Colleen Barrett
Talent Acquisition Manager @Hightower Advisors
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WORK HISTORY
Talent Acquisition Manager @Hightower Advisors
Develop and implement talent acquisition strategies aligned with the company’s overall business objectives. This includes creating and maintaining relationships with recruitment agencies, universities, professional associates, and other talent sources• Oversee the full recruitment cycle including: posting requisitions, reviewing resumes scheduling interviews, and development of a talent pipeline• Manage four direct reports • Administers compensation programs, creating a framework and guiding decisions around compensation philosophy• Stay current on Hightower\'s organizational structure, personnel policy, and federal and state laws regarding employment practices• Overhauled our performance competencies and rolled out new performance metrics across the companyKey Accomplishments • Saved $2.5 million in contractor costs through implementing a new approval process, renegotiating rates with recruiting agencies and sourcing contractors internally• Saved company in permanent recruiting agency costs through sourcing internally for roles • Manage a highly successful team that filled 220 roles in 2020, 246 roles in 2023 and 342 roles in 2024 with top talent • Decreased time to fill for talent acquisition team by 29% through sourcing techniques, gaining trust of hiring managers and a white glove approach with candidates • Lead compensation benchmarking project for corporate staff to analyze industry trends
EDUCATION
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Psychology
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Talent Acquisition Manager at Hightower Advisors
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