Derek Taylor Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Developed, implemented, and managed specialized healthcare staffing programs in support of a dozen direct patient care departments through multidisciplinary partnerships with medical and academic staff.
• Monitored, coached, and guided the progress of thousands of volunteers, aligning activities to desired hospital outcomes, measuring results, and reporting them with recommendations to leadership and stakeholders in.
• Cultivated and managed positive, collaborative relationships with hospital, academic, and community constituents, by analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating their service requests to maximize and achieve reciprocal.
• Designed and led an eight-week educational service program over ten consecutive summers for metro-area high school students, placing them in hospital departments in preparation for careers in healthcare.
• Analyzed, interpreted, and summarized quantitative and qualitative data from programs to meet reporting and accountability needs for internal and external constituents.
• Kept abreast of existing and new technologies, regularly learning additional skills to enhance personal and team performance and outcomes.

Plymouth, MN

• Served as the principal contact for ethnically and economically diverse job-seeking clients, building positive relationships and connecting them with new employment and support services under the auspices of the State.
• Researched, developed, and implemented new written training criteria for company and clients that measurably improved diversity and inclusivity in workforce programs.

Brooklyn Park, MN

• Managed an annual counseling caseload of displaced worker clients, many of whom were from underserved communities, and tailored support services directly to their needs.
• Coached and supported clients throughout and after their job search efforts with an emphasis on clear communication, empowering them as prime drivers of their positive outcomes.
• Appointed as the primary counselor for the Minnesota-AID Project, providing comprehensive support services to workers separated from their jobs in the wake of the 9/11 tragedies.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Cultural Anthropology

Emphasis in cross-cultural communications & ethnomusicology

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology

Minor in English