Karen has been in executive search for eighteen years, including six at Korn/Ferry International, five at Heidrick & Struggles, four with Compuware and three years independently. Her expertise is in Organizational Chart Development, Original Name Generation, Sourcing, Candidate Development, Referencing Checking and Developing Target Lists in multiple areas: Engineering, Information Technology, E-Business, General Management, Manufacturing, Financial Services, Banking, Human Resources, Compensation & Benefits, HRIS, Training & Development, Organizational Development, Sales & Marketing, Consumer, Retail, Health Care, Government, Higher Education and Not-for-Profit industries.

Additional expertise includes extensive Internet usage, building and maintaining a Research Library with basic and specialized reference books, maintaining internal company databases, career fairs and college recruiting.