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Provide leadership over human resources team in three states. Created innovative recruiting, training and retention strategies. Negotiated benefits contracts and expanded employee offerings. Ensured compliance to all federal regulations while always being careful to comply with budget requirements. Provided counsel directly to the C-Suite. Responsible for employee relations, payroll, training, recruiting, staffing, onboarding, benefits, environmental culture enrichment, manager training.

Director of Human Resources (Promotion) January 2003 - July 2005Created marketing plan to attract teachers to CPS during a national teacher shortage.Built team of stakeholders in education which included philanthropic organizations, universities, administrators and politicians to fund and support the recruitment initiative.Century 21 Grant Manager, Member of successful grant writing team who won a 6 million dollar grant. Implemented grant strategies, managed budget and reported… Show more Director of Human Resources (Promotion) January 2003 - July 2005Created marketing plan to attract teachers to CPS during a national teacher shortage.Built team of stakeholders in education which included philanthropic organizations, universities, administrators and politicians to fund and support the recruitment initiative.Century 21 Grant Manager, Member of successful grant writing team who won a 6 million dollar grant. Implemented grant strategies, managed budget and reported on progress to the USDOE Responsible for employee relations, staffing and recruitment, performance and talent management, professional staff and intern development, rewards and recognition and succession planningWorked to improve relationships with key deans of schools of education to facilitate professional development activity for over 2000 student teachers a yearManaged team of individuals to oversee Alternative Certification Programs for over 400 teachers in shortage areas and in hard to fill schoolsManaged CPS Summer Fellows Intern Program Director of Organization Development (Promotion) September 2001 – January 2003Managed team of H. R. Generalists who served over 26,000 teachers and administrators in a union environmentAnalyzed, implemented and evaluated programs to help under performing schools attract and retain the highest quality teacher talent to improve the education environment and enhance learning potentialManager of Teacher Recruitment - Full-cycle Recruiting June 1999 – September 2001Designed and managed a team of professionals to conduct manpower planning, recruit highest quality teacher talent, enroll all new employees and provide generalists services to all 600 schoolsIncreased number of teachers hired by over 100% during a nationwide shortageImplemented a wide array of technical programs to track activity and to measure successWorked to unfreeze bureaucratic practices within the department and changed the culture of hiring Show less

Manager Regional Recruitment Operations Center (Promotion) September 1998 – June 1999Designed, implemented and managed center to process the hiring of over 10,000 employeesManaged Internal Opportunities System for employees seeking new positionsManaged temporary workforce for largest Motorola employee group in the worldNegotiated contracts and cultivated relationships with temporary workforce vendorsManager of University Relations (Promotion) September 1997 –… Show more Manager Regional Recruitment Operations Center (Promotion) September 1998 – June 1999Designed, implemented and managed center to process the hiring of over 10,000 employeesManaged Internal Opportunities System for employees seeking new positionsManaged temporary workforce for largest Motorola employee group in the worldNegotiated contracts and cultivated relationships with temporary workforce vendorsManager of University Relations (Promotion) September 1997 – September 1998Created and implemented strategic marketing plan to hire top quality engineers during global shortageAdvanced initiatives to increase diversity among engineering staffSupervisor University Relations – Full-cycle Recruiting June 1996 – September 1997Developed and managed all summer events for 200 interns including community service activities, social events and scholarship competition. Increased participation by 50%.Negotiated and managed intern housing contracts with outside vendors Show less

Management Development Administrator (Promotion)Managed, designed and implemented training programs for 600 exempt personnelConducted leadership skills training and assessment centerScreened and selected vendors to provide highly relevant and appropriate training programsEnhanced performance management system and linked it to training and developmentManaged over seventy field and office personnel including collections, meter reading and customer service Management… Show more Management Development Administrator (Promotion)Managed, designed and implemented training programs for 600 exempt personnelConducted leadership skills training and assessment centerScreened and selected vendors to provide highly relevant and appropriate training programsEnhanced performance management system and linked it to training and developmentManaged over seventy field and office personnel including collections, meter reading and customer service Management Recruitment Administrator (Promotion)Developed and implemented recruitment and retention programs to hire diverse engineers and accountantsReduced hiring cycle time average from eight weeks to one week for exempt personnelIncreased minority intern program by 100%Division Human Resource Specialist (Promoted in Position)Provided general human resource support to largest field division with over 200 bargaining unit employees Conducted Affirmative Action Analyses and created recommendations for enhancementsManaged all hiring activities and special events for the Northern Division Show less

Designed and implemented placement programs to aid graduating engineers’ career search in top companies.