Kendall Oseland

About

Hello! I'm an enthusiastic talent manager adept at optimizing processes, scaling operations, and refining long-term talent acquisition strategies. Helping humans do betterand more enjoyablework is my superpower. I consult for startups and small businesses needing project management, operations, talent acquisition, and other services. Ive built my career by helping others succeedas a recruiter, sometimes a department of one, and often a knowledge sharer. Currently, I'm interested in strategic partnerships, impactful projects, freelance gigs, and perhaps the right full-time opportunity. TLDR; I'm passionate about bringing order to chaos and nurturing talent. Let's connect!

Experience

• Member Placement Team · allUP03-01-2024

  - Joined a pre-seed start-up to create a new user-facing function. Built and operated processes for user interactions, messaging, job search advising sessions, and more. - Trained an AI to recognize patterns in user speech, tag professional qualitative traits, and rate user videos on a scale of 1-5. - Partnered with external hiring managers to find new hires via the allUP community.

• Owner · KMO Consulting01-01-2024

  I've spent over 6 years building teams, crafting processes, and scaling start-ups. Helping humans do better and more enjoyable work is my superpower.

• Talent Manager · Planhat06-01-2022 – 2024

  ** Role eliminated due to a reduction in force. - Optimized hiring process for US and Europe, resulting in 20% decrease in time-to-hire and improved satisfaction from hiring managers and candidates. - Implemented in-house recruitment strategy, saving over $500k in agency fees and increasing talent retention by 25%. - Vetted and implemented tools for a rapidly growing remote workforce, like Gusto, Allwhere, HiBob, Jamf, and Zinc. - Owned global onboarding and offboarding, from equipment handling to exit interviews. - Program manager for the 2023/2024 SOC 2 audit certification in tandem with Legal team. - Mastered internal documentation for HR policies in the US, UK, Sweden. Trained the Operations team on best practices and compliance, also a go-to SME for management. - Improved workforce planning and compliance by leveraging HRIS and ATS data.

• Recruiting Operations · Artium12-01-2021 – 06-01-2022

  - Developed and refined Talent Labs client deliverables during a 4-month building phase, partnering closely with the department head and other executives to improve the product market fit. - Boosted team productivity by aligning OKRs with backlog entries, leading to a 25% decrease in task completion time. - Revamped onboarding process, resulting in a 30% decrease in onboarding time using agile methodologies. - Created essential hiring resources—hiring plans, interview questions, vetting matrixes—and maintained a comprehensive library of job descriptions. - Organized team building and training sessions, both in-person conferences and remote sessions. Managed platforms including Greenhouse, Monday.com, AirTable, and more.

• Talent Partner · Artium07-01-2020 – 12-01-2021

  - Developed and implemented comprehensive internal and clientele hiring processes. - Applied agile methodologies to continuously improve recruitment strategies. - Utilized several tools to streamline and enhance recruitment strategies, such as Monday.com, Interstellar, LinkedIn Recruiter, Lever, and more. - Streamlined hiring process, reducing time-to-fill by 20% for 60+ software engineers, product managers, UX designers, and operations personnel. - Increased internal headcount by over 200% in under 12 months.

Education

• University of IdahoBachelor of Arts - BA, English Language and Literature/Letters
• University of StirlingEnglish Language and Literature/Letters

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