B+R Partners is a mezzanine level, retained executive search firm focused exclusively in the upstream and downstream oil & gas industry. Searches range from Sr. Technical Professionals to C-Suite Executives. A typical search assignment would be for professionals in the $125K – 300K base pay range. Responsible for conducting searches per client parameters in Field Operations (Area Manager, Supervisory roles), Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Engineering, Supply Chain and C-Suite Examples of titles of a normal search: • Supervisor, Manager, Director or V.P., H.R• Supervisor, Manager, Director or V.P., Engineering• Supervisor, Manager, Director or V.P., Sales/Marketing• Supervisor, Manager, Director or V.P.., Operations• Supervisor, Manager, Director or V.P., Supply Chain• Controller, C.F.O.• Supervisor, Manager, Director or V.P., Finance• C-Suite Additional activities include:• Built executive talent pipelines through name generation and referrals across various markets and companies.• Mapped target organizations and build organizational charts based on research and discussions. Gathered data around competition and market conditions or trends that may impact our ability to find and recruit the right talent.• Actively participate in intake calls with executive level hiring managers and provide intel on market conditions that help to inform the search strategy.• Business development / Proposal generation.• Client/Candidate management with offer negotiation / acceptance.

Served as a strategic and functional business partner providing corporate leadership and guidance for over 3200 hourly and salaried employees in 12 states.•Led the review and update of company-wide Human Resources policies and procedures.•Worked closely with the President, VP of Human Resources, General Managers, Operations Managers, and Field Level Area Managers to address the development, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive recruitment, hiring, orientation, succession planning, performance appraisal, retention, and organizational exit program necessary to ensure the workforce’s ability to achieve the organization’s goals and objectives.•Partnered with Operational Leaders to develop a talent acquisition strategy to support their business goals and talent requirements across Texas, Colorado, California, Montana and New Mexico regions.•Supervised two Human Resource Representatives and addressed all applicant recruiting, selection, and retention processes. Addressed any issues with pre-employment testing, background checks, employee relations, leave of absence, return to work, and separation/termination issues.•Developed and implemented background screening, along with pre-employment skills testing for salaried exempt and non-exempt employees, resulting in a 24 hour turnaround for skills testing results, and a 2-4 day turnaround for background screening results.•Oversaw and managed the hourly pay scales for multiple regions and business units to ensure internal equity and external competitiveness.•Worked with the Payroll, Accounting and I.T. department to create and design the classification/pay scale grid and account coding/costing for all hourly employees during the development of a new employee management system.•Oversaw the salaried compensation schedule along with quarterly and annual bonus plans. Reviewed and approved all salary increase requests and implemented corporate guidelines and salary grades for exempt and non-exempt employees.

• Branch manager of a growing office in the industrial and crafts and trades niche• Consistently met or exceeded fiscal year financial goals and objectives• Initiated communication with clients for enrollment in Link’s Productivity Programs• Focused office staff on achieving financial and company goals• Facilitated company classroom and field operations training• Improved margins from 26% to 30.5% by creating incentive programs with clients• Managed worker’s compensation and unemployment claims• Increased mix of skilled workers to general laborers by 243% during 2000.• Provided computer software, hardware, and network support for branch locations• Created and conducted computer operations field training for new employees