Kurvana is one of California’s leading cannabis products companies producing one of the industries most trusted brands. We focus on innovation and development of new products and technologies while maintaining high standards of quality and a commitment to our patients. We are setting the tone for this exciting industry and are looking for qualified candidates in multiple skill areas to grow with us as we achieve our goals! If you are interested in joining our growing team, contact me today!Today, Kurvana has gained a loyal following while abiding by their original values of quality, integrity, and innovation.

As the Senior Account Manager & Recruiter at Spherion Staffing, CA. I was responsible for new business development, client account management and for candidate recruitment in the Temecula and Coachella Valley areas. My clients range from large international corporations like Nestle Waters to many of California's new and growing cannabis companies, like Canndescent. I also sold our staffing services to resorts & hotels, hospitals, and manufacturers. I hired and placed candidates in temporary, temp-to-Hire, and direct-Hire positions in almost all industries - Administrative/Office, Warehouse/Light Industrial, Hospitality, Accounting, Clinical and Non-Clinical Healthcare, Call Center, Food & Beverage, Clean Energy (Wind & Solar), Engineering, Cannabis, and many other industries as well.

* Obtained Hospital contracts and facilitated placement of Traveling/Contract Allied healthcare professionals with hospitals across the nation. • Sold allied healthcare travel staffing services to hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout assigned territory. • Developed relationships with key hospital decision makers and department directors in order to obtain new job orders and place allied health candidates on 13 week contract travel assignments. • Successfully met and exceeded sales revenue and gross margin goals of 25% or more.• Maintained current hospital accounts while continuously soliciting and negotiating new staffing service contracts with new hospital accounts. • Negotiate client contracts and prepare RFP responses being sure to include competitive compensation and high bill rates to maximize gross profits and gross margins. • Responsible for ensuring JCAHO compliance standards for each Allied traveler sent out on assignment.

*Managed and directed all office staff to provide quality service to both healthcare professionals and client healthcare facilities while also focusing on improving market-share and goals for the branch. *Created and implemented marketing, recruiting, and sales strategies, successfully meeting and exceeding sales and gross margin and profit goals. *Lead outside sales efforts while continuously motivating team to deliver excellent customer service and responsive client communications while also ensuring JCAHO credentialing compliance for all employees. *Responsible for soliciting job orders, scheduling interviews, assuring JCAHO credentialing compliance, and finally placing healthcare professionals on daily per diem and short term temporary contracts.*Maintain current hospital accounts and solicit for contracts with new hospital and healthcare facilities gaining market share. *Negotiate client contracts and RFP's to include competitive compensation and high bill rates to maximize gross profit and gross margins. *Responsible for solidifying the new "Travelite" Division's presence in multiple Regional Markets by soliciting and negotiating new hospital accounts and placing nurses and allied health professionals on 13 week Travel contracts.

• Hired as the company's first hospital account manager responsible for selling contract and per diem nursing and allied health staffing services to hospitals in California, and the entire United States. • Won the company's first national contract with the largest hospital system in the United States. • Solely responsible for developing and building national account to become over 20% of the agency's overall business. • Ranked #1 in number of new hospital contracts obtained over five year period. • Successfully acquired large hospital accounts such as Tenet Health, Sutter Health, Sharp Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, HCA, Kindred Healthcare, several County and State facilities, as well as all large hospital association contracts, (AzHha, SCHA, APS, etc.) just to name a few. • Solicited, developed, prepared, and successfully responded to all staffing RFP’s winning large Federal, Regional and Statewide hospital contracts across multiple states. • Responsible for soliciting job orders, scheduling interviews, assuring JACHO credentialing compliance, and finally placing nurses and allied healthcare professionals on 13 week contracts and daily per diem placements.

*Outside sales and territory account management for full service staffing firm. *Consistently ranked in the top 5 for sales company-wide. *Awarded #2 in Sales (company-wide) for the month of June & July 2001

*100% cold calling sales generation and account management for start-up staffing business.*Increased new client account base from zero to over 100 within two years. *Sole recruiter responsible for all candidates recruiting, interviewing, assessing, maintaining, and finally placing candidates permanently with companies throughout the U.S.

*Sourced, interviewed, checked references, technically and professionally qualified all potential Engineering candidates on a nationwide basis. *Developed and maintained relationships with large national corporations and government contracting companies to facilitate hiring process; from obtaining job orders and interviews, to the final placement of both contract and permanent engineering professionals. *Assisted the implementation of new I.T. contract staffing division and trained other recruiters on typical I.T. positions and skill sets, significantly speeding learning curves.

Cold called, built relationships, and sold recruitment services to Fortune 500 corporate decision makers.*Team Ranked #1 (out of 12 offices) in sales for the 95-96 year. * Awarded Rookie of the Month (out of 24) June 1996.