Rachel Baptiste

About Rachel

Rachel brings 6+ years of talent acquisition experience attracting high-quality professionals to serve our clients’ evolving accounting, bookkeeping, and information technology compliance and data security needs. Working closely with Kaiser Consulting’s director of recruiting, she contributes her expertise to the strategic and tactical aspects of our firm’s recruitment life cycle.

With an intentional focus on presenting a diverse candidate slate for all roles, Rachel excels at defining the experience, knowledge, and skills needed by candidates to succeed as a Kaiser consultant, attracting top talent through networking, referrals and marketplace sources, screening potential employees to ensure they exemplify Kaiser Consulting’s core values, coordinating the administrative aspects of the interviewing process, and acquainting prospective candidates with our hiring team. She strives to make the hiring experience go smoothly for external job seekers and internal leadership members by identifying the best professionals with the right skill sets and cultural fit who want to contribute to positive exchanges with their Kaiser co-workers and our clients.

Before joining Kaiser Consulting, Rachel held positions with increasing responsibility in human resources, recruiting, and talent acquisition at a Fortune 100 multinational technology corporation, a Fortune 500 fashion retailer with several flagship brands, a Fortune 1000 designer, producer and retailer of footwear and accessories, and a global business process outsourcing company. She enjoys self-education and networking to stay informed about industry trends, engaging with current and prospective employees and other business professionals to gain insights from different viewpoints, and collaborating with management teams to achieve business goals by sourcing qualified candidates and increasing employee retention.

An excellent communicator and committed continuous learner, Rachel is an alumna of the Columbus (Ohio) Young Professionals Club’s “Columbus Impact Academy,” a 15-week immersive leadership experience for high-potential emerging professionals at all stages to discover a sense of place and purpose, while gaining valuable perspective in life-altering areas. The interactive program focuses on honing leadership skills, including creative problem-solving, fostering constructive communication, and learning from community leaders serving businesses, nonprofits, educational institutions and more.