Jacqueline Clabaugh
Sr. Employee Relations and Staffing Consultant - Diversified RPO
Camp Hill, PA
********@*****.*** - 814-***-****
High energy, results oriented professional with over 20 years of supervisory, employee relations, human
resource, customer service and sales experience. Reputation for creating and implementing programs that
motivate staff to collaborate and embrace company mission and values. Experience in managing multiple
locations as well as HR knowledge throughout different States. Keen ability to develop lasting relationships
with new and existing customers through listening skills, attention to detail and service delivery beyond
expectation. Success in creating systems that streamline and simplify processes, reduce time spent on
projects, improve productivity, foster teamwork and create personal and team accountability. Skilled in MS
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, ADP, SAP, HRIS, Kenexa and PeopleSoft software.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sr. Employee Relations and Staffing Consultant
Diversified RPO - Mechanicsburg, PA - June 2014 to Present
Partner with DSO management to promote a positive employee culture, manage and resolve workplace issues,
and communicate and engage with the workforce on business and HR initiatives and programs. Consult
and address complaints, concerns and allegations raised by employees, management and the company.
Conduct investigations and prepare written case summaries. Collaborate with legal affairs and/or management
to resolve issues including implementing disciplinary actions up to and including termination. Assist in
preparations for and attend mediations, arbitration and other court proceedings, including unemployment claim
responses.
Provide human resource support to the organization in the areas of performance management, succession
planning, retention and workforce analytics. Gather insight from the business, management and employees to
provide information on trends and issues to HR leaders and Senior leadership. Analyze, develop and review HR
policies, procedures and guidelines for HR matters. Develop and deliver HR training programs to management
and employees as needed.
Employee Relations Specialist
Lowe's Home Improvement Inc - Pittston, PA - 2013 to 2014
Using available data/field HR recommendations, conduct on-site visits in Supply Chain locations (RDCs,
FDCs, Millworks, Import/SOS, etc) to discover and examine employee relations issues that may be negatively
impacting the facility. Provide objective assessment/evaluation summary of location and recommendations to
Field HR & OPS for action plan and solution implementation.
Act as ombudsman or "honest broker" for employees by discovering issues, listening, and recommending
solutions / action plans to problems with involvement of local management personnel. Provide on-going
follow-up and inspection of the efficacy of action plans for improvement. Provide feedback to HR & OPS of
success and/or shortcomings. Evaluate data to identify potential "hot spots" (ie. - Grass Roots summaries,
Employee Opinion Survey (EOS), media information and Ethics Alert Line). Provide additional divisional
statistics/reports as required. Project management of program materials. Coordinate projects with both internal
and external partners /vendors as needed. Evaluate, revise and develop both existing and new ER initiatives
and educational materials
Human Resources Manager
Lowe's Home Improvement, Inc - Auburn, ME - 2011 to 2013
Implement HR programs and trainings for performance and talent management for mid and senior level
staff. Manage employee relations, worker's compensation; determine disciplinary actions, performance
improvement counseling and termination of associates. Develop and facilitate ongoing training for
management and staff for benefits and store employees and procedures. Serve as the benefit administrator
and communicate with carrier for additions, changes and COBRA. Ensure HR compliance with Federal and
State laws and hiring procedures and regulations including but no limited to; FMLA, ADA, FLSA, EEO/AAP,
Workers Compensation, unemployment and labor relations.
Develop local store management strategy by conducting workforce analysis to identify strategic staffing.
Formulate and overall succession planning blueprint for all employees and provide guidance and training
to associates and managers in career and leadership development. Spearhead grievance process as well
as assisting to negotiate contracts with over 25 union installers. Conduct on boarding process and facilitate
new employee orientations. Participate in IDES hearings and conduct investigations on internal and external
complaints. Process weekly payroll as well as create and edit schedules utilizing labor scheduling system.
Analyze and oversee modifications to compensation and benefit policies to remain compliant with legal
requirements. Recruitment of new employees and oversee the development of employee offers and benefit
packages. Work with loss prevention to investigate and respond to theft issues that have occurred within the
store. Provide support to the management team acting as their HR Business Partner.
CareerLink Administrator, PA CareerLink
Commonwealth of PA - 2003 to 2010
Managed the operations of two PA CareerLink facilities which provided Workforce Development services to
the residents of Bedford and Blair Counties. Directly supervised 58 employees and 7 supervisors working for
different agencies within the community and was able to align their participation in obtaining shared goals.
Monitored all service levels within the CareerLink and took necessary actions to ensure customer satisfaction,
adherence to federal and state regulation and the obtainment of performance measures for continue funding.
Prepared and delivered oral and written presentations on services available to businesses throughout the
communities I served. Worked with these organizations to determine staffing plans based on current and future
needs. Served as a source of human resource information for local companies and provided labor market and
other prevalent information to businesses looking to locate within my Counties. Through these efforts we were
able to increase our business usage percentage by 45% in one year.
Defined scope of services to be rendered within legislative regulations for a public agency functioning without a
board of directors. Oversaw the operation of federal, state and local policy and program delivery. Consistently
exceeded performance goals by at least 5% yearly. Served as the lead of the Management team which
consisted of 12 different business, education and non profit agencies housed at the CareerLink. Held bi-
monthly management team meetings to set strategic plans and goals in place for the CareerLink to follow.
Served on educational and business boards throughout the community to ensure current program offerings
met the needs of both the local employers and job seekers. Recruited new non-profit and for-profit
agencies to house their services at the CareerLink to better assist the needs that were determined in
the community. Directed and coordinated fund raising, public relations, fact finding and research activities.
Provided educational and informational presentations throughout the community at schools, outreach activities
and other business events.
Assisted in developing a region wide training program for six CareerLink facilities to ensure all staff was skilled
in the same competencies. Helped to determine these competencies by surveying staff and addressing their
training needs.
EDUCATION
BS in Leadership
Pennsylvania State University
August 2011
Letters Arts & Sciences
Pennsylvania State University
April 2008