Ann-Marie Abbott

Current

Senior IT/HR/CFO Recruiter at IDEXX Laboratories
Senior RN/Lab Recruiter at Coastal Staffing Consultants, LLC

Past

Senior Nurse Recruiting Consultant (International & National Recruitment) at Catholic Healthcare West
Senior Recruiting Consultant at Intuit
Senior Nurse Recruiting Consultant at Kaiser Permanente

Contract Senior Recruiter / Technical Sales, Marketing & Business Development at Metricom
Team Leader / Employment Development at Training Resource Center
Sourcing Recruiter at National Semiconductor
Nursing Employment Recruiter at Maine Medical Center
HR Employment Representative at Unum

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Education

University of Southern Maine
University of Maine

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7 people have recommended Ann-Marie

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Industry

Human Resources

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Ann-Marie Abbott’s Summary

Dynamic Senior Recruiter with extensive background with transitional turn-around and high-growth organizations. Results-oriented, creative and flexible approach to HR Recruitment, directed toward strategic planning, accountability, problem solving, and teamwork.

Utilizing a customer focused, collaborative business approach, Ann-Marie Abbott has a proven track record of meeting her client’s most challenging hiring needs. In the global market, her experience and dedication to making excellent placements has been proven time and again.

Since Ann-Marie established her career initially as an in-house Human Resource Recruiter, her practice always includes an initial workforce analysis to develop a successful recruitment strategy while maintaining a focus on employee retention as well as sourcing and recruitment. Understanding the high risks, costs and customer satisfaction associated with high turn-over rates, Ann-Marie strives to assist her managers and candidates thru the interview process to insure the best match for all.

Ann-Marie is a trained AIRS Internet Recruiter and has extensive training in Selection Interviewing, Advanced Behavioral Interviewing, Myers-Briggs, Human Dynamics along with extensive technology applications. Ann-Marie is also a member of SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management) and NAHCR (National Association Health Care Recruiters).

Ann-Marie Abbott’s Specialties:

Healthcare and Laboratory Recruitment
IT & HR Recruitment
High Volume Recruitment Projects
Recruitment Strategies
R & R Metrics
Customer Satisfaction
Project Management
ATS Implementation
International Recruitment

Ann-Marie Abbott’s Experience

Senior IT/HR/CFO Recruiter

IDEXX Laboratories

(Public Company; IDXX; Veterinary industry)

May 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

Responsibilities include full cycle recruiting for IT/HR/CFO positions within Idexx Laboratories. Utilizing pro-active recruiting techniques to source and screen technical talent for immediate openings as well as pipeline for future opportunities. Utilizes expertise in direct sourcing, industry and social networking, employee referrals, and mining appropriate trade and industry organizations to insure success in recruiting and retaining top technical talent.

Consults with HR business partners, hiring managers and technical teams to determine specific needs and most effective methods of conveying information to candidates, Solicits manager and technical team feedback and consultatively streamlines communication channels between all stakeholders. Utilizes contextual advertising expertise along with consulting with internal communications dept to build and enhance Idexx's branding and reputation as a legitimate career resource for the technical in-demand, niche pool of candidates.
Senior RN/Lab Recruiter

Coastal Staffing Consultants, LLC

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

January 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)

Experienced in recruiting hard-to-fill management and high volume nursing, laboratory and high tech positions. At Coastal Staffing Consultants, we’re committed to helping our clients hire experienced and effective employees efficiently and timely with a focus on employee retention. In this demanding market, we understand our client needs to quickly source and select experienced professionals they can rely upon for quality care. With over 20 yrs experience, we admire and respect our candidates and it shows in our work. Our full service staffing team provides personalized and professional hiring representation.
Senior Nurse Recruiting Consultant (International & National Recruitment)

Catholic Healthcare West

(Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)

May 2002 — June 2006 (4 years 2 months)

. Established and maintained highest number of RN hires quarterly within all 40 CHW locations.
. Nurse Retention lowered from 35% to 19% during tenure.
. Hired difficult nurse management positions previously open for 24 months within 3 months of obtaining assignment.
. Increased and maintained international and national recruitment by 80% within first 7 months of employment.
. Designed and implemented first organizational Recruitment Strategy.
. Lowered use of Agency recruitment by 75%.
. Developed and implemented new Employee Referral Incentive Program.
. Researched, coordinated and executed first international recruitment trips to Philippines and South Korea.
. Consistently coordinated weekly advertising for client groups with corporate advertising agency.
. Successfully developed excellent business relationships with management resulting in open ended extension of contract.
Senior Recruiting Consultant

Intuit

(Public Company; INTU; Computer Software industry)

May 2001 — April 2002 (1 year)

. Contracted to staff Intuit's newly centralized Finance Operations Service Center relocated to Intuit’s San Diego campus resulting in 75 finance and technical hires within three months.
. Established, set strategy and implemented complete staffing processes during challenging organizational transition.
. Excelled at interview to hire ratio contributing to project completion exceeding targeted completion date by one month.
. Handled strategic sourcing, screening and administrative coordination for weekly onsite mass interviews.
. Successfully obtained elite finance talent within challenging constraints of local San Diego market.
. Met with Finance Operations Management team for weekly project status update reports.
. Initial three month contract extended indefinitely upon successful completion of project.
Senior Nurse Recruiting Consultant

Kaiser Permanente

(Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)

March 2001 — May 2001 (3 months)

. Contracted to consult and assist in the recruitment development, strategy and implementation for new acute care hospital while maintaining staffing needs of additional established acute care hospital.
. Sourced, recruited, interviewed and negotiated salaries within multiple Union environments.
. Implemented and assisted in the strategy development of aggressive college recruitment program.
. Introduced and educated management on new internet resources, job fairs and recruiting techniques while assisting in training new recruiting staff.
. Established first Applicant Tracking process resulting in increased productivity, candidate referrals and new hires.
. HR Management received several written accolades from Nursing Directors and Managers, which contributed to the extension of an offer of employment for a full-time position within Kaiser HR as Senior Staffing Recruiter.
Contract Senior Recruiter / Technical Sales, Marketing & Business Development

Metricom

(Public Company; MCOM; Wireless industry)

February 2000 — March 2001 (1 year 2 months)

. Contracted to recruit high-tech Technical Sales, Marketing & Business Development professionals for the first successful high speed wireless Internet access company.
. Developed strategy, project managed and successfully recruited 76 high-tech Sales, Marketing & Business Development professionals for product rollout with a 98% interview to hire ratio and 100% retainment maintained within 28 months.
. Provided managers with permissible hiring practices utilizing on-line updates and one-on-one training.
. Project managed one full-time recruiter and administrative process, established and maintained relationships with several select agencies, research recruiters, advertising agencies, trade show and job fair organizations.
. Regularly attended and coordinated job fairs across U.S. and Canada.
. Consistently demonstrated high level of customer satisfaction, which resulted in extension of initial three-month contract to Project Lead after one month.
Team Leader / Employment Development

Training Resource Center

(Non-Profit; Think Tanks industry)

1997 — March 2000 (3 years)

. Managed non-profit, satellite office for the State of Maine Fishing Industry Retraining Project which provided Maine and New Hampshire fishermen and their families with education, training and new employment opportunities.
. Assessed client skills, coordinated and case managed large caseload between multiple agencies.
. Demonstrated strong conflict management and problem solving skills in highly emotionally charged environment.
. Developed and maintained effective business alliances within Maine and New Hampshire.
. Consistently exceeded projected enrollments for quarterly recruitments and successful placements.
Sourcing Recruiter

National Semiconductor

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; NSM; Semiconductors industry)

1995 — 1997 (2 years)

. Contracted to research, source and recruit high-tech semiconductor positions for new 200mm fab expansion.
. Excelled in contact-to-hire ratios.
. Developed and implemented national strategic recruiting programs.
. Coordinated and attended nationwide job fairs routinely.
Nursing Employment Recruiter

Maine Medical Center

(Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)

1989 — 1991 (2 years)
HR Employment Representative

Unum

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

1986 — 1989 (3 years)

Additional Information

Ann-Marie Abbott’s Websites:

Ann-Marie Abbott’s Interests:

Advanced Behavioral Interviewing, Personality Style Assessment: Myers-Briggs, Human Dynamics, Internet Marketing and learning new technologies

Ann-Marie Abbott’s Groups:

SHRM, NAHCR

International Association of Software Architects
TechMaine - Technology Association of Maine
Intuit Alumni Community
LinkedSEO
University of Maine Alumni
Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
Healthcare Communication & Marketing Association
ERE.net
Unum Employees and Alumni
Laboratory Professionals
SHRM Networking Group
Payroll Professionals
Craigslist Group
Linked .NET Users Group (LIDNUG)
ExecuCare Professional Nurse Organization
Living and Working in the State of Maine
J Architect
Maine Entrepreneurs
Java EE Professionals
Friends of Maine (The way life should be)
Biotech & Pharma Professionals Network
Java Developers
Medical Device Development, Marketing And Sales
Tweeters
Nursing Network
National Laboratory and R&D Institutes Professionals
Deal Maker Fee Split Group
JAVA Developer Network
Human Resources Professionals: THE "Unofficial" forum for SHRM Members
Maine Women's Fund
REALIZE!Maine
NursingLink Users Group
European IDEXX staff
California/Washington/Nevada/Iowa/Oregon/Hawaii Registered Nurse (RN) Jobs & Forum
New Jersey/New York/Maine/Pennsylvania/Vermont Registered Nurse (RN) Jobs & Forum
Employee Relations Forum
Maine Marketing Association
Maine HR Council
HDI NNE (Northern New England) Chapter
Labor and Employee Relations
Maine Software Developers
Human Resource Association of Southern Maine
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