Andy Traub Email & Phone Number

Spring Hill, Kansas, United States

For more than 25 years, Andy Traub has been invested in the recruiting, retention, and employee development industry. He founded Traub & Associates 11 years ago in 2012. As President, he prepares and then connects businesses with the disabled and veteran communities so they can find, hire, and retain people who want to do real jobs and produce real results.Andy is a certified senior professional in Human Resources and an internationally recognized leader in both disability and diversity employment.Throughout his career, Andy has developed and implemented disability talent acquisition, management, and retention strategies impacting over 100 national and international employers including AMC, Google, The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, Walgreens, Amazon, Starbucks, and more.His expertise and knowledge on the subject have been recognized by two White House administrations in which he was invited to present about autism employment and disability employment best practices. He received and accepted an invitation from the U.S. Embassy for Andy to present U.S. best practices in disability employment to businesses and governments in Europe.He also is the co-author of curriculum on global best practices in disability employment for the Society for Human Resource Management Foundation (SHRM).

Kansas City, Missouri Area

InclusionWorks - Your End to End Solution for Diversity Workforce InclusionInclusionWorks, An Allied Global Services company, prepares our clients to win by helping to build inclusive environments and a diverse workforce for today’s changing world.Our solutions meet you where you are in your disability employment journey and level you up depending on your specific needs and desired outcomes. Our road map approach identifies where you are currently and works with you to identify where you want to go. Then, we build a plan that is specific for your organization to ensure not only initial results but continued, sustained, success. The average days a position goes unfilled keeps rising and unemployment is historically low. However, individuals within disenfranchised populations (disability, veteran or fair chance) are actively seeking employment, yet currently, their unemployment rates are nearly double the national average. You need a talented workforce. They need an opportunity to make an impact. Same jobs- same pay- same expectations. This is not about charity but a business imperative!

Develop, lead and execute program wide strategies for The National Organization on Disability's (NOD) signature Bridges enterprise, which is helping major employers to build a disability inclusive workforce. NOD’s Bridges Advisory Services help employers to effectively recruit, hire, train, and retain job seekers with disabilities. With a focus on the needs, goals, and vision of employers, NOD delivers best-in-class assistance for the most challenging aspects of disability hiring, resulting in:• New, sustainable talent pipelines to meet overall hiring requirements;• Increased hiring and retention of qualified employees with disabilities; and• Improved corporate culture, promoting self-disclosure among employees with disabilities

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Recruitment Director: AMC EntertainmentKansas City, MO May 2007- 2012Recruited by AMC to create best practices in recruiting for all positions across the organization from the theatres to the corporate office. Developed not only key strategies to identify, assess and hire top talent but also introduced system improvements to impact key business metrics such as productivity, guest satisfaction as well as cost reductions and increased associate engagement.Representative Accomplishments: Increased recruiting productivity for key field leadership position from 20 over four years prior to my tenure to 120 during within the next five years. Increased retention of the position from 30% to 70% and provided increased guest satisfaction, productivity and reduced costs within the theatres. Created and developed AMC FOCUS- a cutting edge employment strategy to successfully employ individuals with disabilities (especially those with Autism Spectrum Disorder) in a guest facing environment. FOCUS strengthened both AMC’s consumer brand and its employment brand. Within the first two years of nationwide rollout there were over 800 known individuals positively impacted by the employment program. This high profile initiative increased employee engagement and reduced turnover with theatre associates.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Recruitment/ Staffing Manager: Bartlett and CompanyKansas City, MO September 2004- May 2007Provided key staffing leadership to all locations across all divisions including all non-exempt and exempt positions during a time of rapid growth for the company. Established the company as an agriculture industry employer of choice around the country.Specific Accomplishments: Established Bartlett and Company as an employer of choice with strategic universities within the region by partnering with university faculty and campus organizations. Allowed the company to hire top graduating talent further increasing productivity, efficiency and profit of the company. Developed the Bartlett Internship program by working in conjunction with the needs of the university officials, students and company. This very competitive and highly sought after program allowed the company to build a pipeline of talent prior to graduation and providing a win-win for the students and the company.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Provided key recruitment support for all hourly positions throughout all three divisions (Cattle, Grain and Milling) around the country.

Ovlerland Park, Ks

Developed and oversaw all recruiting strategies and management operations of all on-site personnel in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska with 1,000 employees on assignment.Specific Accomplishments: Worked closely with prospective clients and sales team to land and oversee three of the largest on-sites in the region. These three on-site locations delivered $900,000 per year in revenue. Developed temporary and temp to perm associate policies, procedures, on-boarding and training practices for all on-site locations in the region. The turnover for the on-site locations fell by 210% from previous temporary staffing service affiliations- thereby increasing productivity and efficiency of the locations.

Lawrence, Kansas Area

Promoted to the position to open a new territory outside the Kansas City market- due to the market becoming saturated with staffing firms resulting in small margins and lack of opportunities for company growth in Kansas City. Specific Accomplishments: Established new territory office and developed a new client base in an area west of Kansas City. Within the first two years the market accounted for approximately $2.8M in revenue for the company. Positioned Excel Personnel as a premier staffing firm west of Kansas City. This reputation led to many clients switching to Excel Personnel for their staffing needs- leading to a 20% market share for the territory.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Promoted to manage first ever on-site location by integrating with client’s management team to develop and deliver strategic staffing processes and procedures for all temporary and temp-to-perm positions. Selected Accomplishments: Recruited, hired and managed associates filling 287 positions (including managerial, clerical and production floor personnel) at client’s business resulting in $1.3M revenue for the company. Provided value added services by facilitating workshops to exempt and non-exempt associates at targeted client locations ranging from OSHA workplace standards to blood borne pathogens and sexual harassment. This value added service strengthened client relations and secured client contract extensions.

Kansas City, Ks

Managed all aspects of a staffing office including; employee relations, client relations, payroll, sourcing clients and sales.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Performed all duties associated with teaching a mainstream third grade class in a private school. Also coached 6th grade boys basketball and head coach of varsity golf team.

Bachelor'S Degree, Elementary Education And Teaching

Bs- Elementary Education, Elementary Education

Activities and Societies: Peer Mentors- Lafene Health Center Director of Education Symposium- College of Education