Karly D. Thomas, Shrm-Scp, Mam Email & Phone Number

Austin, TX, US

Round Rock, Texas, US

• Deployed LATAM and Canada’s UR hiring strategy as a strategic support for intern recruitment and FTE conversion delivering objective mentoring to program participants and counseling business champions on program.
• Primary point of contact for program management and escalation regarding LATAM and Canada UR hiring including triaging regional inquiries, establishing strategic in-region partnerships, and developing comprehensive.
• Synthesized research on compensation challenges, insights from university partners, and competitor hiring trends to create regional UR hiring playbooks and streamline the UR process; Increased LATAM UR attainment from.
• Socialized and promoted the creation of DTIS alumni community to better engage full-time alumni and mentor incoming DTIS scholars (DTIS is Dell’s Intern-to-Full Time program for premier, underrepresented US talent.

Round Rock, Texas, US

• Ideated and executed inclusion and culture strategy within Global Operations’ (GO) talent strategy to support the growth and equitable development of 7K+ GO team members. Change agent advising on equity in all areas of.
• Analyzed employee data to identify at-risk demographic trends and provide recommendations to business and HR leaders regarding effective interventions to address underrepresented talent and partner with the business.
• Strategist responsibilities expanded to support over 80K team members across 3 business units in Product & Operations (P&O) also becoming a strategic partner and dotted line support to the Culture, Diversity, &.
• Facilitated more than 60 leader enablement activities related to CD&I including consulting, data analysis, and insight creation to further promote Dell’s culture and inclusion best practices and augment employee.
• Implemented talent visibility program to identify and elevate 39 high potential, underrepresented team members enabling critical connections to key business leaders and further integrating CD&I principles into.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

• Partnered with C-Suite executives to establish global, cross-functional DEI council of executive leaders to represent respective groups and led employee needs assessments for the creation of a DEI Champion model..
• Designed and implemented a global, 6-module, 12 week "Belonging in Action" pilot DEI learning experience to 150 senior leaders and HRBPs to root a culture of belonging into the organization and accomplish companywide.
• Co-developed global, foundational training with Global L&D and Organizational Design focused on mitigating bias in recruitment and promotion decisions while establishing DEIB metrics to inform and influence strategic.
• Strategize with Talent Acquisition on DEI best practices, developing training around removing bias from talent management processes, educating recruiters on DEI best practices for nontraditional talent, and consulting.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

• Led global, matrixed team of four to effectively manage seven development programs; strengthened program data quality and analytics by creating more thorough evaluation surveys based on newly established learning.
• Collaborated with Sales recruiters and hiring managers on sales candidate recruitment, onboarding, and training experience to reduce inefficiencies in recruitment and onboarding processes as well as reducing time to.
• Implemented 800+ hours of classroom training per fiscal year for 6 distinct training programs establishing relationships across sales and marketing to develop content for new people managers and Sales hires.
• Operated as a Trusted Advisor providing coaching recommendations for over 200 Sales new hires to executive Sales leadership based on their business's growth and development needs; implemented solutions limiting.
• Managed Learning Group’s full cycle project and program implementation for leadership and functional excellence topics as well as professional development courses.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

• Provided day-to-day performance management and guidance to client group leadership including leadership coaching, career counseling and development, disciplinary actions, and investigations in partnership with the.
• Assisted with processing employee changes, terminations, and conducting exit interviews providing expert advisory and leadership training on employment laws and advice to leadership on associated risks and implications.
• Supported 550+ employees in Engineering and Sales and 2 Product teams influencing STEM client groups to reduce inefficiencies in the recruitment leading to 27% increase in candidate experience and reduced time to fill.
• Identified trends within employee relations, internal transfers, performance management, and employee exit data to proactively make recommendations to leadership regarding corrective actions to address talent concerns.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

• Joined Steelcase's 1st global, DEI-dedicated team consisting of 3 DEI SMEs to perform needs analysis and strategically plan and implement our global DEI strategy; regularly communicated DEI-related statistics.
• Consulted and collaborated with Talent Acquisition and C-Suite executives to develop diversity recruitment strategies for traditional and non-traditional talent pipelines (e.g. veterans, parents returning to.
• Led project management and co-facilitated in-person focus groups to 600+ employees globally to gain insight and understanding of DEI in the global employee experience; created a global strategy to address challenges.
• Achieved a 78% increase in diversity of early career pipeline via a strategic outreach strategy to HBCUs and diverse student groups to increase underrepresented talent and gender diversity in hiring.

Dallas, TX, US

• Participated in AT&T's entry-level business sales leadership development program, managing a $10MM territory and leading team to uncover sales opportunity worth $300K of initial revenue for the company.
• Conducted 20+ sales calls daily on key retention and acquisition accounts, resulting in 31% response rate; analyzed and presented process improvement solutions based on industry research for client buy-in and.
• Gained technical proficiency and maintained accounts by managing client specific data in CRM platforms and provided goal-setting solutions within ambiguous, consultative, and client-serviced environments.

• Worked directly with the District Attorneys in order to review 50+ case files and identify possible areas of litigation for the defense; maintained confidential jury selection database with more than 450 entries and.
• Evaluated and prepared client-related information, serving as a victims' advocate, and built relationships with case victims in order to establish trust and build rapport during the legal process.

• Became a student leader by working closely with others to have open, non-judgmental conversations about personal matters that may adversely affect health and safety by following HIPAA confidentiality guidelines.

Thomasville, GA, US

• Studied EEO claims & analyzed Labor Relations policies and practices at a Flowers Foods manufacturing plant and their corporate office with union and non-union employees.
• Acquired experience with corporate law practices for mergers and acquisitions when Flowers purchased Tasty Baking Company for approximately $175 MM.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology

Master'S Degree, Business Management