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San Diego, Ca, Us

Orlando, Florida, Us

Resolved recruitment escalations with Hiring Managers, HR Vice Presidents, and Park Presidents. Served on Workday Implementation team including full training of end users for Recruiting. Created and implemented hiring strategy for 13 parks in 6 markets. Collaborated with Marketing department and creative agency to create new Recruitment Marketing strategies including Programmatic Advertising, Social Media Campaigns, Google Keyword, and Banner ads.

Orlando, Florida, Us

Increased efficiency of Recruitment efforts, including improved use of tools and technology, when company transitioned from Decentralized Model to a Project RPO model to restaff Parks after pandemic closures. Developed new candidate workflows replacing in person group interviews, job fairs and auditions with a Virtual Job Tryout, Pre-Hire Assessment, and On Demand video interviews. Identified and partnered with vendor to create an Employee Referral Program “Join Me At Sea” which resulted in over 12,000 referrals and 900 hires in 2021.

San Diego, California, Us

Managed full cycle recruitment efforts for all hourly and professional positions. Directed performance of 9 Full Time Recruiters and 11 seasonal Coordinators to achieve hiring goals. Responsible for annual recruitment budget and managed vendor relationships and contracts including Indeed, LinkedIN, CareerArc, IHeartMedia, and Latpro Inc. Results: Implemented a centralized scheduling team to increase scheduling efficiency, reduce unfilled shifts, and provide more employee flexibility. Utilized new scheduling flexibility as part of our Employer Value Proposition to recruit and attract a more diverse workforce. Developed relationship with San Diego County of Education to create pipeline for student summer work program, resulting in over 1100 hires from surrounding High Schools in 2019.

San Diego, California, Us

Oversaw all areas of HRIS and Workforce Planning including staffing, hiring projections, workforce metrics, status compliance, final pay compliance, team member records, hourly compensation, job descriptions, ADP Enterprise, ADP Reporting, and budget analysis. Trained in Lean principles, facilitated Kaizen events, and implemented continuous improvement strategies to increase efficiency.

San Diego, California, Us

Achieved staffing needs for SeaWorld and Aquatica parks by managing all recruitment, requisitions, selection, and retention processes. Taught interview training classes to park leadership and audited hiring processes for both observational and behavior based interviews. Personally filled multiple salaried requisitions including Managers, Directors and Vice Presidents

San Diego, California, Us

Forecasted Park hiring needs and developed processes to analyze metrics including turnover, cost per hire, and applicant flow. Created hiring calendars and worked with operating departments to ensure seasonal centralized hiring was completed effectively. Developed off boarding process to efficiently release seasonal ambassadors and limit waiting time penalty expenses

San Diego, California, Us

Completed over 50 requisitions for professional positions including Security, IT, Zoological, EHS, and Entertainment. Mentored, trained, coached, and developed team of HR assistants for hiring over 2000 employees annually and maintained park staffing between 2500-5000 employees

San Diego, California, Us

Conducted interviews and made hiring decisions for 18 entry level positions. Conducted over 800 interviews during peak hiring season. Assisted with various projects including resume screening and data entry for professional requisitions. Created and implemented many new processes to increase office efficiency including paperless interview process and digital applicant check in system for reception

San Diego, California, Us

Denver, Colorado, Us

Managed staffing, training execution, and compliance for twelve stores and 154 employees. Taught new hire orientation classes to familiarize all new employees with Blockbuster’s culture. Evaluated skills and knowledge of all internal promotion candidates. Fully staffed twelve district stores and developed a deep bench for future shift leaders, and store managers. Successfully on boarded, trained, and placed three external hires into store manager positions. Increased district customer satisfaction survey service scores by double digit comps and district achieved top rank in region

Denver, Colorado, Us

Developed and executed action plans to drive sales and meet company objectives. Managed store operations accounting for more than 1 million dollars in annual revenue. Increased revenue by twelve percent in first year and became most profitable store in district. Selected to participate in roundtable discussion with company’s Senior Vice President of Operations

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Managed sales, expenses, merchandising presentation, and planning for 13 departments. Acted as Store Leader on Duty responsible for store operations of over 80 employees and $100,000 daily revenue. Participated in weekly executive meeting to discuss operations, training, inventory control, logistics, service, and sales trends. Conducted coaching, corrective action, and performance review for 15 team members and 3 supervisors. Received 2006 “Golden Contribution” award for meeting company objectives in sales and expenses.

Ba, Organizational Administration

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration