Counseling and Recruiting
Resume:
Phyllis Kui Millar
**** * ******* ******, ******* IL, 60659
Mobile: 872-***-**** Email: ***.******@*****.*** LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kui-millar-b9b654b7/ Marriage and Family Therapist
Skills Summary
• Family Therapy
• Crisis Intervention
• Case Management
• Cultural Awareness
• Conflict Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Technical Recruiter Forte Group Chicago, IL 12/2019– Present
• Responsible for full cycle recruiting including; sourcing, interviewing, qualifying and placement of full range of IT candidates for contract, contract to hire and direct hire positions on W2 hourly/salaried work category
• Identify qualified candidates via internal database, LinkedIn, job boards, social media, networking events and referrals
• Manage candidates’ and clients’ data in the applicant tracking system; Salesforce
• Extensively use Boolean search/ key-string search in order to find the best match decreasing the response time as per the client demand, document skills, career goals, interests, references and resumes of my network of IT professionals
• Conduct in depth technical and behavioural interviews, skills testing, and reference checks
• Present job opportunities to qualified candidates and negotiate contract terms
• Send prepared resumes for presentation to clients
• Coach candidates through the client interview process
• Work closely with Account Managers and sales team on a daily basis to provide updates to candidates submitted
Counselor Msingi Trust, Nairobi, Kenya 01/2019-12/2019
• Facilitated 12 week cycle grief and trauma support groups for individuals who lost family members during Kenya’s post election violence
• Recruited and trained 25 future support group facilitators
• Assisted in contextualizing support group materials
• Contributed in identifying Church leaders to collaborate with in pushing for social justice action Counseling Ministry Director Nairobi Chapel, Nairobi, Kenya 02/2017 – 12/2019
• Founded a Counselling Department with 4 programs that met different needs in the congregation
• Launched Divorce and Grief Support group and saw 150 participants go through curriculum by end of 2nd year
• Trained 18 group facilitators and debriefed with them after each meeting
• Counselled couples, families and individuals
• Identified and trained 40 volunteers to assist In the counselling department
• Organized monthly Mental Health discussion forums
• Created a 12 month schedule for topics to be covered during the forum discussions
• Collaborated with Mental Health professionals to offer counselling services at reduced cost
• Conducted interviews with mental health professionals before their presentations
§ Talent Acquisition
§ Customer Service
§ Marketing
§ Databases/ATS
§ Interviewing
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Counselor Peoples Church, Toronto, Canada 07/2016 – 12/2016
• Worked as a counsellor at the Church focusing on individual and couples therapy
• Offered capacity as a live-in assistant manager of Silas Hill transitional home for refugees
• Conducted informal assessments and offered counselling services to the residents
• Assisted residents in planning and executing their transition from Silas hill Marriage and Family Therapist Wheaton Youth Outreach, Chicago, IL 05/2015 – 05/2016
• Worked as a marriage and family therapist focusing on individual, couples, family, and child therapy using systemic interventions
• Managed a case load of 12 clients weekly and created documentation including service plans and progress notes
• Collaborated with therapists, school counsellors and doctors on strategies aligning client goals with medical objectives
• Offered case management services to multi-stressed clients from low socioeconomic backgrounds
• Assisted the West Chicago Police Department as a mediator between runaway adolescents and their caregivers
• Attended and contributed to weekly debriefing and brain storming meetings
• Assisted in front desk administrative work
• Attained 300 client contact hours
Administrator Trinity Chapel, Monrovia, Liberia 10/2012 – 10/2013
• Worked as one of the founding pastors to plant an international church for the young professionals in Monrovia, Liberia.
• Trained and equipped Liberian staff team on how to operate within Nairobi Chapel structures, systems, and programs.
• Led the entire staff team in planning, executing, and evaluating Sunday services.
• Facilitated adult discipleship group through a ten-week study.
• Wrote monthly ministry reports/updates to Nairobi Chapel Pastoral Trainee Nairobi Chapel, Nairobi, Kenya 10/2011 – 10/2012
• Charged to start discipleship groups in high schools near Nairobi Chapel’s church venue.
• Created, with youth department team, the high school discipleship curriculum
• Recruited, trained, and mentored 8 small group facilitators.
• Introduced and executed the full discipleship program within the eight local schools and had 1000 students participate
• Counselled high school students on various mental, spiritual, and relational health issues.
• Empowered facilitators during weekly prayer and training meetings.
• Evaluated the success of the program, the growth of the students, and the effectiveness of the facilitators.
Pastoral Intern Nairobi Chapel, Nairobi Kenya 10/2010 – 10/2011
• Offered capacity through administrative skills for planning Sunday services for the youth
• Participated in mission trips to the Nairobi slum of Kibera, the coastal city of Kilifi, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Accrued knowledge from weekly theologically focused intern classes
• Kept clear and concise records for maintenance of the departmental budget.
• Learned to self management and winning through team work Page 3 of 3
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Master’s Degree: MA in Marriage and Family Therapy, Wheaton College, IL (2016) Bachelor’s Degree: BA in Bible and Counselling, Pan Africa Christian College, Nairobi, Kenya (2010) Certificate: Mediation, Mediation Training Institute, Nairobi Kenya (2019)
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