Sonya K. Hughes

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LaMarque, Texas 77568

513-***-****

January 26, 2016

acu0qs@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Experience

Specialty Gifts Associate

October -2015 - present

Buc-ees

Texas City, Texas

Full-time merchandising and sales

Sales Associate

April 2015-present

Dollar General

La Marque, Texas

Part time Sales Associate

Senior Office Administrator August 2014 -March 2015

Global Real Estate Inspections (GREI)

Bayou Vista, Texas

Contract position

Director of Physician and Staff Management May 2004-October 2012

Sterling Medical

Cincinnati, Ohio

Regional Director and Management of Nationwide Government contract services for US Navy with focus on the Northeast as well as management of several Army and Air Force contracts; duties inclusive of solicitation analysis, proposal preparation, presentation, contract award negotiations and service implementation in addition to candidate sourcing pre/post Bid and post-award. Ongoing management responsibilities include oversight of program management team and field staff. In addition to staff management, also serve as primary Government liaison for the Government Contracting Office and the buying agency. Local management responsibilities for stateside contract services include oversight of recruitment and administrative personnel on various Government Contract accounts. Facilitate problem solving and intervention on accounts as necessary.

Self-employed December 2003-May 2004

Temporary assignments within the staffing field for various nurse-staffing agencies. These assignments typically were 2-3 days in length with an occasional 2- week assignment. Responsibilities included teaching innovative techniques for increasing employee base as well as clientele base as well as improving customer and employee satisfaction with each company. In one instance, I started a per-diem staffing division within a company which was focused solely on Contact Travel Nursing by teaching local recruiting techniques, gathering local clients and employees with hard-driven, focused recruitment and marketing strategies. In addition, I revised all travel contracts to reflect per-diem, short-term agreements for employees as well as clients.

This company has since maintained and grown its Local Staffing business to comprise 70% of its revenue.

Account Manager August 2003-December 2003

Temps Inc

Cincinnati, Ohio 45255

Duties included account management/staffing for Health Care and Allied divisions, recruitment, screening, interviewing and orienting new employees. Accounts receivable, collections, payroll, sales and marketing.

Increased clientele base 65% and increased employee base by 40%.

Implemented several marketing strategies with 2 previous companies, which greatly improved client/office relations as well as increased client base.

Implemented, created and distributed several successful employee and client targeted advertising which resulted in a 20% increase in employees and a 10% increase in clientele.

Recruiter/Staff Management Sept 1998-Oct 2002

FIRSTCALL Medical

Cincinnati, Ohio 45219

Co- managed 300 plus employees, as I was the only connection to FIRSTCALL 40 hours each weekend.

***Designed and implemented employee reward system for those who worked 40 hours per week and had ZERO call-offs to be entered into a monthly drawing for a 50.00 gift certificate to various local merchants. This reduced call-offs by 75% for most employees

*** Designed, created and distributed, client-targeted flyers to increase client base.

*** Designed, created and distributed, employee-targeted brochures to increase employee base.

Staffing Coordinator June 1997 - Sept 1998

American Nursing Care

Cincinnati, Ohio

On-call staffing- coordinator 64 hours per week. Excelled in customer satisfaction.

Implemented color-coded filing system which greatly reduced the errors and confusion associated with large-volume file management and reduced the double-booking and no-call/no show rate to almost zero.

Education

Associates Degree Social Work/Psychology, University of Cincinnati

Continued Education towards BS in Criminal Law and Psychology

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