Director

• May 2023 - Present

Recruiter

• Jan 2022 - Oct 2022

• Execute the full hiring process – screen resumes, interview candidates, make recommendation for hire (or not hire) and assist with employment offers across 3 US regions and 12 education centers. • Advise talent and business leadership in defining staffing needs, developing inclusive hiring processes, and standardizing hiring across 3 US regions and 12 education centers. • Proactively identify, attract, and maintain excellent relationships with quality candidates, utilizing traditional and nontraditional resources, such as application tracking system (Jobvite), job boards, online career fairs, community network events. • Serve as the primary point of contact for candidates, education centers, and the business. • Team with hiring managers to ensure compliance with all federal/state laws and regulations, including affirmative action plan compliance. Show less

Director

• May 2019 - Sep 2020

• Developed, branded, and executed recruiting strategies, including role definitions and responsibilities, creation of job profiles, scheduling and interviewing of candidates, final selection and offer, negotiation of compensation packages, and coaching of new employees for a team of 50+ staff members. • Coordinated the development of and review of classroom curriculum and lesson plans for content age appropriateness. • Solved complex staff related problems, including disciplinary action, terminations, and quarterly staff reviews, through jointly set goals and strong work ethic, and leading by example and holding everyone accountable. • Developed and created operational plans for meal budgeting for the center, consulted with classroom leads to forecast weekly consumption of meals, track, and respond to variances, coordinate the placement of meal orders, as well as negotiate and handle vendor relationship management. • Initiated, communicated, and implemented corporate social responsibility initiatives, as well as led and accounted for the representation of the company in the local community. Show less

Lead Teacher

• Aug 2017 - May 2019

• Led efforts for teachers and parents (our customers) to jointly define and meet the needs of individual children with concerns for their interests, compromises, special talents, and individual style and pace of learning. • Prepared experiences which were developmentally sound, and which enable each child to mature emotionally, socially, cognitively, and physically. • Provided an efficient and high touch-experience to parents through regular one on one touch points, gathering developmental information used to create a bespoke lesson plan for each child. • Assisted with recruiting events, conducting interviews, and sourcing active and passive candidates through referrals, touch points during company events, as well as through parents’ recommendations. Show less

Lead Teacher

• Feb 2013 - Jul 2017

• Created lesson plans that encouraged growth in the areas of emotional, social, cognitive, and physical environment. • Guided children learn to think creatively, to solve problems independently, and to respect themselves and others. • Coordinated family events, bringing parents and children to connect through games during weekends. • Created lesson plans that encouraged growth in the areas of emotional, social, cognitive, and physical environment. • Guided children learn to think creatively, to solve problems independently, and to respect themselves and others. • Coordinated family events, bringing parents and children to connect through games during weekends.

Student Manager

• Aug 2008 - May 2012

- Effectively deal with customer complaints and employee motivation. - Responsible for the daily operations of the dining hall and oversee the preparation and serving of meals and beverages to customers. - Train new employees and explain the dining halls policies and practices. - Schedule work hours, making sure that enough workers are present to cover each shift. - Effectively deal with customer complaints and employee motivation. - Responsible for the daily operations of the dining hall and oversee the preparation and serving of meals and beverages to customers. - Train new employees and explain the dining halls policies and practices. - Schedule work hours, making sure that enough workers are present to cover each shift.