Senior Associate, Retail and Consumer Practice Group @ • Effectively lead the end to end research process resulting in identified top talent in all functional areas including Accounting, Human Resources, Sales, Marketing, Information Technology, and Finance and range from Director level through CXO roles. • Clients have included Under Armour, Ross Stores, Planet Fitness, Zulily, Jarden Corporation, Banfield Pet Hospitals (a division of Mars, Inc.), Tampico Beverages, and KT Tape. • Support the efforts of Partners on their searches by researching and generating leads. • Directly interact with key clients on weekly conference calls on several searches. • Manage client and candidate relationships, expectations, and search processes. • Responsible for creating target lists, organizational mapping and facilitating candidates. • Conduct in-depth interviews and reference checks with candidates. • Actively lead in the training & development of new DHR employees in Chicago Headquarters. • Active member of the DHR Engagement Committee. From May 2014 to Present (1 year 8 months)

Bachelor of Business Administration @ Loyola University of Chicago From 2007 to 2011 St. Bede Academy From 2003 to 2007 Tommy Arkins is skilled in: Executive Search, Human Resources, Recruiting, Sourcing, Marketing, Succession Planning, Sales, Leadership, Management, Market Research, Business Development, Talent Acquisition, Microsoft Office, Social Networking, Social Media, Research, Retail