Carol ("Candy") Day, M.Ed., Sphr, Shrm-Scp Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Cincinnati, Oh

Stategically position HR to serve employee base of 350 associates. Partner with leadership team to support a best-in-class organization.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

INC Research ranks among the top tier CROs based on size, scale and geographic depth. The company employs approximately 5,000 across six continents, • Serve as HRBP to CFO and VPs of Accounting and Finance. Provide transactional and tactical HR support and guidance to client groups; including employee relations coaching and counseling, resolving employee relations issues, training, and assisting managers with application of policies and procedures. • Assist in the development and implementation of human resources strategies, including performance management, compensation planning, leadership development and organizational design, to successfully execute client business strategy. • Responsible for compliance issues as related to completion of Company’s AAPs/EEO compliance, including OFCCP (E.O. 11246) and VETS 100.• Develop and deliver HR training programs. Assist managers and employees with development plans, identify potential and provide direction for training and development opportunities for US personnel, e.g. On-boarding and Succession Planning. • Facilitate all acquisition and integration activities (including benefit administration of FMLA and LOAs, RIFs, payroll integration issues).• Administer immigration program, addressing all H-1B visa and PERM process requirements.

Serve as Generalist within HR Operations Management organization. Ensure that all functional areas of human resource management are provided according to company policies and procedures, design and implement local and global HR strategies, HR projects, including addressing specific training needs, legal and compliance related tasks.

• Managed all agency operations throughout the state of Ohio. • Recruited, trained and managed professional and volunteer staff state-wide.• Met stringent state and federal compliance requirements to maintain licensure in complex and complicated arena of international adoption.• Negotiated all advertising, budgeting, marketing expenses.

• Developed core competency model for employees, around which recruiting strategy could be created.• Designed training materials to decrease time needed for new employees to reach performance efficiency levels.• Researched and reviewed benefits options in development of healthcare plan.• Resolved employee relations issues within family owned business.• Managed HR operational and administrative duties.

Generalist duties included succession planning, college relations, recruiting, employee engagement, and performance management. Worked with high potential employees and business leaders.• Identified coaching and counseling needs and provided resources for executive, management level and hourly paid employees.• Created training budget, completed needs assessment, determined cost effective training options for management and hourly employees.• Designed and delivered training programs for employees that included behaviorally based interviewing skills.• Managed group of employees as they developed the necessary skills to move to the next level of their career. Responsible for ensuring their development, addressing performance deficiencies, and providing timely feedback. • Served as guest classroom speaker to address topics related to career search, interview preparedness and interviewing skills.

Other positions held within company: Manager, Development and EducationManager, Staffing and Employment.• Restructured HR organization, to better align with and support corporate objectives, business needs and strategic goals.• Reduced cost per hire 80% within two year timeframe by developing successful recruitment strategy, identifying effective channels of applicant flow, designing and developing interview skills training for management.• Rewrote job descriptions to better define position responsibilities and increase level of accountability. Clarified roles so that performance could be more clearly assessed and evaluated. • Partnered with local businesses and universities to form training collaborative for high potential employees, elevating the level of high quality training available in the immediate area, while reducing the cost to provide.

College recruiting strategy design and coordination of all campus recruiting efforts. Career counseling, including performance management counseling. Succession plan creation and implementation. Corporate restructuring and downsizing: Peer analysis, outplacement services and severance packages. Staff all sales and operations non-exempt position. Comp and benefit program administration.

Senior Hr Professional Certificate Program

M.Ed., Guidance And Counseling