I have had the pleasure of helping hundreds of great people who struggled in their job search develop their personal brands to market and sell themselves more effectively to prospective employers. I've assisted people who have not gotten so much as a phone call from a recruiter for six months to a year, finally getting interviews and offers within a month or two of working with us. Since we started the business in 2016, we have also turned to provide recruitment, training, and outplacement services to start-ups as well as small- and mid-sized businesses to help them grow and develop a talented team.𝙆𝙀𝙔 𝘼𝘾𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙃𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙎• Manages a three-person sales/networking team to drive in potential clients.• Assists and advises individual clients of all professional levels throughout the U.S. on their marketing and sales message to improve their job search results.• Worked with hundreds of clients on their job search strategies, resumes and LinkedIn profiles, promotional videos, elevator pitches, networking, interview skills, and offer negotiation.• Approximately 70% of clients received a job offer in less than three months after receiving my services.• Holds presentations, workshops, panel discussions, and webinars with various groups and learning organizations in person and via Zoom.• Recruited and filled IT, Engineering, Administrative, Sales, and Accounting roles.• Maintains a 4.9 / 5.0 satisfaction rating on Google and a 5.0 / 5.0 rating on Facebook• Writes blogs for the company's website and uses MailChimp for email campaigns.• Oversees the company's social media accounts on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, accruing over 6,000 followers between all four platforms.• Organized and sponsored virtual and live career expos, allowing job seekers and recruiters to meet and network.• Negotiates with business vendors providing marketing materials and services and business supplies.

At Spectrum Reach, the advertising sales division of Charter Communications, I had the opportunity to recruit for a wide variety of jobs at all levels in Finance, Operations, and IT, during the period of its acquisition of Time Warner. My personal goal was to find the most talented people who best fit the needs of each of the teams I worked with to ensure that the business remained highly productive. 𝙆𝙀𝙔 𝘼𝘾𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙃𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙎• Created new behavior-based interviews for entry-level, supervisor, manager, and director positions.• Reduced time to fill for Operations and IT from 54 days to 45 days.• Utilized LinkedIn Recruiter and other social media tools to develop candidate pools for traditionally hard-to-fill positions.

My primary role at Saint Louis Public Schools (SLPS) was to make sure that our Title I funded programs were doing what they were intended to do: improve student academic achievement, reduce student discipline/behavioral issues, and contain costs effectively. Prior to my arrival, this reporting on a district-wide scale had not been done.𝙆𝙀𝙔 𝘼𝘾𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙃𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙎• Used the district's student information systems to pull records on its 26K students' assessment results, discipline, attendance, and other data points to evaluate the effectiveness of Title I programs.• Wrote full-scale Title I reports annually to assist the district's leadership in decisions and meet state and federal requirements.• Developed, administered, analyzed, and reported the district's annual Climate Surveys and New Teacher Surveys.• Saw the school district improve its academic performance each year in order to regain its accreditation with the State of Missouri's Department of Education.

In this role, I was part of a small team that recruited and hired for all positions on two casino properties in the St. Louis metro area.𝙆𝙀𝙔 𝘼𝘾𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙃𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙎• Initially hired onto a team of five other recruiters to hire over 1,300 employees for the opening of River City Casino in St. Louis County within a four-month timeframe.• Relocated to Lumiere Place Casino in downtown St. Louis to be the only recruiter for this property.• Designed a new behavior-based interview for entry-level, supervisor, manager, and director positions, that was used for screening interviews.• Identified opportunities to automate some manual processes in recruiting.

I started my employment at Edward Jones as a Recruiter for its branch offices. After several years in this position, I was given the opportunity to participate in a rotational program, which eventually led to my being placed as an HR Generalist in our Operations Division.𝙆𝙀𝙔 𝘼𝘾𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙃𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙎 - 𝘽𝙍𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙃 𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙍𝙐𝙄𝙏𝙀𝙍• Recruited for branch offices in the United Kingdom and priority locations in the United States.• Statistically analyzed assessment used for selection and developed new behavior-based interview to align with success competencies and skills required for the role.• Selected to facilitate a training workshop on competency-based interviewing for home office managers.𝙆𝙀𝙔 𝘼𝘾𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙃𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙎 - 𝙍𝙊𝙏𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝘼𝙇 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙂𝙍𝘼𝙈• Rotated through four departments in the HR division, including Associate Relations, Benefits, and Training & Development.• Designed curriculum for computer-based training program given to Financial Advisors on recruiting, compensation, and HR policies.• Conducted a market survey on short-term disability benefits, resulting in an adjustment to be more competitive.𝙆𝙀𝙔 𝘼𝘾𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙃𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙎 - 𝙃𝙍 𝙂𝙀𝙉𝙀𝙍𝘼𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙏• Counselled managers on handling employee performance-related issues and answered any HR-related questions for Operations Division employees.• Developed HR metrics dashboard for leadership, measuring headcount, turnover, compensation, inclusion/diversity, and performance management.

The Mobile Solution was an authorized dealer of T-Mobile and AT&T mobile calling plans. I recruited for the sales teams of 11 locations in the St. Louis Market. After nearly a year with the company, I was laid off due to the company closing its operations in St. Louis.

This was a job I held while I was going to grad school to get my Master's Degree. While working here, I contributed to the study of the state's Reading Recovery Program, showing the long-term positive impact the program had on young readers who started out reading far behind their grade-level.