In this role, I specialize in aligning talent strategies with business goals to enhance recruitment, retention, and workforce performance. I oversee talent and client audits, optimize recruitment processes, and provide HR support for training, onboarding, and employee engagement. My focus is on building talent pipelines, improving hiring efficiencies, and offering data-driven insights to help companies grow and retain top talent, ensuring long-term success.• Talent Strategy Alignment: Collaborating with leadership to understand business goals and ensuring that talent strategies align with these objectives.• Hiring Process Optimization: Analyzing and refining recruitment practices to attract top talent, improve hiring efficiency, and reduce turnover.• Employee Development: Working on programs for employee growth, performance management, and leadership development to ensure long-term success.• Client Support: Providing guidance to leadership teams on talent management, including succession planning, role alignment, and retention strategies.• Data and Analytics: Leveraging data to measure talent effectiveness, track key metrics, and recommend improvements in talent management.• Consulting with Clients: Acting as a liaison between clients and StaffBuffalo, helping them understand their talent needs, providing strategic advice, and ensuring that they are getting the most value from StaffBuffalo’s services• Continuous Improvement: Identifying opportunities for process improvement and staying updated on industry trends to help clients adapt to changes in the talent landscape.

Our Talent Optimization team seamlessly integrates with your organization. We provide on-demand resources that are available when you need them, and offer detailed process mapping before, during, and after implementation. Our TO team drives process efficiency and facilitates continuous process improvement. • We leverage multiple technologies and utilize hiring trends to maximize outreach.• Improve your attractiveness to potential employees through marketing techniques and showcasing company perks.• Post jobs, interview candidates, navigate managers through hiring process, and assist with offers.• Ongoing candidate outreach, create and maintain sustainable future pipelines.• Measurable ROI on long-term recruitment investment.• We help understand your current gaps and present solutions. • Drive efficiency by eliminating unnecessary and lengthy processes.• Implement proactive candidate sourcing strategies.• We offer predictable cost structures for acquiring talent.We offer a wide variety of services tailored to your company's unique needs and will be there for you every step of the way!!

At CannaWorkforce Solutions, we are passionate and committed to supporting organizations in New York State in their quest to optimize their People Operations so that their growing business can thrive. We recognize that the success of any organization depends on the quality of its workforce. To meet your unique requirements, we offer personalized services. Whether you are a startup building a team from scratch or an established company looking to expand your workforce, we are here to support you every step of the way. Our team is dedicated to working closely with you to understand your specific needs, culture, and goals. Our comprehensive services include Outsourced Talent Acquisition, full-service Recruitment, Human Resources Consulting, including core Human Resources functions and Training & Development. We also extend our services to job seekers, offering career workshops, weekly career chats, and guide them to discover rewarding opportunities within this dynamic industry.

• Provides support on general HR Operations; documents procedures, conducts process audits and monitors compliance. • Administer and process employment background checks. • Support the first line of defense risk management function by assisting with the identification and assessment of risks, risk monitoring and testing, and issues management. Provide assistance in the development and implementation of various operational risk/compliance related initiatives within Talent Acquisition. • Identify risks and internal controls associated with these key processes. Assist in the planning, execution and reporting of the business unit's risk-based testing program. • Independently perform scripted control testing in accordance with M&T's First Line of Defense Guidance on Management of Risks & Internal Controls and professional standards. • Evaluate and escalate results to determine if issues exist specifically (i.e. I-9, Background Checks, FCRA, Job Postings). • Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.• Execute process improvement initiatives to ensure efficiency, quality, and relevance.• Ensure accurate and timely completion of all hiring process requirements, including pre-employment screenings; federally mandated disclosures and certifications; and onboarding forms. Utilize ATS and HRIS (Workday, BIG, Indeed)• Monitor task-specific email boxes, responding quickly, accurately, and professionally to all inquiries. • Document key business unit processes.• Work collaboratively with third-part vendors to ensure best practices are performed, while ensuring a superior candidate experience for all applicants.

Real Estate Salesperson - Here and ready to help you with all of your real estate needs in the Western New York area!● Awarded the “Rising Star” Award during my inaugural year of Real Estate.● Recorded over one million dollars of home transactions from 2019 - 2020.● Advised clients on local comparisons, market conditions, guided through legal questions, banking relatedquestions and focused on client-centered experiences.● Promoted sales through marketing, communications, social media and various forms of advertisements.● Created trusting relationships with clients, attorneys, banking agents and all parties involved in transactions.● Proficent in Microsoft Office, Canva, Hootsuite and HubSpot.

NYS and VA Certified Professional High School Counselor from 2008 - 2022 in multiple public schools in Virigina and New York State. (2008-2014) Fredericksburg, VA(2014-2022) Buffalo Region, NY● Created a partnership with local organizations and community businesses.● Designed and implemented SEL curriculum for 600+ students. Presented breakout sessions with 250+ students. ● Created new planning guides and mental health resources for the district using Publisher and Canva.● Effectively collaborated and marketed cross-functionally to increase our annual ASVAB recruitment by 225%.● Redesigned the National Honor Society standards using survey, data, collaboration withstakeholders and management of rolling out the new byLaws.● Crisis Management Team Facilitator● Responsible for collecting data for 700+ career plans and maintaining this data.● Coordinator for Panorama and MTSS initiatives within our building - sending and creating surveys for all students grades 9-12 and analyzing the data in order to create the next action plan.● Successfully integrated ‘Indigo’ Program into building, trained faculty and staff, and maintained all student Indigo records.● Delivered college recommendation tips to 300+ students and parents through yearly Junior parent night.● Workforce Development Specialist liaison● Created College and Career Fairs. Recruited 50 different local companies toparticipate and engage with our students and faculty with overwhelmingsuccess.● Revamped ASVAB process, from paper and pencil, to an online platform. Raised the followingyear’s recruitment by 50%.

Processed financial records and applications for all AXA clients.● Interfaced directly with clients under the direction of the Financial Advisor.● Performed various administrative functions for the Financial Advisor including, but not limited to preparingforms and/or originating correspondence for the Financial Advisor.● Effectively sent out marketing and client focused correspondence.● Handled telephone calls and other inquiries for research reports, as well as resolved account problems.● Scheduled client meeting rooms, phone conferences and in-person meetings under the direction of theFinancial Advisor.● Established and maintained files to meet regulatory requirements, created and produced reports anddatabases.● Maintained files and records necessary to support sales efforts