Erica Almgren Steffenson is a hands-on talent acquisition leader with over ten years of experience in supervisory and mentoring roles. With expertise in Aerospace & Defense R&D, IT, CPG, Retail, Manufacturing, and Medical Device / Healthcare sectors, Erica has demonstrated her ability to fill positions through the VP level. She's an innovative talent sourcer, utilizing recruitment technologies and process improvement techniques to decrease dependency on 3rd party staffing firms. With a solid track record of finding and engaging top talent, Erica is also adept at social media, relationship building, training, vendor management, and OFCCP compliance. Erica is an open networker with more than 22,000 1st level connections; interested parties are encouraged to connect with her at steffe1@medtronic.com. Her professional experience includes working as Executive Search & Strategic Talent Sourcing at Medtronic, Principal Talent Advisor at Honeywell, Recruiting Consultant at MTS Systems Corp., and Recruiting Manager (RTDM) at General Mills.

Erica's past roles also include Principal Recruiter at Medtronic (ev3 / Covidien), Sr. Talent Acquisition Analyst at Ecolab, Sr. IT Recruiter/Strategic Sourcer at Target Corporation / TTS, Sr. Researcher/Recruiter at Management Recruiters of Eagan, MN, and Technical Recruiter, Sr HR Representative at Irvine, California. She also served as a KC-135 Boom Operator and Command Post Controller at the United States Air Force. Erica studied Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona and Major: Software Engineering / Computer Science at Calvin College.