Holly Morris Email and Phone Number

Hawthorne Animal Hospital is a mid-size, full-service animal hospital, open 24/7 for pets' needs. My responsibilities as the HR Director include the following:•Create and maintain standardized processes for the following HR activities: labor relations, employment law compliance and training, payroll, employee benefits, worker’s compensation, FMLA, discipline, termination, unemployment, and more•Develop, administer, and analyze employee surveys to initiate problem-solving solutions •Bring organizational culture (Success Factors) to the forefront of the operation and craft formal employee recognition program which enforced Success Factors and positive behavior•Head recruitment and selection endeavors by creating an interview process consisting of skills matrices, semi-structured interview guides, and a working interview involving work samples•Enhance onboarding/orientation to deliver proper training and experiences to support a comfortable career transition •Advance and manage performance management process while maximizing coaching initiatives •Manage and improve training initiatives: in-house training video library, wet labs, hands-on demonstration matrices, lunch & learns, introspective training techniques, and further experiential techniques•Design, develop, and deliver experience-based leadership development program for various levels of leaders •Formulate company policies and update employee handbook to ensure employee equity•Conduct job analysis to provide role clarity and set expectations for all roles within the organization yearly•Overhaul externship program providing Hawthorne with high-level extern candidates – recruitment asset

•RABO AGRIFINANCE: Training Specialist – St. Louis, MO Provides financial services for agricultural producers and agribusiness in the United States. 2008 oCreated DiSC profiles and summary profiles oDeveloped succession planning profiles oProvided solution to update metrics tracking for employee development training •FUNCTIONAL FITNESS STL: Org Effectiveness Consultant - St. Louis, MO oDeveloped, administered, and analyzed client survey oDesigned program to assist with owner’s process consistency oSimilar to onboarding manual for new hires, but used for new clients•MADISON COUNTY PROBATION OFFICE: Org Effectiveness Consultant - Edwardsville, IL oDeveloped, administered, and analyzed results of client (drug and alcohol users) satisfaction survey oFormulated recommendations such as utilizing Industrial/Organizational interns to help follow through with the ensuing recommendations: utilize exit interview templates developed for dropouts, provide a realistic job preview to clients illustrating what the program is truly like, create testimonials of success stories, and transition the current sponsor program into a formalized mentorship program •SIUe OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL COMPLIANCE: Training Specialist – Edwardsville, IL oDeveloped training objectives for employment law update training oEvaluated training utilizing three of Kirkpatrick’s levels: reaction, learning, and behavior oPresented recommendations and example materials such as a new format for the training sessions, formal training evaluations, questions cards, and the layout for a Law Update Board Game •NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC.: Human Resource Generalist – Granite City, IL oPerformed job analysis to update job description of the Administrator role which runs the business oPresented results to New Opportunities Inc. board of directors

I completed the Industrial/Organizational psychology Master's program at SIUE and have had the pleasure to work with several organizations in an applied setting which can be viewed below.St. Louis Organization Development Network, Member and Volunteer, 2012-PresentGateway Industrial-Organizational Psychologists, Member 2012-PresentSociety for Industrial Organizational Psychology, Member, 2012-present Society for Organizational Health Psychology, Member, 2012-present

•Configured qualitative data•Created database for qualitative data•Analyzed qualitative data•Reported findings to Village Board and Mayor of Glen Carbon•Provided input and made decisions regarding overall project

•Researched employee selection tests and developed a testing strategy•Developed a procedures manual for the selection process•Interviewed current employees•Developed job descriptions through use of O*NET profiles, designed a job analysis, and created a situational judgment test•Administered the Wonderlic Cognitive Ability test, the Wonderlic Personality test, a situational judgment test, and the WAIS-IV to prospective employees•Analyzed test results and created a test summary for prospective employees•Improved job application and developed and standardized selection procedure