Karen Barr

Recruiter/Onboarding Specialist at Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries
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(386) 825-5501
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Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States, US

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Joseph Grabowski

As the Human Resource Manager at Link Computer, Karen was easy to work with and always maintained professionalism with a smile. Fantastic person in every sense of the word and really care about what she is doing. With her can do attitude, I highly recommend her.

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Experience

    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Recruiter/Onboarding Specialist
      • Mar 2016 - Present
    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Human Resources Manager
      • Jan 2014 - Sep 2015

      Built a Human Resources department for this home health software company due to its significant growth, coordinating duties and responsibilities with those of the other departments. This was the first dedicated human resource role since the company had split from its parent company eight years prior. • Recruited and filled 40+ new and 10+ replacement high-end technical, healthcare, sales, customer service, marketing, implementation and management positions within a 12-month period, cutting anticipated expenditures for placement firms from a minimum of $250K to $30K. • Reduced medical benefit premiums by 10% and avoided a 42% price increase by shopping vendors. • Implemented a new performance evaluation system. • Worked with marketing to create a stronger presence on LinkedIn for the company and for staff recruitment. Show less

    • United States
    • Defense and Space Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Technical Recruiter
      • Mar 2012 - Apr 2013

      Recruited for specific national and international defense contractor hiring needs in the Information Technology arena with focus on candidate identification through multiple sourcing channels to include traditional job boards, diversity job boards and sources, armed forces sourcing, social media, Internet cold-surfing, employee referral outreach, and passive candidate call lists. • Worked with a team of 12 recruitment and administrative staff. • Performed detailed resume reviews, cold calling, and candidate phone screening for job requisitions submitted by management. • Maintained accurate applicant records in the in-house applicant tracking system and for AAP reporting. • Maintained and built an ongoing pipeline of candidates for all assigned capability areas. • Represented the company at high profile job fairs, networking and providing information on locations and employment opportunities to potential candidates. Show less

    • Director of Human Resources
      • Aug 2007 - Sep 2010

      Built a Human Resources department for this medical device start-up company due to its significant growth, coordinating duties and responsibilities with those of the other departments. • Recruited, oriented, and coordinated training of all new staff; average time span from start of recruitment to first day of employment was 35 days. • Per ISO requirements set by the company, maintained a staff turnover rate of 5% or less due to a highly structured training and professional development schedule built around ISO and non-ISO policies, procedures, and work instructions. • Built a training and development tracking system to maintain accurate ISO training and procedure records for audits. • Coordinated annual Shareholder and Board of Director meetings and worked with corporate attorneys to process and prepare shareholder documentation. • Worked with the company’s benefits’ broker to successfully research and/or negotiate premium increases of less than 5%. Show less

    • United States
    • Human Resources Manager
      • 2000 - 2007

      Managed all human resource functions for this Information Technology company. • Worked with insurance broker to keep benefits cost increases to a minimum, averaging between 4-7% annually. Implemented extensive employee education to control rising healthcare costs. • Created and maintained a training documentation system for use with the performance appraisal system. • Recruited, hired and completed onboarding for internal company hires as well as new hires for the outbound IT staffing division. • Coordinated employee and company events, such as the Blair County Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event introducing the business community to the Company’s new facility. Also handled company charitable efforts such as the Toys for Tots toy drive campaign which collected on average 400 to 500 toys per year. Show less

Education

  • Indiana University of Pennsylvania
    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Foreign Language
    1981 - 1986

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