John Wirkes

Experience

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  KING SOOPERS SUPERMARKETS

  Mar 1977 - Sept 1987

  Management positions including night shift supervisor, customer service manager and scan coordinator

  Oversaw and managed personnel, scheduling, interviewing, hiring, and training.

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  Cub Foods

  Aug 1987 - Jun 1992

  Assistant Department Manager

  Management of various departments with responsibilities of scheduling, overseeing and managing personnel, interviewing, hiring and training.

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  C.M.A.

  Sept 1992 - Jun 2002

  Director Counseling

  Provided individual, marriage, family and premarital counseling to those in need. Oversaw outreach and educational services. Developed and implemented practical strategies to assist those with immediacy needs, resulting in the creation of groups for addiction recovery, senior citizens, relationship building, education and victims of abuse. Recruited, trained and provided support to group facilitators. Created, organized, and administered all activities including weekly services and special events. Led yearly cross-cultural events. Actively participated in weekly public speaking and teaching. Show less

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  COVER-IT-ALL SERVICES INC

  Aug 2002 - Mar 2005

  Field/Office Supervisor

  Directed daily operation of administration department and field crews. Scheduled shifts of crew members, guaranteeing enough available manpower. Communicated with staff, employees, and customers, ensuring consistent completion of projects on time/within budget. Managed projects; interacted with contractors and suppliers. - Examined blueprints, estimated total cost, created proposals, prepared bids, and negotiated contracts. - Submitted invoices, maintained inventory, reconciled timesheets, and prepared payroll. - Used effective marketing strategies to develop new business relationships and maintained existing relationships with contractors. Show less

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  Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2013

  Certified Job Search Coach

  Consult with top HR representatives to plan strategies, implement services, and evaluate upcoming clientele. Meet with displaced employees, managers, and executives immediately upon notice of termination, as requested by HR, providing for immediate needs and concerns. Coach and counsel clients, in individual and group settings, assisting them in their employment transition by providing career counseling; as well as educating them in interviewing techniques, networking/marketing, resume creation/usage, and job search strategies. Travel nationwide more than 90% of the workweek while maintaining 97% reached rate for assigned weekly follow-up of clients. - Job Search Coaching: Trained and certified to work with individual and group clients quicker than any employee in company history, elevating the standard for coach certification. One of a select few employees entrusted to work with clients of all levels, from production workers, to C-Suite executives. - Project Leadership: Earned selection as first employee to receive newly developed project leadership training. Achieved project leader certification within ten months of starting with company. Led highly successful projects in Boston, Massachusetts; Bakersfield, California; as well as Albuquerque, New Mexico, in which up to 350 people were impacted by facility closures. Oversaw activity and performance of five coaches on each project. - Training and Development: Facilitate the training and development of new employees as well as evaluate and certify new coaches. Continually write modules, webinars, and PowerPoint presentations for training of new employees, continuing education of experienced staff, special projects, and new services. - Company Program Development: Achieved selection as leadership team member responsible for improving and updating entire core company program and all other company services according to new methodologies and current market trends. Show less

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  DEL TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC

  Mar 2007 - Jan 2009

  Account Manager/ Recruiter

  Provided temporary and permanent staffing services to employers and job seekers within Midwest industries and the engineering, architectural, and construction firms supporting those industries. - Fostered successful new business relationships and maintained existing accounts with client companies by visits and regular telephone contact. - Developed marketing leads by cold calling, referrals, marketing campaigns, and tradeshows. - Recruited for civil/structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering disciplines as well as project managers, construction managers, architects, designers, drafters, and other technical professionals. - Interviewed, screened, and qualified candidates identified through job board postings, advertising, cold-calling, attending job fairs, and networking. - Prepped candidates for interviews and revised resumes. - Managed effectively candidate issues related to compensation, benefits, and other concerns. Show less

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  Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

  Sept 2013 - now

  Maintains direct responsibility for the coaching team including:* Communication and problems solving with the coaches in the field* Working with scheduling to ensure adequate number of coaches and balanced schedules* Trouble shooting client issues and ensuring client satisfaction* Ensuring coaches have up-to-date training as well as needed tools to be successful* Evaluation of performance and certification of coaches* Acting as the liaison between Sales/Management and the coaching staff Show less

  • Director C-Suite Services

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Director of Coaching Services

    Sept 2013 - May 2024