The real work - Find, nurture, build, retain, and celebrate the best associates in the hospitality industry!Official description - Provide human resources leadership and direction in alignment with company strategic vision to ensure that key business initiatives are met. Lead and support a variety of human resources functions to include talent acquisition and retention, compensation, compliance, associate engagement and culture initiatives.

• Led the development, implementation, and management of employer relations and engagement strategy for a Top 50 public college of business with over 5,000 undergraduate students.• Managed, expanded, and measured outcomes of employer development programs to create internship and hiring opportunities for Harbert College students by annually engaging over 300 companies across many industries.• Active participant in Harbert College strategic planning and advisory boards. Led and facilitated the annual OPCD strategic planning process.• Technology adept – Extensive engagement in the implementation of Salesforce CRM, Handshake career services platform, and Career Fair+ virtual events platform.• Created and led programming to strengthen relationships with industry and government partners, including an annual professional development workshop and networking events for local Chamber and Economic & Workforce Development contacts.• Attended state, regional, and national conferences to represent the University and build industry partnerships.• Recipient of 2020 Auburn University Faculty-Staff Award in recognition of positive impact on student lives.

Managed all aspects of my own search practice working on individual projects and partnering with other firms to execute executive-level search projects nationwideSuccessfully executed senior-level search projects for Fortune 500 and large privately held companies in multiple industries, including financial services, hospitality/restaurant, manufacturing, and technology

Managed all executive search projects with primary focus on healthcare and technology industries. Search projects were senior- and executive-level, requiring exceptional professionalism and uncompromising confidentiality.

Managed all aspects of internal human resources for the firm, including recruiting, policy development, operational decisions and organizational developmentPrimary Project Manager and client liaison for an enterprise-wide payroll/time and attendance system conversion/migration (Client is a major healthcare provider with approximately 32,000 employees in all facets of hospital, physician practice, home health and long-term care facilities)Led Senior Leadership and Management presentations for the project, prepared executive summaries, and managed project communications with each site’s leadership

Directed all recruiting efforts for a 600+ employee manufacturing facility, which included all engineering, operations, software, professional support, and hourly production positions Complete responsibility for all FMLA compliance, coordinated AAP data collection and audit projects. Managed all facets of employee relations, succession planning, issue investigations and resolution, and supported operational units with other issues as neededPHR Certified through SHRM and HRCI (expired)