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United States

Illinois, United States

Partner with internal and external stakeholders to acquire the top talent in a fast-paced, care-focused work environment while delivering an exceptional hiringand onboarding experience to internal and external stakeholders. Formulate recruitment strategies and campaigns independently and with a team to anticipatehiring needs in a volatile market. Build diverse pipelines for recruitment through community relations, higher education, internal promotions, employeereferrals, and third-party sourcing. Identify barriers the organization faces in hiring top talent and collaborate with appropriate personnel to resolve. Evaluateapplicants swiftly and usher applicants through full-cycle recruitment. Build trust and effectively communicate with hiring managers and other key internalstakeholders. Coach hiring managers through screening, candidate relations, and onboarding communications to mitigate turnover and candidate loss. Collectfeedback from managers and new staff to continuously optimize the hiring experience for internal and external parties.

Marion, Illinois, United States

Spearhead full cycle recruitment and HR efforts for six dealerships, multiple entertainment facilities, golf course, and aviation company. Manage public perception as an employer and create brand vision and materials to attract talent to businesses. Mobilize a pool of qualified candidates for full-time, part-time, contracted, and event-based positions. Proactively collaborate with hiring managers and ownership to anticipate needs of a rapidly growing business. Serve as a subject matter expert during transition to HCM system. Partnered with local businesses to create external recruiting opportunities through uncertain times. Formulate creative solutions for the recruitment of specialized positions through networking, apprentice positions, and workforce development.

Marion, Illinois

Evaluated athlete’s skill level, created and ran dynamic practices for 5-18-year old’s

Marion, Il

Design and execute strategies for the full cycle recruitment of all operations positions (entry level, technical, management, and executive), collaborate with management to develop employees through internal promotions. Create initiatives to support employee retention through safe work environment, safety quality meetings, various training programs, and apprenticeships. Ensure activities are in compliance with all state and federal employment laws. Assist leadership in dynamic evaluations of all employees, cultivate strategic relationships with management and customers to fill niche positions, curate communication strategies to effectively relay messages to over 1,000 employees. * Tasked with facilitating Manager Training Program & On-boarding Processes

Marion, Illinois

Evaluated athlete’s skill level, created and ran dynamic practices for 5-18-year old’s, managed a staff of three to four assistants & team of over 140 swimmers, created a strategic and competitive lineup. Communicated with parents, board members, assistants, and swimmers to create a cohesive, winning, team.*Team broke three Marion Marlin’s records, and one Southern Illinois Swim League record*Improved the team from fourth place to first place in the Southern Illinois Swim League *Doubled size of team in four seasons at the helm*Lead the team to the Southern Illinois Swim League Sportsmanship Award for the 2017 & 2018 seasons

Marion, Illinois

Oversaw facility’s daily operations, created sales reports, handled bank deposits, and solved customer service concerns. Scheduled lessons, pool parties, camps, and other events. Maintained clean facility, balanced pool chemicals, cared for minor wounds, monitored patrons, and taught water safety practices. * Oversaw facility cleaning - score of 10/10 BCHD* Assisted party & lesson sales increase by 25%

Marion, Illinois

Evaluated current social media, assessed goals of board of commissioners, made appropriate objectives, and created a successful campaign to raise engagement and awareness of parks. Used strong verbal, written, interpersonal, and electronic communication skills to develop relationships with media and stakeholders. Created original digital/print content, and social media guides/posting schedule. Attended board meetings, presented detailed written and oral reports on campaign metrics. * Increased Followership by 43% * Doubled Engagement

Marion, Illinois

Insuring safety, and providing experienced skill set that ranges from learning the basics, to competitive strokes and refining the meticulous details of swimming, starts, and turns. Provided lessons seasonally since 2014.

Charleston, Illinois

Built and ran media platforms with original content, collaborated with EIU Athletics digital media staff, social media guide and schedule, and consolidating team communication to GroupMe. Assisted coaches in recruiting, creating visit itineraries, hosting recruits, and introducing them to the program and university. Extensive use of Microsoft Office. * Tripled Engagement * Doubled Followership

Bachelor'S Degree, Public Relations, Advertising, And Applied Communication

Activities and Societies: Swimming,

High School

Activities and Societies: Friends in Christ, Latin Club, Library Club, Scholar Bowl, Model United Nations, Swimming, BandLead and achieved.