
Freelance Writer for online and print publications
Kansas City, Missouri Area

Freelance Writer for online and print publications
Kansas City, Missouri Area
I have been in the Human Resources and Recruiting/Staffing industry since 1995. I enjoy connecting with others and hope to use my network to help others searching for candidates, connections and employment.
I am also a freelance writer. I write for a women's magazine called Her Life Magazine (www.herlifemagazine.com) as well as for the Well Fed Network (www.wellfed.net), Blogged-In (www.bn-nn.com), The Daily Tiffin (www.dailytiffin.blogspot.com), and press release / web content writing for various other organizations. Writing is my passion and I am always open to new avenues and writing opportunities.
AIM Contact Info: KCKristenD
Twitter: DineandDish
Recruiting, internet research/sourcing, MS Office expertise, food photography, womens interest writing, food writing, etc.
(Publishing industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
(Publishing industry)
November 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)
Freelance writer for a variety of print and online publications. I specialize in Women's Interest. Parenting, Kansas City Lifestyle and Culinary features.
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
July 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 1 month)
I serve as the Director of Recruiting Strategy for Building Block Consulting. We work with clients across the US to build a recruiting strategy that fits their organization. .
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
May 2003 — January 2007 (3 years 9 months)
As an Executive Recruiter I worked virtually from home sourcing and recruiting candidates in the staffing industry. I recruited candidates in the Recruiting, Branch Manager, Director of Recruiting, Practice Leader and Account Manager roles. My primary avenue for sourcing was through direct marketing calls to potential candidates. I also performed internet searches and responded to resumes sent through online ad placements.
(Human Resources industry)
May 2000 — March 2003 (2 years 11 months)
As the Division Manager of Administrative Resources for Qualstaff, my responsibilities included:
- Recruit, interview, and match qualified individuals to each client company’s specific job order requirements to ensure client retention.
- Perform marketing calls to clients to promote temporaries with specific skill sets.
- Develop existing client company relationships through performing marketing calls, responding to requests and referrals, interfacing with appropriate decision-makers to ascertain needs, identifying position responsibilities and expectations and determining culture.
- Actively campaign target business community accounts for temporary and direct hire placements in administrative and accounting areas using telephone and on-site visits; generate leads for Account Executives.
- Continuously develop applicant base through recruiting, reactivating and by referrals.
(Public Company; Human Resources industry)
June 1998 — May 2000 (2 years)
Bachelors , Human Resources Management , August 1992 — December 1995
AIM Contact Info KCKristenD, Twitter DineandDish, writing, cooking, reading, blogging, family, travel
SHRM
M.O.M.S (Ministry of Mothers Sharing) Facilitator and Facilitator Recruiter/Trainer