Bonnie O'Brien, PHR, CTS, CPC, CSP

Current

• President at Placement Professionals

Past

• Managing Partner at Dominant Domain, LLC
• Owner (Franchise) at Norrell Staffing Services
• Branch Manager at Norrell Services, Inc.

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Education

• Fairleigh Dickinson University
• Fairleigh Dickinson University

Recommended

16 people have recommended Bonnie

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Human Resources

Websites

• My Company

Bonnie O'Brien, PHR, CTS, CPC, CSP’s Summary

Bonnie O’Brien is a human resource professional and SME in recruiting and hiring. A leader in the industry for over 20 years, she holds the following certifications:
- Professional in Human Resources from SHRM
- Certified Temporary Specialist and
- Certified Personnel Consultant - National Association of Personnel Services
- Certified Staffing Professional - American Staffing Association

Since 1993 she has served as facilitator to the North Jersey Chapter of SHRM for the PHR/SPHR course; taught dozens of workshops and training programs on job analysis; full life cycle recruiting (sourcing to hire); quality talent acquisition; and provided career counseling to job seekers for both private and public organizations.

Her strategic positioning of Placement Professionals (she previously owned two Norrell Staffing offices) has enabled diversification into government contracting via certifications from:
- State of New Jersey WBE (Woman Business Enterprise)
- State of New Jersey SBE (Small Business Enterprise).
- Port Authority of NY & NJ SBE and WBE
- NYC Dept. of Small Business
- WBENC

As a 3 year President of the NJ Staffing Alliance (a statewide trade association) and Chair of the Legislative Committee for over 10 years she testified before State government on staffing issues and appeared as an expert witness in legal cases involving staffing and employment.

An honors graduate of Farleigh Dickinson University (NJ) with a BS degree in Business (Management & Marketing) she also possesses a Paralegal Certification. She has sat on several non-profit organization's boards, received numerous awards from both private and public organizations and has been recognized by Business New Jersey (NJBIZ) magazine in the "Business Leaders Who’s Who" for the past ten years.

Bonnie O'Brien, PHR, CTS, CPC, CSP’s Specialties:

Full Life Cycle Sourcing, Recruiting, Selection; Job and Labor Market Analysis, Design, Jos Seeker Workshops and Job Description development.

Projects: Department of Defense (DoD); Port Authority; former military (engineers, logisticians, armorers); small arms repair and upgrades.

Customer base: diverse international and local companies including: Medical Device, Consumer Electronics, Financial, Government, Military, Insurance, IT.

Bonnie O'Brien, PHR, CTS, CPC, CSP’s Experience

• President

  Placement Professionals

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Human Resources industry)

  August 2000 — Present (9 years 4 months)

  Located in Hackensack, NJ. 201-883-9360.
  
  As recruiting specialists, we place high level candidates in corporate direct hire or contract positions throughout the US and abroad. In addition to staffing and contingency placement, we also provide HR consulting and training with emphasis on recruiting, selection and placement and the legal issues associated with hiring employees.

• Managing Partner

  Dominant Domain, LLC

  (Facilities Services industry)

  November 2004 — November 2008 (4 years 1 month)

  Company owns commercial real estate including the "Office Zone" building in Hackensack, NJ (a shared executive suite environment). Managing partner handles all tenant issues, operations (accounting, inventory, order tracking, vendor management, supervision of repairs and renovation, and P&L).

• Owner (Franchise)

  Norrell Staffing Services

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  November 1990 — July 2000 (9 years 9 months)

  Transitioned from branch manager to owner of my office when it was franchised in 1990. Opened my 2nd office in Mahwah, NJ in 1995, building the business to over $5M in annual revenues.
  
  The corporation was subsequently merged with Interim Staffing and became Spherion and in 2000 I sold my franchise rights to Spherion.

• Branch Manager

  Norrell Services, Inc.

  (Human Resources industry)

  January 1989 — November 1990 (1 year 11 months)

  Hired as Branch Manager to turn around former Cosmopolitan office. Succcessfully acquired location once it was franchised. The rest is history!!!!

Bonnie O'Brien, PHR, CTS, CPC, CSP’s Education

• Fairleigh Dickinson University

  Paralegal , 2001

  Activities and Societies:

  Graduated with Honors

• Fairleigh Dickinson University

  B.S. , Business Management & Marketing , 1989

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Zeta Kappa Honor Society, Vice President of Successful Adults Club.

Additional Information

Bonnie O'Brien, PHR, CTS, CPC, CSP’s Websites:

• My Company

Bonnie O'Brien, PHR, CTS, CPC, CSP’s Groups:

SBA Small Business and Woman Owned business, registered in CCR and ORCA
NJ Certified SBE and WBE;
NJ Staffing Alliance (Past President);
NJ Rockland SHRM;
Certified by the Port Authority of NY & NJ as SBE and WBE
Certified by U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce as International Woman Owned Business Enterprise
WBENC (Women's Business Enterprise National Council) certified

•    Arbita CyberSleuths
•    Executive Suite
•    Link-United States Marines (1300+/Connected Yahoo Group)
•    Relevante -- Networking Group for Accounting, Audit, and Finance Professionals
•    Networked Recruiter (34,197+ total network) 3rd Largest Recruiting and HR & 2nd Largest Agency Group
•    Medical Device Networkers
•    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
•    GLOBAL CONTRACTORS / RECRUITERS / PROCUREMENT
•    Link-Military Veterans Employment (500+/Connected Yahoo Group)
•    ERE.net
•    SHRM Networking Group
•    Craigslist Group
•    RecruitingBlogs
•    Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
•    Internet Sourcers and Recruitment consultants
•    Candidate Pipeline Development ™ (3000+ members)
•    Recruitment Consultants and Staffing Professionals (30.000+)
•    Finance Quants Global (AKA: Wall Street Quants)
•    Independent Recruiting Network
•    Medical Devices Group
•    Norrell Alumni Network
•    RecruitingBlogs.com Group
•    Medical Device Professionals Network
•    Staffing Leaders
•    FEDERAL BIZ Network - Government Stimulus Teaming Jobs PMI Consulting Funding Sales Opportunities
•    Medical Lasers
•    TFCN
•    Boolean Strings
•    Temporary Staffing Professionals
•    Linking Subject Matter Experts
•    Federal Government Contracting
•    E-Recruitment Group (Post Jobs) (Post Resumes) Concept by Group of Sr. Recruiters
•    Hire Military
•    Aesthetic Medical Sales Specialists
•    Quant Linked Group (QLG: Wall Street Quants)
•    Alpha USA Prison/Re-Entry Collaborators
•    e-Zassi - Medical Device Market
•    The NJ Networking Forum
•    Job Openings, Job Leads and Job Connections!
•    U.S. Department of The Treasury
•    SBA.GOV
•    GSA
•    Recruiting in New World [RNW]
•    The Pentagon
•    IT Staffing-US
•    MedCareerVillage

Bonnie O'Brien, PHR, CTS, CPC, CSP’s Honors:

1989 - Norrell 5 Star Quality Award
1990 - Norrell 5 Star Quality Award
1995 - Norrell 5 Star Quality Award
1996 - Norrell Top Franchise of the Year Award
1997 - Norrell 5 Star Quality Award
12/97 - New Jersey Staffing Association President's Award
10/99 - NJ Staffing Association Special Recognition Award
10/01 - American Staffing Assn. Legislative Merit Award
10/02 - American Staffing Assn. Superior Merit Award
10/03 - American Staffing Assn. Chapter Merit Award
10/04 - American Staffing Assn. Superior Merit Award
10/05 - American Staffing Assn. Superior Merit Award
11/06 - American Staffing Assn. Superior Merit Award

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