Mike Walton is a senior executive recruiter and talent management expert with over 20 years of experience in executive search, recruitment, and career coaching. He has expertise in staffing, candidate sourcing, executive recruiting, and career coaching. Notable accomplishments include developing successful military and campus recruiting programs, meeting aggressive hiring goals, and implementing process improvements. He currently works as a career coach and volunteers with a program assisting injured Marines.

1. Mike Walton
2309 Silver Lake Estates Dr, Pacific, MO 63069
Office: 636.257.3364 Email: Mikew@next-job.com
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Senior level Executive Recruiter and talent management expert with extensive experience in executive search,
retention, recruitment process, and career coaching. Demonstrated ability to address and implement strategic plans
for talent acquisition and recruiting project management in such areas as military,executive, and campus recruiting.
Dynamic career services professional whose services include the design and implementation of customized programs
and services to assist individuals in career transition. Extensive experience with virtual coaching of individual
candidates/clients
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Staffing: Designing and implementing recruiting processes and strategies for professional and non-professional
positions, as well as hard-to-fill positions
Candidate Sourcing: Adept at sourcing candidates by using cold calling and networking through databases and
social media. Typical week consists of 100+ contacts through cold calling while having a high offer acceptance ratio
Executive Recruiting: Experience recruiting executive level candidates for over 10+ years. Well versed in
executive level process while having experience recruiting executives in a wide variety of disciplines
Technology: Well versedin many ATS (Taleo, Kenexa, Peoplesoft), social media (LinkedIn, Facebook), and SEO
(Jobs2Web) systems to recruit top talent
Coaching: Coaching individuals through each phase of their career development including exploration, career
decision-making, job search strategy, and career management
NOTEABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
 Developed and implemented a successful military recruiting program to enhance the talent pipeline with ex-
military candidates at both WorldCom and Edward Jones. Oversaw all aspects of military candidate sourcing
and the evaluation process, consulting with hiring managers on interviews and offer selection
 Co- developed a high potential campus recruiting program that was implemented by Amdocs worldwide after
presenting program concept to the board of directors
 Implemented and managed a number of process improvements as a board member in charge of employment
initiatives on behalf of Midwest Marines Foundation to include finding resumes writers, interview skills, and
job placement for Marines
 Responsible for developing, implementing and coordinating campus recruiting initiatives for the Central and
West Regions of the US at Towers Perrin with a success rate of hiring 50 Retirement Actuarial students with
a 95% success rate of accepted offers
 Led top-tier MBA (Management Associate Program) for Citi in St. Louis to successfully hire three students
with very short notice late in the MBA recruiting season
 Created the official Mercer Alumni Group on LinkedIn and now has over 4,000 members and growing
 Co-led a talent management project whereby Mercer’s C3 global training program was analyzed and
recommendations were suggested to create synergy within the retirement business training curriculum on a
global scale
 Spearheaded a project to redesign the pharmacy compensation program at Tyco Healthcare/Mallinckrodt to be
more competitive in the market place, which helped lowers turnover by 20% within six months
 Promoted from Contingency Career Coach to Capacity Career Coach at Next-Job within three months of
being hired

2. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Waste Management April 2011-August 2012
Contract Recruiter
Responsible for developing and implementing staffing plans to recruit qualified sales professionals for several regions
across the United States
 Exceeded objective of hiring over 24 hires over a year period
 Successfully recruited 30 hires with a 98% offer acceptance rate for one year
Next-Job July 2011-Present
Career Coach
Part-time position as a career coach, providing specialized career coaching to both individuals and groups
experiencing career transition
 Work with individuals, providing coaching for proactively managing their careers and how to navigate all
phases of a job search
 Work with local outplacement organizations to teach classes in resume writing, assessment, career
exploration, interviewing skills, and internet job search skills
Midwest Marines Foundation September 2011-Present
Board Member-Employment Initiatives
Volunteer board member responsible for employment portion of a program to assist severely injured Marines who are
now transitioning between active duty and civilian life
 Responsible for finding and facilitating over 250 professional resume writers to provide professionally written
resumes for over 120 Marines per year
 Responsible for designing and implementing the employment piece of the program to include resume
completion, assessments, job search presentations, and job placement programs
Mercer Consulting April 2008-April 2011
Senior Recruiter
Responsible for collaborating with the Health & Benefits and Retirement Risk & Finance business to determine hiring
plans, define job requirements, develop candidate generation strategies, screen candidates, and manage business
partners through the full life-cycle recruiting process.
 One of two Jobs 2 Web project managers responsible for Mercer’s website analytics pertaining to open jobs
and their position within major search engines
 Responsible for reducing agency usage by 100% saving Mercer over $300,000 in executive search firm fees
Citi August 2007-May 2008
Contract Executive Recruiter
Contract Executive Recruiter responsible for developing and implementing recruiting strategies to hire executives
($100k + compensation) for the Global Consumer Group
 Responsible for the hiring of seven executive level candidates within nine months thereby saving Citi in
excess of $150,000 in executive search firm placement fees
 Design internal service level agreements (SLA’s) to communicate the working relationship between the
recruiter and the hiring manager that was projected to save over $1 million dollars annually
Towers Perrin October 2005-July 2007
Contract Talent Acquisition Consultant
Collaborated with both Retirement and Health & Welfare business leaders to determine hiring plans, define job
requirements, develop candidate generation strategies, screen candidates, and manage business partners through the
full life-cycle recruiting process
 One of two Recruitersresponsible for conducting a SWOT analysis on search engine optimization alternatives
for Towers Perrin’s website. The analysis was presented to senior management for review and approval
 Successfully managed executive searches (VP/Director level candidates) along with international consulting
recruiting for England, Spain, and Portugal

3. OTHER EXPERIENCE
Human Capital Consultants Feb 2003-Sept 2005
Contract Recruiter/Researcher
Tyco Healthcare/Mallinckrodt April 2002-Feb 2003
Human Resource Manager
Amdocs Feb 2001-Sept 2001
Contract Recruiter
WorldCom August 1999-Feb 2001
Recruiter
Edward Jones July 1997-May 1999
Sales Hiring Specialist/Investment Representative Trainee
Adam’s Mark Hotel January 1996-July 1997
Corporate Recruiter
EDUCATION
Villanova University – Philadelphia, PA Master’s Degree: Human Resource Development
Will Graduate: December 2012
Will obtain PHR as part of requirement for graduation
Bellarmine University Psychology: Human Resource emphasis
Graduated: May1995
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
 United States Marine Corp Reserves (1995-2001)
 AIRS I &II Internet Sourcing Certified
 Featured in February 2001 article of St. Louis Business Journal entitled “Internet Recruiting”
 Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund St. Louis committee member-Annual golf tournament raises over $200K
 Board member in charge of employment initiatives for the Midwest Marines Foundation
 Linked In Power networker with over 12,000 direct professional connections that reach over 24 million
contacts around the world
 Present job search seminars with local outplacement organizations such as GO St. Louis and Catholic
Employment Network
 Conferences attended: AIRS Leadership Summit (2001), ERE conferences (2002, 2003, 2006)
 Served as judge on panel of recruiting professionals for 2010-2012 ERE Recruiting Excellence Awards
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST