CRC Alumni Spotlight: Linda Brunddige

Linda Brunddige is a Human Resources professional with 20+ years of experience. She started her career in a traditional corporate environment, honing her HR skills along the way. For the last 15 years she was Director of Human Resources at a small university in the Chicago region. When significant staffing changes came to the HR department, Linda felt it was time to reconsider her job options.



It was actually a work friend at the university who recommended she get in touch with the Career Resource Center. One quick call later, Linda had her CRC membership, a CRC Advisor and was well on her way to exploring new job opportunities. 

Linda joined CRC while she was still employed at the university (something many of CRC’s clients do). Linda revved up her job search in March, working with her Advisor and other specialists at CRC to refine her LinkedIn profile, revise her resume, and hone her interviewing skills. “I only had positive experiences working with CRC. I got amazing help updating my LinkedIn profile and had an excellent one-on-one training session in Excel with one of CRC’s specialists”.

She left her job in April and by July, with the support she got from CRC and her own hard work, she landed at Plaspro, Inc., a family run business that is a leader in the plastics injection molding industry. While still providing her HR expertise, Linda is finding the new job an ideal transition from traditional corporate and not-for-profit worlds; “After a ton of interviewing, I took the job at Plaspro because I really like the vibe and the people…the culture was a good fit for me”.

Linda was concerned because she had not looked for a job in over 20 years, but she enjoyed working with her Advisor who “made me believe I would get a great job and helped me to believe in myself. My Advisor was truly invested in me…I had his cell phone to call any time and we even did interview prep over the phone”. Linda appreciated the positive input and support from her Advisor who “helped me connect what I’d done in the past to what I could do in the future for another company. He was really a lifeline for me”. Linda also found that working with CRC and her Advisor virtually was not an issue and in some respects was “way more convenient”.

Linda’s experience at CRC is another great success story; she utilized CRC resources to their full potential. Linda has some great advice for the career seekers out there: “People have to realize that even with CRC’s resources and support, you still have to put in the work, do things that make you uncomfortable…I’m so glad I worked with CRC, you can’t put a price-tag on the expertise and value they provided. It was a true gift”.

Interview and story by John Strauss, CRC Board Member