Experience

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  Eeoc

  Aug 1987 - Aug 1989

  Trial attorney
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  Dayton's, marshall field's, prange's

  Feb 1990 - Oct 1998

  Hr/selling manager
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  Help/systems, llc

  Oct 1998 - Aug 2011

  Human resource manager

  Key work areas: employee relations, benefits, hiring and project management • Established trust and confidence in working relationships that resulted in greater collaboration and improved quality of employee relations.• Conducted multiple investigations for harassment that included interviews, outcome reports for executive management and follow-up on action plans.• Managed compliance in all aspects of HR including Title VII, ADA, FMLA, ADA and OSHA.• Developed multiple processes as first and sole HR leader. Expertise in hiring, new manager training, and new hire orientation. • Planned and executed events including wellness, benefits, corporate giving, personal development and skill training for both employees and management.• Planned and administered comprehensive benefit program, from renewal process, staff education and enrollment to successfully resolving benefit-related issues. Show less

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  Breathing room coaching

  Jan 2012 - Dec 2012

  Coach & owner

  Key work areas: coaching, consulting and social media• Coached clients to identify and remove obstacles to help them reach their goals including career development and change management.• Created effective business practices including hiring, interviewing, selection and performance management for non-profit and small business organizations.• Planned and implemented social media marketing communications for clients’ businesses including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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  Clockwork active media systems

  Dec 2012 - Nov 2015

  Talent development manager

  Key work areas: employee relations, hiring and staff development• Successfully developed solid working relationships from executive management to staff to effectively resolve performance management and other issues. • Created standardized hiring process including job analysis, recruiting, interviewing, targeted selection, on-boarding, and managing the creation of an in-house applicant tracking system.• Developed staff through one-on-one coaching, management training and company-wide initiatives.• Managed the Affirmative Action Plan certification process, organizing the plan and prioritizing activities. Show less

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  Hr connection ®

  Jan 2015 - May 2019

  Human resources consultant

  Key work areas: HR Consultant services and small group facilitation• Clients: The Minneapolis Foundation, Garfield Foundation, Better Futures• Managed hiring, from creating job descriptions, interviewing and candidate selection to negotiating job offers and creating on-boarding and training plans. • Designed STEP-UP Achieve internship program to include developmental, challenging and fun experiences, along with developing new supervisors in their role.• Created and delivered training to management team to improve staff effectiveness. Show less

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  Salo llc

  May 2019 - Jun 2020

  Human resources consultant

  Assignment at Securian Financial Group • Intranet Content Update ProjectIdentified all intranet content needing updating due to entirely new processes and software.Met all cross-functional SMEs and tailored the update plan to their needs.Converted and updated all content using Adobe markup tools.Collaborated with the Communications team to edit, review and approve all content by go live date resulting in 125+ pages of updated content and 25+ deleted pages.• ProjectPersonal Day Carryover Balance ProjectIn collaboration with a variety of departments through much trial and error, created a process to gather and update all exempt associate carryover balances (approximately 2000) to upload into Workday in the most efficient, fair, and valid way possible. Worked with the Communications team to develop and execute a multi-layered plan to communicate all necessary action steps for both leaders and associates across a period of several months.Prepared the internal HR call center to answer all leader and associate questions about the process and make necessary corrections in Workday. • Wage Theft Compliance ProjectIn collaboration with the Compensation team, legal department, and the Workday implementation team, created two processes for complying with the MN Wage Theft law, pre- and post-Workday. Trained the HR Call Center staff to implement both processes.Worked with cross-functional SMEs and the Communications teams to create an Employee Handbook policies landing page for all applicable content. Show less

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  Securian financial

  Jul 2021 - Apr 2022

  Contingent workforce sr specialist

  My role supports the Contingent Workforce Program enterprise-wide as by delivering operational excellence and accurate, high quality, personalized customer service to internal customers as well as vendor partners regarding all aspects of the Contingent Workforce program. Key responsibilities include being the primary point of contact to respond to inquiries and transact requests pertaining to our non-employee workforce managed within the Vendor Management System, VNDLY, and HCM, Workday. Other responsibilities include operational process ownership and ongoing audits supporting reporting and analytics needs. Show less

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  Salo, a korn ferry company

  Apr 2022 - now

  Consultant

  Project Manager - January 2024 - presentProject Manager - April 2023 - November 2023US HR Integration Program Manager - September 2022 - April 2023Interim HR Director - April 2023 - June 2023