Candidate 1: Multi-Tasking Admin. Assistant/Customer Service Professional
This candidate is an absolute find for any organization seeking a recent grad that is ready to do whatever it takes to get the job done.  She is a recent graduate from George Washington University in D.C., where she majored in Political Science.  In order to gain a better understanding of the business world, she chose to study abroad in India.  Throughout college, she completed multiple internships where she gained hands on experience supporting executive in an administrative capacity, maintaining databases and working with social media.  Additionally, she worked in an administrative capacity for a medical office before and during college.  She is actively involved in her community (she is a coach, mentor, and volunteer for two non-profits), and will be an excellent asset for any company seeking a versatile administrative assistant.

Candidate 2: Sales/Marketing Assistant
This candidate is a 2008 graduate of Purdue University, where she majored in Communications.  While in school, she worked at an auto parts supplier as an Event Planning Intern over summer and winter breaks.  In this internship, she was hands on in planning National Sales Meetings around the country.  For the past 2.5 years, she has worked for a manufacturing company in the Western suburbs as a Sales Coordinator.  She admits this is truly an administrative role, which encompasses many tasks in the areas of sales support, accounting, marketing, event planning, customer service, and database management.  She enjoys variety, and is used to working in an environment where her participation is relied upon heavily.  Because of this, she understands the value of every task- no matter how large or small. 

Candidate 3:  Insurance Account Manager
While attending Illinois State University, this candidate’s interest in insurance was sparked while taking a class taught by an insurance executive which provided him real world insight into the industry.  He then completed an Underwriting internship with a carrier where he analyzed and classified risk submissions, evaluated the risk and exposure of prospective clients and supported a team of independent agents.  He then partook in a marketing internship with a start-up personal lines agency where he tracked and reported marketing trends, created and implemented marketing campaigns as well as provided customer service and claims support.  He then obtained his degree in 2009 with a double major in Marketing and Insurance and was selected to participate in a management training program with an international brokerage where he supported a Senior Executive Liability Broker as a Client Representative.  In this role, he analyzed clients existing insurance programs and requirements, submitted coverage specs and obtained quotes from carriers as well as supported the Senior Broker with proposal presentations, marketing, premium payment and program servicing. This candidate’s passion for insurance is immediately evident upon meeting him and should prove to be a value added hire for his next employer.

Candidate 4: Accountant/Auditor
This referred candidate has achieved both a BBA in Accounting from Southern Methodist University as well as Masters of Accounting from Loyola University Chicago.  After completing an internship during undergrad with an international audit, tax and advisory firm, she was hired on as an Audit Associate after completing her Masters in 2009.  During her time with this CPA firm she has managed all aspects of client engagements, including planning, performing, leading and completing audits within budget and time requirements for several large multinational corporations and smaller private companies.  She prides herself on maintaining a strong client focus by responding to client’s requests and developing and implementing a productive working relationship with client personnel.  In addition, she has managed multiple teams simultaneously and served as a mentor for incoming employees as well as interns.  On a personal note, she spent a summer studying at Oxford University, served as the Treasurer of her sorority and is active in philanthropies since relocating to Chicago.  She has a great personality, is currently pursuing her CPA, and should prove to be an asset for her next employer.

Candidate 5: Legal Assistant
This candidate is a graduate of UIC, where she double-majored in Economics and Political Science.  While in school, she worked part-time in an administrative capacity for a salon where she handled scheduling, A/P in QuickBooks, inventory and customer service.  In 2010, she started working for a small firm practicing family law on a part-time basis, while simultaneously balancing a part-time schedule with the salon. From these experiences, she has learned the value of multi-tasking and prioritizing. Working at the law firm has given her a strong foundation in the legal field and due to the small size of the firm, she has been able to learn how to do many different things. Additionally, she scored a near perfect score on ICI's office skills test, an exam that tests for spelling, grammar, punctuation and math skills with no help from a dictionary or calculator. She is now looking to bring her year and a half of legal experience to a firm where she can add value and continue her career supporting attorneys.  She is smart, outgoing, speaks Spanish fluently and is excited to find her first full-time employer.

Candidate 6: Sharp Train-To-Legal Candidate
This impressive 2010 graduate of Cornell University majored in Economics and minored in International Relations and Law & Society. In addition to studying in Sydney, Australia for one semester, this candidate was actively involved in many campus organizations while at Cornell. After graduation, he secured an internship as a Campaign Intern for a Cook County Commissioner, where he analyzed voting patterns and gained support for the campaign. He is currently interning part-time for a firm that publishes legal aid materials online. In this role, he has gained invaluable experience editing and writing legal content items to ensure readability for public use, which compliments his attention to detail. This candidate is seeking a full-time position within a firm where he can add value and expand his passion of the legal field.

Candidate 7: Commercial Lines Insurance CSR
This 2011 graduate of Northern Illinois University with a B.S. in Finance has already managed to gain 3 ½ years of insurance work experience.  While attending NIU, she worked part-time for a full service wholesale brokerage as a Production Assistant and was brought on as a full time employee after graduation.  She has gained experience in all aspects of account management by servicing a book of accounts ranging from 25K to 1M in premium and is comfortable marketing submissions, handling endorsements, binders, final audits and invoices.  In addition, she handles General Liability and Workers’ Compensation audits, surplus lines filing forms for non-admitted carrier policies and creating marketing materials.  She is familiar with submission requirements, accord applications, supplemental applications, loss runs, X-mods, A.M. Best Ratings, MVRs, online quoting with the standard marketing and currently utilizes TAM.  She is personable, seeking an environment where she can apply her insurance knowledge and is ready to take on new challenges.

Candidate 8: Temp or Perm Executive Assistant
This candidate has 7 years of executive administrative assistant experience and has many qualities that support the fact that she is a street-smart, proactive assistant.  Throughout her career, she has worked in both a start-up supporting nearly every facet of the business as well as a 500 person brokerage where she was enabled to focus on one department in-depth. She loves working with computers (she scored 100% on both word and excel tests) and considers herself an out-of-box thinker.  She likes to take the initiative: she has taken it upon herself to create an electronic client database in a company where everything was always hand-written, which improved efficiency across the board for all employees.  She recently relocated back to Chicago from California, and is excited to hit the ground running in her next company.  She is open to temp, and direct hire opportunities.

Candidate 9:  Versatile Administrative Assistant
This referred candidate is a graduate of Northwestern University, where she graduated with a Bachelors in Art History with an impressive 3.86 GPA.  While in school, she worked as an Administrative Assistant for an insurance company in Chicago.  In this position, she supported 15 agents, with administrative tasks such as answering phones, scanning, processing certificates of insurance, and assisting client with inquiries.  When her studies required her to be closer to Evanston, she took a position at the Northwestern Office of Financial Aid, where she worked with donor relations adhering to strict deadlines.  In college, she took it upon herself to diversify her studies, which included a semester abroad in Ireland as well as coursework in Accounting, Finance, Marketing and Economics.  Additionally, she scored a near perfect score on ICI’s office skills test with no aid from a dictionary or calculator. She is sharp, outgoing, and presentable and will likely be an immediate impact for any company seeking a utility player.

Candidate 10: Accounting Assistant
This candidate is a 2007 graduate of Purdue University, where she majored in Finance.  Immediately upon graduating, she started with a manufacturing company in the South suburbs, where she handled a variety of duties in the 4 person accounting department.  She was the person responsible for making all B2B collection calls (about 30/day) to their clients, as well as all invoicing and some credit management.  In February 2011, she and her husband moved to Wheeling be closer to his place of employment.  She resigned from this position due to the commute.  Since relocating to the NW suburbs, she has been working as a Financial Consultant for a University, where she consults students about their account balances, payments and financial aid.  She is ready to get back into a corporation where she can be an integral part of the accounting process.  Her mix of collections, A/R, invoicing and credit management should make her a likely candidate for this role.  Additionally, she has a down-to-earth personality and is ready to prove herself.

Candidate 11: Legal Assistant
This candidate is a 2007 graduate from Aurora University, where she graduated with a Bachelors in Criminal Justice.  She graduated with an impressive 3.47 GPA and was also a member of the college soccer team.  Since graduation, she has remained loyal to one employer, a small legal practice where she is the only support to two attorneys.  In this position, she handles “everything” for them, from drafting documents to billing, A/P, and court runs.  She is very organized and has taken their office and has revolutionized the functionality of the office with her procedures and practices she has implemented for billing, time entry, client management and databases.  After 3.5 years of dedication to this firm, she is ready for her next challenge.

 
Candidate 12: Marketing/Admin/Underwriting Assistant
This candidate is a graduate of the University of North Dakota, where she majored in Marketing.  While in college, she decided to study abroad in Greece.  She feels this experience gave her a global perspective on the business world.  While in school, she also completed a Marketing Internship for a theater, a position where she established brand awareness via social marketing, assisted with fundraising events, and performed basic administrative tasks.  Since relocating to Chicago last fall, she has been working in the real estate industry as a Post-Closing Assistant for a mortgage banker.  In this position, she reviews mortgage applications to ensure that the loans are completed accurately.  She is looking for an administrative position downtown where she can hit the ground running with a variety of tasks.

For More Information about one of ICI's Featured Candidates, please email nicole@icistaffing.com or call 312-263-1710