Publication Date: October 21, 2005 | Series: Vault Guide to Human Resources Careers
Get the inside scoop on exciting corporate anf entrepreneuership careers in this new Vault guide to human resources offering a detailed account of how HR fits in an organization, career paths, getting hired, education, salaries, professional development, typical HR functions and roles, and more.
Meet Susan | Career Coach | Recruiter | Brand Guru www.susanstrayer.com | @dailycareertips (Twitter)
An expert in talent, brand and careers, Susan works at the intersection of where business meets brand for professionals and organizations. She regularly consults for organizations on developing and executing a talent brand, and coaches professionals on how to develop personal brands and job search effectively. In her current day job, she oversees Employer Brand and Marketing for a Fortune 500 company.
She's well versed in using social media for HR, recruiting and job searching, and was the first to have a comprehensive list online of employers recruiting on Twitter.
For organizations, Susan's provides expertise in: social media strategy, employer branding and recruiting strategy, human resources communication, and presentation and facilitation. She is the creator of the Kaleidoscope Career Model which serves as the basis for her second book, The Right Job, Right Now.
For individuals, Susan has expertise in coaching students, business professionals and executives on personal brands, job search startegy and career management and development.
With over 12 years of business and coaching experience, Susan has worked in-house and as a consultant to start-up, high-growth and Fortune 500 companies. Prior to her current role in Employer Brand, Susan serves as the Director of Talent Acquisition for The Ritz- Carlton Hotel Company.
Susan's broad based business experience also includes working in Staffing for The Home Depot, specifically on National Hiring Partnerships. She also served as a Project Manager for a human resources consulting firm (GW Solutions) where she managed customized learning projects for both public and private sector clients and also helped develop and launch an automated career management tool for use by the Federal workforce.
She served as the Assistant Director of Career Services for Johns Hopkins University working with the university's MBA, business and education graduate students and through her past partnership with Next Step Partners , Susan led group career programs and customized career management workshops working with MBA graduates from universities across the country including Harvard, Stanford and Duke.
Susan has also served as a Director for the Corporate Executive Board (CEB) serving hundreds of Fortune 1000 executive clients including Texas Instruments, Sprint, Aetna, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, General Mills and Entergy in research programs focusing on corporate human resources, benefits, recruiting and training and learning. Prior to working for CEB, Susan worked in corporate human resources for Arthur Andersen LLP, where she served in several recruiting, training and staffing functions.
Susan's speaking experience is also extensive ranging from groups of ten to 2,000. She has spoken to numerous corporate groups and universities including, Fannie Mae, Deloitte, Harvard University, the Department of Labor, Vanderbilt University and many more. Her engaging, hands-on style means people listen and actually learn.
Susan has a MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, a MA in Human Resource Development from The George Washington University, and a BA in Communication from Virginia Tech. She also has student loan debt. Alot.
She is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), the highest designation of the human resources profession, and is a certified administrator of the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). In addition to her recent book, The Right Job, Right Now, Susan is also the author of Vault's Guide to Human Resources Careers.
Her expertise has been quoted in both print and online publications ranging from The Washington Post and The New York Times to Fast Company, Business Week and Glamour magazines. She blogs regularly on a kaleidoscope of issues at SusanStrayer.com and shares a Job and Tip of the Day on Twitter among other advice via @DailyCareerTips.
Originally from Philadelphia, Susan currently resides in Washington, DC. When not coaching or writing, she can usually be found buying shoes, watching football, dreaming about a good cheesesteak, or figuring out how to make a career of sleeping late.
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