Current responsibilities as Business Operations Manager for Hire Horizons: • Maintain company metrics and generate reports based on activities• Define processes and workflow best practices for team• Organize team training and stay on top of employment trends• Serve as point of contact for inquiries from candidates • Maintenance of shared database system• Plan and schedule training, meetings, and travel accommodations as needed• Provide business intelligence/information to support client development• Support for marketing• Maintain social media accounts• Facilitate alliances and partnerships with other organizationsHIRE HORIZONS is an executive search firm that specializes in sourcing target talent profiles that meet your specific business needs. Each of our executive recruiters have excelled as business professionals first – having worked 15 or more years within their core industry niche before earning their credential as a Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC) to work on your behalf. We have “walked in the shoes” of nearly every position for which we recruit. Our industry specialists have intimate knowledge and a first-hand understanding of the unique demands, company philosophies, and detailed job requirements of each and every position they fill. We offer both retained and contingency search services.Specialties: Core expertise in sourcing and placement of Sales, Marketing, Operations, Engineering, and Executive Management professionals within the Industrial & Municipal Water Treatment, Chemicals, Specialty Chemicals, Plastics & Engineered Resins, Industrial Cleaning, Environmental, Pulp & Paper, Refining & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Engineering & Construction, and Manufacturing industries.Need me to find your next all-star candidate? Email me directly at pwigington@hirehorizons.com!

As an editor for IAC, formerly About.com, I researched and created exciting informational content on a monthly basis, coding and formatting digital info and images, generating regular blog postings, responding to reader questions and comments, and maintaining a strong social media presence.

Began working part-time as a bookseller, using computerized inventory to locate product for customers, and ringing transactions through point-of-sale system. In 2011, was promoted to full-time Digital Sales Lead, where I oversee digital product sales for the entire department, am responsible for staff digital training, staying up to date on digital product technology, merchandising digital devices and accessories, troubleshooting product quality issues, and institutional bulk digital product orders.

Worked as staff writer for local newspaper corporation. Duties included covering civic group and government meetings, conducting interviews, generating human interest stories, and creating a regularly scheduled op-ed column.