Diana B. Laughlin, Mba Email & Phone Number

Honolulu, HI, US

Chicago, IL, US

• Implemented comprehensive HR strategies, exceeding business goals outlined by the co-CEOs and stakeholders.
• Create and enhance employee engagement programs, manager training series, and development opportunities to increase moral and overall productivity.
• Manage and mentor a high-performing HR team, fostering a positive and collaborative team culture, instilling a sense of ownership and accountability.
• Navigate employee relations with empathy, resolving conflicts to ensure a harmonious and supportive work environment.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition Manager to identify diverse workforce recruitment strategy.
• Ensure compliance with labor laws and multi-state regulations, minimizing legal risks and promoting a fair environment.

Chicago, IL, US

• Coach and build trusting relationships with business leaders, people managers and employees, and provide guidance on all organization and people matters.
• Lead DEI ERG meetings to ensure Mediafly is creating an inclusive culture focused on transparency, authenticity, accountability and belonging.
• Advise people managers on all things people: performance management and performance improvement plans, talent and professional development, compensation market benchmarking, leadership coaching, compliance, law and.
• Provide benefit support and guidance to all employees through orientation, open enrollment, qualifying life events, etc.
• Project manage performance management system (Lattice) in building out career growth tracks and job descriptions.
• Build out compensation pay ranges, job families and overall compensation structure.

Chicago, IL, US

• Seamlessly switch between both strategic and tactical responsibilities, leveraging data, industry best practices and building out value-added, longterm scalable programs/projects.
• Spearhead Mediafly's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (Belonging) Employing Resource Group
• Streamlined HR requests by launching and managing the HR ticketing system (Jira) to better track and measure resolved issues.
• Plan philanthropic events annually and partner with different organizations to spread awareness and provide education opportunities for our Flyers to feel connected to their communities.
• Oversee personnel changes in HRIS (Paylocity) and PMS (Lattice): promotions, transfers, merit increases, PTO, team changes, etc. Projects:
• Building out Performance Management System (Lattice), partnering with department heads, managers and C-suite to create clear career path opportunities for our Flyers.

Chicago, IL, US

• Implemented best practice strategies to oversee the life cycle of talent acquisition including sourcing, screening, interviewing and selection of best talent.
• Drove and manage relationships with hiring managers and hiring teams to identify talent needs and facilitate successful candidate engagement.
• Managed pipeline activity and maintain data integrity, and proactively share data-centric updates with hiring managers and other internal stakeholders.
• Drove offer process - including extending offers, salary negotiations, closing candidates and generating offer letters.
• Advocated for both HM and candidates throughout the hiring process; establishing regular touch points and providing timely feedback/responses.
• Executed creative and diverse sourcing strategies, using tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, specialized job boards, ecosystem analyses, etc.

Estero, FL, US

• Facilitated ATS, interview and offer training for new TA Partners joining Hertz.
• Partnered with hiring managers supporting the West Central Region: UT, NM, AZ, CO, ID, OK and Canada
• Established relationships with local organizations and universities/CC to host virtual hiring events.
• Oversaw high-volume hourly, hourly non-exempt, hourly exempt, salary exempt, and management/director roles.
• Sourced, interview, extend offers and retain top talent within 35 days of requisition submission.
• Extended 60+ offers monthly, resulting in at least 30 new hires the same month.

Irvine, CA, US

• High volume recruit manufacturing professionals from front line professionals to supervisors.
• Full-life cycle recruiting, conducting sourcing to extending offers through Workday.
• Assist with international full-cycle recruitment for Draper, UT's sister plate, in Ireland.
• Develop and build diverse candidate pipelines targeting underutilized groups.
• Conduct incumbent compensation analyses for professional (all level) requisitions.
• Collaborate with HRBPs and hiring managers to conduct moderately complex offer negotiations and finalize the hiring process.

Orange, CA, US

• Coordinate the Coach Operator, mechanic, maintenance and college intern hiring processes, including developing strategic and effective outreach activities, creating innovative advertising and social media promotions.
• Direct cross division team (CORe) on how to increase recruitment efforts for the Coach Operator procurement. Increasing the overall Coach Operator hiring rate by 38% only half way through this fiscal year (FY 2019-2020).
• Work with hiring managers and assists Compensation staff in the review and revision of job descriptions and salary offers.
• Use HRIS systems to create dashboards and metrics to track “time-to-fill,” and analyze HR software to streamline recruitment processes.
• Screen applications by analyzing and evaluating applicants’ qualifications against job requirements to determine best qualified candidates.
• Participate in candidate interviewing and the selection process.

Orange, CA, US

• High volume, full cycle recruiting using iCIMS (ATS)
• Source, screen, phone interview, schedule in-person interviews with hiring managers, and sit on interview panels.
• Launch offer letters, personal information and i9 forms through our onboarding software.
• Submit employee data reports by assembling, preparing, and analyzing data from ATS.
• Prepare benefit budget regulations for Wellness creating pivot tables using VLOOKUP on Microsoft Excel.
• Document audit tests and findings for Benefits.

Orange, CA, US

• High volume, full cycle recruiting using iCIMS (ATS).
• Doubled hiring rate over six months, increasing class sizes and certifications.
• Source, screen, phone interview and schedule candidates for in-person interviews with hiring managers.
• HRIS project (iCIMS) automated Coach Operator tracking.o Created metrics on dashboard that streamlined the Coach Operator flow.
• Organize and attend OCTA recruitment events.
• Maintain relationships between local colleges and employment centers, overall increasing awareness of employment.

Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JP

• Taught conversational and grammatical at third best-ranked English company in Japan.
• Assisted with marketing strategies, administration and management recruiting.
• Launched biannual marketing campaigns including social media and television advertising.
• Prepared lesson plans for all English proficiency levels.o Mommy & Me, Beginning & Intermediate Youth, Advanced Youth, Beginning & Intermediate Adults, and Advance Adult classes.
• Prepared advanced students for national English examinations.o TEOFL & EIKEN

• Full-cycle recruited techs, beauticians, wax specialists, and associates.
• Lead onboarding and orientation for new hires.
• Oversaw employment compliance training sessions annually for all employees.
• Bookkeeper, ran payroll, managed commission and ad-hoc HR administrative projects.
• Assisted with all internal and external HR related inquires and requests.
• Maintained both hard and digital copies of employees' records.

Memphis, TN, US

• Planned multimillion-dollar charity galas and events addressing pediatric oncology.
• Generated $2.3 million dollars during the Medlock Krieger Invitational and All-Star Concert.
• Maintained and entered all donation and auction entries through our sales software (SalesForce).
• Developed media packages for all featured journalists and media press.
• Built loyal and strong relationships with corporate donors.
• Contributed to marketing strategies to increase ticket sales and attendance rates to community fundraising events.

Northridge, CA, US

• Organized students’ academic files and conducted peer advising/counseling biannually.
• Liaison between the student-ran public agency (Agency 398) and the department chairman.
• Developed weekly newsletters for current, prospective and alumni students to stay involved with department events.
• Created department social media platforms and improved student engagement by 67% over 7 months.
• supervised all social media outlets for the University
• Edit all outgoing web-based information

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Public Relations, Advertising, And Applied Communication

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Human Resources Management And Services