Kim Benton Email & Phone Number

United States

1) Act as a trusted partner to our business on our people strategy, partnering across the business on...📈Employee Engagement: keep the pulse on team sentiment, address concerns in real-time, focus on internal comms/events, & executing on action plans to increase regional eNPS scores💸Compensation Inputs: provide meaningful inputs on compensation within the region based on ongoing market research & industry bench-marking, ensuring consistency with our global practices👩🏽‍⚕️Employee Benefits: review & recommend changes with respect to regional employee benefits2) Help unlock employee potential and growth...📋Employee & Manager Onboarding: reinforcement of people-related policies, coach managers on people-related topics🤝🏻 Employee Relations: handle all Performance Improvement Plans, Absenteeism, Leave Management, Investigations, Exits, etc. 🏆Culture of Recognition: encouraging team members to integrate a culture of recognition into the way we work on an ongoing basis by leveraging Silent Hero Nominations, #values-nominations, Spot Bonus utilization, etc.⏰Employment Confirmations: facilitate probation confirmation, drive early interventions ☑️Employee Offboarding & Exit Interviews: ensure smooth offboarding process, analyze & address trends in exit interview feedback3) Build a high-performance culture...🪧Enabling Career Growth: competency mapping, career paths, learning opportunities, access internal mobility opportunities (leveraging lateral move data output from Performance Review Cycle)🥇Effective Performance Management: includes increased clarity around goal setting and expectations at each level through regular 1:1s and reviews, ongoing feedback mechanisms, Total Rewards tied to a pay-for-performance philosophy (promotions, merit increments, market adjustments, stock grants), rewards & recognition 👏🏻Talent Management: driving retention, creation of mentoring opportunities, succession planning

United States

My role is to partner with hiring managers to define candidate requirements, work on job descriptions, and sourcing strategies to identify talent. I work to move candidates through our process as smoothly and efficiently as possible to ensure a positive experience. I also facilitate offer negotiation and help to get onboarding started in BambooHR. I work on a blend of roles from Marketing and Sales to Finance, Legal, and Engineering. In addition, I have worked with our C-suite to fill important leadership roles. Day to day, I use tools like Greenhouse, GEM, BambooHR and LinkedIn Recruiter to build pipeline and cadences to reach out to ideal candidates. When I am not recruiting, you can find me helping out with process improvement projects like creating CBI interview question guides, working on technology implementations and onboarding the team, intake templates, supporting my team as the lead and removing blockers for them, and other ad hoc projects with the wider People team. I am comfortable handling all aspects of communication from challenging conversations with hiring managers, to being an empathetic leader for my team and supporting their needs, while pushing them to be the best version of themselves.

Houston, Texas, United States

Responsible for the full life-cycle recruitment process. I work with Finance weekly to conduct headcount reviews to ascertain proper budgeting for open positions, and to stay abreast of the maximum budgets for backfills/add new requests. I liaise with hiring managers to qualify positions and give my expertise on the job market in the process, verify deliverables, refine job descriptions, and facilitate interviews. I use Taleo (ATS) and LinkedIn Recruiter to track and manage the pipeline for both active and passive candidates for 20-40+ requisitions, technical and non-technical. I partner with key stakeholders to ensure proper HR protocols are followed when interviewing candidates. In addition, I have participated in a full career page revamp, assisting Marketing with the design and layout of our webpage to attract more talent, I have also created a “Hiring Manager Playbook” within 2 months of joining the company which details the entire recruitment workflow, interview “dos and don’ts” , competency-based interviewing techniques (CBI) and the “STAR” method, manage Glassdoor branding and updates, and getting job description templates up to the current branding as side projects to make sure to promote the proper brand image. Key Achievements:Refined the recruitment process by providing a new guide and training materials for hiring managersCreated templates for the recruitment function to standardize the process (recruiting cover sheets, intake session templates, standard job description templates, feedback templates, etc.)Consistently achieved a time to fill of less than 30 days on averageTypes of roles worked: Security Analysts, Security Engineers, Software Engineers (Erlang, Python, Golang, C/C++, C#/.NET, Java), Support Analysts, Project Managers, Product Managers, Implementation Engineers, Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, Legal, Finance, Executive-level, etc.

Austin, Texas

Gemalto was acquired by THALES in April 2019.Delivered subject matter expertise in managing full cycle recruiting for multiple complex roles (high volume), created innovative sourcing strategies and engagement like VideoMyJob to identify potential resources. Developed and implemented research strategies for talent pooling, while coordinating with recruiting team members. Monitor and identify system inefficiencies and defects while successfully engaging and supporting key stakeholders through all phases of the staffing projects and collaborating with HR business partners. Established and maintained robust relationships with school staff, faculty members, career services representatives, student outreach contacts for university recruitment. Organized and executed campus events representing employment brand, while mentoring appropriate business representatives/volunteers. Managed job application and candidate life-cycle, hire and onboarding processes, business processes, and custom reports.Key Achievements:Ensured data integrity of recruiting reports and applicant tracking in Workday and Kanban lean board.Met and exceeded organizational recruitment goals and objectives using Lean methodology and Workday Recruiting module.Increased stakeholders’ satisfaction by managing pipeline activity and maintaining data integrity, and proactively sharing data-centric updates with internal stakeholders.Accomplished targeted profile needs by developing and deploying comprehensive sourcing plans and analyzing requirements.Types of roles worked: Software Engineers (C/C++, Python, Java, C#/.NET, UI/UX, Perl, etc.), Opto-Mechanical Engineers, Embedded Engineers, Project Managers, Marketing, Quality Assurance Engineers (Automation Engineers and Validation Engineers), and other non-technical roles

Performed multiple tasks, including evaluating applicant volume and recommending job posting strategies, screening applicant resumes based on hiring managers’ requirements, directing job fairs, information sessions, and special recruitment events, and ensuring integrity of recruiting reports and applicant tracking. Applied working knowledge and skills in managing the candidate life-cycle including sourcing, recruiting, scheduling, and interviewing candidates.Key Achievements:Distinguished for sourcing candidates utilizing resume databases, networks, social media, and other relevant resources.Tracked and identified potential work force through developing and implementing resourceful sourcing strategies.- Create innovative and resourceful sourcing plans to find and attract the top passive and active talent.- Consult hiring managers on sourcing strategies specific to each role.- Owner of the Gemalto Internship Program and the Full Life Cycle recruitment of Interns.- Post jobs on all available talent platforms including LinkedIn, Indeed, Twitter and Facebook. - Screen applicant resumes based on hiring managers’ requirements.- Source candidates utilizing resume databases, networks, social media and other relevant resources.- Collaborate with hiring managers, Human Resources and the Recruiting team and keep all parties informed and engaged with the progression of recruitment for the roles.- Assist the Recruiting team with overall recruiting goals.- Participate in job fairs, information sessions and special recruiting events as needed.- Maintain the integrity of recruiting reports and applicant tracking.

Austin, Texas Area

Played a strategic part in scheduling phone screens, conducting video and onsite interviews, coordinating travel for candidates, managing recruitment costs and invoices, and leading diversity initiatives for recruitment, including job boards, career fairs, and tech talks. Worked collaboratively with all parties involved in recruitment process to meet and exceed business needs. Ensured compliance with Gemalto brand, while editing job descriptions.Delivered strategic support to recruitment team in job postings on Indeed, LinkedIn, and other job boards.Recognized for leading and directing HR processes such as new hire orientation scheduling, 90-day probationary periods, and track other employee documentation.- Construct and maintain a friendly, candidate-centric focus when liaising with candidates for interviews- Schedule initial phone screens, technical phone screens, video and onsite interviewsaccording to the hiring team and candidate’s availability- Coordinate travel for candidates and process their expenses- Distribute and track employment-related paperwork- Arrange and manage recruiting events to reach more diverse groups- Manage the stock of Gemalto swag and find exciting items for our potential candidatesand new hires- Process and track all recruiting invoices in Oracle E-Business Suite to pay suppliers- Edit job descriptions received by hiring managers to ensure there are no typos and thatthe format is consistent with our brand identity according to Gemalto’s Marketing team- Update job postings on Indeed and LinkedIn- Understand recruiter and hiring manager needs and the urgency of roles- Collect paperwork and track applicant flow on our recruiting spreadsheets- Assist the HR Generalists with new hire orientations, 90-day probationary periods andfiling as needed- Assist in planning Gemalto HR event for our employees (i.e. holiday parties, family outings, internal networking events)

Buda, Tx

- Effectively communicated with a wide variety of clients- Utilized intuitive skills to develop and implement techniques for delivering maximumcustomer service- Implemented knowledge of policies and procedures in accordance with bank regulationsto ensure legal transactions- Supported other team members with resolutions of situational problems