Human Resources Manager

Lisa Dash-Grimes

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Experience:

Waldorf Astoria Hotel (A Hilton Hotel) - New York, NY

Director of Recruitment 3/2008 - present

. Full Cycle Recruitment for the Waldorf Astoria. All positions from line

staff to Hotel Leadership

. Supervision of 2 Recruitment Managers and indirect supervision of 2

support staff.

. Support all Department Heads in sourcing, interviewing, assessment and

hiring of talent

. Interacted with union hiring hall and members in following Union Hiring

steps and requirements

. Utilized and managed applicant tracking system, E-Recruit (Peoplesoft)

. Member of an 8 person Human Resources Department, participated in other

aspects of Human Resource functions.

. Responsible for a period of time for Leave of Absence and Employee

Benefit Issues.

. Developed strong relationships with NYC Hospitality Recruiters and HR

Professionals for resume exchange and candidate networking. Responsible

for employee outplacement and transfer services.

. Headed up and Participated in Affirmative Action Audit along with

Corporate Team Members

. Key member of hotel leadership team, participating in Lobby Duty and

various other hotel needs.

. Authorized Drug Testing and Background checks on all candidates.

. Organized and lead Volunteer Program - Operation Backpack

Toys R Us - Wayne, NJ

Manager of Talent Acquisition - Northeast Region

6/2004 - 3/2008

. Full cycle recruitment for a 98 store region with approximately 1.2

billion dollars in sales.

. Supported the Regional Human Resources Director, 3 Regional Human

Resource Managers, 10 District Managers and also assisted with

staffing efforts for the Corporate office in Wayne, NJ and the Times

Square location (a 70 million dollar store).

. Part of a 9 person recruiting team around the country comprised of 6

Toys R Us Field Recruiters & 3 Babies R Us Recruiters

. Well versed in employment websites, such as Monster, CareerBuilder and

all local and regional job boards ie. Hudson Valley Help Wanted.com,

NJ Jobs.Com etc.

. Work very closely with Search Vendors, advertising professionals

(Bernard Hodes), colleges and universities.

. Greatest expertise is in internet mining and data sourcing.

. Well known throughout Toys R Us and HR/Recruiting industry & networks

for ability to do excellent key word searching and finding candidates

for hard to hire opportunities.

. Spear Headed the seasonal hiring project in the Northeast for 2

years, convincing the organization to change seasonal hiring efforts

to start in August as opposed to October.

. Created email blasts for the Northeast as well as company wide.

. Created correspondence for email blasts.

. Created Hiring Events that were later dubbed "LisaQuests"

. Attended and Facilitated Hiring Events in various parts of the

Region.

. Increased Diversity in Hiring at all levels.

Starbucks Coffee Company 2/2002 -

9/2003

Regional Recruiter, New York City (2/2002- 8/2002) Regional Recruiter, New

Jersey (11/2002 -9/2003 )

. Sourced candidates using Internet Sourcing and Database Searching

Skills.

. Utilized various Internet websites such as Monster, LatPro, HotJobs,

and AllretailJobs. Managed postings and candidate retrieval from in

house Starbucks Recruitsoft Database.

. Primary recruiting responsibility to source, recruit and hire

Assistant Store Managers, Store Managers and District Managers.

. Full cycle recruitment for externals and internals.

. Managed external relationships with employment sources.

. Worked with advertising and employment vendors, colleges, community

organizations & other candidate sources.

. Ensured a highly positive candidate experience during Starbucks

Recruitment and Selection process.

. Worked with RVP, RDO and DM levels to determine staffing needs and

address current and future staffing needs. Executed monthly staffing

meetings.

. Created staffing reports that were shared with RDO, PRM and Zone

Staffing Manager.

. Member of a 12 person zone staffing team that worked closely in

sharing candidates, recruiting efforts and best practices to make

recruiting efforts more successful for the Northeast Zone.

Cosi Inc, New York, NY 1/2001 - 11/2001

New York/New Jersey Regional Recruiter

. Full Cycle Recruitment for Assistant and General Managers for Cosi

Restaurants.

. Hired a total of 65 managers between January and November.

. Hired corporate office staff to include areas such as Accounting,

Information Systems and Human Resources. Renegotiated agency and

website contracts and fee structures.

. Assisted with store level recruitment by attending job fairs,

targeting websites and creating an hourly database. Created

recruiting campaign "Cosi is Hiring, Spread the Word" which was

utilized on fliers and "emailers" to get candidates from all over the

country.

. Responsible for administering Batrus Hollweg Assessment Testing.

. Conducted background searches through Avert and Information Resources.

. Produced weekly statistics to exhibit candidate flow and hires.

Pitcher & Crow, New York, NY 12/1999 - 12/2000

Executive Search Consultant

. Specialized in placing Human Resource professionals at all levels.

. Searched and placed Marketing and Hospitality Positions.

. Billed approximately 60,000 in 9 months.

. Worked in a dual role as a Client Contract Recruiter &Agency

Recruiter.

Starwood Hotels and Resorts, New York, NY 7/1993

- 12/1999

Human Resource Manager - Benefits/Recruiting

. One of four Human Resource Managers responsible for handling a 1500

employee hotel complex.

. Managed all benefits for non union employees and assisted with union

benefits.

. Reorganized and updated health care benefits for all non union

employees

. Managed and paid all monthly healthcare and life insurance bills.

. Completely reorganized Workmen's compensation processes and

procedures.

. Created new filing system for WC case files resulting in increased

accuracy and efficiency.

. Lead member of the Hotel Safety Committee focused on minimizing hotel

accidents and injuries.

. Implemented & managed the Sheraton Federal Credit Union System for non

union employees.

. Performed recruiting for six high level management departments and one

union department.

. Increased recruiting resources, which saved several thousand dollars

in recruiting and advertising fees. Experience in organizing and

attending job fairs, college career days, in-house general screenings

and internship programs leading to highly effective hiring.

. Management of all interns located within the hotel complex.

. Provided recruitment assistance to the Sheraton Meadowlands, Sheraton

Stamford, Caesars Casino's and Sheraton Sales Centers.

. Developed strong relationships with NYC Recruiters for resume

exchange and candidate networking. Responsible for employee

outplacement and transfer services.

. Authorized drug testing and all background checks to be performed on

viable candidates.

Education: BA- Consumer Affairs Montclair State College August 1990

Computer Skills:

Microsoft Office Suite, Monster, Timesaver, Nextrak,

HotJobs, Careerbuilder, Various Regional Jobsites, Association

and Foundation Career websites.

Types 70wpm, Online Applicant Tracking System experience to

include E-Recruit (Peoplesoft)

Excellent Internet Sourcing and Networking. Keyword search and

AIRS (Boolean) search trained

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