Lauren Westervelt

Talent Acquisition Lead @ Choice Properties

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

About

With a strong background in Talent Management, Lauren brings a passion for supporting and driving full-cycle recruitment efforts across various industries (Real Estate, Asset Management, and Investments). Lauren manages the end-to-end recruitment processes and works closely with leadership to define and implement strategies for talent sourcing, interviewing, and assessment. She has a keen focus on improving the candidate experience, streamlining hiring process, and building more efficient processes. Lauren has a proven track record in managing global recruitment projects and collaborating with key stakeholders to develop and implement new recruitment systems and tools. She implemented a candidate assessment guide for program hiring, collaborated on the implementation of an Applicant Tracking System (ATS), and built detailed recruitment dashboards. Her expertise spans from executive search to campus recruitment, with experience working at top-tier firms in Canada. Lauren holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree, minoring in Political Science from Nipissing University. She is a passionate plant mom and dog lover, and has been operating a small dog-sitting business since 2018.

Experience

  • Lead, Talent Acquisition at Choice Properties
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Associate, Talent Acquisition at Dream
    2023 - 2025 · 2 yrs

    Managed full-cycle talent acquisition across Dream’s business lines including candidate sourcing, interviewing, and assessment.

  • Associate, Talent Management at Onex
    2020 - 2022 · 2 yrs

    Led global full-cycle recruitment across Onex corporate (Administration, Technology, Finance, and Talent Management) and Front Office (Onex Partners, ONCAP, Onex Credit, and Gluskin Sheff + Associates) teams. Project-managed the implementation of a firm-wide Applicant Tracking System (Greenhouse ATS).

  • Specialist, Executive Search Projects at Deloitte
    2019 - 2020 · 1 yr

    Supported the end-to-end recruitment operations for Partner-level hiring within Deloitte Consulting.

  • Research Analyst at Spencer Stuart
    2017 - 2019 · 2 yrs

    Utilized internal and external databases to assist with talent identification, sourcing, pipelining, and benchmarking to support executive search engagements, across various practices and new business initiatives.