Amanda Stirling, M.Sc. Email & Phone Number

London, Ontario, Canada

Woodstock, Ontario

- Participate as a member of a multi-disciplinary group offering clinical and professional support to other RSA staff. - Conduct psychological / psychosocial / behavioural / vocational assessments on clients referred to Regional Support Associates who have developmental delays and may be experiencing emotional, behavioural, or medical difficulties.- Write reports that summarize assessment results and provide recommendations regarding cognitive abilities, adaptive life skills, support needs, treatment strategies, and eligibility for developmental services.- Maintain appropriate, accurate records and client confidentiality.

Woodstock, Ontario

- Conducted psychological / psychosocial / behavioural / vocational assessments on clients referred to Regional Support Associates who have developmental delays and may be experiencing emotional, behavioural, or medical difficulties.- Wrote reports that summarize assessment results and provide recommendations regarding cognitive abilities, adaptive life skills, support needs, treatment strategies, and eligibility for developmental services.- Completed Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) forms and invoices.- Screened referrals for assessment from Developmental Services Ontario (DSO) to determine if further assessment were required to determine eligibility for developmental services. - Participated as a member of a multi-disciplinary group offering clinical and professional support to other RSA staff. - Developed and updated tools and templates to improve work processes.- Maintained appropriate, accurate records and client confidentiality.

London, Ontario, Canada

The Consulting Analyst plays a critical role in the research, analysis and creation of McLean & Company’s publications, and requires exceptional analytical skills, proficiency in project and time management, and the ability to work well under pressure to meet critical deadlines. Responsibilities include:- Interview customers, vendors and industry experts to gather specific experiences, product directions and leading points of view.- Develop survey instruments based on best practices to collect and analyze large amounts of data and extract key insights.- Conduct significant secondary research, analyze and document key findings in project-based research reports to help HR professionals perform their projects better.- Design and build targeted PowerPoint publications offering logical, coherent, creative and compelling recommendations to client challenges.- Create advanced Excel based tools and informative graphical representations of key research findings.- Conduct analyst calls with clients to advise them on their projects or issues with which they need assistance, including HR software selection, recruitment (e.g., campus recruitment, social media, sourcing plans), hiring (e.g. interviewing, testing), and performance appraisal systems. - Facilitate in-person workshops with clients, for example evaluate and optimize social media recruiting. - Complete custom materials for client service request. Examples include a hiring guide, policies, and job descriptions.

London, Canada Area

- Analyzed data and wrote research reports. - Conducted research and developed materials for research studies. - Presented a first authored conference poster: Poole, A. et al. (April 10, 2010). What Are The Best Predictors of Medical School Performance? Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychologists, New Orleans, Louisiana.

London, Canada Area

- Taught weekly lab sessions and graded assignments for a senior honours class “Research in Personality Assessment”, which focused on using personality traits in personnel selection (September-December 2006; September-December 2007; January-April 2009).- Taught weekly lab sessions and graded assignments for a third year statistics course, which focused on using a statistical program (SPSS) to conduct statistical analyses (January-April 2006).- Tutored students during office hours.

London, Canada Area

Taught the undergraduate course “Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology.”- Prepared for and taught weekly classes. - Developed testing materials to gauge student’s information retention. - Met with students during weekly office hours.

One-on-one sessions with injured workers that involved interviewing, and administering and scoring of psycho-vocational tests.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Accreditation Program Development Project for the Printing Industry:- Conducted research and interviews on accreditation programs, wrote reports, and developed materials.- Co-facilitated project meetings with the client.Exit Interview Reporting:- Analyzed data to develop an exit interview report.Certification & Licensure Examination Item Development:- Developed and reviewed test items for certification exams for line cooks, tourism industry workers, blue box recycling program managers, wine servers, and pleasure craft operators.- Collected critical incidents via phone and email from experts in the industry for which tests were developed.

London, Canada Area

- Conducted research and performed statistical analyses.- Developed feedback for assessment reports.- Presented a first authored conference poster: Poole, A., Carswell, J., Lewis, R., Powell, D., (2008, April). Emotional Intelligence-Counterproductive Work Behavior Relation: Does EI Have “Dark Side”? Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychologists, San Francisco, CA.

Halifax, Canada Area

- Wrote fact/tip sheets on work-family balance and work-life balance for a health website.- Facilitated focus groups.- Conducted research on stress outcome measures.- Designed survey instruments.

Halifax, Canada Area

- Graded assignments and exams for engineering psychology and statistics courses. - Taught statistics laboratory classes.- Tutored students during weekly office hours.

Ottawa, Canada Area

- Developed test items for a Tourism Visitor Information Counselor certification exam.- Conducted a session with experts in the Tourism industry to collect critical incidents.

Ottawa, Canada Area

- Designed and developed survey instruments. - Wrote test items for licensure exams.- Conducted research on topics related to high-stakes testing.- Conducted qualitative and quantitative statistical analyses.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd) (Abd - All But Dissertation), Industrial And Organizational Psychology

Recruitment and Selection area of concentration.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.) In Applied Psychology, Industrial And Organizational Psychology

B.A. Honours, Psychology