Leah Paulick

Implemented talent management strategies to create career development plans and robust HR systems. Coordinated diverse training aligned with strategic goals, led innovative learning programs, and optimized learning experiences. Designed initiatives for employee engagement, audited training content, and curated impactful materials for professional development.

• Led learning and development initiatives, including instructional design utilizing Canva, Captcha, and Adobe Captivate in designing training curriculum
• Increased participation by 40% through rebranding the learning management system and implementing engagement plans.
• Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders to assess knowledge and training needs.
• Audited and updated training content for diverse learning styles.
• Designed initiatives to boost employee engagement and integrated leadership development and interpersonal skills training.
• Provided guidance and resources to bridge knowledge gaps through training and support.
• Developed bi-annual training catalogs and monthly micro-learning sessions.

Deliver cross-functional client-facing support district-wide to high-volume internal and external stakeholders by providing professional, timely, and informative resources and hiring support. Executing professional and analytical advisement derived from research, queries, meetings, and benchmarking best practices, while adhering to district and employee policies and procedures.

• Formulated and implemented a more streamlined hiring and communication process supporting four high volume programs.
• Facilitated cross-collaboration with key stakeholders to provide resources and to ensure educators were adequately supported through the relicensure process; and executed relevant communication and resources driven by qualitative evaluation.
• Successfully processed Saint Paul School District unemployment through fact-finding, utilizing applicable resources, cross-department meetings, and representing the school district at unemployment hearings.

Overhauled new hire program with revamped weekly new-hire orientation and onboarding process. Partner with Business Partners and Human Resources to align on corporate objectives, department strategy, and recruiting requirements. Designed and implemented new hire focus groups to gather qualitative and quantitative data to identify skills gaps, and create updated new hire training materials.

• Improved overall workforce capabilities by reorganizing and redesigning new hire orientation program to highlight relevant information and showcase the Learning Management System (LMS).
• Facilitated cross-collaboration and partnered with SME's to produce technical training.
• Constructed and implemented a revised performance appraisal program utilizing data from stay interviews, benchmarking, job studies, and identifying current pain points for associates.

Innovative recruiting and staffing software impacted by COVID-19. Championed the product vision of TempWorks Human Resources Center by serving as non-technical subject matter expert to the product team. Designed effective product features and solutions by collaborating with cross-functional teams and leaders.

• Worked with development team to define and implement customer change requests to enhance product functionality.
• Studied multi-faceted development issues and suggested solutions to satisfy project goals and adhere to timeline and budget parameters.
• Enhanced client end-user experience and product feature adoption by producing materials with user-friendly verbiage and instructions.