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Kristin Kalscheur

Kristin Kalscheur joined Waggener Edstrom Worldwide (WE) in 2007 as a Sourcing Strategist on the Talent Acquisition team. She was hired to identify and engage top talent for critical roles within the agency. Kristin is now a Senior Sourcing Strategist, handling direct candidate sourcing, technology exploration and digital trend spotting, global employment branding, vendor management and program analysis. She formulates its annual strategic sourcing plan and heads up the implementation of the team's digital and social recruiting efforts. Kristin conceptualized and worked with WE's Studio D, Marketing, and Corporate Communications groups on the production of Waggener Edstrom's first recruitment video and launched the careers blog and several social media groups to help people interested in WE get to know the agency better from an insider's perspective. Kristin began her recruiting career in 2002 with a boutique executive search firm specializing in marketing, and transitioned into a corporate recruiting role at Lieberman Research Worldwide, a market research consulting firm. She now sources top talent for Waggener Edstrom's Technology, Social Innovation, Public Affairs, Healthcare, Corporate Communications, Analyst Relations and Consumer Marketing practices, as well as Studio D, WE's digital consultancy. For frequent updates, follow her on Twitter.

Articles by Kristin Kalscheur

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In a 1963 speech, John F. Kennedy said, “A rising tide lifts all boats.” He was referencing the economy, and this quote has been used in support of many an economic initiative since. I work for a PR agency, and a couple of years ago I emailed a VP from a competitor agency to ask if he knew any good analyst relations candidates. We were looking for more junior level folks, so I wasn’t trying to recruit him, but thought it couldn’t hurt to ask. He replied that if he did know any, he’d obviously hire them first if he had a spot for them, but that he’d be happy to send them my way if he didn’t. This was exactly what I’d hoped he’d say. He followed that with, “A rising tide lifts all boats.” I had never heard this quote used to apply to a general profession, but I understood that he was inferring that helping each other hire the best talent is in the best interest of the analyst relations profession as a whole. I love that attitude, as it mirrors the way I think about sourcing.