ARNIE BOK
Los Angeles, CA 90025
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Experience Summary
Senior Human Resources Clinical Recruiter with a strong pedigree in Acute Healthcare with Hospitals (MLK Community Hospital and Kaiser Permanente), Skilled Nursing Facilities- (SnF- Center for Healthy Living), Managed Care (Care1st Health Plan – Molina Healthcare) RN’s (ER/ICU OR, L&D), Sports and Music Media (AEG – Staples Center, Grammy Museum, Los Angeles Kings (NHL), Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS), Entertainment Studios (Sony Pictures Entertainment), Utilities (Southern California Edison), Big 4 Audit (PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte & Touche), and the Federal Government (Department of Homeland Security).
Work Experience
MLK Community Hospital – HRCS (Contract) 02/2015- Present
HR Executive Recruitment- Acute RN Clinical Recruiter (C-Level Executive Suite – CEO- COO/CNO – CIO - CFO) (ER/ICU/OR/L&D)
Responsible for facilitating the human resources and recruiting process for the C- Suite of Executive Staff and driving the HR due diligence for various hiring entities to ensure the number of hires are met for licensing and in compliance within JCAHO (Joint Commission) for the opening of a 131 bed acute hospital facility including the staffing of RN’s, Executives Staff and facilities management for the opening of the ER, OR, ICU, Med/Surge, Telemetry, L&D, Facilities and Engineering, EVS and partner and champion with the SVP of Human Resources to meet the FLSA classifications (Exempt and Non Exempt Status) offer generation, employee relations, California HR policies and on-boarding.
Center for Healthy Living, Van Nuys, CA 02/2014 – 02/2015
Human Resources Consultant Non–Profit, SnF (Skilled Nursing Facilities for Developmentally Disabled Adults and Elderly Adults)
Care1st Health Plan, Monterey Park, CA – San Diego, CA
Human Resources Consultant Recruiter SnF (Skilled Nursing Facilities) and Medicaid Duals (San Diego)
Center for Healthy Living
Functioning as an Advisor to the President/CEO and responsible for aligning the non-profit status to develop HR due diligence for policies and procedures, developing the employee handbook and policy manual and establishing SIC (Standard Industry Codes), AB2825 (POSH), FLSA (Fair Labor Standard Act) for exemption/non-exemption status, re-defining job roles and responsibilities for 45 employees including RN’s, MSW’s, Medical Doctor’s, Pharmacist, Aides, and Drivers. Facilitated legal agreements and protection as an Officer and establishing meal breaks and developing proper job files including I-9’s, performance reviews, employee relations documentation, HRIS, timekeeping, EEO. ADA, OSHA, organizational development, succession planning, and social inclusion policies and maintain all license
Care1st Health Plan
Contracted to partner and champion with the AVP of HR for the State of California and Federal Government HCA 2014 (Healthcare Reform Act of 2014) and represent Care1st Health Plan as the corporate HR Consultant in the process of recruitment (RN’s, LVN’s, Case Managers, NCQA, Medical Directors), compensation (Prevailing Wage Surveys), and SME (Subject Matter Expert) for HR consulting in the area of Medicaid Duals 2014 (San Diego for RN CASE MANAGERS) to identify and select and present opportunities to 35 new headcount Federal Government Healthcare hires for the San Diego Medicaid Duals in Managed Care and developing a SnF (Skilled Nursing Facility) candidate pool for the SCAL Care1st Health Plan facilities.
Molina Healthcare, Long Beach CA 08/2011- 11/.2013
Human Resources Recruiter – (Recruitment)–Office of the CIO – Medicaid Duals (East Coast Operations)
Recruited by the CIO to handle recruitment as a Staffing Consultant for Healthcare Technology and Engineering in Healthcare and Clinical Applications and facilitate processing for Medicaid and Medicare, Duals (2014 HCA – Health Care Authority) for national growth in California, Texas, New Mexico, Missouri, Louisiana, West Virginia, New Jersey, and Maine with responsibilities covering recruitment, HIPPA auditing and compliance, HEDIS, NCQA, Human Resource policies and procedures for government audits, class action lawsuits, and succession planning.
Southern California Edison, Rosemead, CA 07/2010 – 06/2011
Human Resources Consultant - Recruitment
Responsible for the recruitment of the Customer Service Business Unit (CSBU) and New Construction and Energy Programs including reps to handle field work and sales and marketing in stores, restaurants and refineries at various clients including (Toyota, McDonald’s, Walmart, Chevron), Government Auditing for the OFCCP (Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs) to ensure all due diligence of recruitment processing are in compliance with Nuclear Regulatory Energy Commission (NERC) and Federal Energy Regulatory Compliance (FERC) for New Construction and Energy Programs.
AEG / LA LIVE, Los Angeles CA 06/2009 – 06/2010
(Staples Center – Nokia Theater – Grammy Museum – Congo Night Club, Lucky Strike Bowling Alley, ESPN Zone, Los Angeles Kings (NHL), Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS), Regal Cinemas, Wolfgang Pucks, Flemings Steakhouse, Katsuya, Trader Vics, Michael Jackson London Concert Tour, Golden Boy Promotions (Oscar de la Hoya) (Win Forever Pete Carroll Academy and David Beckham Soccer Academy).
Staffing Director/Succession Planning – AEG/LA LIVE
Human Resources Director Projects -- Ritz Carlton/JW Marriott- 2010 FIFA World Cup - National Basketball Association /China Global Partnership
Various Contractor Project Accomplishments
Functioned as the Human Resources Director for Asset and Risk Management of the Ritz Carlton/ JW Marriott (878 key Marriott and 123 key Ritz Carlton) in downtown Los Angeles for AEG LIVE/Macfarlane Partners including the vendor transactions with Pyramid Hotel Group (Asset Manager) and Legal Contract agreements (JMBM) and managing relationship of coordinating the executive management due diligence of contract agreements, procurement processes and corporate security and risk management clauses for the RITZ CARLTON/JW Marriott in the Pre-opening stages and meeting CAL OSHA occupational standards and safety codes.
Facilitated the hiring process for multiple events at 62 stadiums in the United States including staffing ushers, security, food and beverage personal and events staffing (2400 temps weekly).
Carried responsibility for all Relocations and EX-PAT Hyperion Taxation and Visas for candidate sourcing and recruitment
Senior Level Executive recruitment including the (Chief Marketing Office- CMO) and Stadium General Managers in China/NBA (National Basketball Association Global Partnership in China) utilizing Business Development partnerships with the NBA (National Basketball Association) including managing all the SLA’s (Service Level Agreements), SOW (Statements of Work), SOP (Standard Operating Procedures),and LOI (Letters of Intent).
Director for Succession Planning and Talent Planning for Global transitions and talent diversity to utilize staff in EX-PAT roles internationally and develop internal staff through training and development and skills appropriation for job positions per FLSA requirements and ADP Payroll (Hyperion Tax). (AEG)
Sony Pictures Entertainment - Culver City, CA
Human Resources Staffing Manager 03/2006 – 05/2009
Information Technology – Home Entertainment- Supply Chain Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) - Corporate Security
Strategic Consultant with SPE Human Resources (Recruitment, for Home Entertainment, Consumer Packaged Goods (DVD- Blu-ray) Information Technology, Digital Asset Management (DAM), Digital Authoring Center (DAC) vendor management and procurement and business alliances for more than 15 business units for Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Led and trained on Web 2.0 recruitment efforts (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Crackle,), for Technical Architecture (ETL, Business Objects, Data Warehouse, web Methods, and Teradata), .NET Technologies (C++, NET, ASP.NET, VB.NET). and ERP (SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft, and JDE)., Consumer Goods Packaging and Home Entertainment (JDE, Teradata, Business Intelligence).
Supported Sales and Operations Planning with Demantra and SBT (Scan Based Trading) for Home Entertainment clients for DVD distribution including the following clients (Walmart, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Target) for recruitment and partnering and championing HR Business Partners.
Provided HR Management and direction for Corporate Security - SEHS (Safety and Environmental Health Services) Business Partnership to increase efficiencies in recruitment and driving quality of hire and decreasing costs and establishing safety measures and guidelines in accordance with Legal, Human Resources, Information Technology, Information Security and Corporate Security.
Handled Visa transitions for both H1b Visas and TN1 Visas with Corporate Legal and Candidate immigration attorneys
Supported Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA’s) Local 470 (Stagehand) for MGM / Sony Pictures Entertainment Lot for Union Stage Labor and staffing of Stagehand Production including Union Stewards and Union Agreements.
RazorGator Interactive Group
Human Resources Director 03/2005 – 03/2006
RazorGator handles the event management and ticketing operations for the National Football League (NFL)-Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks, Baltimore Ravens, Major League Baseball (MLB)- Pittsburgh Pirates, NCAA Football and the PGA and has reached $26M in venture Capital funding from one of the largest VC firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Oaks.
Responsible for building a 200+ employee Sports/Entertainment firm including recruitment, benefits, payroll, Diversity, Legal, and Training and Learning for staff of advertising, concierge, event management, sales, and technology departments.
Human Resources duties included recruiting, FLSA, FMLA, ADP payroll, 401 (k)- 403 (b), HRIS, Succession Planning, ERISA, COBRA, PDL, workers comp, CAL –OSHA, employee relations, legal, and Venture Capital (VC) compliance and handling the book keeping, auditing and Global Accounting (GAAP) practices.
United States Department of Homeland Security
Human Resources Government Contractor 03/2002 – 03/2005
(Benefits, Recruitment, Legal)
Federal Security Government Contractor (California, Hawaii, Arizona, Alaska, Oklahoma, Nevada)
NCS Pearson – Spherion – PWC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
Responsible as the HR Consultant and Financial Auditing for the Explosive Device and Airport Baggage and Security Screening Training Programs and utilizing Governmental Training Course
Developed, coordinated and implemented staffing strategies and vacancy announcements in performing job analyses and candidate examination/merit reviews to meet extensive hiring goals in deadline-centric environment using Siebel (CRM)/Peoplesoft (ERP) and Quick Hire.
Collaborated with Accenture Government Consultants and Practice in Arlington Virginia, Fairfax Virginia, and Washington DC, to lead and process the Government Benefits for the Department of Homeland Security /Transportation Security Administration and meeting all Federal guidelines and congressional mandates for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Performed candidate assessments, behavioral government interviewing, and led the benefits orientation process for Accenture on government benefits which included functioning as a Lead on Government Benefits Medical Programs (FEHB – Federal Employee Health Benefits), (FEGLI – Federal Employee Group Life Insurance), (FERS –Federal Employee Retirement System), and TSP (Thrift Saving Plans).
Kaiser Permanente (KP-IT)
International Human Resources Manager (Egypt) 12/1996 – 07/2001
Senior Technical Recruiter
Responsible for International Recruitment and Human Resources Management for Information Technology and Human Resources and assigned to Egypt with a focus on performance metrics on international hiring and staffing as well as diversity measures and responsible for relocation of all candidates and Visa transitions for candidates including cost allocations. legal and governmental auditing practices, Service Level Agreements (SLA) and SOW (Statement of Work)
Vendor managed all Global processes for Cultural Orientations, Corporate Housing, International Visa transitions (TN1- Canada and Mexico) (H1B – India and Egypt) with various vendors for International cost savings as a benchmark for Global hiring.
Technical Recruiter 02/1994 – 12/1996
Deloitte & Touché
Clients: Dreamworks SKG/Kaiser Permanente
Implemented innovative recruiting strategies to secure top talent in the areas of Mainframe Systems and Operations, Data Architecture, and ERP (SAP implementation).
Technical/Healthcare/Entertainment recruitment efforts for Kaiser Permanente/Dreamworks SKG
Education and Certifications
HR Management Certification
University of Phoenix
AA Degree
Los Angeles Valley College