Profile: Karen Huller

President & CEO Charésumé, LLC

Karen Huller founded Charésumé in 2006 to apply her six years of recruiting and executive search experience and other corporate experience to help job seekers develop their own true job security - their ability to transition. The interaction Mrs. Huller had with candidates and hiring managers supplied an insightful education on how employers, including Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical and Financial Services companies, identify talent out of a vast pool of candidates. She gained deep familiarity with the phraseology and behavior that consistently aided candidates through the placement process to accepting an optimal offer. The coaching she provides is practical and procedural. Her clients are active participants, ensuring that they acquire the life skill of transitioning and confidence in their ability to manage their own career.

In 1999, Mrs. Huller earned her Bachelor of Arts from Ursinus College in Communication Studies and Theater with a minor in Creative Writing. Her academic dedication earned her four semesters on the National Deans List and a research fellowship, all while working her way through college and remaining involved in various campus activities and sports.

Still just as active in her community, Mrs. Huller volunteers on the Upper Merion Township Park and Recreation Community Center sub-committee. She also founded the Helping Hands Job Fair in 2008, which has brought recruiters, hiring managers, and job seekers together to perform community service for the United Way and Habitat for Humanity. Over the past three years, she and her husband have raised over $2000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Her writing has been published in various career and trade publications, and her poetry has won awards. She has been the lead singer of the band Harpers Ferry since 2000. Harpers Ferry has performed at American Cancer Society and Project HOME events.

Mrs. Huller is especially empathetic to the emotional patterns that prevent job seekers from building and sustaining momentum in their career campaigns. After 9/11, she was laid off from her position as a Research Consultant at a reputable executive search firm. She spent 10 months in transition searching for a recruiting role. One of her many mentors and the owner of that organization acted as a transition coach during this time. This planted the seeds that eventually developed into an entrepreneurial urge to pay it forward that might have been ignored, if it had not been for the additional support of a professional coach in 2005.

Since beginning Charésumé, Mrs. Huller continues to engage a variety of mentors and coaches, many of whom are among her team of experts available to compliment Charésumé's suite of services. She is a member of the Career Management Alliance and the Professional Association of résumé Writers and Career Coaches. Of most value to her clients, however, are her strategic partnerships with over 35 select recruiting firms and dozens of human resources professionals within hiring organizations. Through these relationships, Mrs. Huller not only stays ahead of the curve of transition trends, but she is also able to make powerful recommendations for her brilliant clients.