Deana Keenan, Bs, Hrm Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

•Develop and implement diversity and inclusion policies within local government procurement processes, ensuring all contracts and vendors reflected the community’s diversity and supported federal inclusion goals•Manage the full lifecycle of federal contracts, from solicitation to award and closeout, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and promoting diversity in contracting•Conduct market research and analysis to identify diverse suppliers and contractors, expanding the pool of potential vendors to include minority-owned, woman-owned, and small disadvantaged businesses•Negotiate contract terms, prices, and deliverables with a focus on equitable opportunities for all vendors, ensuring fair competition and adherence to diversity principles•Collaborate with federal and local stakeholders to align contract management practices with diversity and inclusion objectives, enhancing community engagement and supplier diversitySee Full Resume for further details...

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Virtual Recruiter

Greater Pittsburgh Area

•Recruit clients for various programs within the organization•Coordinate dates for various programs with instructors for calendar year•Work with clients to develop individual training plans based on assessment of client needs•Obtain all needed documentation for program intake and enrollment•Provide individual career counseling and support to clients as needed•Facilitate and instruct classes as necessary to include testing, orientations, classes, and job clubs•Coordinate client placement, retention, and follow-up efforts•Prepare materials for and support completion of reports and evaluations•Organize, plan, and execute workforce development events as necessary for various assigned projects•Coordinate partnerships on workforce development projects•Build company and organization partners (MOU’s) by attending job fairs, career sessions, and other networking events to establish business relationships•Ensure assigned program activities and grant requirements are implemented successfully by sitting in on classes and monitor instructors effectively•Assist instructors with lessons that work for the various clients to include those entering the workforce from re-entry programs •Work with grant writer by supplying the best success stories for possible grants•Supply the database manager with placement information as clients get hired

Remote/Skype

Talent Pipelines; IT, Finance, Project Management, Engineers, Developers, Auditors and Various PositionsVirtual Recruiter – Commission based on resumes pulled for interviews

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

•Establish recruiting requirements by following company strategies and objectives•Effectively manage recruiting team by providing the necessary tools to meet company hiring objectives; pre-screen, interview, conduct background checks and drug screens•Conduct weekly meetings with account managers to make sure that clients’ needs are being met•Create questions during the application process for each open requisition to assess applicants•Attract applicants by creating and posting job advertisements; Craigslist, ZipRecruiter, Indeed, CareerLink, networking resources, other various career sites, newsgroups, and local community venues•Build pipelines by researching and building a network of the following; community services, colleges, employment agencies, and other resources•Determine applicant qualifications by interviewing applicants; analyzing responses; verifying references; conducting necessary pre-screens•Monitor job offers and compensation practices; emphasizing on benefits and incentives•Conduct new employee orientations for various locations (Chicago, Cleveland, Poconos, Johnstown, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh)•Improve organization attractiveness by recommending new policies and practices •Perform exit interviews and conduct termination analysis meetings to help retention•Avoid legal challenges by understanding current legislation; enforce regulations with managers, recommend new procedures, and conduct training as necessary•Maintain educational and professional knowledge in human resources by participating in HR seminars, reading professional publications; maintaining HR networks; participating with various HR organizations

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

My responsibilities consisted of working with the following HRIS applications; First Advantage, Kenexa-Jobs Navigator, Avature-CMS, PeopleSoft Financial, and PeopleSoft for HR. My direct responsibilities consisted of screening and scheduling candidate interviews, processing offer letters, assisted with campus recruiting super day's, uploaded candidate assessments in HRIS, notified candidates to update forms in HRIS notify new hires that qualify for WOTC, processed invoices and reimbursements, processed I-9 paperwork for new hires, and assisted with other special team projects.

For over 20 years, I worked in various project management roles and office administrator roles in different capacities. Some of the industries that I worked include the following; education, hotel, healthcare, beverages, utility supply, hospital, and many nonprofit organizations. In these roles, I became an expert in operating Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, Powerpoint, SharePoint, LotusNotes, Adobe and Skype). My office administrator expertise includes keeping up with executives calendars, preparing for board meetings, taking minutes, preparing and running reports, managing teams of administrative assistants, posting jobs, running background checks, processing hiring paperwork and managing data for employees. I also became an expert on coordinating company training meetings, maintaining budgets, selecting and purchasing marketing products (gifts, souvenirs and employee paraphernalia) with many different marketing vendors, hiring temporary workers, creating marketing advertisements and creating various business plans for meetings. Because of my foundation, I was able to build on it and obtain my degree in the field of human resources. My passion in HR, my computer skills and my HR education make it very easy for me to adapt to any industry.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General, 3.80

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society Attended Geneva College from February 2014 thru July 2015.

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Business Administration And Management, General, 3.78

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society Went back to school for a certification as a computer specialist.

Certificate, Administrative Computer Specialist

Activities and Societies: Joined Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society at CCAC Northside Campus. Started with the CCAC Modern Office.

Certification, Computer Systems Analysis

Attended CSI and studied computer programming languages; Fortran, Cobol I and II, Basics, and Java. Also srudied accounting, math.

C, Computer Science And Business

Activities and Societies: Member of the Lincoln University Dance Troop; member of the Tutor Club; and a member of Kappa Alpha Psi.