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Midwest

Midwest

Contractor - Lowes's, Panera Bread, Steak n' Shake

Usa, Canada

• Leading a team to become trusted effective business partners who influence and drive people results. • Supported 950 + restaurants in the US and Canada • Implemented workforce plans, people calls, forecasting capabilities and a talent pipeline strategy• Educated and engaged my team in a multi-generational workforce, specific focus on millennial attraction.• Ensured that the recruiting function was capable and well aligned with the vision and goals of the organization• Created a data-driven recruiting organization, including analytics that provided insight and decision support. • High impact attraction strategy: Candidate experience surveys, reporting and analytics, social media campaign and content strategy, hiring manager relationships, candidate pool development, employee referral program, optimizing technology. • Developed Military engagement, strategy and tracking system• Managed employer branding, posting optimization and innovative candidate sourcing strategies. • Management T/O consistently 8-12% lower in the industry. Lead the executive team to adopt new and cutting edge practices in Talent Selection: Assessments, background checks, electronic referencing, realistic job previews, virtual interviewing.• Lead ProStart (National Restaurant Education Foundation) engagement in nearly 14+ states.

Usa- Smokey Bones Division

• Supported multiple regions and managed all recruiting functions in territories including the Great Lakes and East Coast areas as well as 13 new restaurant openings.• Managed the entire recruitment process utilizing various employment sourcing programs including internet, direct sourcing, referral programs, various in store marketing, and print advertising.

Usa

• Supported a team of 6-10 Staffing Leaders throughout the Great Lakes Territory• Managed the entire recruitment process utilizing various employment sourcing programs including internet, direct sourcing, referral programs, various in store marketing and cold calling.• Partnered with Corporate and Franchise Brand Leaders to forecast management needs through a Bench Planning process. • Created and delivered Retention and Recruiting Workshops to Operations Team • Partnered with senior level stakeholders to develop business specific strategies to attract and retain the best talent.