Catherine Hamlin, CTS, CPC, TSC, PHR
804-***-**** 9615 Asbury Court, Richmond, VA 23229
*******@***.***
Career Profile
Strategic Training/Human Resources Manager and proactive business partner
to senior management to guide in the development of performance-driven,
customer-driven, and market-driven organizations.
. Proven leadership and supervisory experience with ability to lead
multiple projects/teams simultaneously.
. Outstanding project planning and project management skills, meeting
tight time constraints/deadlines.
. Solutions-driven manager, mentor and coach who relates well with all
types of people at all levels.
. Strong organizational and analytical abilities applied to achieve
desired goals, objectives, and results.
. Unwavering commitment to excellence in building teams who are the best
of the best in serving others.
. Personal traits: professional; common sense; adaptability; focused;
skilled trainer and team builder.
Core Competencies
Passion for Customer Care Excellence:
. Instill a philosophy of immediate response to customer inquiries - no
such thing as "do it tomorrow".
. Value each individual customer, exceeding expectations and paying
diligent attention to small details.
. Act and serve with integrity and trust, essential ingredients for
successful, long-lasting customer relations.
. Create an environment where customers are ecstatic with service,
creating action-oriented advocates.
Employee Relations:
. Confidentially handle/manage employee relations issues including
compliance, performance, complaints and counseling.
. Administers annual performance reviews for all staff members including
contingency staff.
. Responds to all employee-related inquiries from state agencies to
include EEO, Workers' Compensation and Unemployment.
. Subject Matter Expert on Employment Law
. Conduct industry-wide wage and salary surveys.
Motivating and Training:
. Analyze company culture and structure to pinpoint obstacles and create
new pathways or adopt existing model to build an environment of
solutions and forward movement.
. Recognize hidden solutions, already existing or external, through
research, active listening, and observation.
. Help personalize company vision and goals by implementing strategies
to create ownership/advocates.
. Analyze and monitor sales figures and statistics to establish firm
foundation for future growth.
. Identify the extraordinary among the team, systems, and practices and
build upon strengths.
Team Building:
. "My job is to make the team successful" - accomplished by coaching,
nurturing, and stretching to reach beyond an individual's comfort zone
to maximize personal/professional excellence.
. Discover talents/gifts of individual team members and build upon those
to maximize results.
. Create an environment to link team members' strengths as the beginning
of all endeavors.
. Capitalize on company structure, budgets, and timelines to build a
"let's do it" framework.
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Managing and Supervising:
. Orchestrate a team, discover core values of individual members, and
build a consensus of goals.
. Analyze budgets and expenditures to align with company vision,
mission, and direction.
. Automate and systematize rote and mundane functions to improve
operating efficiencies.
Solutions Oriented - Analysis to Action:
. Thrive on converting obstacles into opportunities by recognizing root
cause and developing solutions.
. Structure work environment where fear, failure, and blame are not
responses and/or defenses.
. Incorporate active listening to unravel challenges and rebuild - be it
systems, technology, or people.
Employment History
Reliance Staffing Services, Newport News, VA
VP of Operations and Human Resources 2010 to Present
Accountable for all phases of Operational Management of a growing regional
Manufacturing Staffing Service - hiring, staff development, evaluation,
promotion, and separations. Manages all areas of the staffing process, from
selling Reliance's staffing services to prospective clients to placing of
manufacturing professionals on assignment. Analyzes, develops and
implements new internal controls, policies and procedures for growth and
development of business.
. Provides mentoring and leadership; trains and manages sales and
recruitment staff.
. Administration of human resource activities and policies; including
compensation, benefits, staffing, affirmative action, employee
relations, health and safety, and training and development functions.
. Performs recruiting functions to include: developing and implementing
strategic recruitment and employee programs; locating top
manufacturing talent, interviewing temporary applicants, consulting
with candidates on industry trends, and placing candidates on a
permanent basis.
. Works with staffing clients to identify the most appropriate staffing
services for the client and makes recommendations for recruitment
methods.
. Works with executive management to ensure timely understanding of
current and future workforce needs, and implements improvements to
staffing processes, including sourcing and selection.
. Develops and Implements new S.O.P.'s for Payroll Administration, New
Hire Procedures, Scheduling Procedures and Quality Assurance
Procedures.
. Conducts on-going audits on: I-9's, W-4's, Client Compliances
(Criminal Background Checks and Pre-employment Drug Screenings.)
. Functions as the company liaison with our clients when needed during
Labor Relations meetings with various Unions and their
representatives.
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Adecco Employment Solutions, North Carolina Region
Regional Operations / Human Resources Manager 2007 - 2009
Recruited to create HR infrastructure to support business growth for a $30
million Carolina/Virginia Region with underachieving sales, exceedingly
high turnover and lack of cohesive management processes among profit
centers. Partnered with Divisional and Regional VPs to reorganize branches,
reduce overhead expenses, rebuild sales, and institute solid management
infrastructure.
. Developed and Implemented strategies for associate recruitment with
consideration of market needs and trends, ensuring that branch
activities are planned, measured and followed up.
. Developed and implemented effective training of Staffing
Consultants/Recruiters on SOPs, processes and quality customer service
delivery. Planned new hire training schedules and hands-on follow-up
training in skill marketing, recruiting, order fulfillment, payroll
security and procedures, workers' compensation and unemployment claims
control, etc.
. Performed Quarterly Performance reviews on all branches; Worked with
Branch Managers and staff to create effective action plans Developed
and Implemented training for all Branch Managers in SOPs, control
procedures, A/R management and HR polices;
. Coach and train staffs in action plan areas as needed and follow-up to
ensure action plans are fully implemented.
. Ensured that company policies and procedures are understood and firmly
followed at regional profit centers. Work to continually increase
operating efficiency.
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TeamStaff Rx, Inc., Washington, DC
Regional Human Resources / Project Manager, R.S. Staffing Services Inc. a
subsidiary of TeamStaff, Inc. 2003 - 2007
Provided human resource and operational support to all Regional Medical On-
Site accounts, in the Federal Government sector, in order to meet and/or
exceed all of the client's expectations. Assured consistent, high quality
service delivery to each On-Site account directly supported and managed.
Fully responsible for leading On-Site Managers and providing support that
ensured the clients received the highest quality service and that mutual
profitability was achieved.
. Developed operating budgets, revenue goals, expense targets, and other
objectives for the regional on-site accounts which included:
Hospitals, LTC facilities and the Consolidated Mail Out Pharmacies
(CMOPs) governed by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the
Department of Defense.
. Reorganized operations and facilitated seamless integration of
contract staff with Government employees and fostered team culture at
on-site locations.
. Implemented account maintenance activities in continuous process
improvements. Ensured that quality programs and measurements of
Performance Attributes were in place and utilized at each account and
made any necessary adjustments to meet any changing client needs and
expectations.
. Instituted cross-functional team approach that provided foundation for
successful implementation of $100 million MATO contract and recapture
of company's leading edge despite intense market competition and
economic downturns.
Manpower Professional Services, Mid-South Region, Research Triangle Park,
NC
Regional Director / Implementation Manager, Vendor Management Programs
1996-2003
Highlights:
. P&L Responsibility for 8 branch offices in GA, AL and TN.
. Provided expert staffing consulting services to Manufacturing Accounts
with $10,000,000.00 to $60,000,000.00 in annual spend.
. Diversified business mix to include Vendor on Premise and Master
Service Providers that resulted in a 21% sales increase for the
region.
. Increased GM% from 17% to 25% and N.O.P. from $625,000.00 in 2001 to
$1,500,000.00 in 2003.
. Trained and developed Site Management teams.
Additional Experience
Kelly Temporary Services, Raleigh / Durham, NC Human Resources
Generalist 1982-1996
Education
B.A., School of Business, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Recipient of the Harriet Lynn Norris Memorial Scholarship (Academic)
Financed 50% of Education by working full time while attending school
Professional Certifications
1991 Certified Temporary Staffing Specialist
1992 Certified Personnel Consultant
2000 American Staffing Association Employment Law Accreditation
2001 Technical Services Certified
2006 Professional in Human Resources
Affiliations
American Staffing Association
National Association of Technical Staffing Services
Society for Human Resource Management