Paula Kurschus

• Engaged with customers to asses their needs, providing product recommendations while promoting specific merchandise.
• Maintained stores visual appeal by coordinating creative displays of the stores merchandise.
• Maintained calm demeanor and professionally managed issues in busy, high-stress situations.
• Prepared merchandise for sales floor by pricing or tagging.
• Handled daily cash and credit transactions

• Worked as a team member to govern the activities of the school district by setting policy and providing resources to improve achievement for each student in the school district
• Develop Annual Budget to run the school system
• Hiring and evaluating teaching staff and superintendent

Lead recruiter in the restructuring of AIU's Accounting and Finance Department.

• Collaborated with hiring managers to understand job requirements and expectations.
• Consulted businesses on successful recruiting and retention practices to help minimize turnover.
• Partnered with departmental managers to ascertain hiring needs and subsequently provide candidate recommendations.

• Responsible for successfully planning and effecting staffing decisions for an international securities firm while ensuring consistent application of policy, compliance with legal mandates and maintenance of high quality work force.
• Assisted in the liquidation of the Capital Company of America, which included coordinating over 400 terminations across the United States, exit interviews, follow up on every release, the distribution of every release, assisted legal with background for ongoing legal law suits and the relocation of approximately 20 families back to the New York area.
• Conducted comprehensive background checks of all new hires and resolved discrepancies discovered during the process.
• Provided employee relations support to all departments within the Firm.
• Managed the firms visa and green card process.
• Coordinated Undergraduate and MBA programs.