Susan Strayer

Fortune 500 Talent Acquisition Leader and Career Coach

Susan D. Strayer, SPHR is the Senior Director, Talent Acquisition for a global Fortune 500 company where she manages employer brand strategy, recruitment marketing, and online talent acquisition and hiring strategies. She has worked in talent acquisition, recruiting, and coaching for over 13 years.

Her previous experience includes serving as the Director of Talent Acquisition for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. In this role, she managed the global deployment of talent acquisition strategies, processes and technologies for the company. She also served as Director of Talent Management working on a number of talent, performance, and leadership initiatives. 
 Prior to The Ritz-Carlton, Susan founded University & Career Decisions, working with individuals, companies, and universities on career management and recruiting strategy. Her experience also includes working in Corporate Staffing for The Home Depot and as Director for the Corporate Executive Board (CEB) serving Fortune 1000 executives in research programs focusing on HR, recruiting, training, and learning. Prior to working for CEB, Susan worked in corporate HR for Arthur Andersen.

She is the author of "The Right Job, Right Now" (St. Martin's, 2007).



Susan has an MBA from Vanderbilt University, an MA in Human Resource Development from The George Washington University, and a BA in Communication from Virginia Tech.

 She is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), is an administrator of the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and a member of the Society of Human Resource Management. 

She's a renowned speaker and has spoken for hundreds of conferences and organizations including Harvard, Deloitte, ERE, Fannie Mae, and many more. Her expertise has been quoted globally from The New York Times and Fast Company to the Wall Street Journal and CBS News Radio.