Completed Projects

Successfully Completed Large Projects

Pharmaceuticals

LEO Pharma

  • Reporting to the Head of Human Resources helped expand company from 5 employees to 295
  • Hired candidates at all levels – VP, Senior Director, Director, Manager, etc.
  • Managed two expansion projects of 75 and 95 sales representatives while concurrently filling 10-20 open corporate requisitions at a time
  • Developed and implemented the open house concept for LEO
  • Won an award for an outstanding contribution to Project Pride

Intra-Cellular Therapies (a division of Johnson & Johnson)

  • Reporting to the Head of Human Resources, managed 4 outsourced recruiters and their recruiting teams for a nationwide expansion project, hiring 256 employees for a product launch
  • Managed an expansion of Clinical Operations staff and Market Access Regional Account Managers

Alpharma Pharmaceuticals

  • As Acting Talent Acquisition Manager, managed a nationwide sales expansion project for a product launch, effectively doubling the size of the division from 300 to 600
  • Selected and managed outsourced vendors
  • Developed and implemented open houses around the country
  • Managed 70-85 requisitions per month with a team of 5 direct reports

Radius Health

  • Reporting to the Head of Talent Acquisition, co-led an expansion of 30 sales reps and 3 Medical Science Liaisons saving the company over $300,000

Hospitals

Beth Israel/St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital

  • As Interim Director of Recruiting, managed a 20-person Recruiting Team with 1500 open reqs in 3 hospitals
  • Designed, implemented and managed open houses for nursing, administration, IT, and the hospital laboratories

Education

Kaplan Test Prep (Senior Director of Recruiting)

  • Hired 900 teachers in 4 months
  • Hired 50 customer service reps for NYC call center in 2 months
  • Hired 75 sales reps in 1 month
  • Developed an internal transfer policy to promote career development
  • Wrote “Kaplan Careers”, a career services division business plan for Kaplan

Technology

Cheyenne Software

  • Sole recruiter – hired 525 technical & operations employees, effectively doubling company size.
  • Developed and implemented the open house concept for Cheyenne

Media

Economist Magazine

  • Responsible for nationwide field sales expansion reporting to HR Business Partner
  • Redesigned and centralized the recruiting function for 3 Economist Group divisions
  • Mentored 3 Human Resources Managers and trained them on a best-practices recruiting model

Medical Supplies

J2 Medical Supply

  • Reporting to the Head of Operations, created a recruiting model to hire 150 PPE sales reps to meet tight deadlines during COVID

Laboratory

Advanced Biomedical

  • Responsible for nationwide sales expansion reporting to National Sales Director

Smaller Completed Projects

Pharmaceuticals

Tardimed – Reporting to President, recruited a CEO for one of their portfolio companies
PaxMedica – Recruiting Consultant assisted owner with recruiting
Prothena Biosciences – Recruiting Consultant assisted Head of Talent Acquisition with recruiting
Timber – Recruiting Consultant assisted owner with recruiting
Edge Therapeutics – Recruiting Consultant assisted Head of Talent Acquisition with recruiting & outplacement

Technology

Charles River Computers – Recruiting Consultant assisted Head of Human Resources with recruiting
Custom Computer Specialists – Developed their first recruiting position and filled technical and sales positions

Manufacturing

Sabert – Recruiting Consultant assisted owner with recruiting
Simplex Grinnell – Recruiting Consultant assisted Head of Operations with recruiting
Renaissance Pharma – Reporting to the Head of Human Resources, recruited 88 employees with one agency fee

Publishing

Scholastic – Recruiting Consultant assisted Head of Human Resources with recruiting

Media

CBS TV – Recruiting Consultant assisted Head of Human Resources with recruiting

Legal

Klapper & Klapper Law Firm – Recruiting Consultant assisted owner with recruiting

Non-Profit

City Harvest – Recruiting Consultant assisted Acting Head of Human Resources with recruiting
PDK International – Recruiting Consultant assisted Head of Operations with recruiting

Dental

Suburban Periodontics – Recruiting Consultant assisting owner with recruiting
Cosmetic Dental – Recruiting Consultant assisting owner with recruiting

Maritime

Mid Atlantic Maritime Academy – Recruiting Consultant assisted Head of Human Resources with recruiting

Education

Effective School Solutions – Recruiting Consultant assisted Head of Human Resources with recruiting
Training Resources Maritime Institute – Recruiting Consultant assisted owner with recruiting

Personal

Author – published a 200-page and 21-page book to help job seekers under the name “Absolutely Abby”
Speaker – project managed a nationwide tour in an RV in an effort to help one million job seekers
Whine & Dine – Assisting owner with building the HR networking company; project managed website V1.0