C L A R E    C I Z E K
Partner

T 612.746.8207    E clare.cizek@nosalpartners.com

Clare Cizek is a partner in the Minneapolis office of Nosal Partners LLC and leads the firm’s Global Hospitality Practice. Ms. Cizek is also a member of Nosal Partners’ Consumer, Retail and Hospitality Practice, as well as the firm’s Industrial Practice.

With over 21 years of experience in retained executive search, Ms. Cizek is known for her ability to quickly deliver outstanding executives who "hit the bull’s eye" for her clients. Her discreet, professional, confidential approach and high-touch service delight clients and candidates alike.

She has recruited senior-level talent into companies of all sizes across a broad spectrum of industries, including: hospitality, consumer, retail, industrial, not-for-profit, healthcare, life sciences, oil and gas, real estate and construction, technology and financial services. Ms. Cizek’s search experience includes placing executives into C-Level and general management roles, as well as functional leaders in human resources, finance, audit, operations, sales, marketing, quality, engineering, research and development.

Prior to joining Nosal Partners in 2006, Ms. Cizek spent eight years as a vice president at the former Schall, Lyman & Company, Inc.—once a premiere Minneapolis-based boutique retained search practice. Her early search career began with Peat Marwick’s international executive search practice, and also includes 10 years at two other Minneapolis/St. Paul-based boutique retained executive search firms.

In addition, Ms. Cizek spent five years in corporate talent acquisition, training and development roles in companies such as Apache Corporation, where she served as Manager - Employment for four years, and Honeywell, Inc., where she was a corporate training and development consultant. This rich and diverse background that includes retained executive search in global, mid-sized and boutique firms, as well as in-house corporate talent acquisition gives Ms. Cizek the breadth and scope of executive recruiting experiences to fully understand client needs and quickly deliver the right search solution with outstanding service.

Having worked and lived in both Minneapolis and St. Paul throughout her professional career, Ms. Cizek has particularly strong expertise recruiting executives from across North America to relocate to clients’ Minnesota-based headquarters. Beyond Minnesota, Ms. Cizek’s client base extends throughout the Midwest, Central and East Coast regions of North America with strong concentrations in Texas, Toronto and Calgary.

Ms. Cizek earned her B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. She also serves as an ad-hoc Mock Interview and Leadership Edge Consultant for the Graduate Career Business Services Center at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.