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Why the Candidate Experience Remains Crucial

In today’s competitive job market, attracting and retaining today’s top talent is more critical than ever. One essential aspect of the hiring process that is often overlooked is the candidate experience. In this blog post, we explore what the candidate experience is and why it’s so important to attracting and retaining key talent.   The Candidate […]

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Hello, and welcome to Angie Warren, a new member of Team Red Dog.

New Faces: Welcome to the team, Angie!

Angie Warren joins Team Red Dog as Senior Talent Acquisition Manager. Angie brings deep technical and functional recruiting expertise meeting the staffing needs of medium to large companies. She excels in working with clients to best understand their needs and pairs those with outstanding resources. In her role leading Team Red Dog’s recruiting efforts, Angie […]

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A CEO’s Musings on 20 Years

As Team Red Dog celebrates 20 years in business, it’s a great opportunity for a look back. For our company and across the staffing and recruiting industry, the last two decades have included change and growth. The staffing industry, from 2002 to 2022, grew from a $69B to a $138B industry including the rise of […]

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The Votes Are In… Drumroll Please!

With the help of our freinds on LinkedIn, we’ve selected our special logo for Team Red Dog’s Anniversary celebration. Thanks to everyone who took the time to weigh in! We’ve tallied the votes and by a narrow margin, Option 4 is the winner! Keep an eye out — we’ve got more festivities coming over the […]

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Team Red Dog is Turning 20! 

We can hardly believe it’s been 20 years since our CEO and Founder, Marleen Eitzen Shanks, took the leap and started a staffing company, but we’re so glad she did. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing a ton of fun and formative memories and milestones that have created Team Red Dog as it […]

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Shine in Your Next Interview! (Infographic)

Getting thrown a curveball of an interview question can throw even the most prepared off their game. Behavioral and situational interview questions can be especially tricky to answer concisely without rambling on. Luckily, there are methods like STAR to help! The STAR method gives you a structure for answering questions in a complete, organized way. […]

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Joana Borges welcome to Team Red Dog!

New Faces: Welcome to the team, Joana!

Joana Borges joins Team Red Dog as a DEI Recruiting Program and Account Manager. We are excited to welcome such a dynamic and passionate young professional to our team. With her strong account management background and passion for DEI, Joana brings an essential new voice to our candidate and client relationships. *** What is your […]

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Divyesh Jambusariya / Sourcing Lead

As a certified DEI Sourcer, Divyesh prides himself on finding unique candidates with compelling stories. With past experience working nationally with multiple vendor management and service providers, Divyesh now excels in his role as Sourcing Lead. Fluent in four languages, including English, Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi.

Yana Ross / Payroll and Finance Analyst

As Team Red Dog’s Payroll and Finance Analyst, Yana brings her sharp skills in data visualization and crucial business operations to support the company’s operations efforts. Needless to say, Yana’s superpowers are in the details. Beyond her analytical skill set, Yana is our only staff member who can claim fluency in English, Russian and Turkish!

Angie Warren / Senior Talent Acquisition Manager

Angie brings deep technical and functional recruiting experience to her role, leading all recruiting efforts, while also making sure that our client’s evolving staffing and Direct Hire needs are met …and exceeded.

Chirag Vaghela / Technical Recruiter & Talent Acquisition Specialist

Chirag brings his special blend of technical savvy and people skills to our sourcing team. With over 8 years of sourcing experience, Chirag is integral to Team Red Dog’s efforts in finding great candidates for our clients.

Joana Borges / DEI Recruiting Program and Account

Joana champions crucial programming efforts in diversity, equity, and inclusion that aim to meet the needs of our clients and better our own work culture. Empowered by experience and passion, Joana drives a variety of projects that interface with candidates and clients.

Vicki Bartelt / Recruiter

With her years of experience in the staffing industry combined with a love of HR, Vicki is a great resource in her role as recruiter for job seekers of all levels. Vicki can often be found providing job interview tips or helping refresh a needy resume for a candidate.

Dom Fleming / Consulting CFO

Dom brings over 25 years’ of experience in finance, strategy, organizational leadership, and business management to his role as CFO. Through his years working with small to Enterprise-sized companies, he brings just the right mixture of know-how and collaboration to help guide Team Red Dog’s finance and business administration.

Amy Olson / Director of Talent Acquisition and Client Success

Amy leads all recruiting efforts at Team Red Dog. A seasoned Fortune 500 manager and a highly experienced recruiter make this savvy team player a force to be reckoned with. Got a hard-to-fill role? Need a whole team? Amy and her seasoned team of recruiters make sure job seekers and clients get the right talent, in the right role, each time.

Leticia Alceda / Director of Operations, HR, and Finance

Every team needs an internal promoter and that’s Leticia, always ready with a positive comment while providing crucial, ongoing employee and client support.  With over ten years’ of experience in HR and accounting, she has the knowledge and experience to lead Business Administration efforts at Team Red Dog.

Marleen Eitzen Shanks / CFO & Founder

As the CEO and Founder of Team Red Dog, Marleen provides the empowerment and vision to help her team flourish in today’s new world of work. With her extensive background in Media/Communications, Technology and Higher Education, she brings a breadth of know-how to the recruiting industry.