
Timeline
About me
Human Resources Specialist (Retired)
Education

Bishop hogan high school
1968 - 1972
University of missouri-kansas city
1996 - 1996Phr human resourcesActivities and Societies: Professional Human Resources (PHR) Certification from SHRM
Experience

Enterprise rent-a-car
Oct 1973 - Nov 2008Human resources managerI started as a Management Trainee and was promoted to Assistant Manager, Bracnh Manager, City Manager and Human Resources Manager. When I started the HR department we employed 50 employees in 5 locations. We grew to 500 employees and 50 locations. My job description included all HR Generalist duties such as Recruitment, Employee Relations, Legal Avoidance, Retention, On Boarding, Facilitation, Benefits, Work Comp etc.

U s dept of commerce u s census bureau
Mar 2009 - Sept 2010Administrative specialistHuman Resources Management and Administrative support in the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, Kansas City Regional Census Center for Region 6 covering six states, 35 Census Bureau locations with 40,000 employees in the field during the 2010 Census peak.

Internal revenue service
Nov 2010 - Mar 2011Contact representativeIRS Wadge & Investment Division providing high-quality taxpayer assistance to 122 million taxpayers and partner with private organizations to provide assistance to disadvantaged groups.
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Veterans administration (va)
Mar 2011 - Oct 2014Human resources specialistHuman Resources Specialist for the Human Resources Service Line. Provide advisory and technical services in the HR speciality areas of recruitment and placement, performance management, HR development, employee/labor relations, employee benefits and position management and classification. Provide authoritative advice to managers, supervisors, and employees regarding complex recruitment and placement actions. Collaborate with managers in determining short and long term recruiting needs and redeveloping effective recruitment methods and strategies. Recommends innovative strategies to resolve problems of job turnover, long and short term workforce planning, downsizing, and reinvention initiatives while ensuring the correctness and propriety of action taken. Prepare vacancy announcements, make qualification and eligibility determinations, and issues certificates. Train and advise managers, supervisors, and employees regarding various human resource management topics and third role in the HR program. Work with a variety of organizational segments with employees in both the competitive and excepted services as well as three major pay categories, General Schedules, Title 38 and Hybrid 38, and Wage Grade.Educate the public on the VA as "Employer of Choice". Show less

U.s. department of commerce, national oceanic and atmospheric administration (noaa)
Nov 2014 - Dec 2017Human resources specialistThe Workforce Management Office (WFMO) provides NOAA-wide leadership to workforce management functions including strategic human capital planning, labor-management, about labor relations, employee relations, performance management, and incentive awards, executive resources, distance learning, leadership development, training and career development, and human resources data management and automation initiatives. The Workforce Management Office employees in the Kansas City Office provide client centric human resources operational support to the National Weather Service.Duties Include:Perform recruitment and placement, pay administration and personnel processing functions; use Delegated Examining (DE) regulations, rules, policies and procedures to fill vacancies; ensure that all DE requirements are met for job opportunity announcements, personnel actions are properly coded, and meets DE requirements; properly adjudicate veterans' preference; provide advice on Alternative Personnel Systems, General Schedule, Wage schedule, consultant/expert and senior level pay matters; advise on provisions of premium pay including Title 5, FLSA, hazard, night differentials, etc. apply general and premium pay principles, concepts, and practices, including multiple pay systems and authorities (e.g., title 5 and non-title 5). Show less

Retired
Jan 2018 - nowHuman resources specialist
Licenses & Certifications

Building stakeholder partnerships
Noaa: national oceanic & atmospheric administration (commerce learning center)
Growing your hr perspective and career
Noaa: national oceanic & atmospheric administration (commerce learning center)Aug 2016
Hiring strategies (noaa supervisory series)
Noaa: national oceanic & atmospheric administration (commerce learning center)Aug 2016
Hrbp master class using data to strengthen your partnership and show your impact
Ceb corporate leadership councilAug 2016
Influencing through insight:how hrbps can use insight
Ceb corporate leadership councilAug 2016
Hrbp master class leveraging predictive analytic to improve hiring outcomes
Ceb corporate leadership councilJul 2016
Hrbp master class: driven partnerships to extend their impact.
Ceb corporate leadership councilJul 2016
Hrbp master class: learning and mastering the hrpb role (human resource business partner)
Ceb corporate leadership councilJul 2016
Leveraging predictive analytic to improve hiring outcomes
Noaa: national oceanic & atmospheric administration (commerce learning center)Jul 2016
Workeforce planning and employment recruitment strategies
Noaa: national oceanic & atmospheric administration (commerce learning center)Jul 2016
A roadmap to success: hiring, retaining, and including people with disabilities
Commerce learning center-noaaDec 2015
Veteran employment training for human resources professionals
Commerce learning center-noaaDec 2015
Administrative billings and collections (abco)
Noaa: national oceanic & atmospheric administration-national finance center (nfc)Jan 2015
Document tracking system external (dotse)
Noaa: national oceanic & atmospheric administration-national finance center (nfc)Jan 2015
Special payroll processing system (spps)
Noaa: national oceanic & atmospheric administration-national finance center (nfc)Jan 2015
Hspd-12 issuer certification
Va talent management system (tms)Jul 2014
Hspd-12 overview certification
Va talent management system (tms)Jul 2014
Hspd-12 registrar certification
Va talent management system (tms)Jul 2014
Hspd-12 sponsor certification
Va talent management system (tms)Jul 2014
Piv applicant web-based certification
Va talent management system (tms)Jul 2014
Pharmacy technician professional standards board training
Veterans administrationSept 2013
Patient centered care staff retreat
Va talent management system (tms)May 2013
Prevention of workplace harassment/no fear
Talent management system (tms) veterans administration (va)Mar 2013
Suicide prevention-operation s.a.v.e.
Talent management system (tms) veterans administration (va)Mar 2013
Prevention and management of disruptive behavior
Talent management system (tms) veterans administration (va)Feb 2013
Joint commission national patient safety goals
Veterans administration tmsJan 2013
Responses to suspicious events
Veterans administration tmsJan 2013
Vetpro security and confidentiality for dependents
Talent management system (tms) veterans administration (va)Jan 2013
Vetpro security and confidentiality for lip credentialers
Talent management system (tms) veterans administration (va)Jan 2013
War zone trauma for neo
Veterans administration tmsJan 2013
I care va core values
Va talent management system tmsDec 2012
1 hr connect veterans preference, schedule a, student hiring
Va talent management system tmsJun 2012
Preparing for emergencies and disasters: all hazards
Va learning universityMay 2012
1hr connect
Hr university veterans administrationMar 2012
Best practices in assessment questionnaire development
Usa staffingMar 2012
Merit system principles and prohibited personnel practices
Hr university veterans administrationMar 2012
Usa staffing orientation
Usa staffingMar 2012
Adjudicating and applying veteran preference
Gs graduate schoolFeb 2012
Conquering negative thinking
Tms courseDec 2011
Qualification standards for gs positions federal government
Distant education & training graduate schoolDec 2011
Csrs and fers benefits applications
Advance -u.s. department of veterans affairsJul 2011
Effective communication
Advance- u.s. departmetn of veterans affairsJul 2011
Employee development
Advance -u.s. department of veterans affairsJul 2011
Telework in the federal government
Advance-u.s. department of veterans affairsJul 2011
Basic staffing and placement
Gs graduate school usa 40 hours/4.0 ceuMay 2011
Customer service representative (csr)
Department of treasury- internal revenue service (irs)Jan 2011
Employment law review
Spencer fane britt & browne law firmSept 2008
Servant leadership development program
Urban league of greater kansas cityJun 2008
401k employee education & enrollment
Fidelity investmentOct 2007
Employment benefits legal review
Spencer fane britt & browne law firmSept 2007
Retirement planning today (finance)
Kansas state university -olathe, ks extension centerJun 2007
Delegated examining unit (deu)
U s office of personnel management (opm)May 2011
The uniformed services employment and reemployment
Va tms talent managementn systemMar 2012
Compliance and business integrity (cbi) awareness
Talent management system (tms) veterans administration (va)Dec 2013
Ethics, most wanted
Talent management system (tms) veterans administration (va)Dec 2013
Kc-eoc security
Talent management system (tms) veterans administration (va)Dec 2013
Kc-eoc-infection control
Talent management system (tms) veterans administration (va)Dec 2013
Kc-eoc-medical equipment and utilities
Talent management system (tms) veterans administration (va)Dec 2013
Kc-eoc-safety
Talent management system (tms) veterans administration (va)Dec 2013
Va privacy & information security awareness & rules of behavior
Va learning management systemDec 2013
Privacy and hipaa training
Veterans administration tmsJan 2013
Professional human resources (phr)
Society human resources management association (shrm)Jun 2006
Equal employment opportunity (eeo) laws and events
Noaa: national oceanic & atmospheric administrationMay 2016
National finance center (nfc)
Noaa: national oceanic & atmospheric administrationNov 2014
Information technology security awareness
Noaa: national oceanic & atmospheric administrationJun 2016
Internal consulting skills for federal hr professionals
Graduate school usaJul 2016
Addressing sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination in federal civilian employment
Noaa: national oceanic & atmospheric administrationMay 2016
E-verify
Us department of homeland securityFeb 2015
Using hr analytics
Graduate school usaAug 2016
Entry, processing, inquiry, and correction system (epic)
Noaa: national oceanic & atmospheric administrationNov 2014
History, correction, update, processing system (hcup)
Noaa: national oceanic & atmospheric administrationNov 2014
Volunteer Experience
Committee Chair
Issued by United Way of Greater Kansas City on Jan 1999
Associated with Brad Barackman, PHR
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