Konstantinos "2K" Kasekas

Current

Recruitment Consultant at Hudson
Moderator at MyJobTIGER
Moderator at Wright Hand Recruiting

Blogger at www.beyond.jobs

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Past

President, Delta Epsilon Chapter Alumni Association at Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Owner at Northgate Recruitment Catalysts Inc.
Contract Recruiter at Hoffman Recruiters

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Education

University of Essex
University of Toronto - University of St. Michael's College

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Staffing and Recruiting

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Konstantinos "2K" Kasekas’s Summary

A strong Talent Management professional with deep subject matter expertise in Acquisition and Assessment.

Currently working with Harrah's Entertainment ( www.harrahs.com ) on their Sales transformation project. Recruiting Inside and Outside sales professionals at all levels to join this new initiative at a number of properties.

While we are recruiting at a number of locations, my team is currently responsible for the following Regions:

Atlantic City, NJ
Bossier City, LA
Cherokee, NC
East Chicago, IL
New Orleans, LA
Omaha, NB
St. Louis, MO

If you or someone you know is interested please contact me at via email.

Konstantinos "2K" Kasekas’s Experience

Recruitment Consultant

Hudson

(Public Company; HHGP; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

November 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

• Ranked Top performing Talent Acquisition Consultant in North America, 2008.
• Engage clients through deep interviewing and probing to understand corporate culture, employer brand and develop organizational Gap Analysis for local and international clients.
• Identify, Select and Acquire external talent using passive and active, strategic sourcing methodologies.
• Create competency models and job profiles based on organizational assessment.
• Assess talent using a proven a deep expertise in Competency based models.
• Define performance effectiveness criteria used to conduct talent assessment and benchmarking for external pipeline development.
• Work with Senior stakeholders to tag external candidates as internal successors within the succession plan.
Moderator

MyJobTIGER

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

September 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)
Moderator

Wright Hand Recruiting

(Public Company; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

September 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)
Blogger

www.beyond.jobs

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

January 2005 — Present (5 years )

Beyond - Recruitment Strategists (www.beyond.jobs) was created to bridge the gap between recruiter and candidate.

There is a misconception that recruiters are in it only for the money and don’t care about helping the candidate find the best job. While this may be true in the rarest of cases, wiht our blog, we attempt to show the recruitment less as a process, but as a function of the recruiters that effect the process. To be successful, recruiters must have the best interest of both the candidate and client in mind when filling vacancies.

Check out our blog.

Konstantinos "2K" Kasekas’s Education

University of Essex

M.A. , Strategic Change Management , 2000 — 2001

Dissertation Focus: The Creation, Dissemination and Retention of Organizational Knowledge in the Service Sector.
University of Toronto - University of St. Michael's College

B.A. (Hon.) , Human Relations, and Political Science , 1995 — 2000

Activities and Societies:

Kappa Sigma

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Konstantinos "2K" Kasekas’s Groups:

Toronto Board of Trade, Strategic Leadership Forum, Greek Community of Toronto, Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Delta Epsilon Alumni Association, Federal Liberal Party of Canada, Toronto Party

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OpenNetworkers.info < 50.000+ Open Networkers across 60 social networks >
The Association for Project Management
Manager Tools
ERE.net
Independent Recruiters
Canadian Recruitment Professionals Association
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OpenCoffee Greece
Project Manager Networking Group
Lean Six Sigma
NetworkingPros
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The Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Recruiting Professionals Network
eMarketing Association Network
TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
RecruitingBlogs
Friends of Greece
Greek HR Group (500+ Human Resource Professionals)
Greece
Harrah's Alumni
Job & Career Network
The Executive Search Group
Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
M & A advisors
CANADIAN RECRUITERS GROUP
The Job Board (Find A Job, Post a Job)
University of Essex
CEO/ CIO/COE/COO/CFO/Head/VP/ Director/President Level - Senior Leadership Group
6 Six Degrees' Global Recruiting Network
Recruitment Superusers
Freelancers & Self-employed - Toronto
Greek Expats
Harding Rainmakers via Ford Harding, Gary Pines, Mimi Spangler
Social Media Recruiting Group
Networking in GTA (Greater Toronto Area)
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