About Ossanna Consulting Group

Ossanna Consulting is strongly built upon the model of traditional Human Resources consulting and search; however, our business has evolved to include customized, sophisticated solutions for our most complex business partners and senior HR allies.

Our Mission and Values

Ossanna Consulting Group is a Human Resources organization dedicated to supplementing and enhancing the efficiency, productivity and profitability of our clients by providing best in class HR talent at all levels and in all HR functional areas. We can work at our client’s location or virtually, adapting quickly to our client’s environment and corporate culture to build partnerships inside the organization and within the local community.

We consistently provide quality service by listening to our clients, as well as our consultants and candidates, while remaining flexible and focusing on mutual success. We select, hire and support the highest-caliber professionals, committed to a career in Human Resources to represent our clients.

Our business has succeeded for almost three decades largely because of our mission to exceed expectations, while not varying from our core values. Our success has been measured by creating countless strong and long lasting relationships of mutual success.

Our History

Our 100% female-owned and certified company was founded in 1988 by Nikki Teik, a driven and innovative HR professional who recognized the need for customized Human Resources consulting services, where there was a void for such specialized services for HR practitioners.

Ossanna started in the 1980s at a time when there was a gap of business solutions providers, customized to the HR function. With her roots in diversity and technology, Nikki set out to establish the model of contract recruiting and HR project management provided onsite at initial clients such as Apple Computer, Motorola, Quaker Oats, Hewitt Associates and Walgreens. With this industry in its infancy, the model quickly replicated and expanded locally, nationally and globally and is still grounded in the simple core values of integrity, delivery, cost savings and adding value to each and every relationship we have.

Ossanna has grown to be one of the most recognized names and pioneers in the HR consulting business with the most extensive database of HR talent and endless list of satisfied clients worldwide.

Our People

The success of Ossanna consulting group is largely due to our core team. We never vary on our dedication to quality, delivery and integrity.


Nikki Teik
Founder and President

With roots in Milwaukee Wisconsin, Nikki was educated at Cardinal Stritch College and the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. Her degree is in Business and Human Resources Management. Building on her corporate HR experiences with Comdisco Inc. and a strong network within the diversity and technology communities, Nikki launched Ossanna on 08/08/1988.

Beginning as an onsite HR consultant for Apple Computer, until today, Nikki has shown up to service her clients and candidates with the same goals: to be productive, learn, grow, listen, laugh, be passionate, be real, have fun and ALWAYS do the right thing for every single person she comes in contact with.

Nikki has hired, trained and influenced some of the best in the business and has mentored many. Some of the best in class are on Ossanna’s internal team. Meet them here!

LinkedIn

nteik@ossanna.com

Cell 847-331-6542


Mariaelena Estrada
Office/Contracts Manager

With 15 plus years of experience at Ossanna, Mariaelena manages the day-to-day operations. Her duties include interacting with clients, candidates, consultants and internal staff, process onboarding documentation, handle the processing of all certifications, vendor management, contracts administration and overseeing all the administrative functions at Ossanna.

“My experience at Ossanna has given me extensive opportunity to work with a variety of consultants and clientele as well as giving me the understanding of the workings of the consulting industry. I enjoy working at Ossanna, meeting new people and the challenges that every day brings. Ossanna’s high standards and great reputation is second to none. We treat clients and consultants the way we would want to be treated, with respect and courtesy, and that is The Ossanna Difference.”

LinkedIn
mestrada@ossanna.com

Julie Ellinger
VP, People & Culture

Julie is an accomplished and perceptive Talent Acquisition professional with experience in full cycle, high volume recruitment. She has been widely acknowledged for developing high-caliber workforces at all levels and excellent knowledge of the full HR cycle. She originally joined the Ossanna team in 2015 and she started her career in temporary staffing with JobGiraffe (formerly Paige Personnel) and through her tenure there she held many roles ranging from consultant to Branch Manager. Finding the right people for the right job at the right time is what Julie does best. Throughout her career she has built many long-term relationships with her clients which spread across multiple industries. Julie is a strong decision-maker who leads by example and inspires others to achieve and exceed goals and projections. Julie’s current role will continue to be in recruitment, but will also include marketing, back office support and employee relations.

Julie enjoys a busy home life with her wonderful family and friends. She is a sports enthusiast and has a passion for interior decorating.

LinkedIn

jellinger@ossanna.com

Cell 815-790-8452


Brenda Doberstein
HR Administrator

Brenda joined the Ossanna team in October 2021 and has more than 35 years’ experience in Office Administration. She is an experienced professional with a demonstrated history of success across several industries. Brenda is skilled in many areas, including Accounts Payables/Receivables, Customer Service, Financial Accounting, and Payroll. Furthermore, she has the capacity to handle a high-volume workload within a deadline-driven environment. Brenda will be assisting the Office/Contracts Manager with day-to-day operations and will work closely with clients and customers involving personal and business transactions.

“It is my job to ensure that the office operates smoothly, which includes balancing all tasks that colleagues bring to me.”

LinkedIn
bdoberstein@ossanna.com

Brooke Glover
Senior Talent Specialist

Brooke joined the Ossanna team in January 2022 as a talent specialist. With 16 years of experience in full-cycle, high-volume recruitment for various types of organizations, she has sourced, recruited, and filled thousands of difficult-to-fill positions with top talent in diverse industries including education, manufacturing, insurance, marketing/communications, quality assurance, sales/business development, information technology, clerical, customer service, health/medical, finance, engineering, human resource, food service, retail/hospitality at all organizational levels (from interns and entry level to Management and Executive C suite). Brooke has a passion for identifying and matching the right candidate to the right position while ensuring that each candidate has an outstanding candidate experience throughout the process.

LinkedIn

Facebook
bglover@ossanna.com

Cell 773-454-1467


Bernie Vogel
Director-HCM East Coast

The HR Community at large is the DNA for talent management on a global and nationwide scale. When you think of an HCM partner or talent consulting firm that you need to know and they have talent relationships in any region nationwide or know where to be resourceful on your behalf, ask for Bernie from Ossanna Consulting.

Finding talent in any industry or discipline requires an art and a science and the “fire in the belly” drive that only 1% of the talent community possess. Bernie has it.

Bernie has worked as an HR/Talent Consultant since 1995-either onsite helping clients with talent solutions or driving talent from a consulting firm or in the middle as an RPO leader. He has assimilated his MBA, his management consultant style, sales delivery and listening skills in his passion to add value to people and talent operations.

Having worked with the Ossanna Consulting organization for 16 years on various client onsite engagements: United Air, RSM, Aon and working independently on: McGraw hill, Sanofi, Heineken, Bank of America & PWC to name a few, Bernie knows unlike many, what are the inside corporate puzzles and how to solve the talent workforce in any industry.

Industries recruited or onsite include: Manufacturing, CPG, Pharmaceutical, Media, IT, Big 4, Energy, Investment Banking, Global, Food and Beverage, Private Label & Hardware/Software Engineering/HR

Bernie considers himself to be a strong interviewer via BEI Certification, a strong HR consultant via DDI certified and a strong talent hunter via AIRS certified and a consummate client facing/account manager professional. He is doing now what he loves the most: onsite for a client consulting and influencing decisions, managing clients and relationships for Ossanna and sourcing/finding candidates to present for searches.


Ossanna Consulting Group is the proven human resource outsourcing company serving businesses throughout the Chicago area and the nation.

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