Abby Kohut is the President and lead Staffing Consultant of Staffing Symphony, LLC, whose mission is to enable companies to conduct business better with a well-tuned staff.

Abby's career began in computer sales. She worked for a computer reseller for five years, managing major accounts such as Bear Stearns, Grey Advertising, Gartner Group and the Museum of Natural History and was elected into Apple's Million Dollar Club. Although successful in sales, Abby felt most passionate about hiring and mentoring new sales reps for the company. Thus began her career in Human Resources and career development.

Abby’s next successful recruiting project was at Cheyenne Software, where she personally hired 500 employees in two years, effectively doubling the size of the company. Following that, Abby worked for Kaplan, Inc., a world leader in educational services, for seven years. Abby took on various roles including Senior Director of Recruiting and Career Development, which offered her the opportunity to lead a team of recruiters responsible for filling staff and management positions across the country. In particular, Abby led teams that hired 50 Customer Service Representatives in two months and 900 part time K-12 teachers in four months. She also career coached and mentored many top internal applicants into new roles within the company.

Following Kaplan, Abby managed several recruiting projects for Alpharma, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. First, she developed processes and procedures for the company to follow while managing a recruiting team, after which she became the Interim Director of Human Resources. Later on, Abby managed a sales expansion project necessitated by the launch of the Flector Patch where she helped double the size of the division, hiring 300 employees in four months.

In the recent past, Abby led the expansion of a national outside sales force and support staff for the Economist Intelligence Unit, Economist Magazine and CFO Magazine. Abby’s most recent role was Interim Director of Recruiting for Beth Israel Medical center and St. Luke’s – Roosevelt Hospital. In this position, Abby managed a large recruiting team responsible for filling 1,000-2,000 positions per year and developed written documentation around their processes and procedures.

Since the beginning of her career, Abby has volunteered her time to help with career development and networking projects. She edited the careers chapter of the book "Fabulous at Fifty". She volunteers as the Strategic Growth Advisor and Manhattan Networking Leader of Whine & Dine, a social networking group for Human Resources professionals. She is also a member of SHRM and the HR Alliance, and is a LinkedIn Open Networker (LION) who Tweets on job search strategies. Abby is frequently requested to present workshops on job search topics to career networking groups in the tri-state area. In 2009, Abby co-hosted a conference for job seekers in NYC. Career experts delivered information on how to beat the competition in 2009 and win the race for a new job.

For the past 15 years, Abby's passion has been helping other people find theirs. Jump on the bandwagon today to find out how she can help you find yours!