Kay Semper
Toronto,Canada
Summary
Seasoned Resource Director with a proven track record at Thomas Technology Partners Inc., managing over $100MM in revenue and a team of 40+ subcontractors. Expert in talent acquisition, strategic planning, and fostering strong relationships. Excelled in recruitment process improvements and team management, ensuring operational excellence and surpassing recruitment metrics.
Resource management professional with experience driving efficiency and fostering effective team collaboration. Adept at aligning resources with organizational goals, ensuring optimal project execution. Skilled in strategic planning, conflict resolution, and resource allocation. Known for adaptability, reliability, and achieving measurable results in dynamic work environments.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Resource Director
Thomas Technology Partners Inc.
01.2009 - Current
- Company Overview: Professional Services
- Responsibility includes overall recruiting practices, sourcing strategies, methodology and delivery for all contract and fulltime placements within the organization with a focus on Capital Markets, Wealth Management, Pensions, Insurance, Federal and Provincial Government Industry
- Provide strategic, operational, and tactical human resource services focused on the client's goals, metrics, and processes
- Managing a group of 40+ subcontractors totaling revenue over $100MM annually
- Specialize in pivotal, niche, hard to fill roles, confidential searches for new emerging businesses by engaging full cycle recruitment process, including sourcing candidates through several recruitment channels, prescreening of candidates, behavioral interviews, assessments, and negotiation of offers for best fit resources
- Develop and rollout information management standards and administrative infrastructure for tracking the hiring activity including cost/hire, cycle time, source analysis and quality assessment
- Work directly with the President and Managing Director to define the requirements, develop and implement recruiting plans addressing these requirements, identified and screened resource
- Provide subject matter expertise on recruiting metrics and operational excellence initiatives
- Professional Services
Recruiting Manager
Stratix Consulting
01.2005 - 01.2009
- Company Overview: Management Consulting
- Managed 60+ subcontractors (Toronto/Montreal) totaling revenue of over $100M annually
- Directly managed the subcontractor procurement and delivery process for the organization
- Expanded Consulting Services through built relationships with all levels of the firm while maintaining a working knowledge of the business Service Area offerings
- Worked closely with department heads to fill appropriate roles on engagements by tracking current availability status and variances; follow up on proposed engagement opportunities; made staffing recommendations based on skill set and availability; recommend alternative staffing to ensure optimal utilization
- Followed-up with each practitioner, to ensure updated availability in the scheduling system; understand practitioner skills, interests, preferences, and experience; deliver information to orient new hires; coach practitioners to the Resource Management procedures ensuring success
- Managed, implemented, and coordinated recruitment strategies ensuring the organization attracts talent required to grow and develop the business and achieve corporate objectives
- Generated system reports to actively search for new staffing opportunities Canada wide
- Responsible for preparing the training and professional development programs for fulltime employees
- Collaborated with department heads regarding performance appraisals, annual bonus, Employee Appreciation Day etc
- Responsible for resource management (15-20 personnel concurrently) on several projects in the areas of Project Management, Architecture, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Securities, Wealth Management etc
- Managed projects within budget for on time and material-based delivery and complete outsourcing
- Management Consulting
Education
Business Administration
University of Alberta
Skills
- Talent Acquisition and Management
- Project Management
- Resource Forecasting/ Strategic Planning
- Recruitment Process Improvements
- Team Building/Team Management
- Public Speaking and Campus Recruitment
- Contract Negotiation
- Collaboration
- Training and Presentations
- Head Hunting/Cold Calling
- Behavior Interviews
- Sourcing Strategies
- Coaching and Leadership
- Relationship Management
- Smart Simple
- Bull Horn
- DT Search
- Pre-employment screening
- Recruitment
- Talent management
- Interviewing
- Wages and salaries
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Customer service
- Teamwork
- Multitasking
- Problem-solving
- Attention to detail
- Time management
- Multitasking Abilities
- Problem-solving abilities
- Organizational skills
- Excellent communication
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Reliability
- Compensation administration
- Detail-oriented
- Documentation and reporting
- Resource allocation
- Team leadership
- Conflict resolution
- Creative thinking
- Relationship building
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Requirements writing
- Vendor selection
- Staff management
- Project management
- Phone and email etiquette
- Performance monitoring
- Customer relationship management
- Status updates
Certification
- Human Resources and Performance Management Certification
- Certificate - Behavioral Descriptive Interviewing
- Certificate - Reading Personal Profile Analysis
- 360-Degree Performance Measurement Training
- Presenting with Impact – Tyler MacManus – MacManus International
- University of Alberta- Business Administration
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Resource Director
Thomas Technology Partners Inc.
01.2009 - Current
Recruiting Manager
Stratix Consulting
01.2005 - 01.2009
Business Administration
University of Alberta
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