive Search Group, Harley Davidson, Chicago Public Schools, Actuant, Milwaukee Journal,
Northwestern Mutual, MGIC, John Deere, Hamilton Sundstrand, Caterpillar, Bucyrus, Kraft,
Tampico, Walgreens, Honeywell)
Brunswick Corporation Senior Executive TA Search 07/2012 - 11/2016
Trio Solutions, LLC Contract Senior Recruiter 8/2004 – 11/2016
Johnson Controls, IncInc National Staffing Manager 03/2001 - 8/2004
Jefferson Wells International Director Human Resources 12/2000 - 3/2001
Northwestern Mutual Life Employment Manager 08/97 - 12/2000
Firstar Bank/Fisc Technology HR Business Consultant II 09/95 - 08/97
Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish Personnel Chairperson 11/90 - 09/95
Reserve Life Insurance Senior HR Consultant 12/85 - 08/89
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Built a million dollar consulting firm from ground floor. Hired and managed 20 consultants and
ongoing business development and project management. Face to clients and community for
TRIO Solutions, LLC.
• Built and implemented a centralized staffing function, leveraging Applicant Tracking Systems
and eRecruitment technology to achieve streamlined workflow processes at JCI.
• Average cost per hire of ($1400 Exempt / $525 Non-Exempt). Significantly, reduced time-to-fill
and increased customer satisfaction.
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2. • Accountable for a staff of 15+ and a $3.5 million staffing budget and $1.5 million college
relations budget. Yearly reduced budget expenditures by 50% while implementing human
resource initiatives to achieve functional leaders’ objectives.
• Human Resource Project Leader on a Contingent Labor/Managed Service Provider Program.
Co-managed acquisition of contingent labor and professional services including identifying key
suppliers, negotiating standard rates and contracts. Established weekly and monthly reporting on
vendor/program effectiveness metrics. Reduced costs by 6% on a 10 million dollar buy.
• Developed and implemented a system-wide diversity recruitment program which yield in excess
of 75% collegiate minority hires and 10% diverse professional hires from Multicultural
Communities and targeted career channels.
• Filled 400 Executive Leadership roles for Brunswick Corporation with half these hires being
diverse hires during a four-year period while only using two outside staffing firms to assist with
these hard to fill roles nationwide. Sourced all candidates directly using various sourcing
channels. Managed the entire recruitment process cycle for all nationwide searches.
• Selected Vendor, developed policies/procedures for Background Checking Program.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sourcing/Contract Recruiting/Virtual Recruitment:
• Filled over 38 nationwide Field Marketing jobs for MillerCoors during a very tight
talent market over a 12-month period.
• Completed a very critical HR recruitment project for Kohler. This project was a high profile
project and resulted in 10 hires for difficult jobs that had been open for months prior to my
involvement. These jobs were at all levels of HR. This project included delivering assessments to
candidates, building nationwide candidate pools and client relationship management.
• During my career I have filled over 2500 jobs at all levels from Vice President to entry level
college roles. I know what it takes to find talent and I can uncover some of the most difficult
candidates for hard to fill jobs in an organization. I am known for consulting with my clients and
providing very relevant and timely information to the client so key decisions can be acted upon to
attract talent.
• Functional Areas of Recruitment: Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical) CPG - Marketing/Sales,
Information Technology, Six Sigma, Finance and Accounting, Internal Audit, Human Resources,
Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Strategy, Product Development, Aerospace,
Controls, Healthcare, Pharmacy, and Business Development for various clients.
• During the sourcing phase of the recruitment process I have implemented and used all social
media tools to attract talent. I enjoy the hunt of finding passive candidates and closing a job with
a top talent hire. Managed entire recruitment process from start to close of requisition.
• Nationwide recruitment for senior leadership levels: VP, Director and Managerial focus.
• Sourced a very robust applicant pools for Walgreens Project in their merchandising and retail
marketing group in 2011. Nationwide search during a very significant organizational shift and
change in the senior leadership.
• Executive Search for key clients nationwide. Again the jobs are a wide variety of roles but
mainly in a manufacturing, consumer product goods, engineering, IT, service or retail
environment.
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3. Strategic Leadership/Consulting:
• Defined strategic business plans and policies for organizational growth, employee retention,
legal compliance, and Employer of Choice branding to meet the goals and mission of TRIO
Solutions, LLC.
• Developed quantitative statistical measures for monitoring/evaluating the company recruiting
efforts and making the necessary adjustments to the department activities. Weekly, monthly and
annual reporting to Senior Management and Principals.
• Implemented Best Practices for ensuring a ready pool of qualified top employees by providing
research and sourcing support, candidate assessment and development, and competitive
intelligence information.
• Lead the implementation efforts of business process tactical plans for the development,
deployment and use of passive and direct sourcing techniques, including competitive executive
research.
• Formal large scale, project management and consulting experience. Defined, planned and
implemented multi-site, and multi-state projects on-site for various clients.
• Preferred Headhunter/Agency Vendor Management Program. The team negotiated fees paid
from 25% down to 15% streamlined work flow, developed policies and contracts.
• Developed quantitative statistical measures for monitoring/evaluating the company’s recruiting
efforts and making the necessary adjustments to meet organizational business goals.
• Defined e-business strategies and detailed Web Site functionality for TRIO Solutions, LLC,
Johnson Controls, Inc., Northwestern Mutual Life, and Firstar’s career employment sites.
• Formal large scale, project management and consulting experience. Defined, planned and
implemented multi-site, and multi-state projects.
• Functional Project Leader for Peoplesoft 8.3 eRecruit , Kenexa,Webhire/Restrac 3.1 and
Recruitsoft Taleo~Applicant Tracking Recruiting Systems, Brassring. Virtual Edge, ADP
Recruitment Management I have worked on almost every Applicant Tracking Systems.
Diversity Recruitment/Strategic Multicultural Relationships:
• Educated client groups and team on managing candidate relationships and diversity sources for
fulfilling workforce planning needs. Lead the development and execution of diversity sourcing
plans to meet business growth plans in collaboration with diversity team.
• Lead efforts to identify and develop productive relationships with national multicultural
associations, colleges, universities, technical schools, and community based organizations.
Generated diversity talent pools, provided sourcing consultation with recruitment team and Field
Human Resource Managers.
• Management of all multicultural job fairs, military career fairs, and trade show activities.
• Revealed several untapped trade show opportunities and instituted regular attendance increasing
candidate/company diversity employment brand awareness.
• Developed, implemented and administered a successful minority internship scholarship program
for Northwestern Mutual Foundation.
• Participated in annual diversity progress view meetings with Senior Leadership for several
Government Contracting Companies. Tier 1 suppliers so the applicant pool must be diverse.
Training and Organizational Development:
• Developed and delivered numerous “Recruitment and Selection” presentations to all levels of
management, Human Resource Generalists, and at National/State level conferences.
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4. • Designed and conducted in-house training programs for staff and management in area of DDI
Targeted Selection Interviewing, Behavioral Based Selection, eRecruitment, New Employee
Orientation, and People Management Training. Implemented, developed and facilitated 75
different supervisory based workshops for Chicago Board of Education.
• Facilitated 360 development assessments for succession planning and career development.
• Conducted employee focus groups to identify issues trends, report findings and prepared
strategic plans to address turnover, gender and cultural concerns.
• Investigated, mediated disciplinary actions in situations ranging from attendance/tardiness,
sexual harassment, violence in the workplace. Ensured compliance with ADA and FMLA.
Management:
• Hired, developed and managed the recruitment and sourcing team while driving staffing
strategies for North America Operations, and Corporate Headquarters. Customer base included
24 Area Offices, 350 branch locations, supporting 1400 hiring managers nationally in their
recruitment efforts.
• Designed, built and implemented a centralized Talent/Staffing Organizational Structure to
support a highly matrixed and decentralized distribution channels nationwide.
• Developed Recruiter’s Balanced Scorecard and annual staffing objectives. Provided
performance management guidance to assigned staff. Monitored workflow and assigned work to
ensure maximum and individual and program success.
• Managed a team of regional and functional recruiters in a high volume, fast paced recruitment
environment for TRIO Solutions, LLC key clients.
• Initiated weekly meetings, on-going training, resource allocations, and recruiting policies
procedures for various disciplines. Crafted partnerships with Business HR Directors, VP’s and
Principals to provide business solutions for clients.
EDUCATION
BBA, University of Wisconsin Whitewater--Cum Laude Graduate with Honors
Major: Business Management – Human Resources
Affiliations and Awards
Board of Directors, Milwaukee Metro SHRM for eight years
Diversity Director, Wisconsin State SHRM (two years)
Society for Human Resources Management
American Management Association
Milwaukee Chapter of HRMA
Milwaukee’s Employment Best Practices Professional Group
World @ Work Association
Human Capital Institute Association
Chairperson HRMA Spring Conference 2005
President South Milwaukee Soccer Association
Human Resource Metrics – Saratoga Institute
Received numerous JCI Project Leadership Awards for cross-functional projects implemented
Six-Sigma Training Programs: Green Belt
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