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In 2012 our family made the decision to devote one of our spousal careers to caring for our pre-teen/teen children. Stepping back from a career and employer I absolutely loved and valued to become a Stay-at-home Parent was extremely difficult but a goal-driven family priority. While in this role, I not only coordinated the household and academic, musical, and multi-sport athletic activities of three boys, I volunteered in our local community and became an active board member for our Church, Booster Club, Wrestling Club, and Community School Foundation. I also took on paid roles as Church Treasurer, Communications and Public Relations Coordinator for our school district, Dance Team Coach, as well as a Substitute Teacher. Now that our children have begun and/or are preparing for their college journeys, I am excited to re-enter the workforce and continue my career. My areas of interest lie in all Human Resources functions with my strengths and passion being in Employee Relations and Investigations and Business Partner Consulting.

I was responsible for managing, designing, and delivering communications for the Glenwood Community School District. This included brand design, social media coverage, ad copy, news article creation, program education, and curriculum awareness. I designed the layout and templates for all pieces including Social Media, the District Annual Report, and Quarterly District Newsletters. In this role, I loved using my creativity to tell the community the story of our students, teachers, administration, and school.

In this role at Union Pacific, I managed the HR Functions for all subsidiaries. I worked closely with all business units and HR functional departments to ensure customer business needs were met. This included the implementation of HR programs, systems, policies and procedures, recruiting, compensation, benefits, and training. I directed the subsidiary employment-based immigration review and policy administration and partnered with outside counsel regarding employee investigation, pre-trial discovery, testimony and litigation.

As the Manager Human Resource Service Center, I managed multiple processes including nonagreement new hire administration, nonagreement and agreement systems administration, thrift plan administration, pension administration, compensation and systems field training. I supervised a staff of administrative specialists and HR generalists. I consulted on HR-related systems, processes, activities, benefits and policies. I participated in and led multiple web design and re-design efforts including paperless hiring, pre-screening and test scheduling while training and integrating manager self-service options.

At Mutual of Omaha, I supervised a staff of 4-8 generalists, recruiters, and administrators and consulted on HR related activities for specific business units. Responsibilities included enhancement of employee relations, management training, recruitment and selection, creation of compensation plans, organizational design, policy and procedure interpretation, EEO/AAP analysis, and employment compliance. I led HR's participation in the implementation of a multi-million dollar headcount and expense reduction effort resulting in the redesign and restructuring of a large business unit. I led process improvements by designing and implementing changes to electronic workflow models to streamline tasks, reduce expenses and improve time service of department.

In this role, I established and maintained effective HR consulting relationships within various business divisions, researched and addressed issues pertaining to performance management, compensation, employee relations, HR policies, and procedures and employment issues. I performed position analysis by conducting job audits, writing job descriptions, and analyzing job evaluation systems; presented recommendations to job evaluation committees and senior management. I prepared documentation for position elimination activity and facilitated notifications to impacted personnel.

While at Methodist Health Systems, I designed and delivered a variety of soft skill and management training programs, aligning the needs of managers with the core values of the Health System. I provided management consultation and assisted with the implementation of development strategies for individuals and workgroups.

At John Deere I was part of the John Deere Health system and coordinated, developed and delivered a variety of soft skill and management training courses; aligning the needs of managers with the goals and objectives of the enterprise. I administered the Individual Development Guide Process; fostering the personal and professional growth of employees. I provided management consultation regarding employee development to all supervisors and managers.

At the Davenport SuperTarget store, I supervised a staff of 6; responsible for all aspects of recruiting and hiring of team members and managers; directed payroll and the scheduling process, administered counseling and corrective action processes for 375+ store employees and managed the worker's compensation process. I was the District Administrator for coordination of all district employee records. I teamed up with other managers as part of the executive team responsible for the overall operation of the store. I coordinated all community volunteer committees, events, and functions for this store.

I entered this role out of college with an interest in functioning as a Human Resources Manager. This was a small company in need of a Payroll Manager. After learning the piecework payroll process, I took over the management of the company benefits program that included health and life insurance and performed all interviewing and hiring processes. I then developed an employee handbook and delivered instruction on company policy to employees and developed and implemented supervisory and safety training programs. I had oversight of all worker's compensation claims and coordinated and maintained all OSHA training courses and records.