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Recommendations
"We are grateful for the “full menu of services” (pun intended!) Terri and her companies provide Grandma's Restaurant Company.
Her hospitality background and thorough understanding of our industry has made her a perfect fit for the many challenges we face. From recruiting, consulting, legal advice, screening and interviewing, her understanding of our culture has guided and provided well for our restaurants and family fun center. She’s personable, professional, accomplished, honest, and able to give and receive constructive feedback. Everything you would want in a valuable team member."
Brian Daugherty
President
Grandma's Restaurant Company
"Terri has been a friend to me and a supporter to my business for many years. She has consistently and effectively helped navigate any number of human resource challenges, and is always ready to assist with projects of any scope. Most recently, as I fought to bring the New Scenic Cafe "back to life" from the Covid shutdown, I relied on Terri to help meet our hiring needs when I simply didn't have the time to do it myself. Terri offered flexibility and willingness to adapt as our needs and requests changed frequently, sometimes even daily. Terri's level of engagement demonstrates that she feels personally involved and takes pride in the results. Thank you, Terri!"
Scott Graden
Owner
New Scenic Café
"I've worked with Terri and Talent Farm on many projects, most recently as an active Recruiter. We were struggling to fill a niche and difficult to fill position on our own using a variety of different employment websites, we had even tried a top recruiting firm out of Minneapolis. After 6 months, and no luck, I decided to hire Terri and her company, Talent Farm for this project. Within 10 days we had 3 qualified candidates to interview. Working with Terri and her team on this project was a positive, efficient, professional, and pleasurable experience. She spent the time understanding not only our needs and culture, but also understands the needs and skill set of each candidate so time wasn’t wasted, and a cultural fit was found. I recommend hiring Terri and Talent Farm and will certainly hire them again in the future for our hard to fill positions."
Kyle Campbell
Vice President & General Manager
Velocity Outdoors
"Terri was hired to do all the hiring and HR for our start up manufacturing company. I had worked with her previously at my other manufacturing and hospitality companies and was impressed by her efficiency, intelligence and understanding of business. She was fully responsible from day one of everything relating to HR. We went from 0 employees to 120 employees in less than a year. Her style of screening and interviewing netted us great employees. We had less than 7% turnover in a demanding job market and volatile industry. I believe if it wasn't for Terri's ability to help us grow so quickly, we wouldn't have been able to be as successful as we were. I would highly recommend Terri for all your hiring and HR needs. I was very demanding and she exceeded my expectations!"
Larry Pulkrabek
Owner
Ravin Crossbows
“Terri is one of the most effective and capable consultants that I have worked with. We engaged Terri to do the hiring at the Entrepreneur Fund. As a result, she has greatly improved our culture. In addition, Terri was hired to update our HR Manual and to implement a better performance development program at the Entrepreneur Fund. I felt that, through our entire process, she was able to relate to our situations, ask us hard questions, and work with our leadership team to bring actionable strategies that proved to be extremely effective. In moving through execution, Terri was a hands-on partner and delivered great tools and resources along the way. We know that HR is a tough challenge for many entrepreneurs and I would highly recommend to an entrepreneur who needs some outside perspective, pragmatic expertise, and is looking for actionable ways to improve their culture and their business.”
Shawn Wellnitz
President/CEO
Entrepreneur Fund
"I have had the pleasure of working with Terri for several years, and have consistently been impressed by her dedication, professionalism, and talent in this field. Terri has a deep understanding of the principles and practices of human resources and recruiting, and has demonstrated her ability to apply this knowledge in a variety of settings. She is skilled at identifying and assessing candidates, and has a keen eye for identifying the strengths and potential of job applicants. I believe that Terri would be an asset to any organization looking to strengthen its human resources or recruiting function. I highly recommend her for any position in this field."
Mike Weinkauf
Executive Vice President
TRIKA, Inc.
(Previous VP at Ravin Crossbows)
“Terri has always been available when I have needed her on a short time-frame to turn out HR materials on new deals with short turn around times. Terri has also presented at our GM Retreats to great affect; engaging in impromptu Q&A dialogue with multiple GMs on a variety of issues which clearly demonstrated her mastery of her field.”
Seth Oliver
CEO
Oliver Companies
"Our organization has worked with Terri for the past 10 years with everything HR related to our business. I cannot express enough what a valuable resource she has been for us. HR is a critical area of a business that has to be done correctly. Partnering with Terri gives us the assurance that we are up to date on legislative changes, hiring practices, correctly addressing employee concerns, and staying compliant with our employee handbook and operating procedures. Terri is knowledgeable, responsive and a key partner in helping us run and grow our business."
Jeremy Jeannette
Principal
Cartier Insurance
"Terri and her team bring peace of mind to me and stability within my organization. She not only assists me in my HR processes and handbook, she teaches/supports/guides me in making wise leadership decisions to ensure that I am taking care of my team and ensuring stability within my company. Terris presence in my company is invaluable to me and allows me to do what I do best in providing clinical care and leading my team forward. Thank you Terri for your expertise, counsel and professional insights."
Annita Winkels
CEO/DPT
In Motion Therapy
"Terri brings a level of professionalism to our company with her poise, prompt follow through, and ability to work towards solutions with ease. Her up to date knowledge of human resources, management skills and hospitality experience has brought our staff to another level and continues to impact our guests in many positive ways. I would highly recommend Terri to strengthen any team of people and consider her a must for any business in the hospitality industry."
Tom Hagen
Director of Restaurant Operations
Just Take Action, Inc.
(Fitger's Brewhouse, The Beer Store, Burrito Union, Redstar, & Tycoons Alehouse)
"As a professional consultant myself for over 30 years, I recognize that most so-called consultants are simply picking up contract work until they find their next real job. Terri is one of the rare exceptions; she is a true professional consultant by choice and is dedicated to the fine art of assisting and facilitating her client organizations to achieve tangible ROI in their employees and management systems. As CEO of a diverse, fast paced company with a wide range of human resource issues and management support opportunities; I will not let anyone without a true proven professional track record, waste our time and resources with canned "programs" or meaningless process exercises. We need hard hitting advice delivered by an experienced facilitator; so we have and will continue to engage Terri as our go-to HR professional."
Jerry Peterson
CEO
Just Take Action, Inc.
(Fitger's Brewhouse, The Beer Store, Burrito Union, Redstar, & Tycoons Alehouse)
"Terri demonstrates exceptional knowledge, professionalism, and service supporting us with human resource matters."
Wanda Grew-Jasken
Director of Human Resources
Field Logic, Inc.
"Terri provided prompt, courteous and professional service while assisting the City in the creation of an employee handbook."
Lee Klein
City Administrator
City of Two Harbors
"I've had the opportunity to work with Terri on a couple of projects, one of which was a Best Practices Workshop. She is easy to work with and made the workshop interesting and enjoyable which resulted in our Managers better understanding the principles of Best Practices! She also did a fantastic job working with me to develop our employee handbook. I look forward to working with her on many more projects!"
Scott Anderson
Chief Financial Officer
Northshore Manufacturing
"Terri went far beyond what we had come to expect from other HR resources with proactive training and face to face consulting."
Greg Benson
Owner
Loll Designs
“Terri provided excellent advice in both a professional and prompt manner."
Dr. Brian Landrigan
Arrowhead Orthodontics
"Terri’s depth of knowledge in HR issues, effective ability as a communicator and willingness to collaborate and understand our business has made her an excellent resource for us. Her high energy level and kindly manner makes her a pleasure to work with."
Ron Bushey
Production Manager
Loll Designs
"Terri has always provided our agency with excellent service. When we have asked questions, she has always responded quickly and the quality of the advice she has provided has enabled our agency to work through difficult situations professionally."
Sandi Kienzle R.N.
Executive Director
Senior Friend Home Care
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