Ed Lawrence

Current

Recruiting and HR Consulting at Lawrence Contract Recruiting Services, Inc. (LCR)

Past

Contract Recruiter at ITW
Contract Recruiter at ATK
Staffing Best Practices Consultant at ITW Paslode

Contract Recruiter at Follett Software
Contract Recruiter at Trex Company
Contract Recruiter at Pactiv
Contract Recruiter at US Cellular
Contract Recruiter at Tanox, Inc.
Contract Recruiter at Zebra Technologies
Contract Recruiter at United Airlines
Contract Recruiter at Abbott Laboratories
Contract Recruiter & Interim HR Director at Lachman Associates

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Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Grambling State University

Recommended

17 people have recommended Ed

Connections

341 connections

Industry

Human Resources

Websites

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Ed Lawrence’s Summary

Ed Lawrence is a Talent Acquisition Strategist and HR generalist leader with 20+ years experience in recruiting and corporate human resources in the manufacturing, technology, consumer packaged goods and healthcare sectors. He founded LCR in 1985 and has successfully completed over 30 on site engagements at some of America’s most successful corporations. He is knowledgeable and current in all of the HR disciplines, and has used that knowledge to successfully deliver staffing services from the shop floor to the boardroom.

Prior to founding LCR, Ed held corporate positions as a Group Director of Human Resources, Senior Director of Human Resources, Regional Human Resources Manager, Branch Human Resources Manager, Regional Recruiting Manager, Senior Technical Recruiter, Employee Relations Specialist, and Compensation Analyst.

He is an expert in corporate employment strategy and process and routinely provides coaching and counsel to C-level corporate leaders while maintaining a full and active recruiting practice. He is AIRS certified and strives to maintain a healthy balance between being strategic and tactical -- a player-coach who can plan and execute.

He has a history of good, cost-conscious, project management having scoped, led, and successfully delivered several process improvement projects at such leading companies as Abbott Labs, Pactiv, US Cellular, Zebra Technologies, and Digital Equipment Corporation (now HP). He is an expert in crafting and maintaining 3rd party vendor/supplier management programs; evaluating, deploying and using applicant tracking and management reporting systems; and developing cost-effective staffing strategies.

Ed is a generalist recruiter but because of his deep analytical skills most of his successes have been in recruiting IT, engineering, and related technical talent. He has some notable successes in filling difficult positions with restricted or obscure candidate pools.

Ed Lawrence’s Specialties:

Generalist HR Leader with exceptional strengths in Talent Acquisition and Development.

Ed Lawrence’s Experience

Recruiting and HR Consulting

Lawrence Contract Recruiting Services, Inc. (LCR)

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

May 1985 — Present (24 years 3 months)

An energetic full-cycle recruiter with deep experience in leadership, strategy, and execution of corporate recruiting programs. Excellent reputation and history of success providing top-tier recruitment services to C-level leaders and corporate hiring managers. 30+ years hands on success in creating and delivering robust and successful recruiting strategies designed for speed and quality of hire. A logical and process-oriented thinker with proven ability in obtaining predictable results in an unpredictable art — recruiting. Expert in 1-to-1 relationships. Skills and abilities include:

Head-down recruiting while thinking strategically
Deep knowledge of business operations in a wide variety of industries
Expert in internet recruiting, applicant tracking systems, and reporting
Behavioral interviewing veteran
Developing and sustaining near- and long-term staffing strategies
Excellent counselor to senior executives in staffing execution
Coach and mentor to staffing professionals
Contract Recruiter

ITW

(Public Company; ITW; Automotive industry)

June 2007 — May 2009 (2 years)

Generalist and technical recruiting as on site consultant within the Industrial Fastening Group and other ITW companies.
Contract Recruiter

ATK

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

October 2006 — May 2007 (8 months)

Technical recruiting for senior level IT positions at Edina, MN headquarters.
Staffing Best Practices Consultant

ITW Paslode

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ITW; Consumer Goods industry)

September 2006 — November 2006 (3 months)

Conducted a staffing best practices and discovery project.
Contract Recruiter

Follett Software

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2006 — October 2006 (5 months)

Technical recruiting as on site consultant with the Follett Software entity.
Contract Recruiter

Trex Company

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Building Materials industry)

July 2004 — May 2006 (1 year 11 months)

Generalist and technical recruiting as on site consultant.
Contract Recruiter

Pactiv

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PTV; Packaging and Containers industry)

March 2004 — July 2004 (5 months)

Generalist and technical recruiting as on site consultant.
Contract Recruiter

US Cellular

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; USM; Telecommunications industry)

June 2002 — March 2004 (1 year 10 months)

Generalist and technical recruiting as on site consultant.
Contract Recruiter

Tanox, Inc.

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; TNOX; Biotechnology industry)

December 2001 — May 2002 (6 months)

Biotech recruiting as on site consultant at Houston TX headquarters and R&D facility.
Contract Recruiter

Zebra Technologies

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

January 2001 — October 2001 (10 months)

Generalist and technical recruiting as on site consultant.
Contract Recruiter

United Airlines

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UAUA; Airlines/Aviation industry)

May 1999 — December 2000 (1 year 8 months)

Technical (IT) recruiting as on site consultant.
Contract Recruiter

Abbott Laboratories

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ABT; Pharmaceuticals industry)

January 1997 — February 1999 (2 years 2 months)

Financial and scientific recruiting as on site consultant.
Contract Recruiter & Interim HR Director

Lachman Associates

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

1987 — 1994 (7 years)