Annette Hale
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Christopher Rhoades
Annette has worked for me for the last two years, and has been a great asset to the team. She has found that difficult to attain sweet spot between understanding the business (HR/Recruitment) strategy and translating that to a Tech team that is more used to formal requirements etc. Most recently, Annette has led the work around our I&D initiative of Self-ID in Workday, taking the understanding of external commitments and translating that into the reality of tracking our candidates to ensure we have a diverse population of offers being made. Before that, she was instrumental in the Global Design of the Employee Experience programme, leading the work on Onboarding and its implementation into ServiceNow and any follow-on Workday-related changes. She has an amazing attitude and always wants to learn and grow by achieving more than the original brief, extrapolating based on her knowledge of the goal and past experience to foresee blockers and unblock them before a risk becomes an issue. Her self-starting approach often leads me to find problems solved before I even knew about them. Overall, Annette has a fantastic history of delivery on strategic initiatives translated to the brass tacks of a process and system design, keeping the user experience top of mind, and can always be relied on to achieve both a practical and delightful outcome.
Maureen Tanguay
I had the pleasure of working with Annette as part of my leadership team for a highly visible, large scale global project to design and implement Workday Recruit at GSK in over 99 countries. From the start of our working relationship I was impressed with how quickly Annette began making impactful contributions and she consistently demonstrated the ability to link detailed processes to the overall strategy and identify proactive solutions to mitigate risks. Change management was a critical element to the success of this project and Annette had a keen ability think through the change impacts and ensure that the new way of working was aligned to enable the strategy and ensure a positive user experience. Annette was a key subject matter expert whom I relied on for insights when making critical decisions.
Christopher Rhoades
Annette has worked for me for the last two years, and has been a great asset to the team. She has found that difficult to attain sweet spot between understanding the business (HR/Recruitment) strategy and translating that to a Tech team that is more used to formal requirements etc. Most recently, Annette has led the work around our I&D initiative of Self-ID in Workday, taking the understanding of external commitments and translating that into the reality of tracking our candidates to ensure we have a diverse population of offers being made. Before that, she was instrumental in the Global Design of the Employee Experience programme, leading the work on Onboarding and its implementation into ServiceNow and any follow-on Workday-related changes. She has an amazing attitude and always wants to learn and grow by achieving more than the original brief, extrapolating based on her knowledge of the goal and past experience to foresee blockers and unblock them before a risk becomes an issue. Her self-starting approach often leads me to find problems solved before I even knew about them. Overall, Annette has a fantastic history of delivery on strategic initiatives translated to the brass tacks of a process and system design, keeping the user experience top of mind, and can always be relied on to achieve both a practical and delightful outcome.
Maureen Tanguay
I had the pleasure of working with Annette as part of my leadership team for a highly visible, large scale global project to design and implement Workday Recruit at GSK in over 99 countries. From the start of our working relationship I was impressed with how quickly Annette began making impactful contributions and she consistently demonstrated the ability to link detailed processes to the overall strategy and identify proactive solutions to mitigate risks. Change management was a critical element to the success of this project and Annette had a keen ability think through the change impacts and ensure that the new way of working was aligned to enable the strategy and ensure a positive user experience. Annette was a key subject matter expert whom I relied on for insights when making critical decisions.
Christopher Rhoades
Annette has worked for me for the last two years, and has been a great asset to the team. She has found that difficult to attain sweet spot between understanding the business (HR/Recruitment) strategy and translating that to a Tech team that is more used to formal requirements etc. Most recently, Annette has led the work around our I&D initiative of Self-ID in Workday, taking the understanding of external commitments and translating that into the reality of tracking our candidates to ensure we have a diverse population of offers being made. Before that, she was instrumental in the Global Design of the Employee Experience programme, leading the work on Onboarding and its implementation into ServiceNow and any follow-on Workday-related changes. She has an amazing attitude and always wants to learn and grow by achieving more than the original brief, extrapolating based on her knowledge of the goal and past experience to foresee blockers and unblock them before a risk becomes an issue. Her self-starting approach often leads me to find problems solved before I even knew about them. Overall, Annette has a fantastic history of delivery on strategic initiatives translated to the brass tacks of a process and system design, keeping the user experience top of mind, and can always be relied on to achieve both a practical and delightful outcome.
Maureen Tanguay
I had the pleasure of working with Annette as part of my leadership team for a highly visible, large scale global project to design and implement Workday Recruit at GSK in over 99 countries. From the start of our working relationship I was impressed with how quickly Annette began making impactful contributions and she consistently demonstrated the ability to link detailed processes to the overall strategy and identify proactive solutions to mitigate risks. Change management was a critical element to the success of this project and Annette had a keen ability think through the change impacts and ensure that the new way of working was aligned to enable the strategy and ensure a positive user experience. Annette was a key subject matter expert whom I relied on for insights when making critical decisions.
Christopher Rhoades
Annette has worked for me for the last two years, and has been a great asset to the team. She has found that difficult to attain sweet spot between understanding the business (HR/Recruitment) strategy and translating that to a Tech team that is more used to formal requirements etc. Most recently, Annette has led the work around our I&D initiative of Self-ID in Workday, taking the understanding of external commitments and translating that into the reality of tracking our candidates to ensure we have a diverse population of offers being made. Before that, she was instrumental in the Global Design of the Employee Experience programme, leading the work on Onboarding and its implementation into ServiceNow and any follow-on Workday-related changes. She has an amazing attitude and always wants to learn and grow by achieving more than the original brief, extrapolating based on her knowledge of the goal and past experience to foresee blockers and unblock them before a risk becomes an issue. Her self-starting approach often leads me to find problems solved before I even knew about them. Overall, Annette has a fantastic history of delivery on strategic initiatives translated to the brass tacks of a process and system design, keeping the user experience top of mind, and can always be relied on to achieve both a practical and delightful outcome.
Maureen Tanguay
I had the pleasure of working with Annette as part of my leadership team for a highly visible, large scale global project to design and implement Workday Recruit at GSK in over 99 countries. From the start of our working relationship I was impressed with how quickly Annette began making impactful contributions and she consistently demonstrated the ability to link detailed processes to the overall strategy and identify proactive solutions to mitigate risks. Change management was a critical element to the success of this project and Annette had a keen ability think through the change impacts and ensure that the new way of working was aligned to enable the strategy and ensure a positive user experience. Annette was a key subject matter expert whom I relied on for insights when making critical decisions.
Credentials
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Certified Digital HR Specialist
AIHR | Academy to Innovate HRDec, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Agile HR Certified Practitioner
Agile HR CommunityMar, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification
The Manufacturing InstituteJul, 2020- Nov, 2024
Experience
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VirtualResource
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Netherlands
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Workday Consultant
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Apr 2022 - Present
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GSK
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United Kingdom
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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HR Process & Systems Lead
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Aug 2020 - Mar 2022
Lead the design, delivery and continuous improvement of HR processes and systems related to enterprise-wide global recruitment, hiring and onboarding, to ensure optimal user experiences by all candidates and internal users. Areas of focus:• HR Business Partnering: Partner with the business and HR Tech to define desired business requirements, with a focus on strategic applications (e.g. ServiceNow, Workday), to include building a strategic roadmap and compelling business cases for change, driving requests through governance channels and steering committees • Solution Delivery: Validate process and system designs using design thinking and an agile approach for testing and feedback, and collaborate with teams on the technical build and implementation of the solution• Training: Support the delivery of training for HR, recruiters and SMEs on process changes and new ways of working, to grow organisational capability; also, oversee the creation and maintenance of new global training material
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HR Global Process Manager Workday
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Jun 2016 - Aug 2020
Within the overall HR Operations area, the Global Process team are responsible for delivering enhanced, simplified and more efficient global processes for our internal customers on Workday, the HR global system. Elements of this role include:• Lead, manage and deliver results for key projects to improve HR processes• Global Process Owner for Absence area• Support JLR (Joiners, Leavers, Relocators) Global Process Owners in implementing key process improvements globally• Investigate and approve Change Requests from HR/business, managing them through the HR Ops Change Control Governance process• Ensure process design changes are clearly communicated to the markets by facilitating and managing global monthly meetings with the market LPOs (Local Process Owners), providing ongoing assistance, guidance and support• Responsible for maintaining and updating global documentation
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HR Partner
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Oct 2012 - May 2016
Experienced in an extremely high volume shared services team, supporting and building relationships with employees and people managers in both commercial and manufacturing sites, across all levels of business hierarchy. - Provide high quality, comprehensive HR administrative and transactional support across all sites in Ireland, covering 1,600 employees in both commercial and manufacturing functions- Understanding and ownership of end to end complex and sensitive processes and queries eg. Redundancy process- Coach and mentor employees, people managers and colleagues in areas of expertise- Managed and co-ordinated several large projects such as pan Ireland Pension Renewals project, localised benefit offering project and updating of all contract templates for all sites in line with legislation and particular entity terms and conditions- High involvement in integration of Workday system to the business, liaising with payroll and external global support teams in testing and development- Creation and Maintenance of Policies and Procedures Pan Ireland- Liaising with external providers in areas such as pensions, outplacement, healthcare provider- Working with a range of varied and complex benefit packages across all sites with multiple business entities - Adhering to Local Policies/Procedures and relevant Legislation- Focus on continuous improvement in all areas- Support within the HR wider team at key events- Maintain confidentiality, communicating clearly and concisely - Support of core Systems e.g. Workday/GPS/CORE TnA/Pure/Remedy
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Lionbridge
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United States
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Translation and Localization
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700 & Above Employee
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HR Recruiter
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Apr 2012 - Nov 2012
• Responsible for sourcing candidates through networking, internet postings, university relations, etc. Mentor and provide guidance and direction to recruiting coordinators. • Compile and update reports for job openings, hires and post-hire summaries for hiring managers• Screen candidates for availability, interest level, visa status, salary range, relocation needs and basic qualifications.
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Recruitment Administrator
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Feb 2010 - Apr 2012
This position involved daily global sourcing of candidates from all around the world. Applicants were guided through a recruitment process, screening for suitability and eligibility. Duties included:o Screening CVs and candidate profiles for their suitability to the roleo Screening and follow up of questionnaires from applicantso Preparing applicants for exam stageo Tracking and updating of candidate profileso Daily correspondence with applicants around the globeo Involved in teams on various projectso Sourcing candidates through online research and advertising/internet posting
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Business Support Coordinator
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Feb 2009 - Jul 2009
During my year long round the world trip, I stopped and worked in Australia for six months with a management consultancy and workplace training organisation. My role title was Business Support Co-ordinator where I worked primarily with the Managing Director and owner of the small organisation. My work experience in 3CM built my confidence greatly and provided me with experience in various aspects of the business, from customer relations to website management. I joined the organisation at a unique time as the business was being remodelled and involved creating alliances with universities and bringing more business in through online marketing campaigns.
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GSK
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United Kingdom
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Human Resources Assistant Administrator
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Jun 2007 - Sep 2007
As a result of an award for ‘Excellence in Human Resource Management’, valued at €2000, I completed an internship in the Human Resources department of GlaxoSmithKline in Dublin. My selection for the award followed being chosen from the top seven Commerce graduates and a day long assessment centre conducted by GSK, in collaboration with NUIG. I was given the opportunity to work in a real business environment on key projects including the submission for the ‘Best Companies to Work for in Ireland’ survey, a total reward project and various other initiatives.
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Education
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2007 - 2008
National University of Ireland, Galway
Master in Corporate Strategy and People Management, Strategic Management, People Management and Development,Research Methods, Applied HR Management -
2004 - 2007
University of Galway
Commerce, Business, Human Resource Management, Economics
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