Sarah is a Human Resources Manager with over thirteen years of broad experience in the hospitality and nonprofit sectors. She has expertise in recruiting, event management, and training. Sarah has strong relationship building and relationship management skills across diverse internal and external constituencies, including vendors, candidates, colleagues, community-based organizations, and clients. She is well-versed in recruitment and HR compliance best practices. Sarah’s ability to consistently achieve or exceed KPI, revenue, and profit targets has enabled her to be successful in both talent acquisition and event management. Currently, Sarah holds the position of HR Manager supporting various markets within the Greater Midwest Region. Prior to that, she worked in Event and Banquet Management for the Westin Chicago River North Hotel, the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, and The Mayflower Hotel. Sarah gained experience in the nonprofit sector earlier in her career with the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce as an Event Manager and at The University of Illinois Foundation, where she held roles as a Training Specialist, Team Leader, and Student Development Representative.Representative accomplishments for Sarah include:Executing new employer brand marketing initiatives such as: influencing brand message change from ‘Live Fully’ to ‘We’re Hiring’ in 2021, coordinating a multi-property job fair and marketing it via a bi-lingual radio ad, collecting property photo assets and leveraging them via ‘Rep By Social’ social media ads, and collecting feedback from applicant interviews to create requisition title formats that reflect most attractive benefits. From 2021 to YTD: Filling 1965+ positions, decreasing TTF by 38%, and increasing average applicant flow by 153%. Being recognized as a top performer at the Westin River North as an event manager by delivering 150% of catering spend to budget for annual groups and by collecting contractual obligations for 100% of applicable groups. Sarah collected 40% over budget and 53% over the prior year.Providing systems expertise to the Event Planning Director to deliver timely, accurate crossover from Starwood systems to Marriott’s. Sarah used her previous Marriott experience to train four key Starwood legacy employees after crossover to assure competency with the new software and processes. Managing a fundraising team of 80 student employees to ensure protocols were followed. By improving training and recruiting methods, Sarah’s team raised $428M (75% annual increase) over nine months.
Listed skills include Interior Design, Venue, Planning, Charities, and 108 others.
