Kathy Benson, M.A. Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Responsible for recruiting, onboarding, compensation, performance management, compliance, offboarding, employee development, employee engagement, diversity, and organizational design.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Ashburn, VA

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Mclean, Virginia, United States

MetiStream™ (www.metistream.com) helps healthcare organizations maximize the use of their data assets to improve patient outcomes, decrease risks and accelerate healthcare discoveries. Ember™, our SaaS-based interactive healthcare analytics platform, uses advanced AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and machine learning to enrich and unify all.

Falls Church, VA

• Responsible for fast-paced, full life-cycle IT recruiting. Worked in close partnership with all levels of management, including CIO, to fill openings in IT Operations, Business Applications, and Cybersecurity.
• Managed full life-cycle recruitment for 20-40 requisitions simultaneously, resulting in 4-10 hires per month. This included developing job postings, creative sourcing, screening/interviewing, building relationships.
• Routinely met with management to identify/clarify hiring specifications, ensure accurate and detailed job descriptions, and develop compelling job postings to attract candidates.
• Conducted detailed, up-to-date compensation analyses to ensure competitive positioning in market while maintaining internal equity.
• Spearheaded and redirected a variety of search techniques based on data analysis of recruiting efforts, including LinkedIn, DICE, Indeed, IT Hiring Events, Glassdoor, Meetups, employee referrals, user groups, H1B.
• Ensured fair and consistent HR and management practices for entire hiring process and employee relations.

Reston, Virginia, United States

• Responsible for full life-cycle recruiting and employee relations for satellite office in Reston. Worked directly with senior technical executive of office and direct management to continuously improve recruiting.
• Partnered with senior management to translate business needs into actionable recruiting initiatives.
• Managed full life-cycle recruitment process for 10-15 requisitions, simultaneously resulting in 4-5 hires per month. This included creating postings, sourcing, screening/interviewing, and building relationships to hire.
• Routinely met with management to identify/clarify hiring specifications, ensure accurate and detailed job descriptions, and develop compelling job postings to attract candidates.
• Spearheaded and redirected a variety of search techniques based on data analysis of recruiting efforts, including LinkedIn, DICE, Indeed, Glassdoor, referrals, and meetups.
• Ensured fair and consistent HR and management practices for entire hiring process and employee relations.

Reston, Virginia, United States

• Responsible for full life-cycle recruiting and employee relations for companies. Positions included technical, management, and administrative roles. America Online, Inc. (AOL) and Price Waterhouse Coopers were largest.
• Managed full life-cycle recruitment process for 25-30 requisitions simultaneously resulting in 1-2 hires per week. This included creating postings, sourcing, screening, managing applicant tracking and reference checking.
• Routinely met with management to identify/clarify hiring specifications, ensure accurate and detailed job descriptions, and develop compelling job postings to attract candidates.
• Ensured fair and consistent HR and management practices for entire hiring process and employee relations.
• Mediated/facilitated conflict resolution for employee issues and guided management through performance reviews.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Responsible for full life-cycle recruiting for management change positions. Worked directly with senior level management to ensure results and exceeding expectations.

Mclean, VA

• Promoted to fulfill a broad range of HR functions, specializing in recruiting employees, overseeing disciplinary action and managing HR records while resolving management/employee conflicts, guiding performance-related.
• Led team of 4 HR Generalists, including a remote employee at call center in Florida, to meet recruiting and employee relations objectives.
• Worked in partnership with HR Director to create, implement, and manage improved HR strategies, services, and programs to support workforce.
• Partnered with senior executives to meet their recruiting and employee relations business needs, including IT, management, finance, sales/business development, and administration.
• Managed full life-cycle recruiting including recruitment strategy, candidate selection, compensation recommendations and offer presentation.
• Spearheaded first job-fair at spinoff company and successfully hired several employees as a result.

Falls Church, VA

• Served as computer trainer for company. Assessed, designed, developed and delivered training at all levels of staff, including Senators and Congressmen for both US Senate and US House of Representatives in DC and.
• Planned, organized and developed training materials that met specific needs for new hires and existing customers.
• Conducted classroom and field training for new hires and existing customers.
• Provided technical and customer service support both on-site and over the phone to customers.
• Acted as intermediary between end users and software development teams identifying opportunities for improving software, systems and users’ skill level.
• Monitor training expenses to meet department budgets.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Human Resources Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Business Administration, Cum Laude