Hiring and developing employees is my passion! I'm a driven and dedicated HR professional who enjoys recruiting high potentials to top talent and creating a path of success.My greatest strength is assisting companies with identifying their key competencies for their hiring and development strategy and then applying those factors to all areas of the employee development cycle.HIGHLIGHTS:• Influenced full-cycle recruiting and marketing strategies for clients by maximizing exposure to passive candidates, improving job description formatting, and reducing cost per hire to $9K per new employee.• Designed individual development plan workshop that increased learning strategy on annual reviews by 40% and improved succession planning targets by 55%.• Created competency model used as the core foundation of 2-year leadership program which increased retention by 22% by identifying talent, integrating it into annual evaluations, and providing structure development plans and succession planning.• Developed a 2-tiered benefit allowing employees to alert their impending departure from the company in advance by providing a knowledge transfer process. Other divisions adopted this program after metrics proved a decrease in time to hire and retention of tribal knowledge. EXPERTISE: Talent management, HR, recruiting, performance management, leadership development, employee engagement, succession planning, high potential identification, new hire orientation, onboarding, employee training, HRIS, leadership, communication, organizational development, employee relations, training and development, HR consulting, program management, career development, management consulting, applicant tracking systems (ATS), hiring, sourcing, screening resumes, interviewing, competency modeling, leadership models, instructional design.