Lars Schmidt

Current

Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition at Ticketmaster

Past

Senior Recruiter at Intersperse
Account Manager/Senior Technical Recruiter at Pencom Systems

Education

Florida State University

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Connections

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Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

Lars Schmidt’s Summary

Seasoned hands on recruiting leader with a passion for relationship based recruiting and proven background developing, implementing and executing global talent acquisition strategies. Strong track record in building and developing productive multi-discipline recruiting teams, passive candidate identification, networking, global cross-company branding and strategic workforce planning.

Lars Schmidt’s Specialties:

Industries: Entertainment, Internet, Consulting, Software, EAI, Media, E-Commerce

Domains: Technology, Finance, Product Management, Executive, Strategy, Business Development, Sales, Marketing, Human Resources, International, Design, Creative

Lars Schmidt’s Experience

Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition

Ticketmaster

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

June 2003 — Present (5 years 4 months)

Currently leading a team responsible for global talent acquisition initiatives across Ticketmaster and its related entities.
Senior Recruiter

Intersperse

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 2001 — May 2003 (1 year 9 months)

Hired by CTO to create and execute recruiting process in support of a changed business model after they secured their 2nd round of funding from Kleiner Perkins. Hired 40+ technical employees in the first 18 months.
Account Manager/Senior Technical Recruiter

Pencom Systems

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

May 1998 — August 2001 (3 years 4 months)

Responsible for account management and recruiting for this 25 year old software services and technical recruiting firm.