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Karen Bell

Westport,ON

Summary

Experienced senior recruiter with 20+ years of diverse corporate experience. Seeking part-time casual secretary role at the Catholic District School Board. Demonstrated expertise in administrative tasks, collaborating with renowned national and local brands across industries. Proven ability to adapt to new environments while upholding corporate policies, procedures, and applications. Proficient in providing regular reporting to managers using MS Office and relational databases.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Talent Acquisition Consultant

Sun Life
08.2021 - 10.2023
  • Hired to help during an intensely busy period on the Fintech recruiting team supporting a variety of groups: DBTS, Legal, Finance, Operations, and Risk
  • Quickly jumped in and kept a workload of approximately 30 job requisitions
  • Built relationships with hiring managers and filled over 270 roles handling recruiting from posting the job description to signing offers.

Recruitment Consultant

Wilson HCG assigned to IBM Canada
04.2021 - 08.2021
  • Hired to join the IBM Canada sourcing team focused on recruiting and hiring experience professionals for the Global Market division
  • Working closely with the internal HR team as their sourcer for technical presales roles in Artificial Intelligence, Data, Robotics and Cloud solutions
  • Utilized various recruitment tools to create a solid pipeline of candidates to be interviewed by senior management.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

SCM Insurance
01.2016 - 04.2021
  • Responsible for full life cycle recruiting across Canada to support the various divisions within SCM; Claimspro, IPG, Opta and Cira Health
  • Worked closely with the hiring manager and senior C level team to ultimately hire the best individuals for the open roles
  • Positions ranging from call centre, claims adjusters, Team Leads, Claims Managers, Business Development professionals and IT individuals
  • Part of the team that tested and implemented Workday for SCM Canada.

Recruiter

Self Employed
02.2006 - 01.2013
  • Recruited directly with companies and for several boutique staffing agencies
  • Supported; Morrison Hershfield, Sooley and Associates, Head 2 Head, Jesco Technologies
  • Responsible for to source candidates based on the job descriptions provided using my own network and online resume boards
  • Types of roles: System Administrators, Software Developers, DBA’s, and Project Managers.

Recruiter

Ajilon Consulting (formerly DGS, currently Modis)
02.1998 - 02.2006
  • Part of a team that recruited for major accounts such as Bell Canada, RBC, CIBC, TD, Kraft Canada, Teranet and GTAA
  • Consistently performed in the top recruitment level and was member of the Presidents Club.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - HKLS

University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON

Skills

  • MS Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint
  • RDBMS: Workday, Brass Ring, Osmo, Seek Out, Claro, Avature
  • Communication skills
  • Personable
  • Quick learner
  • Customer Focused
  • High Energy
  • Strong attention to detail

Timeline

Talent Acquisition Consultant

Sun Life
08.2021 - 10.2023

Recruitment Consultant

Wilson HCG assigned to IBM Canada
04.2021 - 08.2021

Talent Acquisition Specialist

SCM Insurance
01.2016 - 04.2021

Recruiter

Self Employed
02.2006 - 01.2013

Recruiter

Ajilon Consulting (formerly DGS, currently Modis)
02.1998 - 02.2006

Bachelor of Arts - HKLS

University of Waterloo

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