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Wilmington, Nc

Genesis Block Foundation is a 501c3, not for profit, with the goal of advancing entrepreneurship in underrepresented communities. Our mission is to reduce barriers to access in support of equity in entrepreneurship, promoting prosperity and empowerment.Genesis Block Foundation is devoted to unleashing the potential and igniting the passion of underrepresented entrepreneurs. We offer a tailored, licensed technical skills training, resources and programs supporting early exposure and access to entrepreneurship for youth in underrepresented communities and serve as a catalyst for innovation and bring state-of-the-art resources to traditionally underserved neighborhoods.

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

We're a co-working space focus on (1) training Entrepreneurs thru our Entrepreneurs Academy (2) assisting small businesses to become investor ready thru our Incubator (3) Connecting start ups with investors thru our Accelerator programs.

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

I build operating frameworks designed to provide certainty and clarity to individuals within a team structure as to who they are to be and how they are to operate as a member of the team. I deploy a unique set of ideologies, methods and tools combined to help create an environment and structure that empowers each team member to continuously deliver at the highest level of their personal best.Training on the impact of operationalizing unity and excellence as the foundation for increased effectiveness and efficiency.Facilitating exercises outlining concepts and tools from an operationalized methodology that drastically improve team alignment, planning and execution.Consulting and Coaching clients through the full assimilation and integration of the unexo! system; thereby empowering leaders to become more methodical and intentional in leading their team’s daily operations, while planning for the future.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Leading a headquarters based Talent Acquisition team responsible for the strategic program and process design of end-to-end talent acquisition solutions ranging from attraction strategies to assessment validations to quality of hire measures providing optimal support to multiple field recruitment teams.Accountable for the development of the national strategy and tools for the company.Optimized media elements driving increased effectiveness with 70% of all hires tracked as a media hire.Developed local market grassroots to drive additional digital and media cost reductions.Led the transition of the media vendor cost structure allowing for great oversight and transparency of allocated resources.Incorporated centralized candidate information capture partnering with in-house app development team to create a registration app for field recruiters.Designed college recruitment program generating a 4% lift in two-year community college hiring.Streamlined assessment across multiple functions moving from pay per assessment to unlimited pricing saving the company over 100K annually.Served as steering committee lead on a design for lean six sigma project to design and integrate a fully responsive mobile optimized employment application across the entire enterprise.Prioritized HRIS recruitment systems enhancements.Led the centralization of the Background Investigation Team delivering a reduction in time to fill along with greater national consistency and alignment.Leveraged data analytics to drive multiple national process improvements leading to increased recruiter effectiveness and efficiency.

Alpharetta Ga

Restructured and aligned retail sales and call center South Area Talent Acquisition team with enterprise centralized model.Conducted assessment of team and identified gaps.Gathered stakeholder feedback, instilled confidence and gained buy-in.Developed plan to right size the organization.Hired and trained the new leadership team.Designed implementation and execution plans.Supported the roll out and execution of the new structure with the area moving from 4th place in every metric to continuously maintaining 1st or 2nd place.

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

Led the execution and change management needed to transition multiple decentralized Talent Acquisition teams responsible for front-line retail sales and call center staffing to a more streamlined, cost effective centralized approach. Developed and led a high performing team of 31 hub and field recruiters who consistently met or exceeded key metrics and hiring targets for high-volume retail sales and call center staffing.Accountable for hiring targets between 2000 to 5000 hires a year.Repeatedly exceeded Time to Fill and Cost Per Hire targets.Delivered quality hires who met or exceeded the performance of the embedded base. Leveraged data analytics and funnel calculator tools to maintain an average of 95% and above hire to target ratio. Implemented solid strategy design methods to assist with delivering quality scalable talent funnels to the business with new hires meeting or exceeding quality of hire metrics of the embedded base. Reduced national and local media spend by 30% and 60%, respectively.Designed and implemented college programs in local two and four year schools within each market maintaining an average of 60% to 70% entry-level degreed hiring year over year.Collaborated with HRBP and Functional Business Leaders to facilitate strong, strategic partnerships focused on delivering solid ROI.Maintained high level of recruiter effectiveness continuously driving recruitment system efficiency.

Huntsville, Alabama Area

Managed the end-to-end employee life cycle for 1400 call center employees.Appointed to spearhead the HR Strategy and execution of another call center opening.Liaison between human resources and business operations to create a healthy balance between human resources practices and the business operations. Accountable for hiring 1000 plus local employees.Drove culture integration to create an employee centric open-door environment.

Gainesville, Ga

Provided Human Resources Operations support to ensure programs and policies were balanced and focused on both meeting the needs of the employees while maintain the needs of the business. Acted as liaison between human resources and business operations to create a healthy balance between human resources practices and the business operations.

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

Managed the end-to-end employee life cycle for 1400 call center employees.Spearheaded the HR strategy and execution supporting the new call center opening.Accountable for hiring 1000 plus local employees and managing the transition and mobility of 400 to 600 transfers.Responsible for meeting the needs of the employees while maintaining the needs of the business.Drove culture integration to create an employee centric open-door environment.Transformed the organizational staffing structure leading the strategy, design and implementation of first fully integrated in-house staffing teamDeveloped the national data analytics tools used to support recruitment forecasting and funnel management.

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

Provided Business Unit Employee Relations Support.

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

Oversight of City Recruitment to include but not limited to Police, Fire, City Manager and all municipality support roles.