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La Donna Lokey
Los Angeles, CA
VP/Recruiting Manager, Citigroup, Inc.
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About Me

La Donna Lokey, #Citi Sourcing & Social Media Strategist now living the dream in Phoenix, Corporate Rebel, Whirlwind of Change, tech geek, GenXer, #wiredmom, social media enthusiast, writer.

- Charter member of Citi Staffing Social Media Task Force, working to evangelize SM tools and train the recruiting team on best practices
- Project Manager for External Blog Strategy - currently developing first ever external blog for Citi NA Staffing team utilizing Talon CRM system
- Member of Career Development Champions New Initatives team - brought author of Me 2.0 Dan Schawbel to present to team regarding Personal Branding
- Created "Breaking into Banking" network on Brazen Careerist to advise jobseekers on how to obtain work in financial services without prior experience

Work History

  • Countrywide/Bank of America
  • Sr. Recruiter, University Relations
  • January 2007 to December 2008
  • University Relations Recruiting & Internal Client Relationship Management supporting hiring strategies across the SW region

  • Microsoft
  • Staffing Consultant / College
  • August 2005 to January 2007
  • College Recruiting and Account Management for "non-core-tech" areas such as Sales, Tech Support, Marketing, and HR.

  • Charles Schwab
  • Recruiting Manager
  • August 2003 to July 2005
  • Large scale, high volume recruiting, primarily for call center positions across Phoenix, Indy, Denver, and Orlando markets.

Education

  • George Washington University
  • 1993 - 1995
Interests
Reading, Writing, technology, geek stuff
Goals
  1. Launch Citi's first Recruiting Blog
  2. Expand the use of Social Media in Recruiting at Citi
  3. Publish a Book
  4. Work in another country someday
  5. Connect jobseekers with Citi opportunities
Favorite Quote
"There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self." Aldous Huxley
Specialties
Recruiting, Competitive Intelligence, Social Media, Blogging, Sourcing, Research

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