Listowel, Ontario, Canada
Successful and ambitious Human Resource (HR) Specialist with significant experience leveraging project management expertise and superior organizational skills to successfully deliver transformation initiatives. Inclusive team player, maintaining accurate and comprehensive personnel records, preparing job descriptions, and maintaining confidentiality. Self-driven and engaging team player, building effective relationships with key industry stakeholders and managing a diverse population in a fast-paced environment.
Empowering HR Leaders and C-Suite to make strategic data-driven business decisions by developing automated data visualizations and reports and data storytelling based on people data. Leading and conducting employee engagement surveys and analysis to help inform leaders of areas of opportunity for their departments. Streamlining processes and reducing redundancies by leveraging technology and data analytics to drive better decision-making, anticipate workplace needs, and achieve objectives through automation reporting and building dashboards via Data Studio and Superset. Forecasting headcount and turnover and automating projections to help leaders make better informed decisions.
Improved employee retention by developing job aids and training resources for employees, analyzing data and metrics for monthly reporting. Developed a marketing strategy to increase brand awareness through social media, blogs, and email marketing.
Recruited and onboarded up to 15 candidates weekly, performing interviews, screening, and full-cycle recruitment for entry-level and professional positions. Improved company reach, collaborating with employment agencies and educational institutions to recruit quality candidates. Conducted new hire orientation and training for over 50 new employees, ensuring each employee was knowledgeable in their position and was familiar with policies and procedures.
Taught an online course to 300 undergraduate students in leadership theories Assisted instructors with grading, lesson plans, and student feedback Instructed a Distance Education course on Career Development for three semesters
Analyzed data for the Ontario School Counsellors’ Associated (OSCA) to look for overall trends Assisted with the research on careers with team from UoG and the University of Carleton
Recruited over 25 candidates in the IT field, applying marketing strategies to attract high-quality talent while conducting interviews to screen potential employees. Increased brand awareness by assisting with website design and image selection while collaborating with C-Suite executives on marketing strategies.