J. R. Hughes Email & Phone Number

Dallas, TX, US

Katy, Texas, United States

Garland, Texas

• Manage relationships with the Treasury & Securities Services Management Team in the Dallas market by assessing, recommending, and reviewing training solutions and instructional strategies to optimize business performance
• Design and develop comprehensive and customized skills training curriculums and utilize alternate delivery options to meet the needs of the business
• Create lessons, exercises and supporting materials for new skills training programs and major revisions to existing programs
• Serve as the subject matter expert for assigned projects, including development of the overall training strategy, planning of training activities and maintaining training calendar
• Coach line of business subject matter experts to deliver "just in time" training that requires depth of knowledge in business specific areas
• Develop and conduct evaluations to ensure knowledge transfer, and on-the-job application of skills learned

• Drove the recruitment process by evaluating, interviewing, and presenting qualified candidates to hiring managers, providing regular progress updates throughout the process, and ensuring candidate decisions were made.
• Proactively offered staffing solutions, participating in client meetings, consulting with managers on hiring process, managing expectations, and negotiating deliverables (e.g., timing)
• Creatively sourced qualified candidates through a wide variety of channels (applicant tracking system, direct sourcing, internet, employee referrals, community involvement, job fairs, etc.)
• Generated staffing reports using knowledge of HRIS (i.e. PeopleSoft, Profile, WEBI, etc.) as necessary, and managed various other special projects

• Managed Staffing Operations for 5 sites in the Texas region by communicating consistent and compelling messages and providing training to staff regarding technology products, services, processes, and procedures to.
• Contributed to JobConnect (Taleo) Training and Project Management team by: creating marketing and communication materials, delivering instructor-led training, designing web-based training products with vendor, testing.
• Participated on Onboarding Six Sigma project team to engineer a straight through processing onboarding tool by: testing technology, designing and facilitating virtual training, and creating marketing and communication.
• Supported various merger integration teams by: presenting demonstration to market and “sell” JobConnect and STP technology to Bank One recruiters, gathering benchmarking data on orientation practices across industries.

• Completed all paying and receiving transactions for customers
• Facilitated meetings to branch staff
• Trained new Client Associates in daily branch operations

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Educational Leadership

B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies

Cum Laude