MARION ADAMS: CELEBRATES 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
HER MOTTO: “EVERY INTERACTION MUST BE POSITIVE”
Marion Adams occasionally counsels a job applicant to consider a position in an entirely new industry. As she explains how their skills and experience are a great match for this unexpected opportunity, Marion can reflect back on joining Abel Personnel as a recruiter ten years ago. With over 20 years of previous marketing, client relations, and management experience in a variety of industries, working in staffing at first did not seem an obvious fit.
As Abel Personnel President, Debby Abel, recounts Marion’s career journey since then, “In her 10 years at Abel Personnel, Marion has made important contributions. She began as a recruiter and over the years demonstrated excellence in working with candidates and clients. Marion develops strong relationships with her company clients to understand their organizations, their cultures, and their personnel needs. Similarly, Marion enhances Abel’s Recruiting and Business Development, bringing new approaches, and training to our organization. Even with many technical innovations, Marion remains committed to the essentials of the human, person-to-person connections which makes all the difference.”
Marion revels in each day’s variety of new challenges, new opportunities, new types of positions, and new companies and applicants. Whether it is a retired Hershey Company food engineer thrilled to join a food industry start-up, or placing a recent graduate in their first role, Marion relishes challenges and making great matches. It is crucial to her that each candidate better understand what they must learn or experience to become the right fit for the job they’re pursuing.
Each client must also have a better understanding of how they might consider the unfilled position differently to attract the talent they crave. Every interaction must be positive.
Marion’s demonstrated caring about creating a deep understanding of her candidates and clients and how to help both of them succeed, resulted in a recent client accolade, “Marion you are amazing!”
Her success in recruiting plus her leadership within the recruiting cadre was confirmed by her promotion in 2021 to be Director of Recruitment and Client Relations at Abel Personnel.
