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Meet Tracey Riley

At Accelerated Hiring Solutions, Tracey Riley specializes in assessing and enhancing the entire hiring process, from identifying candidates to successfully onboarding new employees. With a keen understanding of the competitive landscape, Tracey develops strategies that enable companies to find talent effectively, efficiently, and swiftly.

The Cost of Hiring Mistakes

In today’s market, a hiring mistake or delay can be both painful and expensive. Tracey guides business leaders in significantly reducing the time and cost associated with hiring valuable assets, while also focusing on developing employee career tenure.

Extensive Experience and Qualifications

Over 20 Years of Expertise: Tracey brings two decades of experience in retained search, recruiting, succession planning, and onboarding strategies, making her uniquely qualified to navigate the complexities of talent acquisition.

Career Foundation at PWC

She began her career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) as an auditor and CPA, where she developed skills in:

  • Reducing expenses
  • Strategically improving bottom-line metrics

Corporate Leadership

As a former vice president of operations, Tracey understands the competitive advantage that comes from hiring the right talent to drive company growth.

Industry Focus and Achievements

Diverse Industry Experience: Tracey has worked across multiple sectors, including:

  • Energy
  • Technology
  • Healthcare/Biopharmaceuticals
  • Financial Services
  • Telecommunications

Support for Rapid Growth: She has assisted companies with:

  • Recent capital infusions needing to quickly hire employees
  • Turnaround efforts requiring new talent and leadership

Key Role at Shell Recharge Solutions: Most recently, Tracey served as the recruiting manager for Shell Recharge Solutions, an electric vehicle technology group within Shell Energy and Shell Mobility. Her notable achievements include:

  • Growing the employee team from 110 to nearly 500 globally
  • Implementing multiple talent acquisition processes and an applicant tracking system (ATS)
  • Reducing hiring costs from 400,000 per year to under 30,000
  • Maintaining a turnover rate of less than 5%

Educational Background

Tracey holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Business Administration from the University of Kansas and an MBA with an emphasis in Human Resources from the University of Colorado-Denver.

Personal Interests

In her free time, Tracey enjoys backcountry skiing, knitting (though she humorously admits to being crafty), and spending quality time with her family, including her husband Frank, a military veteran, and her son Logan, who helps her strength train at 4:30 AM.

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