Mary Beth Armstrong

About Mary Beth Armstrong

Wife, Mother, Moyamoya Disease Warrior 🦋(I share as it’s extremely rare, for awareness). Crazy enough to still attempt stopping shots🥅. I love the Golden Girls as much as I love helping others improve their lives, and the lives of 50 million investors by joining the noble mission at Vanguard. I provide innovative approaches to leading multi-channel sourcing strategies and continuously strive to go above and beyond, introducing the best executive talent to Vanguard. Expertise in meta prompting LLM\'s, building automated workflows, AI agents, building programmable search engines, Boolean, implicit and natural language search. I lead searches with both empathy and EQ. Outside of this platform I spend lots of time on LLM\'s and within professional groups, attendee lists and associations/ networks identifying and attracting talent.Proven search experience in diagnosing capability requirements and translating these into practical executive talent strategies.I have recruited for 23 companies, 10 of which are global organizations. My 20+ years recruitment experience includes high volume, in demand talent, and 10 in executive search.Industries I have supported: Financial Services, Hospitality, Security Services, Non-Profit, Healthcare, Professional Services, Higher Education, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Facility Services, and Industrial Automation.

Experience

1. Executive Search - Sourcing and Talent Research Consultant

   Vanguard

   Jul 2019 — Present

   Providing executive search strategy, multi-channel sourcing, and talent market intelligence for Vanguard. My role is to pro-actively identify and attract executive talent for all divisions at Vanguard. About Vanguard: “We are zealous–devoted and diligent. The spirit here is roll up your sleeves and go to work.”– Jack Bogle, Character CountsMission-driven: Our mission, to take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success, is not simply a catchphrase on a wall somewhere. It’s who we are. When you come to work at Vanguard, you come to work for a purpose bigger than yourself. You come to impact the lives of millions of people that have entrusted us with their financial future. Client-focused: Our client-owned structure is distinct in our industry—with no outside shareholders, we focus solely on the returns of our clients. There is no daylight between our goals and theirs. When our clients succeed, we succeed.Crew-powered: Working at Vanguard means not only serving a noble mission but getting to work alongside the kind of people that are motivated by a higher cause. Our selfless, caring, purpose-driven crew set us apart.

Education

• Fox School of Business at Temple University

  Bachelors of Science, Business Administration and Management, General

  2000 — 2004

• Temple University

  Bachelor's of Science, Tourism and Hospitality Management

  2000 — 2005

Skills

• Talent Acquisition
• Taleo
• Succession Planning
• Technical Recruiting
• Job Descriptions
• College Recruiting
• Employee Engagement
• Talent Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Job Fairs
• Organizational Development
• Employer Branding
• HR Consulting
• Resume Writing
• Employee Relations
• Staffing Services
• Human Resources
• Technology Implementations
• Management
• Recruitment/Retention
• Interviews
• New Hire Orientations
• Adp Payroll
• Performance Management
• Employee Training
• Leadership
• Screening Resumes
• Payroll
• Background Checks
• Workforce Planning
• Executive Search
• Labor Relations
• Payroll Administration
• Sourcing
• International Business Experience
• Screening
• Hiring
• Internet Recruiting
• Hris
• Deferred Compensation