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Discover Meraki People Solutions, a boutique consultancy specializing in tailored people strategy solutions. Our unique approach combines data-driven insights and personalized service to create sustainable, high-impact people strategies for organizations. We offer end-to-end support in areas like talent acquisition, employee engagement, and organizational design.

New York, New York, United States

I'm focused on the following directives: + drive recruitment process optimization by overseeing all recruitment systems and tools and their integration;+ identify any new tools, systems, or technologies that will improve our processes and make the team more efficient; + develop a recruitment ops strategy that delivers an exceptional candidate experience; + define fair and equitable hiring practices; and,+ train the Talent Acquisition team accordingly, as well as keep hiring managers and interviewers current with best practices.

Greater New York City Area

Promoted from Senior Business Analyst, I direct strategic hiring and drive the onboarding process for a new team of 60 employees. I collaborate with internal business partners on organizational processes and trainings that promote company culture, and talent development and retention. I ensure a seamless experience for employees across the entire organization by advocating for and mentoring new talent, maintaining accuracy and understanding of employee contracts, compensation, and benefits, and integrating best practices into the Workday platform. The following are highlights of the value I’ve brought WeWork in this position:⇨ Designed and implemented an innovative, white-glove process improvement initiative for new hires that reduced both touchpoints and time to hire for candidates.⇨ Guided the onboarding of 30+ 1099 employees through newly integrated Salesforce and Workday systems, navigating full-time equivalent (FTE) access needs, while ensuring compliance with contract employee regulations.⇨ Integrated previously disjointed processes such as performance analysis, engagement surveys, employee relations, and corporate and regulatory compliance, thus simplifying reporting and reducing organizational risk.⇨ Redesigned technical education programming for WeWork brokers, providing them better access to professional and industry-based information.⇨ Ensured cohesive launch of a new division across markets in New York City, Austin, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, which included onboarding 40 new real estate brokers.

Greater New York City Area

Recruited to provide project management leadership, I accessed, evaluated, and synthesized data from Human Resources systems into accessible datasets, providing guidance to senior leaders and internal business partners in creating impactful employee development and retention initiatives.The following are highlights of the value I brought WeWork in this position:⇨ Delivered high-level, quantifiable information about employee satisfaction, attrition, and professional development through the collection and analysis of data from new reporting dashboards for East Region operations, and Corporate Events and Corporate Diversity & Inclusion teams.⇨ Collaborated with analytics teams, systems, and corporate business lines to identify and develop process enhancements to the people operations lifecycle.

New York, New York, United States

Led data analysis of the department’s impact on onboarding, time-to-hire, and employee engagement, as well as the efficacy of newly implemented systems for new hires and their impact on recruiter performance by consulting with internal partners and cross-functional teams to develop accurate metrics, and by synthesizing this information through Workday, Tableau, and Pivot Tables. The following are highlights of the value I brought WeWork in this position:⇨ Reinforced organizational goals of a 1000% increase in global headcount—10,000+ new hires in the span of one year—by developing a portfolio of weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports that identified data gaps and opportunities and achieved unparalleled data integrity.⇨ Built and consulted with internal and external stakeholders on strategies for business unit restructure and workforce and succession planning.

Greater New York City Area

Supporting the hiring goals for 100+ global locations, I maintained, updated, and distributed the global hiring plan data and met—virtually and in-person—with recruiters in markets in the United States, Europe, and Asia. I leveraged 360-degree reporting to analyze and improve talent management strategies, including professional training requirements and performance action plans. I also coordinated employee promotions, transfers, and U.S.-based relocations with regional directors.The following are highlights of the value I brought WeWork in this position:⇨ Standardized a regional hiring process to mitigate delays in employee hiring cadence and address lifecycle challenges, thus increasing on-time hires across global markets, lowering attrition, and improving transparency among internal stakeholders.⇨ Designed and implemented customizable hiring plans for recruiters, allowing them to quickly identify critical staffing needs, thereby increasing on-time hiring for three consecutive quarters.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Sustainability Studies

Bachelor'S Degree, Public Policy Analysis