Northeast Indiana Talent Attraction, Inc. (NEITA) aims to better the Northeast Indiana community, its companies, and the lives of relocating candidates and families. Through a unique, red carpet approach to recruitment, our process aims to meet top talent candidates and their families’ needs by offering ongoing support, providing critical resources, and answers to considering questions relating to the community and the job.
When Northeast Indiana organizations need to recruit and hire top, out-of-town talent, NEITA is their go-to partner. Our team shows candidates why they should say YES to the job and the community. Using a personal, customized approach, we address any apprehension around the big life changes that come with a new job and relocation. Once they’ve accepted the position, NEITA provides ongoing support and resources to ensure the happiness of the candidate and their family. Our goal is to help make their new community feel like home, so that candidates are ready for their first day in their new role!
NEITA partners with Northeast Indiana companies to match their top candidates with our community. We fill in the gaps between the candidates and recruiting teams, helping with the critical decision process.
We uncover what’s most important to the candidate and their family. From there, our team creates a VIP experience based on their need, wants, and interests. We support candidates by answering the critical questions and uncovering any objections that would keep them from relocating. NEITA helps candidates determine if the job and the community are a good fit for them.
Upon job acceptance, we continually offer support and resources to the new hire and their family, often becoming their first friend in the community. Families tell us they feel well taken care of by their new company, creating a competitive advantage over other job offers they may get.
RECRUITMENT WITH HEART
With the region’s need for more than 35,000 jobs requiring a four-year degree or more, we sell the community to recruits while employers focus on the job, career, and company or practice. We believe talent attraction is critical to growing our region’s economy. To this end, we champion everything northeast Indiana has to offer, creating customized tours and experiences based on the prospective candidate’s needs and interests, allowing them to see what life here looks like in all aspects – work, life, and play. Once a candidate accepts the offer, our team fills in the gaps between employer and candidate – offering continuous acclimation support to alleviate some of that stress that can come with significant life changes. This allows them to feel much more settled by their first day on the job.
When a new career opportunity presents itself, there’s a lot to consider. Can I see myself thriving in Fort Wayne? Will my family be happy here? Are there activities that suit my interests? Our partnering companies work with NEITA to ensure candidates have all of the information and resources to answer critical questions during the consideration and relocation processes. Ultimately, we have the candidates’ best interests at heart. We are a team of local professionals who have relocated to Northeast Indiana ourselves and understand the overwhelming stresses that come with the consideration process. We’re here to help the candidate and their family feel settled and at home as quickly and stress-free as possible.
RED CARPET RECRUITMENT
Whether your company is seeking a competitive edge when it comes to recruitment, or you’re someone considering relocating to Northeast Indiana for career or personal opportunities, you can trust our team to work with you to find a great fit in this community.
Northeast Indiana Talent Attraction, Inc. (NEITA) is a team of local professionals, many of whom have relocated to Northeast Indiana ourselves. We understand the often daunting stresses and considerations that candidates feel as a part of the decision process. That’s why we’re here to help. We’re well versed in the many aspects our region has to offer, particularly around lifestyle, culture, and specific family needs. By working with candidates throughout the entire recruiting experience, we help drive increased job acceptance and retention for the employers in Northeast Indiana. As a result, this saves our clients money and time, and creates better lives for the relocating new hires we support.
Founder / CEO,
Lynn Reecer is the Founder and CEO of Northeast Indiana Talent, Inc. Known in the community as an entrepreneur, philanthropist, connector, and community advocate, Northeast Indiana Talent Attractions, Inc. is an extension of Lynn’s belief in the region and its mission to attract top talent and improve quality of life. As a serial entrepreneur, Lynn is consistently a leader in the area for new and innovative approaches to business; she owns three companies, including Brookwood Cabinet Co., supplying custom and semi-custom, high-quality cabinetry, counters, and hardware.
Lynn started Reecer Properties in 2010 as a boutique real estate firm based in Fort Wayne, and Syracuse, IN. She and her team’s great success in real estate is credited to a team business model of functional expert workhorses, providing white-glove service and exceptional sales results for their clients. She and her team have consistently been ranked 1st in sales volume out of 1,400 agents and teams for several years in a row in the NE Indiana MLS and in the top 5 in the state of Indiana.
In 2019, Encore Sotheby’s International Realty acquired Reecer Properties, allowing Lynn to focus her attention on her team, her clients, and her growing businesses. In 2019 Lynn earned the SRES (Seniors Real Estate Specialist) designation, held by only 1% of Realtors nationwide. SRES® designees have unparalleled training and experience in serving seniors (50+) with their home downsizing needs or transfers to assisted living.
As part of her commitment to bettering the community, Lynn co-founded the Aboite New Trails, Inc. Under Lynn’s leadership, Aboite New Trails raised over $12M and built 20 miles of new bicycle and pedestrian trails throughout southwest Allen County. In 2010, Lynn led the merger to form Fort Wayne Trails, which now boasts a 100+ mile trail system that serves over 300,000 residents and visitors. During this time, Lynn was awarded Citizen of the Year by the Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne for her full-time volunteer contributions to the community over several years.
A native of Dayton, Ohio, Lynn earned her B.S. in Marketing from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. Lynn married Dr. Mark Reecer and eventually moved to his native Fort Wayne, where they raised their three children. Today Lynn and Mark are very social empty nesters who love sharing outdoor recreation and indoor entertaining time with family and friends in Fort Wayne, on Lake Wawasee and in Bonita Springs FL. Their travel time is usually taken up visiting their kids in Seattle, NYC and soon to be São Paulo Brazil.
Senior Director of Operations,
Karen McMahon is the Sr. Director of Operations for Northeast Indiana Talent Attraction, Inc. and owner of Pure Potential, LLC consulting, focused on helping companies create exceptional processes and experiences for their teams. Karen is dedicated to helping companies, candidates, and employees feel welcome and expected. Karen had a successful 23-year career with Nordstrom, a Fortune 500 company and voted 100 Best Companies to Work For, 20 years in a row. During that tenure, Karen started on the sales floor, serving customers, working her way to Corporate in Seattle as a regional buyer, then one of the first national buyers for Nordstrom. Karen then moved into HR and training, and was an integral education and execution partner for every major Merchandising technology roll out in the company.
Karen received numerous awards and recognition for her work, including the coveted Customer Service All-Star, Inverted Pyramid Award for Servant Leadership, as well as an Innovation Award for creating the Merchandising & Planning Internship, Merchant in Training, and Interim Staff programs for the entire company. Karen found that these programs were so successful because of her involvement in interviewing and selecting top candidates. As a result, Karen discovered her passion for recruiting and talent attraction.
After retiring from Nordstrom in 2016, Karen worked for National Outdoor Retailer, REI, creating, implementing and managing change for merchandising systems and processes for their buying organization. In 2018, her husband was recruited with the help of NEITA to Fort Wayne, and after 18 years in Seattle, WA, they made the move across the country to Indiana.
Coincidentally, Karen attended Indiana University, where she earned her B.S. Degree in Merchandising, but had never been to Fort Wayne before the move. When she’s not creating, innovating, or coaching & mentoring, you’ll most likely find Karen on a sports field somewhere cheering on her two boys, practicing yoga, or baking. Karen and family are huge sports fans and have been road tripping around the Midwest and Southeast to see family and friends, and take in all kinds of adventures.
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