David Zajchowski, Mba, Shrm-Cp, Cfaa-Hr Email & Phone Number

Winter Park, Fl, Us

Serving as a strategic partner with Rollins’ leadership to develop and deliver innovative human resource programs and services designed to support the mission of the College. Providing leadership, direction and management responsibility for the human resources function within the College, encompassing the entire employee life cycle, including talent management, policy development and implementation, transformational change management, strategic planning, organizational capability building; collaborating closely with department leaders and stakeholders to understand their needs, address concerns, and provide guidance on people-related matters.Managing a team of three (3) HR Assistant Directors to plan, direct and coordinate our team's work and service delivery to multiple stakeholder groups. Assisting HR staff to identify and resolve root causes of problems and remove obstacles; assigning projects and programmatic areas of responsibility; evaluating and improving business processes and procedures.Serving on multiple College committees: Data Governance, Administrative Council, DEIB Strategic Steering, SACSCOC Reaffirmation of Accreditation, Service Excellence (SE) Leadership Team and SE Orientation, Recruitment & Training Sub-Team (Chair).At the request of the College president, served as a co-convener for the Faculty & Staff Hiring and Retention DEIB Strategic Planning Taskforce that examined three (3) strategic questions. During the 2021-2022 academic year, the taskforce successfully conducted surveys, focus groups and benchmarking research resulting in twelve (12) key recommendations in a final report to the president and DEIB steering committee to consider.Served as a co-project manager that successfully identified, designed configured, implemented and delivered a new enterprise service management (ESM) for the Rollins College HR team. The implementation of a new ESM has significantly enabled many of our recent technology and service innovations.

Winter Park, Fl, Us

Provided hands-on planning, leadership and management of the College’s talent management functions including staffing, onboarding, training & development, performance management, employee engagement, leadership development, organizational effectiveness, immigration compliance, employee relations, leadership coaching and HR information systems management to enable the College to deliver an incredible employee experience.Successfully led and implemented talent acquisition and recruitment efforts to foster engagement, diversity, inclusion and belonging for staff and faculty. Leveraged social media, partnerships, branding and communication to engage diverse talent. Created and monitored analytics to inform recruitment, progress and process improvements. Designed, organized and successfully delivered multiple Leadership Academy programs for Rollins College staff members. Programming included interactive workshop instruction, teambuilding, self and peer assessments using multiple personality and behavioral style indicators (Leadership Practices Inventory®, Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument®, Everything DiSC Management Profile®, CCL Benchmarks® 360-Degree Leadership Profile), and individualized leadership coaching to enhance learning and relational skill building. At the request of the College president, co-chaired a strategic planning task force to examine current staff professional development opportunities and practices; generate recommendations for improving staff professional development in alignment with the College’s mission and strategic priorities; prepare a report to share with the President’s Cabinet offering our best thinking on this topic. During the 2018-2019 academic year, we conducted surveys, focus groups and benchmarking research culminating in a final report and presentation to the President's Cabinet. We recommended numerous program improvement strategies for the College to consider.

Winter Park, Fl, Us

Served as a credible and trusted thought partner for College stakeholders about HR best practices, employee relations, performance management, leadership development and legal issues. Provided advice and counsel as it relates to faculty and staff employment policies, presented innovative ideas and recruitment best practices to acquire, develop and retain outstanding diverse talent.Led a cross-functional project team to identify, design, implement and deliver a new solution for our campus on time and on budget. We selected a new unified talent management vendor, PageUp, to implement a new Software as a Service (SaaS) solution for recruitment and onboarding at Rollins College. As a result of our work, the HR team became more strategic and less administrative while helping hiring managers manage their searches more quickly and efficiently. The entire Rollins implementation project team was recognized with a Service Excellence Big WOW Award for their efforts to improve service delivery to applicants and hiring managers.Recipient of the 2015 CUPA-HR Southern Region Meritorious Service Award. The award recognizes an individual from each state chapter who has made significant contributions to the profession, their institutions, and/or their CUPA-HR chapters. A significant contribution may include something innovative, service oriented, or creative. Individuals are nominated by higher education HR colleagues.Nominated by five (5) Rollins College stakeholders for Workforce Magazine’s Game Changers Award Nominee in April 2015 The award recognizes high-potential young HR professionals, under the age of 40, who are making their mark.

Winter Park, Fl, Us

Successfully led efforts to position Rollins College as a top employer of choice. The Orlando Sentinel's Top 100 Companies for Working Families program honors companies that make family a top priority. A specialty award, The Employee Choice, is given to the company that has had the most impact on their employees. This award is measured by direct feedback and nominations from employees. In 2014, Rollins College was recognized with the Employee Choice Specialty Award. In partnership with our Staff Advisory Committee, I identified numerous employees who had stories that exemplified why Rollins College was a great place to work. I submitted the specialty award nomination on behalf of Rollins College. Played a key role in the implementation of the new Reviewsnap performance management system for employees, served as the secondary system administrator and lead trainer in our implementation to campus community.Recipient of the CUPA-HR FL State Chapter Leadership Recognition Award in September 2013. The award recognizes the dedicated service of a volunteer leader for the chapter. Demonstrated leadership on the state board of directors, committees and professionalism in the field of higher education human resource administration. Individuals are nominated by FL higher education HR colleagues.The Human Resources Department was recognized with the annual Service Excellence Department Award in May 2012. The award celebrates an entire department for their combined commitment to a culture of service excellence within their unit and at Rollins College.Recipient of the Rollins College You Are Remarkable Staff Recognition Award in April 2012. This award is a community recognition program designed to acknowledge employees who, outside of their job responsibilities, make a significant contribution to the College or welfare of others.

Winter Park, Fl, Us

Served as a senior HR generalist performing a variety of higher-level administrative, technical, analytical and service delivery functions in support of the College's HR programs and services. Successfully managed more complex leaves of absences and workers' compensation cases, conducted new employee orientations, handled employee relations cases and worked on various HRIS and technology projects.Served as a project manager for an Electronic Document Management System conversion project. Responsibilities included hiring and managing a temporary administrative assistant to audit and scan all existing staff and faculty personnel and benefit folders, retirees, disabled and terminated employee paper files into new electronic document management system, Nolijweb.Demonstrated strong support for our HR technology initiatives and played a key role in the daily operations of Kronos and PeopleAdmin systems; selected to serve in a key leadership role for the implementation and ongoing responsibility for our Nolijweb system; and led the team in the implementation of Adobe Mail-Merge Plug-in functionality used to streamline salary letters for employees.Served as the project manager for the HR Department Website Redesign project. Collaborated with Strategic Marketing Department to design, implement and successfully go live with the new website in December 2008.Maintained HR-related compliance for the College by overseeing criminal background checks, verifying I-9s, compiling HR metrics and data from a variety of sources including the human resource information system (HRIS) and payroll outputs, management and employee surveys, exit interviews, employment records, government labor statistics, and other sources.

Winter Park, Fl, Us

Served as a HR generalist performing a variety of administrative, technical, analytical and service delivery functions in support of the College's HR programs and services. Successfully managed leaves of absences and workers' compensation cases, conducted new employee orientations and worked on various technology projects.Managed full cycle staff recruitment processes including but not limited to: job posting and advertising, pre-employment screening, scheduling candidates for interviews, processing background checks, benefit overviews, job offers and employee onboarding.Developed in-depth knowledge and skill in various HR functions, in addition to growing knowledge in HR policies, procedures, and legal requirements to provide quality HR guidance to employees and managers.In collaboration with the HR Director, developed and incorporated new means and methods for tracking and evaluating our HR departmental activities and services as part of the College’s strategic planning process. I was actively involved in this initiative, especially in the staffing, worker's compensation, leave administration and technology management areas.Played a key role in the implementation of the new Kronos Workforce web-based payroll time reporting system for all non-exempt and student employees, served as the secondary system administrator and lead trainer in our implementation to campus community.Successfully assisted with the implementation of a new web-based benefits open enrollment process, helped distribute new total compensation statements to all regular employees; assisted with the administration of the annual merit increase program and heavy volume of appointment changes throughout the year; staffed numerous position vacancies; administered numerous leaves and workers compensation cases; and ranked for the first time by the Orlando Sentinel as one of central Florida's Top 25 Family Friendly employers.

Winter Park, Fl, Us

Coaching and mentoring high potential MBA students in confidential one-on-one coaching sessions, both in-person and virtually.Students complete assessments like MBTI, DiSC and Birkman Method Questionnaire, along with a leadership development plan, which are used to assist students in actualizing their desired leadership goals. My coaching clients are from diverse backgrounds who work in a variety of industries (technology, healthcare, consulting, sales, education, hospitality, and non-profit) locally and nationally.

Burbank, Ca, Us

As a member of the inaugural Interview Partner team, I provided high school and college students with professional telephone interviews for the Walt Disney World College Program in Florida and the Disneyland CareerStart Program in California.Conducted high-volume interviews in multiple time zones, provided recommendations for hiring decisions, role placement and work location assignments while delivering exceptional guest service within a virtual environment.Partnered with the College Recruiting team to achieve success in meeting and exceeding recruitment goals, performing administrative duties, working on miscellaneous projects, and training as needed.

Munich, De

Responsible for the day-to-day HR operations, counsel and strategic initiatives for the Power Generation - Gas Turbine Group. Administered programs and services in recruitment, compensation, benefits administration, EEO, training, employee and labor relations, employee communications, safety, project management and international HR. Supported approximately 100 managers and 2,500 employees across North America.Served as strategic business partner and employee advocate to help develop an improved performance management program to better assess growth, guide corrective measures, and assure timely and accuracy in the annual review process.Served on an implementation project team responsible for deploying a new web-based HR salary planning tool to managers. The annual salary planning process for the Gas Turbine Group was successfully completed on-time and under budget.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Collaborated with Director of Global Sourcing & Analysis within the People Strategy Organization to cold-call, source and cultivate active talent pipelines of interested and qualified candidates for New Delhi, India and Toronto, Canada. Positions included project managers, programmers, engineers, technical architects, creative and user experience (UX). Special project work involved extensive research and competitive analysis on Indian and Canadian markets. Selected by executive leadership team to travel and assist with opening a new office location in India. I organized multiple hiring events and presentations with local universities resulting in 60% of new employees for New Delhi office.Served on cross-functional project team that successfully consolidated 200+ position descriptions and helped implement new e-HR recruiting tools across the global organization.Nominated by multiple internal stakeholders for Annual Founder’s Award.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Served as a member of the college hiring team that implemented and executed new and innovative campus recruitment and marketing strategies for 70+ colleges and universities across North America.Managed a portfolio of 15 strategic campuses throughout the year with heavy travel during college recruiting season. Organized and attended high volume campus recruiting events such as career fairs, information sessions, presentations, on-campus interviews and networking events. Proactively built and cultivated positive relationships with college career services departments, faculty, and student organizations.Successfully built and maintained a diverse candidate pipeline from target universities and student groups, developed effective sourcing strategies, assessed candidate qualifications and conducted high volume interviews. Maintained recruitment tracking databases for statistical analysis on all campus hires, yield ratios, conversions, branding ROI, and onboarding effectiveness for North American office locations.Served on a cross-functional project team that created, designed and hosted multiple two-day, in-house campus hiring events called “Sapient Unplugged Weekends” in Cambridge, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. Event highlights included: 700+ candidates, 2,100+ interviews, 12 rounds of the Sapient Jam Sessions, 16,000+ conversations about revolutionizing the world., 25,000 “Red Hots”, 400lbs of Green Jell-O an ONE unforgettable candidate experience!Nominated by Manager for Annual Hiring Team Member of the Year Award recognition.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Managed the employee experience and onboarding activities for a team of five (5) technical recruiters. Planned, scheduled, and successfully coordinated 25+ large hiring events resulting in 90% of quarterly hires for Atlanta, GA and Washington DC offices. Served as a project team leader to implement a new “Quality Start Process” for all North America offices that enhanced the new employee onboarding experience.Facilitated competency-based interview training sessions for hiring managers and interviewers in the Atlanta, GA and Washington DC offices.

Woonsocket, Ri, Us

Coordinated focus groups and weekly employee meetings with strong emphasis on change management initiatives, facilitated new hire orientations and sexual harassment training for non-exempt employees.Developed HR communication pieces for multiple distribution center locations with 1000+ employees.Assisted the HR Assistant team with completing new hire paperwork, benefits enrollments, and reconciling weekly ADP payroll timecards using Kronos.Shadowed and assisted HR Manager with employee relation matters like performance problems, progressive discipline, workplace culture, and terminations for cause.

Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Us

The Campus Rep Program was designed as an extension of the College Recruiting Marketing & Communications Team to raise awareness and support of the Walt Disney World College Program. As the lead MarketEAR in promoting the Walt Disney World College Program on campus, I developed skills in the areas of marketing, promotions, and public relations.Helped spread the MAGIC on campus about the opportunities that exist within the Disney College Program by sharing personal stories about my Disney work experiences. Developed a MarketEARing plan for my campus and submitted a report each semester to the College Recruiting Marketing & Communications Team highlighting my programming updates and accomplishments.Organized and executed promotional strategies around campus to promote the benefits of the program experience. Gave multiple presentations to faculty, classes and student organizations around campus. Partnered with Career Services Office to assist in my outreach efforts.Served as team leader for the Bryant University’s College Program Alumni Association and maintained the program at my institution. Organized semester end “send off” celebration for new College Program participants at Bryant University.

Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Us

The Advanced Internship Program was a one-of-a-kind, paid internship experience for college students from all majors and backgrounds that gave me the opportunity to gain career related work experience in a Fortune 100 company. I was one of ten (10) students selected from 500+ applicants nationally for this highly competitive position.Greeted 100+ walk-in applicants daily in the lobby of The Walt Disney World Casting Center. Helped applicants complete applications and pre-employment assessments, scheduled interviews with recruiters and answered high-volume employment questions from internal and external guests. Collaborated with Casting Employment Assistant Team to answer and assist over 1,000 calls per day on highly publicized Walt Disney World Jobline.Completed new cast member onboarding paperwork, scheduled Traditions classes and coordinated with area training coordinators in the parks and resorts to schedule onboarding activities. Facilitated onboarding classes to educate new cast members about company policies, procedures, benefits and perks.Selected to collaborate with the Walt Disney World PC/LAN Department to cascade training materials, coordinate training classes and share and helpful technology tips to team members.Established a new Mentor Program for Employment Assistant Team to promote personal and career development for other Walt Disney World College Program interns.Helped organize a team from Casting to volunteer at The Global Celebration: Fantasyland 5K Spin. This was a charity event where participants rode Fantasyland attractions for a total of 5 kilometers.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Assisted team of three (3) IT recruiters in development of recruiting strategies, assessing job specifications, and skill requirements for technical and project management roles.Helped team to screen and hire 100% of its quarterly hiring targets by establishing new relationships withagencies and utilizing creative sourcing techniques to target the best candidates.Planned, scheduled, and facilitated the “Bring Your Daughters to Work Day” events for 150+ participants.

Smithfield, Ri, Us

Scheduled and coordinated campus career fairs, corporate information sessions, and on-campus interview days for the Career Services Office. Maintained records of all on-campus-recruiting activities, career resources library, and managed operations of our comprehensive on and off-campus internship program.Met with various student organizations to educate them about career service offerings and disseminated career placement-related information to students and corporate recruiters.Featured in an article titled, “Dream…Just Make Sure You Stay Awake!” from the New EnglandAssociation for Cooperative Education and Field Experience (NEACEFE).

Orlando, Fl, Us

Selected by Regional Director to assist the opening team at the first freestanding Disney Store and Walt Disney Gallery location in Natick, MA. The new location generated over $26,000 in business on grand opening day.Selected by store manager to assist management team with conducting applicant interviews, onboarding and training of new cast members.As part of Disney’s VoluntEARS Program, I coordinated and organized two (2) volunteer opportunities for cast members at my store location. We completed service projects at The Amos Homeless Shelter and Family Fun Night at the Boys & Girls Club.Authored a quarterly newsletter called, "Mouse Tracks", for the cast members of the store. It served as a fun way to share company news, trivia and recognize fellow cast members. I was recognized by management with a Teamwork Award for my efforts.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration, Management & Computer Information Systems

Diversity, Equity And Inclusion In The Workplace Certificate

Human Resources Management Certificate

Disc Trainer Certification