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Cara V. Baiocchi (she/her)

Examiner · DISC type cs
Head of Talent Acquisition, Americas and Global Specialists at Kearney
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

Cara V. Baiocchi leads talent acquisition for the Americas at Kearney, leveraging deep expertise in recruiting strategy, succession planning, and diversity. An alumna of Northwestern University, her career is marked by a consistent focus on building inclusive, high-performing teams at top-tier professional services firms like Kearney and EY.

Outside of her professional life, Cara is a supporter of community-based causes. She has been listed as a donor for Resilience, a Chicago-based organization dedicated to providing critical support and advocacy for survivors of sexual violence.

She has a long-standing commitment to workplace equality, having previously served as the chair of the EY Bisexual Task Force.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Head of Talent Acquisition, Americas and Global Specialists
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Cara shows up

Overcautious
Tough To Convince
Late Adopter

The only way to convince them is by showing them examples and ample proof. They tend to have clarity about their needs and constraints, and are unlikely to over-promise. They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end.

Priorities

Topics Cara cares about

Diversity & Inclusion
A core specialty in her current role and a long-held passion, demonstrated by her prior leadership of employee resource groups at EY.
Talent Strategy
As Head of Talent Acquisition, she is responsible for the overarching strategy for recruiting and talent pipelining across the Americas for Kearney.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Head of Talent Acquisition, Americas and Global Specialists
Kearney
11-2022
Americas Head of Talent Acquisition
Kearney
2-2019 - 11-2022
US Experienced Recruiting Leader- Strategy and Transactions
EY
7-2011 - 2-2019
Associate Director/Lead Talent Acquisition Recruiter: Transaction Advisory Services (M&A)
EY
1-2008 - 7-2011
Global Diversity Practice Leader & Human Capital Consultant
Talent Intelligence
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2006 - 2009
Master's of Science
Northwestern University
Bachelor's of Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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