Eli Karstens

Founded a fractional recruiting business to help small businesses hire and job seekers navigate the job market. Scaled client teams from 5 to 16 in 3 months and reduced time-to-fill by 3 days for a FinTech client using a data-driven approach and automation.

Founded a fractional recruiting business and scaled a client team from 5 to 16 in 3 months. Reduced time-to-fill by 3 days for a FinTech client and automated onboarding workflows by integrating multiple data sources.

Hired 200+ employees across corporate functions and improved Glassdoor interview ratings from ~50% to 70%+. Built and scaled recruiting operations by growing the team from 1 to 4, modernizing the ATS, implementing AI sourcing tools, and launching an internship program from 0 to 19 interns.

Hired 68 employees over 5 months, including the largest hiring class on record. Redesigned the GTM interview process to reduce time-to-fill by 5 days and established an in-house model for post-acquisition recruiting.

Hired all employees for the first 4 retail stores in North America during Q4 2017 and led a high-volume staffing team of up to 4. Supported a shift to in-house recruitment for corporate roles, contributing to an estimated $1.5M savings, and implemented a GDPR-compliant background check vendor.

Managed ~25 concurrent requisitions and delivered 82 hires in 10 months across sales, technical, and customer-facing roles. Designed targeted recruiting strategy that doubled headcount of a hard-to-fill team within 3 months and coached 2 sourcers to improve candidate management performance.

Managed ~25 concurrent requisitions and delivered 82 hires in 10 months across sales, technical, and customer-facing roles. Designed targeted recruiting strategy to double headcount of a hard-to-fill team within 3 months and coached 2 sourcers to improve candidate management performance.

Overhauled ATS workflow and reporting, reducing time-to-fill by 36 days. Implemented metrics-driven recruiting (source of hire and offer acceptance) and oversaw hiring of 516 employees in 6 months across full- and part-time roles.

Earned a Master of Science in Management from Cardinal Stritch University.

Earned a Bachelor of Arts focusing on International Affairs and French, with a minor in HR, from Marquette University.