Carmen Hudson

Current

CEO and Founder at Tweetajob.com

Past

Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition at Yahoo!
manager, Global Strategic Sourcing at Starbucks Coffee Company
manager, Enterprise Recruiting at Starbucks Coffee Company

Senior Recruiter at Microsoft
Senior Recruiting Manager at Amazon.com
Marketing Coordinator at CSC Index

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Education

Northwestern University

Recommended

9 people have recommended Carmen

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Human Resources

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Carmen Hudson’s Summary

Carmen Hudson is currently Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition at Yahoo! She leads a team focused on the strategic application of sourcing programs, including event recruiting, employee referrals, employer branding and sourcing skill development. Her passion includes exploring social media strategies, including targeted network development, open social networking strategies, microblogging, and Web 2.0 applications. Prior to joining Yahoo!, she was manager, Global Strategic Sourcing, for Starbucks Coffee Corporation, where she developed sourcing strategies, recommended resources and tactics to support U.S. retail management hiring. Prior to joining Starbucks, she was a staffing consultant for Microsoft Corporation, and was Senior Manager, Recruiting for Amazon.com. She started her recruiting career as a research associate for Egon Zehnder, an international executive search firm. She has presented at industry conferences and seminars, and writes a popular blog about recruiting and marketing, Peopleshark (http://people-shark.blogspot.com/).

Carmen Hudson’s Specialties:

Recruiting Management
Candidate Sourcing
Social Networking
Employer Branding
Employee Referral Programs

Carmen Hudson’s Experience

CEO and Founder

Tweetajob.com

(Online Media industry)

July 2009 — Present (5 months)

The cat's out of the bag! Tweet your job opportunities to targeted jobseekers.
Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

Yahoo!

(Human Resources industry)

July 2007 — July 2009 (2 years 1 month)

Developed highly successful programs to support organization in tumultuous recruiting environment. Worked with senior-most corporate marketing leaders to reposition employer brand; developed innovative employee referral campaign that resulted in 300% improvement in referral submissions and hires. Negotiated sourcing vendor contracts; currently leading the global Explored social media strategies, including targeted network development, open social networking strategies, microblogging and search engine widget development. Team won the coveted “Superstar” award, awarded by CEO for outstanding integrated branding campaign.
manager, Global Strategic Sourcing

Starbucks Coffee Company

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SBUX; Retail industry)

October 2006 — May 2007 (8 months)

Responsible for leading the team that develops strategic sourcing strategies for Starbuck's retail, non-retail and international business units.
manager, Enterprise Recruiting

Starbucks Coffee Company

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SBUX; Food & Beverages industry)

October 2004 — October 2006 (2 years 1 month)
Senior Recruiter

Microsoft

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

April 2003 — October 2004 (1 year 7 months)
Senior Recruiting Manager

Amazon.com

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; AMZN; Internet industry)

March 2000 — March 2003 (3 years 1 month)
Marketing Coordinator

CSC Index

(Public Company; Human Resources industry)

1996 — 1998 (2 years )