Training Specialist at MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas Area
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- Training Specialist at MD Anderson Cancer Center
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- Regional Manager at Employment and Training Centers
- HR Manager at UTi Integrated Logistics
- District Trainer at Randalls Food Markets
- Interim Youth Pastor at Heritage Park Baptist Church
- Education
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- University of Houston
- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
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Dustin Bennett’s Summary
Visionary and proven leader with extensive leadership, human resources, operational, and relationship building skills who excels at delivering presentations. Teachable and recognized as an effective and motivational team player with a consistent track record in delivering bottom-line results and developing employee job skills. Experienced in existing businesses, mergers, start-ups, and establishing new work environments and job responsibilities for both current and new employees.
Dustin Bennett’s Specialties:
Labor Law, Training and Development, Leadership, Employee Relations, Public Relations, Presentations, Innovation, EEOC Claims, Communication, Staffing
Dustin Bennett’s Experience
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Training Specialist
MD Anderson Cancer Center
(Educational Institution; Hospital & Health Care industry)
November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
• Facilitates courses in Management Development.
• Uses a variety of resources to facilitate classes which include but are not limited to Situational Leadership, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Achieve Global, and more.
• Plans, organizes, prepares and conducts department training and educational programs for users.
• Performs needs assessments to determine educational interventions and course development.
• Manages vendors, maintains records of training activities and assesses program effectiveness.
• Develops and monitors time lines and budgets.
• Participates in curriculum development.
• Identifies operational inefficiencies and problems and communicates/coordinates improvements where possible.
• Develops communications to inform users of new technologies or systems upgrades. -
Regional Manager
Employment and Training Centers
(Human Resources industry)
May 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 5 months)
• Led a team of Business Consultants and Staffing Specialists that are placed throughout the greater Houston area.
• Provided companies with customized services to solve workforce challenges.
• Offered strategic consulting using a large network of resources which are offered to employers at no charge including expertise in recruitment, wage and labor information, employment law and human resource-related services. -
HR Manager
UTi Integrated Logistics
(Public Company; utiw; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
January 2005 — May 2007 (2 years 5 months)
• Strategically created and executed a plan to fill the job needs of a new distribution center in a timeline concurrent to freight arriving. The total employee need was 1,250 associates and was staffed successfully within a four month time frame.
• Created policy and handbook material.
• Oversaw the day to day Human Resources functions in the areas of recruiting, orientation, policy implementation, associate development, and employee relations.
• Managed an HR staff and the implementation of payroll, benefits, and administration.
• Conducted investigations and resolved claims of harassment and EEOC.
• Encouraged continuous development in all associates through one-on-one sessions. -
District Trainer
Randalls Food Markets
(Public Company; SWY; Supermarkets industry)
May 1992 — January 2005 (12 years 9 months)
• Oversaw various programs, including new hire orientation and training for 37 stores within the Houston division.
• Identified and targeted opportunity areas within stores and created developmental programs to assist in the successful development of these areas.
• Managed in-store trainers for each of the 37 stores.
• Responsible for the CBT integration and roll out for the Houston division.
• Taught various classes in management development.
• Created training manuals and other developmental tools. -
Interim Youth Pastor
Heritage Park Baptist Church
(Religious Institutions industry)
1995 — 1996 (1 year )
Dustin Bennett’s Education
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University of Houston
BA , Coporate Communications , 2000
Minor in Media Production
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Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
MA , Christian Education , 2007
In progress
Additional Information
Dustin Bennett’s Websites:
Dustin Bennett’s Groups:
-Society for Human Resource Management (SHIRM)
-HR Houston
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SHRM Networking Group -
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® Assessment (MBTI®) -
HR.com -
401K and RRSP Professionals
Dustin Bennett’s Honors:
-Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Certified Practitioner
-Situational Leadership, Certified Instructor
-Achieve Global, Certified Instructor
-Six Sigma Training
Dustin Bennett’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
