Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Volunteer Experience
Certification
References
Timeline
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Yaw Amankwa

Columbus,OH

Summary

Proven ability to create, manage, and cultivate new businesses and operate in fast-paced and challenging environments. Flexible and focused with expertise in recruitment and retention, staff training and development and complex problem resolution. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Healthcare Recruiter II

Careerstaffunlimited
09.2021 - Current
  • Develop and execute a recruiting strategy to target and place employees in assignments
  • Manage the hiring process through sourcing and interviewing candidates, offering and negotiating positions, credentialing, and onboarding new hires
  • Coordinate with various departments during contract negotiation
  • Gather and maintain employee availability
  • Act as a benefit designee for the branch, responding to benefits questions from field staff and referring more complex benefits issues to the corporate benefits department
  • Maintain accurate and timely updating of client job orders in the database
  • Keep accurate schedules of employees and they're assigned jobs
  • Maintain potential candidate pool and working employees in assignments while coordinating retention efforts and the extension of assignments
  • Support employees on assignments and offer problem-solving strategies/advice when necessary
  • Generated over 2 million in revenue in under a year and a half and brought in over 150 new clinicians
  • Facilitate weekly quality control with current employees to ensure employee satisfaction and retention.

Healthcare Recruiter

Dedicated Nursing Associates
12.2020 - 09.2021
  • Recruiting and Sourcing Candidates for all Nursing and STNA positions from various social media sources, including Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, Twitter, and Monster
  • Managed and staffed over 50+ caregivers in the past 7 months at various facilities, including, Assisted Living/Long term, Hospice, and Nursing Homes
  • Managed and staffed in various areas all over Ohio, including, Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton Cincinnati, and Toledo
  • Posting positions, reviewing resumes, screening applicants over the phone, coordinating interviews, administering Drug Screens and background checks, and Proficiency Quizzes mandated by the State of Ohio
  • Helped bring our Columbus office location to the Top of the company regarding staffing and hours worked by our Nurses and STNAs.

Coach

PeakPTFitness - MD
08.2020 - 10.2020
  • Cultivated a positive and competitive environment, promoted a robust nutrition regiment, and facilitated 12 players
  • Over 16 players went to play competitively in a collegiate and professional team.

Operations Supervisor

United Parcel Service - OH
11.2017 - 11.2019
  • Supervised a team of 95 union employees and 7 supervisors in the payroll, OSHA, DOT, company, production, and equipment
  • Controlled the flow of packages in one of the biggest and busiest UPS hubs in America
  • Achieved by gathering information from numerous logistics automation programs and creating a plan in a robust plan.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Sports Management

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA
12-2020

Some College (No Degree) - Sports Industry

The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
01-2017

Associate of Arts -

Tyler Junior College
Tyler, TX
05-2015

Skills

  • Media Relations
  • Planning and Scheduling
  • Operations Readiness
  • Organization Management
  • Budget
  • Staffing and Recruiting
  • Research and Development
  • Communications
  • Crisis Management
  • Applicant Tracking Systems
  • Employee Relations
  • Interviewing Clients
  • Medical Terminology
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Candidate Sourcing
  • Full Cycle Recruitment
  • Pre-Employment Screening
  • Retention Management
  • New Hire Onboarding
  • Employee Hiring
  • Analytical and Critical Thinking
  • Relationship Building
  • Recruitment and Hiring
  • Eligibility Determinations
  • Candidate Searching

Accomplishments

· South Georgia Tormenta USL League 1 professional Soccer 2/19-12/20

· Ohio State Men’s Soccer 2015-2017

· BIG Ten Regular Season Champions

· BIG Ten Tournament Finalist

· Big Ten All-Tournament Team

· Tyler Junior College Men’s Soccer 2014-2015

· Men’s National Tournament Champions

· National Tournament MVP

· All-Tournament Team

· First Team All-American

· Regional Champions

· All Regional Team

· National Tournament Finalist

· Number one Junior College player in the Nation

Volunteer Experience

  • Virginia Veterans Services Foundation – Volunteer Lead, Alexandra, VA
  • Disabled American Veterans – Fairfax, VA
  • Calgary Soup Kitchen-Calgary, Canada
  • Statesboro Boys and girls Club- Statesboro, GA
  • Tormenta Tuesdays (Reading to young boys and girls in schools and libraries every Tuesday).

Certification

  • Sports Industry Essentials (Columbia University-issues 2018)

References

  • Harry Moulopoulos, (414) 630-5155
  • Henry Duran, (614) 517-4251
  • Zach Stanley, (408) 722-0011
  • Suli Dainkeh, (571) 315-3503

Timeline

Healthcare Recruiter II

Careerstaffunlimited
09.2021 - Current

Healthcare Recruiter

Dedicated Nursing Associates
12.2020 - 09.2021

Coach

PeakPTFitness - MD
08.2020 - 10.2020

Operations Supervisor

United Parcel Service - OH
11.2017 - 11.2019

Bachelor of Science - Sports Management

Liberty University

Some College (No Degree) - Sports Industry

The Ohio State University

Associate of Arts -

Tyler Junior College
Yaw Amankwa