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4334 Ivy Drive,Glenview, IL
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About Us
Graciela Kenig & Associates is a talent management consultancy specializing in recruitment, retention and development strategies for diverse employees. Founded in the early nineties with an exclusive focus on Latinos, due to client demand the firm has broadened its services to include other diverse groups.Our team of consultants provides a wide range of talent management solutions for Latinos and other diverse employees.
Our combined expertise includes:
- Career Development for Diverse Employees
- Formation and effective utilization of Employee Resource Groups
- Diversity consulting focus in the areas of race (especially Latino, African-American and Asian), gender, nationality (cross-cultural business practices) and personality/work styles.
- Organizational talent management consulting around recruiting, selection, performance management, development planning and retention.
- Additional specialties in organizational marketing, communication and labor law.
- Skill sets such as instructional design, training/presenting, writing/publishing, coaching and organizational process consulting.
- Multilingual capabilities in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
- Multicultural professional experience in North America (including Canada and Mexico), South America, Central America , and Western Europe.
Our Clients Include:
Banking & Financial: American Express Financial Advisors, ING Financial Services, Bank One, Bank of America , Bank of Montreal/Harris Bank, National City
Career Outplacement: The Derson Group; Lee Hecht Harrison
Education: University of New Hampshire, University of South Carolina, St. Augustine College, Triton College, DePaul University, Lehigh University
Executive Search Consulting: Witt/Kieffer
Government: Department of Energy ( Oak Ridge , TN office); Federal Highway Administration (South Suburban Illinois)
Housing: Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae
Manufacturing: Lakewood Engineering and Manufacturing Co., Universal Scrap Metal, Caterpillar, CIMA Labs
Non-Profits: Day Care Action Council of Illinois , Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement, Hispanic Housing Development Corporation, Women Employed, National Society of Hispanic MBAs, Society for Human Resource Management Professionals (SHRP)
Retail: Target Stores, Sears Customer Care Network, Sears, Roebuck & Co., May Department stores
Technical: Lucent Technologies
About Graciela Kenig
Graciela Kenig, President and Founder
Diversity Recruitment, Retention and Career Development Specialist
With more than 15 years as an independent consultant and trainer, Graciela is a highly effective curriculum designer and group facilitator with deep expertise in the areas of leadership, mentoring, career management, and other talent development topics.
Because of her extensive knowledge and experience in the field of diversity she developed talent management approaches that incorporate cultural issues in Supervisory and Managerial Effectiveness, Managing Multicultural Employees and Strategic Recruitment and Hiring of Multicultural Candidates and Women.
Graciela consults with a variety of organizations on internal Career Mobility programs for Latino Employee Affinity Groups.
She has been a featured presenter and speaker at national conferences including the Society of Human Resource Management, International Career Development Association, National Society of Hispanic MBAs, US Hispanic Leadership Institute, and the Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement.
Born in Argentina, Graciela is fluent in Spanish. Her special talents include connecting cultural values to workplace behaviors for higher productivity and utilizing multiple approaches to career counseling and coaching.
- Author of Best Careers for Bilingual Latinos (McGraw Hill)
- Society of Human Resource Management Recommended Speaker
- Monster.com's Diversity & Inclusion Advisor
- LatPro's Multicultural Management Expert
- Contributing Writer for Latina Style, Latina , Hispanic, and Hispanic Trends magazines
- Interviewed by ABC, CBS, Fox, Telemundo, WGN, and PBS
- Quoted by The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, La Opinion, and newspapers across the nation