Laura Corker Chrp, Chrl Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Canada Area

GoodLife Fitness is the largest group of fitness clubs in Canada providing state of the art fitness facilities, personal training and group exercise classes to more than 400,000 members. GoodLife Fitness belongs to Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies list. As a Group Exercise Instructor, I deliver safe, motivating workouts to dozens of members weekly. I teach a variety of Les Mills International programs including BodyPump (a weight training based class), BodyCombat (mixed martials arts inspired) and BodyFlow (integrated yoga, tai chi and pilates class) as well as a freestyle cycling class. If you've ever wondered what it feels like to get into the best shape of your life without it actually feeling like 'work', come join a class today where every'body' is welcome!

Mississauga, On

Personalized one on one personal training with a focus on weight loss, improving physical fitness and disease prevention. I worked to create a fun and progressive training environment for each client based on their fitness needs. I designed, implemented and marketed several successful bootcamp group training programs and consistently met monthly sales objectives.As a senior member on staff, I assisted in the interviewing of new employees and aided in training and development of new trainers as a Fitness Manager. I was also a Certified Member of the Joint Health and Safety Committee.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Randstad Canada is a leading player in the staffing market and the main supplier of human resource services in the country. I am responsible for the recruiting and account management of the entire Government staffing division in the National Capital region. Working for a wide range of federal government departments and crown corporations recruiting administrative, call centre/customer service, financial, policy, communications, industrial and technical individuals in temporary and long term contract roles.Current responsibilities include being a thought leader with our clients on recruitment needs, creating and monitoring job postings to attract the best candidates, screening and interviewing candidates, contacting references to verify a candidate's experience and skills, arranging for skills and language testing, building and presenting offer letters, negotiating salaries and benefits and completing candidate/client followups to ensure placement success. I oversee multiple teams of contractors and manage the hiring and coordination of human resource functions such as payroll, training and development and performance management for each team. Working in the Federal Government space has required an eye for detail when building responses to Request for Proposals under the THS, TSPS and Buy and Sell platforms. An important aspect of my job is providing advice to our candidate base delivering timely information on everything from resume writing to interview preparation! Other responsibilities include acting as an Alternate Company Security Officer (ACSO) to verify federal government security clearances with PWGSC and process new or duplication (Enhanced Reliability, Secret or Top Secret) clearances. I work to build Randstad's brand simply by delivering personalized service with integrity and a passion for making a great match!

Ottawa, Canada Area

Randstad Nepean's office houses administrative and industrial units serving the west end of Ottawa. We staff roles such as administrators, entry level finance, industrial manufacturing and distribution as well as industrial management to a wide range of clients in a variety of industries. I was responsible for managing a branch sales budget which I successfully took from 2.8 million to 3.66 million in less than 2.5 years. Supervising an internal staff of 4 people and overseeing a temporary workforce of over a hundred on a consistent basis, my role involved extensive customer service and client focused responsibilities. My responsibilities included but weren't limited to the planning and full cycle recruitment of internal and temporary workers, training and development of staff, sales, health and safety, financial management of budgets and profit and loss statements, client retention and customer service, as well as general branch administration.

Mississauga, On

Randstad's Mississauga East branch housed administrative, industrial and skilled trades units before becoming specialized in industrial and skilled trade recruitment in 2007 servicing the entire Mississauga and Etobicoke regions.Specialized in industrial, skilled trades and industrial management recruiting, I worked with industries such as food and beverage, automotive, health care, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, among others. As a Staffing Consultant my responsibilities included the full cycle recruitment for a variety of clients including creating and management of job postings, screening candidates, interviewing candidates, referencing, client consultation and candidate presentation to clients and creation of job offers to successful candidates followed by daily candidate workforce management and follow up.With an emphasis on external sales and client development, I was promoted to Division Manager in 2008. As Division Manager, I oversaw the training and development of 2 other internal staff and managed a diverse client portfolio of 150-200 temporary staff.

Graduate Diploma, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Volunteer John Molson School of Business MBA Case Competition

Honours Bachelor Of Commerce, Sports Administration

Certificate, Human Resources Management, High Honours

Becoming A Powerful Negotiator, Alternative Dispute Resolution

2006 Certificate, Health & Safety (Wsib)

Level 1 Joint Health & Safety Committee