INSIGHT / News
January 8, 2008
Shimp Joins Pinstripe as Director of Client Services
For Healthcare Group Proven Human Resources Leader Further Deepens Pinstripe's Provider-Side Expertise in Healthcare
BROOKFIELD, WI -- Pinstripe, Inc., a fast-growing Human Resources and recruitment outsourcing company, has added Shakila Shimp as Director of Client Services for Pinstripe’s Healthcare Group. In her new role, Shimp will bring extensive provider-side expertise to the company’s health care industry customers.
Shimp has more than 18 years of experience in human resource and health care leadership, in both acute care and long-term care settings. Most recently, Shimp was the Director of Human Resources at Wheaton Franciscan Services – St. Joseph Hospital, in Milwaukee. In that position, she was responsible for leading human resources services for 2,500 employees at five sites. As a member of the senior leadership team, she helped develop and implement strategic initiatives for the hospital. Prior to that, she was a human resources executive for Covenant Healthcare Systems and Extendicare Health Services, both in Milwaukee.
“Shakila’s proven performance as a leader in a variety of healthcare organizations makes her a natural addition to Pinstripe’s Healthcare Group,” said Jill Schwieters, Pinstripe Executive Vice President. “The addition of Shakila further deepens our ‘insider knowledge’ of healthcare and enhances our ability to help providers address their most significant workforce challenges. It also reflects Pinstripe’s continued, rapid growth in the healthcare space, as providers increasingly seek new solutions to their most pressing human resources and recruitment challenges.”
“I’m excited to join a company that’s making such a significant impact on its clients’ businesses,” explained Shimp. “Pinstripe’s firsthand knowledge of the healthcare space puts the company in a unique position to provide efficient, effective talent management solutions that always put the care and safety of patients first.”
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Shimp holds a masters degree in management from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee.
About Pinstripe
Pinstripe, Inc. designs, builds and manages high-performance, large scale talent acquisition solutions. For clients in industries that include financial services, technology, telecommunications, healthcare and others, Pinstripe’s innovative approach to Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) integrates sourcing, recruiting, hiring, on-boarding, and engagement into a complete, end-to-end outsourced acquisition and retention solution. For healthcare organizations, Pinstripe’s Healthcare Group offers the provider-side experience it takes to help clients reduce their recruitment and labor costs while continuing to provide the highest quality of patient care. Pinstripe’s Project Search Group offers on-demand hiring solutions that allow companies to choose from discrete modules of service—using just what they need, when and where they need it. Clients choose services that best complement their existing capabilities, while controlling the overall costs of recruitment. More information is available at http://www.pinstripetalent.com and http://www.pinstripehealthcare.com