HR professional with comprehensive experience in the following areas: Training, Safety, Risk Management, Workers' Compensation, Performance Evaluation, Employee Relations, Benefit Administration, Emergency Preparedness, New-Employee Orientation.

A healthcare provider specializing in rehabilitation and long-term care. Lakeland operates sub-acute and residential programs and employs over 250 employees.Responsible for all facets of Human Resources administration. Manage HR buget totaling more than $750,000. Chair Safety Committee to proactively address worker's compensation issues. Efforts resulted in dividend checks from worker's compensation carrier totaling more than $50,000 during a 3-year period. Streamlined Annual Refresher Program for 175 staff members by creating a new format and developing a comprehensive study guide. Positive results included greater efficiency and enhanced participant satisfaction. Planned, organized and directed a successful full-scale building evcuation drill involving 100 employees and 80 patients.Specialties: Employee development and evaluation, interviewing, training, continuous quality improvement, benefit administration, risk management, safety and worker's compensation management.

Provided outplacement services for General Motors, Consumers Power, Williams International, and Sinai Hospital employees. Conducted Job Search Skills Workshops, training clients in professional techniques and technical aspects of Resume' writing, Networking, Interviewing, and Skills identification.

Human Resources Generalist responsible for hourly employment activities. Screened, interviewed, selected and hired hourly personnel. Monitored and maintained staffing levels consistent with production needs. Conducted orientation for new employees.