Why Employees Stay, Internal Career Paths, SkillBridge | AFS, Kirsten Renner

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Kirsten Renner is the head of recruiting for the National Security Portfolio at AFS. Kirsten shares why AFS employees just don’t leave the organization, some of their hiring needs and locations, how the company supports building a career internally, her Army family, the success she’s had with the SkillBridge program and more.

“Everyone I meet at AFS I ask, ‘How'd you get here, and why are you still here?’ And I find out they've all been here 10, 15, 20 year. Then I thought to myself, ‘What's in the Kool-Aid? I can't wait to find out.’”

3:23 - Why do employees stay at Accenture Federal Services? What’s in their Kool-Aid?
7:13 - What are Accenture Federal Services’ cleared hiring needs and where are they hiring?
10:55 - Building a career at AFS.
13:30 - Kirsten’s Army Family of support at AFS.
21:21 - The SkillBridge program and its success. Why it’s a great opportunity for transitioning military.

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Speaker and Presenter Information

Kirsten Renner

Possibly best known as the co-organizer of Car Hacking Village and serial volunteer across our community, Kirsten has been recruiting, primarily in infosec since 2010. After a brief spell programming and running help desks, she settled into recruiting, and specializes in the hacking community. After a 6 year journey as the Director of Recruiting at Novetta, recently acquired by Accenture Federal Services (AFS), Kirsten now runs recruiting for the AFS National Security Portfolio. When she's not recruiting (and when is she ever really not doing that), she's doing all she can to help active duty service members and veterans, and possibly running a marathon or an ultra.