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January 22, 2007

HR VP For Enterprise VoIP's Shoretel

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Shoretel was founded back in the stone ages of 1996. The company is looking for its first HR VP. Shoretel is backed by premier investors including Lehman Brothers, J. P. Morgan, Crosspoint Venture Partners, and Foundation Capital. It is looking to grow internationally and needs a HR head to manage it.

Apply here- http://jobs.accolo.com/7612

VP, Human Resources ~ Entrepreneurial Leader with an Eye on Int'l Business Success

Join a successful, profitable Silicon Valley company at an exciting stage of our growth! As a valued member of the executive team, you will build and direct all aspects of the HR function within ShoreTel, helping to navigate the organization through this aggressive growth stage to one of the leaders in the industry. This is an opportunity to use your vision and talents to create and manage a sustainable, business-enhancing HR infrastructure for our organization. If you thrive in a dynamic, results-driven (sometimes chaotic) environment, this is the chance to partner with the leaders of our organization to drive the success of our business.

Founded in 1996, ShoreTel has provided the communications backbone and telephony applications to thousands of delighted customers. We are proud to say that our customer satisfaction is at world-class levels, the only company in the market to achieve this goal. Our pioneering IP PBX system is in its sixth major release, a thoroughly proven voice solution, and we have been acknowledged by industry analysts and trade journals as a leader in the market space. The ShoreTel system has won industry awards every year since it began shipping, most recently “VOIP System of the Year” and “Product of the Year” from PC Magazine. ShoreTel also has won recent awards for it management interface and telephone handsets. Our experienced executive team has successfully guided the company's dramatic growth. The company is backed by premier investors including Lehman Brothers, J. P. Morgan, Crosspoint Venture Partners, and Foundation Capital. We offer employees a competitive benefits package including health, dental, and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts, 401(k), and stock options.

As Vice President of Human Resources, you will be based at our US headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA, reporting to the CEO. Your primary mission will be to provide us with strategic leadership in the areas of talent management, recruiting, training, employee relations, employee satisfaction and compensation to support the goals of the business. You are enthusiastically hands-on, which will be important at our current size. As we grow, your ability to build and lead a motivated, cohesive team will ensure long-term success. In this high profile role you will also be the primary interface with the board of directors' compensation committee and ensure compliance with the HR piece of Sarbanes Oxley regulations. You exude honesty, integrity, and forthrightness and your communication style will quickly capture the confidence of everyone from board members to the executive team and individual employees. Your success will be measured by putting an HR function in place that contributes to the revenue and profitability of the business as measured by high employee satisfaction and productivity, low turnover, and other metrics. Your experience managing organizational change and your power to inspire others will enable you to partner with the CEO to build a superior company culture while fostering an environment of open communication, fairness, and accountability. We view the HR function as the lubrication for the wheels of our business, building structure and processes that can scale with our fast-growing, ever-changing environment.

All applications for this position are accepted via our online interview system, managed by Accolo. You can begin the interview process or REFER someone you know by going to this link:
http://jobs.accolo.com/7612

Once you have completed the interview, your information will be sent directly to the hiring manager for decisions on the next steps. Regardless of the outcome, ShoreTel or Accolo will keep you updated as to your status by e-mail or phone.

Posted by BT at January 22, 2007 05:36 AM

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