Susan Silver, Sphr Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

August - November 2024 contract assignment for 10 weeks as HR/Payroll Specialist at a property management company in LA. Seven (7) years in Talent Acquisition for salaried and non-exempt roles nationwide at all levels: senior management, human resources, manufacturing, transportation, logistics, safety, accounting, finance, office administration, risk management, sales, legal, and information technology. Just concluded contract for Golden State Foods and subsidiary Quality Custom Distribution’s 25 locations in the US: Successfully hired 350 associates for GSF and Quality Custom Distribution, while eliminating 95% of 3rd party recruiter fees, saving the company over $2.7 million net fees. Developed excellent relationships of trust with hiring managers. Created recruiting strategies, pipelines of diverse, passive and active candidates, managed a limited number of external vendors, and oversaw all stages of the candidate experience throughout all interview phases, negotiations, reference checking, offer extension and onboarding. Trained and mentored new in-house corporate recruiter for warehouse, transportation, and administration positions.• On Board Experiential Marketing (OBE) 10/2017 – 10/2018: Recruited various people for creative, marketing, informational technology, human resources, and logistics operational roles for previous employer.• Performed human resources consulting for other clients, such as a lab fabricator, and as interim HR Director for Annenberg Foundation.• Used applicant tracking systems such as, iCIMS, LinkedIn, Greenhouse, and Taleo• Have strong Microsoft Office skills.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Director Human Resources/Talent Resource Management 8/2013 to 9/2017• Joined OBE during high growth period after consulting for 4 months. Established the first official Human Resources Department for both OBE and its in-house event staffing company (On Brand Staffing). Responsible for HR for offices in Los Angeles, Dallas, NY, Portland, and San Francisco HQ. Went from 40 to 80 full time and over 600 temporary employees. Established strong working relationships with the executive team, Leadership team, and internal cross-functional teams. Provided advice on and performed full HR activities, including: employee relations, performance counseling/coaching, promotions, hiring, terminations, payroll, employee retention, employee conduct, conflict resolution, investigations, wage and labor law compliance, risk and change management, LOA, benefits administration, onboarding and candidate experience, workers compensation, and employee handbook compliance. Trained HR Admin on recruiting, hiring, onboarding and payroll processing. Managed full lifecycle talent acquisition, successfully hiring numerous professionals in marketing, creative, IT, accounting, operations, and admin roles. Created and implemented successful strategies for attracting top talent. Implemented LinkedIn Recruiter and Oracle Taleo ATS.  Authored several operating policies to improve controls, manage risk, and streamline procedures. Implemented new Health and Wellness Benefit Program. Saved approximately $10K in manpower hours annually with new TriStar Performance Management system for 360-degree reviews, including installing SMART goals feature. Analyzed yearly renewal proposals for OBE’s outside HRIS partner and negotiated savings of over $60K in administrative fees over a 3-year period.  Enhanced and streamlined payroll and HRIS processing through conversion from Insperity to TriNet for OBE and two conversions for On Brand Staffing to Paylocity and then to ADP Workforce Now.

• Successfully placed candidates from staff level to C-Suite for local and nationwide clients in third- party logistics, manufacturing, warehousing/distribution transportation, entertainment, technology, aerospace, and retail industries. • Delivered solutions for turnaround and troubled companies. Managed staff of 4 recruiters and 2 researchers.• Placed over 75 professionals in one calendar year at a single major entertainment company.• Advised clients and achieved optimum staffing to build or remodel departments as new management was hired.• Created initial job descriptions and standards for hiring.

• Program Manager for Nike’s new running initiative (Club Run LA) for shoe promotions. • Produced training programs for the Nike Run Hit Wonder 5K/10K and other non-Nike races in the LA area. Hired up to 300 event staff for over 25 Nike programs over a 6-year period for single and multi-location event programs with production budgets from 25K to 500K.• Transitioned program management function to On Board Experiential Marketing in 2008, • but continued to staff events, including nationwide mobile tours through 2010.

Bachelor Of Arts, Mathematics/Secondary Education/Accounting

Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities

Mba Studies, Accounting (24 Credits)