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Jodi Fraser

Coeur D'Alene,ID

Summary

With over 12 years of specialized experience as a senior HR recruiter, consistently delivering high-quality recruitment solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of organizations. Achievements include developing cost-effective sourcing and recruiting strategies that establish a sustainable talent pipeline while prioritizing a positive candidate experience. Proactively partnering with management to anticipate and meet future workforce needs, strategically contributing to organizational growth. Proven track record in full-cycle recruiting encompassing effective sourcing, relationship building, and consistently making high-quality hires. Committed to delivering excellent customer service and building strong partnerships with managers and leaders to anticipate and fulfill workforce needs. Deep understanding of the importance of enhancing candidate experience, attracting and retaining top talent in a competitive industry landscape. Optimizing advanced sourcing technologies and HRIS/ATS systems to ensure efficient recruitment processes.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Corporate Recruiter

Empire Airlines
02.2023 - Current
  • Company Overview: (Airline)
  • Primary point of contact supporting all hiring requests acting as a liaison between candidates, hiring managers, providing full-cycle recruitment while focusing on best in class hiring standards
  • Leads the recruiting and interviewing plan for all open positions
  • Utilizes sourcing channels to identify candidates through traditional and non-traditional methods
  • Tackled high pilot and company turnover by optimizing strategic sourcing and behavioral interviewing techniques, resulting in reduction of turnover from 54% to less than 3%
  • Revised the Employee Handbook, updating HR policies to meet current legal standards
  • Updated all offer letters; added At-Will statement, job classification, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations
  • (Airline)

Sr. HR Project Director (Contractor – Remote)

Apree Health
07.2022 - 02.2023
  • Company Overview: (Healthcare)
  • Interim role managing the HCM project implementation of Workday, post-merger
  • Organized and facilitated strategic priority meetings for HR teams
  • Developed and advanced clear and detailed HR roadmaps for delivery
  • Provided recommendations for updates to people processes according to employee needs with a strong focus on simplicity and efficiency
  • Shouldered an interim leadership role with Vera Whole Health to guide the integration of Workday, post-merger; ensured all workstream projects met critical milestones to meet a go live date of 1/16/23
  • WorkDay superuser and administrator, including testing, writing test scripts, and training key HR users on the system
  • Served as a thought leader and HR advisor in advancing a HR plan; collaborated across siloes to remove barriers and prioritize key deliverables
  • Drafted initial post-merger Employee Handbook, collaborating with Vera Whole Health/Castlight Health leaders, legal, Union Reps, and medical staff
  • (Healthcare)

Sr. HR Consultant/Director (Contractor – Remote)

Picnic Works, Inc.
09.2021 - 07.2022
  • Company Overview: (Robotics Start-Up)
  • As Interim HR Leader, strategic business partner and part of the executive leadership team, built out HR infrastructure for a robotics start-up, scaling for rapid growth
  • Focused on developing and coaching a cohesive and engaged work culture, both onsite and multi-state remote team members
  • Drove full cycle recruiting from entry-level, engineering and executive positions, addressing the rapid organizational scaling needs
  • Established and launched competitive compensation structures enhancing the employer value proposition
  • Designed and implemented a company-wide performance management process, leveraging Lattice, aligning with annual company goals
  • Initiated the company's first engagement survey and spearheaded actionable plans to address areas of concern
  • Created and rolled out the first organization-wide 'Diversity Discussions' to promote inclusivity and engagement
  • Championed initiatives to improve employee wellness, including the implementation of a comprehensive wellness program and offerings designed to support work-life balance.

HR Director

Idaho Asphalt
12.2019 - 02.2021
  • Company Overview: (Construction)
  • Brought on to modernize the Human Resources function for a privately held construction company, supporting fourteen manufacturing facilities in seven states with 240 employees
  • By collaborating closely with the executive leadership team, fostered a dynamic and engaged workplace culture, driving productivity and satisfaction
  • Created and implemented a comprehensive succession plan for the executive leadership team, ensuring long-term stability and growth
  • Developed and launched streamlined employee onboarding and offboarding processes that enhance employee experience
  • Successfully implementing the ADP WorkforceNow HRIS platform and delivering essential training to all employees
  • Lead the RFP process for selecting a new benefits broker, to enhance our employee benefits
  • (Construction)

HR Manager, Pacific Northwest Retail Operations

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.
12.2018 - 12.2019
  • Company Overview: (Retail)
  • Strategic HR leader for the execution of HR programs for a newly acquired business unit, delivering key support to 33 C-Store retail locations and 280 employees within ID and WA
  • Hands-on, full cycle recruiting for all positions within the region
  • Subject matter expert and key support in the management of complex employee relations issues, LOAs, talent acquisition, employee retention, benefits, compensation, performance management, and payroll management
  • Implementation Team member and superuser for SuccessFactors/SAP, including testing, training and system launch
  • (Retail)

Vice President, Human Resources

GCA Advisors, LLC
12.2017 - 12.2018
  • Company Overview: (Investment Banking)
  • Reporting to the President and, as part of the Executive Committee, ensured the company attracted top talent and created the infrastructure that enabled continued growth, development, and employee engagement
  • Success in this role requires a strategic, collaborative HR Partner who is flexible and undaunted by ambiguity and rapid change
  • Developed strategic recruiting initiatives to aid in attracting the best talent from top universities across the country
  • Restructured all core HR functions, including talent acquisition, compensation practices, benefits, performance management, manager/employee training, and employee engagement
  • Transitioned company from Zenefits platform to ADP Workforce Now (HRIS) platform
  • Partnered with VP of Finance, engaging a new benefits broker, enhancing H&W benefits to a competitive total rewards package
  • Introduced employee contribution, saving $175,000 annually
  • (Investment Banking)

Sr. Director, Head of Human Resources

Ardelyx, Inc.
01.2016 - 12.2016
  • Company Overview: (BioPharma)
  • Joined this biotech start-up to implement and launch a strategic Human Resources Department
  • Effectively scaled and supported the organization through a period of accelerated growth
  • Collaborated with department leaders to implement a full range of HR programs, including employee development and engagement, manager and leadership training, employee onboarding, succession planning, performance management, talent acquisition, compensation, benefits, employee relations, HR policy development, and compliance
  • Mentored and coached a team of four direct reports
  • Designed and implemented cost-effective sourcing and recruiting strategies that created a viable and sustainable pipeline of outstanding talent in a highly competitive market
  • Managed full requisition load, including Clinical, Sales, Product, Scientific and IT Engineering positions
  • Introduced diversity recruiting initiatives, and outreach programs
  • Responsible for all EEO/OFCCPAAP reporting and plan administration
  • Created, implemented, communicated, and launched Lattice Performance Management review process, including training for all managers and employees
  • (BioPharma)

Director, Human Resources & Director Talent Acquisition

Impax Labs
11.2011 - 01.2016
  • Company Overview: (Pharma)
  • As a strategic and client focused HR Director and business partner, supported all Commercial Pharma (Sales), Corporate Strategy, Corporate Compliance, PMO, IT and Legal organizational executives
  • Delivered and achieved key HR initiatives, including company restructuring/RIF initiatives, FDA Audits, M&A activities, complex employee investigations, and HR policy development
  • As Director of Talent Acquisition, implemented and built out a full-cycle, scalable, talent acquisition department
  • Collaborated with all organizational leaders to ensure talent acquisition strategies achieved organizational expansion and business objectives
  • Ensured strict compliance to OFCCP hiring guidelines, strong knowledge of federal and state regulations, and FDA requirements to minimize company exposure to liability
  • Coached and lead a team of eight direct reports
  • Oversee OFCCP audit
  • Managed full requisition load, including Clinical, Medical, Sales, Marketing and IT Engineering
  • Assessed, developed, implemented, and set up cost-effective sourcing and recruiting strategies to create a viable and sustainable pipeline of outstanding talent
  • Reduced time-to-hire to less than 60 days while maintaining a quality-of-hire rating of 98%
  • Increased retention of new hires to 96%, with an average performance management score of 3.6 out of 4.0
  • Leveraged Performance-Based Hiring and strategic sourcing, reducing reliance and use of outside agency fills from 87% to less than 25% within a 6-month period, delivering annual savings of $2.5M with an average agency use of
  • (Pharma)

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Business Management

University of Phoenix

Skills

  • Full-Cycle Recruiting and Onboarding
  • HRIS System Expertise
  • Effective/Targeted Sourcing Strategies
  • Employment Laws
  • Regulations
  • OFCCP audit experience
  • Excellent Communication Skills
  • Process development and standardization
  • Paylocity
  • SuccessFactors/SAP
  • WorkDay
  • Lattice
  • JobVite
  • MS Office Suite
  • Visio
  • HRIS/HRMS Superuser
  • Social Media Management
  • LinkedIn Recruiter
  • Google Workspace
  • Smartsheets
  • Job offer negotiation
  • Recruitment analytics
  • Candidate assessment
  • Global talent acquisition

Accomplishments

  • Achieved [Result] by introducing [Software] for [Type] tasks.
  • Supervised team of [Number] staff members.
  • Collaborated with team of [Number] in the development of [Project name].

Certification

  • SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), SHRM
  • Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR), HRCI
  • Talent Acquisition Strategist (TAS), HRCI
  • The Adler Group – Performance-Based Hiring – Training Workshop
  • Talent Benchstrength -Succession Planning Workshop – Talent Benchstrength Solutions
  • Human Capital Strategist (HCS), HRCI
  • Certified Corporate Coach (CCUI), Dallas, TX, Corporate Coach University, Inc

Timeline

Sr. Corporate Recruiter

Empire Airlines
02.2023 - Current

Sr. HR Project Director (Contractor – Remote)

Apree Health
07.2022 - 02.2023

Sr. HR Consultant/Director (Contractor – Remote)

Picnic Works, Inc.
09.2021 - 07.2022

HR Director

Idaho Asphalt
12.2019 - 02.2021

HR Manager, Pacific Northwest Retail Operations

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.
12.2018 - 12.2019

Vice President, Human Resources

GCA Advisors, LLC
12.2017 - 12.2018

Sr. Director, Head of Human Resources

Ardelyx, Inc.
01.2016 - 12.2016

Director, Human Resources & Director Talent Acquisition

Impax Labs
11.2011 - 01.2016

Bachelor of Arts - Business Management

University of Phoenix
Jodi Fraser