Dependable Employment Specialist with 10+ years experience in recruiting, interviewing and hiring the best candidates in the industry. Proven track record of success in exceeding customer expectations and achieving personal and company goals. Team player with a positive attitude, drive to succeed and passion for helping others.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Employment Specialist
Country Meadows Retirement Communities
06.2022 - Current
Recruit, interview and hire top candidates for various healthcare positions
Complete references, background checks, drug tests and new hire paperwork for new coworkers
Along with partner, decreased total openings from 31 to only 1 Full-time Opening in January, 2023 and 0 Full-time openings in July, 2024, while overseeing campus employment for approximately 12 weeks during coworker's FMLA
Chair the Appreciation Committee, planning various campus activities including Dino week, various holiday activities and luncheon, holiday decorating, retirement parties, etc
Assist home office and other campuses by recruiting and hiring for 2 Accounts Payable positions, Office Manager, Associate Executive Director and Director of Resident Services in a timely fashion, receiving positive feedback from leadership
Influenced the Accounting team to re-evaluate their pay scale for Accounts Payable position
Act as point of contact for campus Executive Director for various projects including the PHCA press conference at West Shore, filming home office training videos at West Shore, putting together a Google Slides presentation for a campus training, etc
Assist Employment team by taking meeting minutes for weekly ES calls and creating a schedule for upcoming meetings
Meet and Exceed QMI results, maintaining at least a 96% result, including 2 results over 100%, resulting in not needing files to be audited
Presented Google Slides presentation to VP of HR and Director of Communications, sharing suggestions to improve social media outreach
Maintain a pool of candidates for future openings and forward resumes found on Indeed to home office and ES team when appropriate
Stay at Home Mom and Business Owner
Self-Employed
07.2014 - 06.2022
Maintained various businesses, including a boutique LLC and direct sales businesses
Coached and trained a team of over 800 boutique owners for Hello Pink, being only 1 of 2 to earn the top rank in the company, attending a leadership retreat and earning several top seller awards
Earned several company incentive trips as a Team Manager with Jamberry
Staffing Manager
OfficeTeam at Robert Half
04.2013 - 07.2014
Pre-screened and interviewed applicants for available temporary and temp to hire office positions
Marketed available services to local businesses and acquired open positions to promote and fill
Conducted reference checks for potential new hires and prepared candidates for their interviews and new positions
Store Manager, Associate District Manager, Training Manager
Maurices
03.2004 - 12.2012
Networked and recruited for an entire new store team in Lancaster, while also marketing the new store to the area
Trained and supervised team of 7-10 employees to be 'customer obsessed' and exceed sales goals, thus earning several company incentive trips
Earned #2 customer service results in the company out of over 900 stores nationwide
While maintaining home store performance, also oversaw and traveled to 4 additional stores in the district, as an Associate District Manager, to coach and develop the teams and complete opportunity audits
Assisted district manager in weekly written communication, conference calls and being a resource person to all employees in 20+ stores
Trained new store managers through a week of 'Think Box training,' in-person training and weekly conference calls
Supported other districts throughout the company by holding Credit Card sales trainings, opening new stores and training new teams, investigating situations when a district manager was unavailable and supporting stores when short-staffed
Education
Bachelor of Liberal Arts - Communication Studies, Psychology
Bloomsburg University
Bloomsburg, PA
12.2002
Skills
Client relationship building
Strong negotiation
Data-driven decision-making
Employee coaching
Recruiting
Interview coaching
Reliability
Effective communication
Collaborative Teamwork
Conflict Resolution
Timeline
Senior Employment Specialist
Country Meadows Retirement Communities
06.2022 - Current
Stay at Home Mom and Business Owner
Self-Employed
07.2014 - 06.2022
Staffing Manager
OfficeTeam at Robert Half
04.2013 - 07.2014
Store Manager, Associate District Manager, Training Manager
Maurices
03.2004 - 12.2012
Bachelor of Liberal Arts - Communication Studies, Psychology
Bloomsburg University
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