Mary Despe

Recruitment Consultant | Career Coach @MK Despe Consulting

United StatesAdvisorTraining&Development SpecialistHR Business PartnerRecruiter🧨 Consulting🗿 HR✨ Business Owner

MK Despe Consulting is a leading career coaching and recruitment consulting firm. Mary Despe, a seasoned Recruitment Consultant and Career Coach, leads the firm. She leverages her extensive experience and expertise to provide personalized career guidance, career transition, and recruitment solutions. Mary is proficient in identifying and sourcing top-tier talent for organizations across various industries. She also offers comprehensive career coaching services, helping individuals to identify their career goals, develop job search strategies, and enhance their professional skills. Her approach is characterized by a deep understanding of the job market, a commitment to clients' success, and a passion for connecting talent with opportunity.

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Work Background

Fud, Inc.Mentor

Jan. 2024Honolulu Metropolitan Area · RemoteBusiness Mentor helping those interested to leverage their knowledge, experiences, and skills in Career Coaching and Job Search to build something of their own, be it a successful sidehustle, freelance or small business.

Randstad RiseSmartCareer Transition & Worklife Coach

Nov. 2022San Jose, California, United States · RemoteAs a Randstad RiseSmart Career Coach, I coach an organization’s talent through different stages of their career. This could be from onboarding, to supporting new and existing career goals, or transitioning to a new opportunity. Coaching is provided through a customized 1:1 approach with full support to empower individuals to unleash their worklife possibilities. Coaching helps support an employee's well-being at work and future-proof themselves through planning and commitment to skills development. *Part-time contract provider

DeloitteLead Sourcing Specialist | Recruitment Consultant

Jan. 2022 - Oct. 2022Honolulu, Hawaii, United StatesSourcing, engaging, and interviewing experienced talent for Deloitte Digital - Digital Customer Offering Portfolio, Customer Operations business lines, and firm's Salesforce team. 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬: Developers, Implementation Consultants, Functional and Technical Consultants and Leads, Solution Architects, DevOps, Data Scientists, Data Analysts/Engineers, Product Managers, Reliability Engineers 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁: CPQ, CLM, Salesforce, Apttus, Zuora, NetSuite, RevStream, Snowflake, Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes, Subscription, Revenue Recognition, Billing, Digital/IT Transformation + Leadership, ML, AI, big data 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: Unless specified, most of our roles can be based anywhere in the US (remote). **I am a Recruitment Consultant through TCWGlobal at Deloitte.

Inner Savvy Ventures LLCReal Estate Investor | Business Consultant

Nov. 2021Honolulu, HI · HybridVacation and long-term rental ownership Short-Term rental property management and recruitment

UPSTalent Acquisition

Jan. 2020 - Jan. 2022Honolulu, HIKey Achievements - Full-Cycle Recruitment & Client Delivery: Primary Hawaii-based recruitment resource for Professional (exempt) positions, in partnership through Accenture at UPS. Provided full-cycle recruitment guidance, consultation and support to hiring managers in California, Texas, Washington, Utah, and Oregon. Drove candidate hiring process including interview scheduling, feedback and review, employment offer creation, salary negotiation, and onboarding preparation. Key functions supported Management, Warehouse and Maintenance Operations, Transportation Operations & Support, Accounting & Finance, Data Analytics. - Team Lead: Led 8 recruiters deployed on pilot program designed to improve the recruitment operations around contract and regular warehouse and driver roles for three UPS locations in the Pacific Northwest region. Collaborated with subject matter experts and leaders to improve process flows around sourcing, interviewing, and candidate evaluation sourcing. Led design discussion and co-authored standard operating procedures around enhanced process, providing progress updates to leadership and stakeholders. Exceeded candidate sourcing and hiring projections, retention, and time to hire metrics by ~20% in previous year comparison.

AccentureRecruitment Consultant

Nov. 2019 - Jan. 20223/2021 - 1/2022 Recruiting for Accenture Technology (Salesforce), West Region. Technical Architects, Team Leads, Technical Consultants, Functional Leads, Business Analysts, Lightning Developers, Marketing Cloud, CPQ Consultants. Full-cycle recruitment. Collaborate with hiring managers, regional leadership, and other key HR and support departments to ensure timely hiring of talent. Drive offer and salary negotiation. Diversity recruitment and sourcing strategies. Worked with Workday and Taleo applicant tracking systems. 11/2019 - 1/2022. Supporting recruitment initiatives as a part of the Accenture Contractor Exchange (Client account: UPS). Primary Locations: Hawaii, Washington, California, Oregon, Utah. BC Forward.

University of the PeopleAdjunct Instructor

Aug. 2018 - Jan. 2022Pasadena, CAUndergraduate Instructor within the Business Administration major: - Business Communications - Organizational Behavior - Business & Society - Principles of Business Management - Microeconomics On hiatus, 2022. University of the People (UoPeople) believes that access to higher education is a key ingredient in the promotion of world peace and global economic development. It views higher education as a basic right, and believes that it can both transform the lives of individuals and be an important force for societal change. UoPeople believes that education plays a fundamental role in strengthening respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and in promoting understanding and tolerance. The mission of University of the People is to offer affordable, quality, online, degree-granting educational programs to any qualified student.

ARG | AgentHR Recruiting GroupTalent Purveyor / Managing Director

Mar. 2014 - Mar. 2017Honolulu, HIAffiliated with AgentHR Recruiting Group domestically, d/b/a MK Despe Consulting LLC. Targeted recruitment and sourcing of passive, top-performing talent - managers, technologists, generalists, consultants, attorneys, analysts, architects. Full-cycle recruitment. Placement in direct hire and contract/temp assignment staffing.

McKesson CorporationTalent Acquisition, Sourcing and Recruitment

Aug. 2011 - Apr. 2013RemoteRecruiting for Java, .NET, PHP developers, EMR/EHR analysts, clinical software developers, clinician workflow experts, EMR implementation consultants, sales, Finance and Accounting, support analysts, SAP, Peoplesoft, business process, Lean Six Sigma Black Belts. Was Sourcing and Recruitment Specialist on the RPO vendor provider side.

SF Bay Area Recruitment FirmTalent Purveyor/Recruitment Lead (Virtual)

Jan. 2010 - Jun. 2011Honolulu, HawaiiWe are a boutique professional search firm specializing in the recruitment and placement of software engineering, management and executives for the San Francisco/Silicon Valley area start-ups. Java, PHP, .NET, Mobile, EMR/EHR, implementation consultants, web development, Ruby on Rails, solutions architects, SAP, Oracle, Android, iPhone, clinical applications, storage, sys admins, DBA, IT sales, pre-sales engineers, San Francisco, Los Angeles, California, start-ups, cloud, open source

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Research InstituteHR Consultant/Recruiter

Jan. 2008 - Jan. 2010Recruiting for non-faculty research staff, including lab assistants, clinical staff, nurse practitioners, post doctors, research associates, clinical research coordinators, IRB/IACUC analysts, grants and contracts officers.

MK Despe Consulting LLCRecruitment Advisor. Career & Interview Coach. Talent Hiring Subject Matter Expert.

Nov. 2006Hawaiian Islands𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲: 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲.𝗰𝗼𝗺. Certified Women-Owned Business. *𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐈 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 * These days, I am a passionate advocate for those who feel 'unseen' in their professional pursuits, providing expertise around attracting and landing opportunities they desire. ➡️I engage with those interested in career advancement, including: *1:1 coaching, and conducting workshops, including events for the Move Up Mindset Career Community *delivering talks, coaching support to working professionals *creating content focused on how candidates can maximize their experiences & personal brand to attract success in the job search. ✅I've run a sole proprietorship in Sourcing, Full-cycle, Search, Temporary staffing services, too (2012-2019), & still work as a Consultant (subject matter expert, systems/business process development, including training LLM AI models around Recruitment, Talent Sourcing, Interviewing, Evaluation, Hiring topics) for select clients on a project basis. 🌟𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 - Generative artificial intelligence development leader - Maui-based recreation, excursions and spa management service leader - Global recruitment agency for the Fortune 1000 in IT, Sales (Based in Dublin, Ireland) - Italian-based high-end cosmetics and spa organization with locations in the Middle East - SF Bay Area-based global online marketplace leader - California-based social network, online community network of top rated relationships websites - Phoenix-based major hospital - Honolulu-based major medical center - analyst for research, business development and clinical data - Honolulu-based luxury jewelry retailer - Hawaii-based locations for cutting edge vacation property management technology

Hult International Business SchoolMBA Student

Jan. 2006 - Dec. 2006Graduated December 2006.

The Skill BureauRecruiter

Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2006Recruit, source, screen and place candidates for non-exempt and salaried administrative positions for not-for-profit, government and private sector clients. Oversees daily operations of non-exempt temporary staffing and permanent placement divisions, negotiating compensation offers and temporary staffing price points. Supervises Placement and Payroll Assistant.

City YearNational Recruitment Systems Manager

Jan. 2002 - Jan. 2005- Oversaw daily business operations for the organization’s fifteen site recruitment teams. Served as the primary lead for organization’s internal recruitment information system - Served as business analyst for internal human resources information system. Collaborated with national and site recruitment staff in the planning, testing and roll-out of system enhancements and new functionality. Managed team that developed content and technical specifications for the Beloved Online Community, a secured website introducing confirmed corps members to organizational culture, service requirements and descriptions. - Developed and facilitated systems and functional recruitment curriculum for organizational staff.