JOHN HAMMETT
Round Rock,Texas
Summary
Versatile leader with 15 + years’ experience building innovative teams that move mountains, are motivated by challenges and possibilities. Passionate HR professional focused on the employee experience with demonstrable results of optimizing operations, organization design and redesign, global system implementations, acquisition integration and developing human resource strategies: Highly collaborative and team oriented with extensive experience participating in and leading within small and large organizations.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Workforce Development Specialist
Texas Workforce Commission
03.2021 - 05.2023
- Responsible for all People Operations activities to include integration, Workday, and organizational mobility
- Effectively counseled job seekers in relation to job opportunities by providing employment and job matching services to job seekers including, database searches for qualified applicants based upon current employer job orders, assists customers with conducting job searches through various matching systems
- Full cycle on-boarding with extensive knowledge with Applicant Tracking Systems (Taleo, Oracle, SAP, MS Office, Optimization, and Interviewing)
- Administered full cycle recruitment process by sourcing passive and active candidates, job boards and career fairs
- Managed multiple candidates for various requisitions
- Created talent pools & pipeline for future hires
- Partnered with leading industries to identify & recruit talent
- Analyzed data from talent assessments to find the best candidates
Employment Specialist
Foundation Communities
08.2023 - 03.2023
- Developed comprehensive job search plans for clients in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, cyber security and customer service
- Conducted one on one job search coaching sessions to assist clients in developing effective job search strategies
- Maintained a database of job resources, including job postings and hiring events
- Collaborated with employers to identify and fill job openings
- Developed partnerships with community organizations to expand job search and training opportunities
- Provided comprehensive case management services to ensure clients progress toward their goals
- Researched and analyzed Travis County labor market to identify trends & opportunities
DTS Travel Analyst
IBM/Army Futures Command
08.2020 - 02.2021
- Level 1 travel coordinator performed reconciliation of travel transactions
- Advanced knowledge of and experience with Defense Travel System (DTS) and of Defense Joint Travel Regulations
- Supports the Financial Defense Travel Administrator (FDTA), ensures financial transactions are recorded properly in DTS and identifies discrepancies for resolution by appropriate financial managers
J1 Support
U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
05.2019 - 04.2020
- Company Overview: State Department
- Provided administrative support to the Office of Security – Cooperation at the U.S
- Embassy in Baghdad
- Managed employment and staffing, new employee arrival team and employee relations
- Establish cross training program to ensure there is no single point of failure on team
- Provide guidance to senior staff as well as supervisors, managers, and employees on HR issues including policy interpretation and guidance
- State Department
University Recruiter
AECOM
Austin, Texas
02.2016 - 03.2017
- Successfully consulted with internal hiring managers to develop detailed recruiting plans
- Attracted top talent to one stop’s business units, including IT, engineering, marketing, sales, H.R., partner operations, client launch, creative, customer service, studio and warehouse
- Managed between 30-60 active job requisitions at any given time
- Foster effective working relationships with hiring managers and senior business leaders throughout the recruitment process
- Administer job postings, utilize social media and implement target search/marketing strategies to identify and attract both active and passive candidates
- Designed and introduced an H.R
- Metrics dashboard to shared service team which created an efficient reporting metric tool to track candidate process
- Maintain responsibility for entry, maintenance, and the integrity of data in the Applicant Tracking System (Kenexa Brass Ring) and provide training to hiring managers as needed
- Responsible for a requisition -load of 30 – 60 actives
- Knowledge of commonly used recruiting concepts, practices and procedures for sourcing and screening in a recruiting and internal staffing environment
HR Senior Recruiter / Staffing & Placement
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
05.2014 - 02.2016
- Processed a wide range of human resource transactions (moderate to complex) related to recruitment and placement, classification, employee relations, human resources development, and or incentive awards
- These duties require a technical understanding and knowledge of numerous human resource guidelines, directives, procedures policies and precedent situations, which involve analyzing the interrelationship and impact that various personnel actions, in different functional areas, may have on technician personnel
- Processes transactions w/in 95% or higher rate as measured by internal quality assurance performance measures
- Ability to identify root cause and conduct analysis
- Recruited and developed pipeline of qualified candidates for each position, based on current openings and analysis of future openings
- Processed a wide range of Employee Personnel Actions
- Created Staffing plans with leadership to address the needs of the project
HR Manager
URS / AECOM
12.2012 - 05.2014
- Company Overview: (Kuwait) HR Manager
- Successfully managed the administration of Human Resources (HR) activities for US personnel working in the country of Kuwait
- Identified HR Strategy & Role in supporting the Mission
- Conducted Job Evaluations to ensure that team members were meeting /exceeding client’s expectations
- Performance Review (JIT Training)
- (Kuwait) HR Manager
Education
MBA Human Resources Management -
Saint Leo University
01.2014
Human Resources Management Program -
University of Texas
01.2014
Skills
- Talent Acquisition
- Recruitment Strategies
- Performance Management
- Business Development
- HR Program/Project Management
- Training & Development
Hrskills
- Talent Acquisition
- Recruitment Strategies
- Performance Management
- Business Development
- H.R. Program/Project Management
- Training & Development
Timeline
Employment Specialist
Foundation Communities
08.2023 - 03.2023
Workforce Development Specialist
Texas Workforce Commission
03.2021 - 05.2023
DTS Travel Analyst
IBM/Army Futures Command
08.2020 - 02.2021
J1 Support
U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
05.2019 - 04.2020
University Recruiter
AECOM
02.2016 - 03.2017
HR Senior Recruiter / Staffing & Placement
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
05.2014 - 02.2016
HR Manager
URS / AECOM
12.2012 - 05.2014
MBA Human Resources Management -
Saint Leo University
Human Resources Management Program -
University of Texas
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