Heather Savage, Ms (Hrm) Email & Phone Number

Freeburg, IL, US

Midwest Region

• Responsible for the recruitment of all openings for five companies in a 17 state region including but not limited to: Information Technology, Corporate Professional, and Executive Leadership positions.
• Worked with Field Operations to develop the process for new acquisitions as the Midwest Region had the largest number of new accounts in the company with 10 new accounts in six months.
• Traveled to sites as needed within region to provide support, set-up/attend career fairs, and orient new team members.
• Negotiated contract terms for all contingent staff prior to implementation of Vendor Management System.
• Mentored/Coached new recruiters on time management skills, leadership interaction, and compensation conversations with potential new hires.
• National Instructor for Leadership/Management Training and Targeted Selection Interview Training

Greater St. Louis Area

• Winner of 2015 HealthSouth Leadership Award for Recruitment
• Worked with Director of Therapy Operations and Chief Financial Officer to develop and implement a four-step, $1.2 million market adjustment for our team of 75 therapists that would move them to the appropriate pay.
• Restructured On-Boarding Process for Employees: Decreased RN and CNA Turnover by 50% for Two Consecutive Years.
• Worked with Chief Nursing Officer to build a residency program for newly graduated nurses that helps them during their first year to make a successful transition from school to work. Increased new grad Registered Nurse.
• Branched residency program out in second year to include newly graduated CNAs and therapists and those clinicians new to the rehabilitation setting. Decreased CNA turnover by 50%, therapist turnover by 10%, and.
• Manage all aspects of compensation; including annual merit increases, tracking market changes, and recommendation for internal salary adjustments to allow competitive recruitment.

• Selected to be one of 125 Employee Engagement Champions which included attending an offsite three-day seminar to learn the program, organizing a comparable onsite seminar to train the second generation of champions.
• Headed up the Regulatory Prep Committee which consisted of all disciplines within the hospital that functioned under any regulatory requirement; this committee ensured that all regulatory requirements were met either.
• Utilized a computer-based learning program (HealthStream) to encompass a portion of regulatory, hospital specific, department specific, and position specific requirements through the modification of pre-constructed.
• Investigated employee complaints and issues; partnered with leadership to construct creative solutions when necessary to protect patient care, hospital needs, and employee engagement
• Co-Lead the RN Residency Committee with the RN Residency Coordinator to ensure recruitment, on-boarding, training and development, and all regulatory requirements were met; developed a new recruitment process that.
• Managed a team of 12 through several organizational and process changes over the course of 10 months.

Master’S Degree, Business And Human Resource Management, 4.0 Gpa

Bachelor’S Degree, Biology, General, 3.5 Gpa