John Vlastelica

Current

Sr Director, Global Talent Acquisition at Expedia
Founder and Managing Director at Recruiting Toolbox, Inc.

Past

Principal Consultant at Riviera Advisors, Inc.
President at Staffing Management Association - Seattle (formerly EMA Seattle)
Director, Recruiting Programs at Amazon.com

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Education

Western Washington University

Recommended

25 people have recommended John

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

Websites

John Vlastelica’s Summary

Joined Expedia in late October 2009 to lead the global recruitment function.

Particularly passionate about
- building and scaling high performance recruitment teams and infrastructure
- talent strategy and planning
- learning the right way to recruit in markets outside the US
- driving hiring manager ownership
- converting the "looks good on paper" into the real world where execution matters
- putting the "fun" into good fundamentals

John Vlastelica is an experienced corporate recruiting leader, a successful consultant and trainer, a top-rated, repeat speaker at regional and national recruiting conferences (including ERE, AIRS, NACE, Kennedy, and SHRM's Staffing Management conferences), author of work published in popular white papers and 2 books on staffing best practices, and a community builder and volunteer leader in the Seattle recruitment world.

John Vlastelica’s Specialties:

Building and growing a company's in-house recruiting capabilities. Candidate generation strategy and ROI analysis. Candidate assessment and recruiting process improvement. Recruiter, interviewer, and hiring manager training. Employment branding.

Additional Information

John Vlastelica’s Websites:

John Vlastelica’s Groups:

SHRM's Staffing Management Association, Northwest Recruiters Association, Society for Human Resource Management, Human Capital Institute, Staffing Institute, Strategic Talent Acquisition Roundtable