Susan Graham Bartholomew, Mba, Phr Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Greater Denver Area

HR Generalist; Employee Relations, Payroll, Benefit Administration, Recruiting and Training

Centennial, Co

Designer of original vitreous enameled "Functional Art Jewelry" can be found at:Grace Gallery, Santa Fe Art District, Denver since August 2016Aar River Gallery, Westminster, CO, since February 2017Stonehenge Gallery, Georgetown, CO since August 2017www.functionalartjewelry.comwww.facebook.com/FunctionalArtJewelrySelectively seeking additional venues for Functional Art Jewelry

Centennial, Co

Directly responsible for the overall administration, coordination and evaluation of the human resources functions to include; Employment Laws/Legal Compliance, Recruiting and Retention, ADA & FMLA Coordination, Employee Relation issues, Performance Management, Training & Organizational Development. • Ensured compliance with all local, state and federal employment laws supporting 100 full-time and 1500 part-time employees• Leadership: Partnered with management on issue resolution, training and staffing • Managed Recruiting, On-boarding, Performance Management, Employee Relations, and Training functions, aligning business strategies with goals and objectives• Coached, mentored and employee relation issue resolution at all levels• Designed and developed the strategic framework for Argus University Training Program, developing a succession plan to improve overall bench strength of supervisory and management staff.• Program development: Non-profit fundraising for flex staff, employee referral program• Project Managed: Successfully managed and implemented a new Applicant Tracking System (Gr8People) and new website geared toward recruiting staff. Marketing/Social media and compliance audits/records update • Developed and/or approved implementation of new and/or improved policies and procedures • Conducted employee satisfaction and other business related surveys• Directly supervised HR team of 5 staff - one offsite• Served on Executive Management Team reporting to CEO• ADA, EEOC & FMLA program management

Denver, Co

• Grew personnel function into a HR business partnership supporting 80 full time employees• Managed all aspects of Human Resources, ensured compliance with all local, state & federal employment laws• Partnered with management on resolution of employee/labor relations issues • Recruited quality personnel which included sourcing, interviewing, pre-employment screening, negotiating offers and on-boarding• Administered company group benefit programs including, benefit renewal, plan design, open enrollment activities and COBRA• Developed and implemented new and/or improved policies and procedures for office, sales and production staff as needed including rewriting the employee handbook• Supervised, coached and developing staff at all levels • Served on Executive Management Team reporting to Owner/CEO• Administered Payroll, timekeeping/leave tracking • ADA, EEOC & FMLA program management• Accomplishments:• Created and managed salary ranges, compensation structure, job benchmarking, job evaluation & FLSA compliance • Designed, implemented and managed Performance Management Program• Project managed: HRIS implementation upgrade ADP Workforce Now (Jan 2014) & transition to new platform ADP TotalSource (PEO April 2015)

Littleton, Colorado

• Clients supported included: County Attorney’s Office, Human Services, Finance, Facilities & Fleet and Clerk & Recorder• Served as a strategic business partner in a matrix organization providing professional and technical human resource guidance to the organization(s) in support of mission, vision, values, goals and objectives • Developed and facilitated County-wide and client tailored trainings to include requirements gathering, development of training materials, activities, facilitator guides, learning goals, and metrics. • Advised and coached management staff on compensation, performance management, corrective and/or disciplinary actions up to and including defensible terminations• Full life cycle recruiting/selection of top talent• Managed employee relations* to comply with local, state, and federal employment requirements such as ADAAA, FMLA, EEOC, and FLSA• Provided leadership and expertise in all the human resources disciplines to solve operational performance issues, provides technical assistance in the functional areas to management and employees, and ensured consistency and equity in both policy and practice for client groups ranging from 25 to 500+ employees• Advised, coached and educated employees on benefits, leaves and resolves employee issues• Developed, recommended, implemented and administered County-wide/department policies and procedures in order to achieve annual business goals• Implemented HR Initiatives/programs to client groups: Performance Management, Succession Planning, Profiler 360, Predictive Index • Provided direction and coaching for HR technical and non-HR Business Partners• Accomplishments:• Successfully investigated 3 separate high profile administrative investigations, one dealing with negligence of County funds ($1 million), and 2 others publicized in Denver Metro news media• Certified in 360 Profilor performance feedback system and Predictive Index - behavioral bases assessments for the individual and position

• Manages full-life cycle recruitment for technical and non-technical positions including creating useful metrics on time to fill vacancies.• Sources qualified candidate through participation in recruitment fairs.

Held progressively responsible technical and professional HR positions over 5 a year period with the State of Colorado. HR Measurement Specialist/Consultant Aug 2006 – Aug 2007•Creates and trains HR staff on compliance and interpretation of policy, rules and best practices to HR departments state wide on all areas of selection, job evaluation, compensation, performance and disciplinary actions.•Develops HR and Personnel auditing criteria, auditing HR departments for compliance for state and federal laws.•Supports non-certified departments in Selection and Job Evaluation/Classification.Human Resources Specialist April 2005 – Aug 2006•Provides technical expertise and guidance to management in the areas of employee relations, policy &rule interpretation of policy.•Provides strategic analysis on workforce planning •Provides defendable recruitments.•Administers risk management program reducing worker’s compensation liability, adminsters FMLA and Short Term Disability. Human Resources Generalist November 2001 – April 2005•Supervises, coaches and develops junior staff.•Provides comprehensive supervisor consultation in the areas of legal staff recruitment, compensation, performance planning, rules, procedures and benefits.•Administers risk management program to reduce liability in worker’s compensation, limit use and accurate tracking of leave, FMLA and administer Short Term Disability. Documents and improves associated business process for knowledge management retention and transfer. •Creates and maintains supervisor and employee human resources informational and resource Intranet.•Tracks and prepares Fiscal Note review requests from state Joint Budget Committee analyzing for potential financial impacts; prepares budget financial figures & detailed monthly budget reports; manages of personnel budget & personnel databases.

Master'S Degree, Business Adminstration - Technology Management Focus

Ba, Fine Art