Effectively source and recruit candidates for the Illinois and Wisconsin offices (client base 400 + employees), compliant to Illinois and Wisconsin law, interpretation and coaching of company’s HR policy and procedures, training and development, performance management, develop staffing strategies to implement HR initiatives: succession planning, rewards and recognition and employee engagement. Full-cycle recruitment and sourcing of up to 35 new hires per month fill-time completed ahead of deadline. Conduct investigations from start to finish; maintain follow-up with employee and manager. Counsel employees and managers in disciplinary activities to ensure adherence legally and with company procedure and policy. Travel to Wisconsin once a week in providing end to end recruitment and on boarding of trainings to 3 offices. Lead staffing plan for IL and WI offices and successfully staff and backfill immediate needs of both offices to meet requirements of all state contracts. Compile, collect and organize data for Affirmative Action Plan submission. Serve as liaison to corporate office for leave management to more effectively manage discipline issues i.e. time and attendance. Lead workplace harassment training to provide a greater cultural awareness for employees. Serve as contact for workers compensation claims and FMLA.

Development and administration of programs, policies, and procedures to align workforce with strategic goals of the agency. Responsible for recruiting, hiring, orientating, and training of team. Provided performance management standards to ensure legal compliance requirements. Partner with outside counsel and consultants to represent the Organization concerning all legal and governmental HR issues and audits (FLSA, ADA, FMLA, workers compensation). Established strong employee relationships and improved performance management, including associate counseling, dispute resolution, mediation between employees and management, and coaching of supervisory/management staff. Responsible for HR activities including budgets, such as recruiting and retention, payroll (IOI, TimePlus, and QuickBooks), benefits, annual review process, job postings/transfers, peer review, and training. Developed practices and policies with Organization objectives to include continuous improvement projects, and strategic planning. Manage and communicate change throughout the Organization. Led and coordinated community outreach fundraising activities, including annual benefit, walk-a-thon and private donations.

LionSearch is a technology search firm, which matches prospective IT professionals with client companies in need of permanent placements.Responsible for understanding, analyzing and communicating open positions and the necessary skill sets required to fill them to potential candidates. Responsible for cold calling new clients, and interviewing and prepping candidates to complete full life-cycle placements of technically qualified professionals. Technical skills found for clients across a variety of languages, databases, platforms, networking and ERP.