
Employer Relations Expert at Indiana Business College
Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Employer Relations Expert at Indiana Business College
Indianapolis, Indiana Area
Dedicated career services professional with outstanding leadership, management and people/business development experience.
• Developed a unified management strategy for organization of 80 staff members.
• Designed and implemented a comprehensive strategic realignment of all staff and operations that led to a top to bottom restructuring and a $900,000 reduction in annual budget.
• Oversaw the development of a communications strategy that focused the primary corporate messages through print, web, video, visual and DVD media.
• Led strategic planning process for organization with a membership of 7,000 with an operating budget of $6M.
• Oriented and enrolled over 600 union employees from Navistar plant closing.
• Provided comprehensive assessment for an average of 40 new clients per week in a high volume urban reemployment center.
• Developed Individual Employment Plans for individual clients seeking retraining for reemployment; matched clients with suitable training and training providers; provided instruction for various job search techniques.
• Established entirely new HR department that met ongoing staffing needs of 250 full-time staff in four states.
• Revamped and directed regional recruiting conferences.
• Served on national human resource team in creating corporate HR philosophy, policy and processes.
• Developed a successful career counseling agency that serves a wide-spectrum of clients (high school students through adults), in both central Indiana, as well as nationally.
• Conducted career development workshops, offered individual resume coaching and led job search and networking groups.
• Pioneered the creation of a leadership school and internship program.
• Offered valuable consulting to hundreds of individuals with a wide range of career development needs.
Strategic Planning / Creative Problem Solving /Staff Development / Staffing & Recruiting / Career Coaching / Facilitation & Presentation / Program Design / Case Management / Diversity Experience / MBTI & SII Certified
(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
November 2004 — Present (5 years 1 month)
I lead a client centered career counseling practice designed to help them achieve their personal and professional life work goals
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Religious Institutions industry)
1994 — 2004 (10 years )
I oversaw all adult ministry and organizational integration aspects.
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Religious Institutions industry)
1991 — 1994 (3 years )
I oversaw all HR functions for 250 full-time staff in a 4 state region.
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Religious Institutions industry)
1979 — 1994 (15 years )
MDiv , 1989 — 1993
BA , Business Administration, Religious Studies , 1974 — 1978