Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
Hi, I’m

Betsy McClendon

Ocean Springs,MS
Betsy McClendon

Summary

Motivated professional with extensive experience in workforce development, recruiting, office management, customer service and administrative tasks.

Overview

19
years of professional experience

Work History

Goodwill of South Mississippi

Career Advisor/Success Coach
12.2020 - Current

Job overview

  • Provide clients/employees with single point of contact, provide personal and career counseling, life and work coaching, linkage to and advocacy with community resources
  • Conducts personal needs assessments in order to determine the client’s strengths, barriers to self- sufficiency, and goals in all life and work areas
  • Assisted employees/clients in creating Personal Development Plans to include attainable goals for their personal and professional development
  • Facilitate Workforce Development Training with clients including resume building, digital literacy skills training, customer service training, interview skills training and additional soft skills training as needed

MCEC - MDHS Nonprofit Contractor

Center Coordinator
01.2019 - 02.2020

Job overview

  • Manage center staffing coverage; staff schedules, media events, inhouse and outbound training, and
  • Families First program delivery, ensuring maximum utilization of resources
  • Communicate and build relationships with local agencies to ensure Resource Guide is up to date for all referrals
  • Conduct Parenting, Anger Management, Life Skills, Youth Development, Workforce Development and other training and related activities
  • Hold weekly staff meetings, one on one meetings and coach and council staff when needed
  • Conduct strategic and community partnership meetings and host coalition meetings quarterly
  • Responsible for ordering office supplies and notifying building manager of any needs
  • Represent MCEC at Health Fairs, Job Fairs, Yellow Ribbon Events, Conventions, Etc

Nextaff Gulf Coast

Recruiter
08.2017 - 12.2018

Job overview

• Onboard, qualify and interview clerical applicants
• Recruit and place candidates on temporary and permanent assignments
• Client follow up to include employee arrival confirmations, performance evaluations and replacement or additional assignment orders
• Monitor and respond to all personnel issues and concerns quickly and effectively
• Negotiate salaries and fees with clients, while focusing on expense, cost-of-service and profitable
pricing to obtain targeted gross margins
• Counsel employees effectively to accomplish productivity to exceed company/client goals

TempStaff

Staffing Supervisor/Recruiter
11.2011 - 07.2017

Job overview

  • Onboard, qualify and interview clerical applicants
  • Recruit and place candidates on temporary and permanent assignments
  • Client follow up to include employee arrival confirmations, performance evaluations and replacement or additional assignment orders
  • Monitor and respond to all personnel issues and concerns quickly and effectively
  • Negotiate salaries and fees with clients, while focusing on expense, cost-of-service and profitable pricing toattain targeted gross margins
  • Counsel employees effectively to accomplish productivity as well as quality goals

Arrow Distribution

Customer Service
02.2004 - 11.2011

Job overview

  • Handled all HR Functions including staffing, employee files, benefits enrollment, payroll processing, payroll tax filing, Workers Compensation filing and reporting, unemployment claims, EEOC and DOL compliance, Etc
  • Responsible for daily billing and customer service
  • Performed inside sales transactions for walk-in customers

Education

University of Southern MIssissippi

Bachelor of Science Degree from Hotel Restaurant Management, Tourism Emphasis
1989

Skills

  • Professional Development Training
  • Administrative Management
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Group Instruction
  • Workforce Development
  • Job Counseling
  • Resource Advocacy
  • Database Management

Timeline

Career Advisor/Success Coach

Goodwill of South Mississippi
12.2020 - Current

Center Coordinator

MCEC - MDHS Nonprofit Contractor
01.2019 - 02.2020

Recruiter

Nextaff Gulf Coast
08.2017 - 12.2018

Staffing Supervisor/Recruiter

TempStaff
11.2011 - 07.2017

Customer Service

Arrow Distribution
02.2004 - 11.2011

University of Southern MIssissippi

Bachelor of Science Degree from Hotel Restaurant Management, Tourism Emphasis
Betsy McClendon