Chelle WingelethWelcome to a special Talent Acquisition Channel Podcast on TotalPicture Radio from SourceCon and ERE Spring 2010 in San Diego California.
Joining us today is Chelle Wingeleth, the Global Director of Recruitment Services for Research In Motion*, the designer and manufacturer of the award-winning BlackBerry smartphone. Prior to joining RIM, Chelle was the First Vice President of Enterprise Wide Recruiting at Washington Mutual in Seattle.
Please note: Since recording this interview, Chelle has left RIM and is Head of Talent Acquisition at Southern California Edison, an Edison International Co
Chelle Wingeleth LinkedIn Profile:
Chelle Wingeleth has more than twenty years of human resources and talent acquisition experience collaborating across complex organizations. Presently Chelle leads Talent Acquisition at Southern California Edison, an Edison International Company.
Prior to joining Edison, Chelle was the Global Director of Talent Acquisition for Research In Motion, the designer and manufacturer of the BlackBerry® smartphone. Before joining Research In Motion, Chelle was the First Vice President of Enterprise Wide Recruiting at Washington Mutual. In that role she drove operational excellence across the recruiting function and was the key architect at Washington Mutual in building a centralized, full-service executive search function to recruit industry-leading talent.
Chelle has designed, implemented and managed the staffing of operations centers, corporate headquarters, and business line functions throughout her career. Prior to Washington Mutual, Chelle worked as a Recruiter and Human Resources Generalist, Recruiting Manager and Human Resources Manager with Randstad North America, Amazon.com and an Internet start up, respectively.
Specialties • Building and developing high performing teams
• Translating business plans into workforce plans and recruiting strategies
• Assessing and capitalizing on opportunities
• Change design and management
• Executive recruiting and coaching
Questions Peter Clayton Asks Chelle Wingeleth:
What have been some of your take-aways from SourceCon and ERE?
Tell us about your role at Research in Motion.
Jeremy Eskenazi's general session here at ERE here was titled Beyond the Downturn A Panel of Survivors Surviving the Year and Planning for the Decade. Your previous organization, where you spent 8 years didn't survive -- which must give you a very personal and profound understanding the impact this recession has had on so many lives. How has that experience changed, or shaped your approach toward the recruiting profession?
You joined RIM in 2009, and have moved from Seattle to Ontario, CA - quite a relocation - what cultural differences are there between the US and Canada?
What attracted you to RIM?
We know it can be extremely difficult to get work visas here in the US when you're trying to hire a foreign national. What is the process in Canada? Is it easier to bring someone into Canada than into the US?
RIM is obviously in an incredibly competitive competitive space -- I don't know of any products more competitive than smart phones. Is recruiting talent as competitive as the products in your space?
Tell us a little bit about your recruiting process -- how do you source the kind of talent you need to attract? Do you use research?
What's different in your role at RIM than in your previous jobs?
One of the themes of the conference here in San Diego is "cautious optimism" do you share an optimistic outlook for 2010?
About Peter Clayton
Peter Clayton, Producer/Host, is an award-winning producer/director of radio, television, documentary, video, interactive and Web-based media who has created breakthrough media for a wide array of Fortune 100 clients.
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