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Greater San Diego Area

In my current role as a Talent Acquisition Manager & Executive Benefits Advisor, I provide strategic leadership and direction around talent acquisition and benefits administration. I manage staff responsible for the implementation of processes and initiatives to attract, hire, onboard, retain, and develop top talent during the yearly hiring cycle. I am also involved in ensuring recruitment systems and processes adhere to federal and state guidelines. I engage with new and potential recruits to identify health and wellness needs and offer appropriate benefits package to include Medical, Dental, Group Life/AD&D, STD/LTD, Long-Term Care, Dental, global travel, retirement pension plans. Here is a list of my key accomplishments:• Facilitated 3000+ hrs of group and one-on-one training to upwards of 447 staff members and potential applicants.• Enhanced organizational effectiveness by coordinating six training planner boards with executive leadership.• Arranged effective training and development programs for employees to boost knowledge and performance.• Achieved 100% hiring goals through effective HR planning and talent acquisition.• Leveraged high-level interpersonal and communication skills to surpass hiring goal by nearly 333%.• Accelerated retention rate by 7% while ensuring promotion of two direct staffers to supervisor roles.• Received various awards, including Supervisor of the Quarter (Q3), Office of the Month (April), and Recruiting Team of the Year in 2020. Office of the Month (Jan, Mar, and Nov) and Office of the Quarter (Q3) in 2018.

Various Location - Bahrain, Maryland & California

Utilized best public affairs practices to identify and pursue new and innovative ways to provide important information about the Navy Reserve to the public and key audiences. Offered effective support to four maritime aircraft groups in tactical flight tracking, critical regional intelligence, and weather briefs while conducting post-flight analysis for 530 flights and 4600 hours. Established and maintained effective working relationships with members of the news media and specialized groups interested in the organization's operation. Managed all public information and public inquiries, news releases and press queries.Here is a list of my key accomplishments:● Oversaw multiple cross-functional teams and trained staff on proper presentation and communication skills.● Identified discrepancy in several Reserve members’ pay and collaborated with payroll to resolve error and coordinate$8,800 in interest-free loans for affected members.● Provided strategic leadership to multiple teams of 21 employees and encaged them to attain set goals.● Managed the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) enterprise systems to simplify complex processes.● Delivered 30 hours of acoustic analysis for urgent submission to government intelligence and reporting agencies regarding multiple, potential threats.

Greater San Diego Area & Bahrain

In this role, I coordinated four multi-national, joint ventures in Hawaii and Japan. I developed strategic relationships with personnel while providing executive and team briefing and carrying out security escorting and acoustic analysis. My achievements:• Facilitated a 95% completion rate for team of 12 on yearly training on various compliance topics including Equal Opportunity, Creating Positive Work Environments, and Personal Financial Management.• Achieved zero incidence score, 20 strategic outcome reports, and acoustic data analysis for all 23 events.• Led in-depth personnel history research resulting in the issuance of 177 performance awards and qualification achievements for 31 Reserve members.• Flawlessly directed yearly training schedule for a specialized department of 12 personnel on topics such as equal opportunity, creating positive work environments, personal financial management,and other required training with a 95% completion rate.• Attained a 3.75 GPA attended graduate-level business courses at National University• Fostered a teamwork environment conducive to positive dialogue across the team. The only member to cross- train in all areas of operations: communications, analysis, technician, and floorsupervisor.• Planned and prioritize the required personnel history research to develop and submit 177performance awards and qualification achievements, ensuring 31 members maintained accurateand up to date evaluation records

Greater San Diego Area & Bahrain

Key Accomplishments• As the junior team member took over role as Supply Lead Supervisor, which is a position held for senior staff members normally• Managed purchase account of $25K and responsible for the logistical control of $423,000 worth ofsatellite, radio and server equipment with 100 percent accountability and passed the yearly,government accounting audit.• Negotiated approximately 37 purchase orders at $6,000 or 10% below the average market price.• Recognized as Employee of the Month for November 2011

Greater San Diego Area & Various Other Locations

Key Accomplishments• Advised Indian cuisine restaurant owner on interviewing techniques, best practices, and one-ononecoaching sessions that contributed to sound hiring decisions.• Devised creative and cost-effective marketing programs for Café India (including special events,Living Social, Groupon and a tiered customer reward program) that increased sales by 25% duringits employment.• Recommended new-hire orientation program to include HR information and fair practice rights/laws.• Successfully negotiated a client/ employee settlement dispute through the use of severance pay.The aforementioned issue could have cost the employer upwards of $100,000 dollars or completebusiness stoppage.• Aided educator in transferring New York Teachings License to California, negotiate terms for anew position and subsequently signed a contract with the San Diego Unified School District at anincreased rate, valued at $50,000 net gain over the course of her career.

Master’S Degree, Business Administration, Public Health, 3.675

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration, Human Resources & Financial Services, 3.2