Employee Relations Manager

Aaron D. Conklin

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Executive Summary

United States Navy 25 Year Master Chief retired. Previous Senior Human Resource Manager at CONMED. Owner CrossFit Exagora. Chief Recruiter/Human Resource Director for National Officer Programs. Human Resource Director with 24 years of comprehensive Human Resource and Recruiting Operations experience. Skill sets include: Director of recruitment and retention, talent acquisition, conflict resolution, change management, project management, workforce relations, benefits, budgeting, risk management. Twenty-one extensive years of experience in leadership, and command oversite. Proven experience collaborating with senior executives for strategic planning for future goals. Possess broad knowledge in talent acquisition, retention, success planning, budgeting, forecasting and analysis of success planning based data analytics.

• Proven experienced Chief Recruiter and Human resource leader/manager that advises senior executives for strategic planning for future talent acquisition and human resource management.

• Possess broad knowledge with leadership, recruiting, marketing, employment advertising, candidate interviewing, strategic planning, budgeting, and forecasting outcomes based on departmental data analytics. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Human Resources Manager CONMED Corporation September 2016 – February 2017

• Senior Human Resource Manager responsible for all Human Resource matters as it pertains to 600+ operations employees, quality assurance, and regulatory affairs personnel.

• Responsible for, but not limited to, the personnel management, employee engagement, talent acquisition and recruiting of all vacant positions. Led and coordinated with all department heads for talent acquisition. Developed recruitment strategies and defined performance metrics for each department.

• Lead a culture and climate change, through training and development of senior and mid-level leadership.

• Oversaw benefits, payroll, compensation intermediary, employee relations, performance improvement, coaching/mentoring director, and overall direction of personnel management.

• Led the Human Resources operations team including oversight of compensation, benefits, organizational development, HRIS, talent acquisition and physician recruitment teams for the Utica location. Owner/Operator/ Head Fitness Coach for CrossFit Exagora August 2016 – Present

• Responsible for all the fitness, nutrition and wellness related matters for all 150 clients age 7-75.

• Specialized in a constantly varied, high intensity, functional movement, gymnastics, weight training, and nutrition.

• Responsible for the day-to-day operations of CrossFit Exagora to include, leading a team of 10 coaches, payroll, advertising, marketing, community awareness, fundraising, and helping support our veteran’s community. National Chief Recruiter Officer Programs/Human Resource Director, Millington, TN September 2015 – August 2016

• Responsible for the operational recruiting, leadership, and management for the recruitment of the Navy’s Commissioned Officer talent acquisition, staffing the Navy with 986 of the Navy’s critical officer acquisitions.

• Led and managed recruiting and human resources matters for 6 departments and 54 mid-level managers. Achieved 100% recruitment of all medical programs to include Physicians, Nurses, Dentist, Chaplin, and General Officers.

• Reported directly to CEO/Executive Director on talent acquisition / human resource matters, talent acquisition progress, 6 departmental dashboards, to forecast quarterly/annual bench marks.

• Developed and executed strategic operational plans improving 100% of policies, programs and operations, resulting in increased productivity over the previous 7 years and increasing output by 73% in critical hiring fields.

• Led 5 national initiatives to recruiter Physicians, Nurses, Dentist and all Navy medicine positions. Increased productivity for 127 programs by fostering relationships with 52 subordinate colleagues. Aaron D. Conklin

9336 Butler Road Sauquoit NY 13456

Cell 901-***-****

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Chief Recruiter/Human Resource Director, Portland, OR and Philadelphia, PA January 2012 – August 2015

• Responsible for the operational recruiting, leading and management for a staff of 186 personnel

• Developed human resource performance, management and recruitment policy for the hiring of 2700 lower-level employees over 3 years. Placing the organization in the top 3% of 26 recruiting commands nationwide.

• Ensured all 186 staff received 100% of pay, benefits, compensation, incentives, recognition, and compensations. Resulting an A+ in national quality assurance inspections and organizational climate survey.

• Expanded and implemented training/development for upper-level leadership and management to include all 64 field units. This ensured 100% of positional qualifications were achieved and 100% were promotion ready.

• Drove the organizational climate complaints down 80% less than previous years. This ensured a climate that fostered retention excellence and achieved organization annual objectives. Chief Recruiter/Human Resource Manager New York, New York April 2009-December 2011

• Trained, developed, mentored 220 staff, achieving over 3000 Navy hires. Liaison between 5 senior executives and staff resolving all conflict, change management, recruiting placement. Responsible for the new hire indoctrination resulting in only a 1.8% attrition rate, this placed the organization number 3 out 26 units.

• Advised senior executives on all organizational production and its impact on the morale of the staff.

• Processed over 50 equal employment opportunity command climate issues with 100% resolution passing organizational inspection and annual assessment by national quality assurance team with an A+ rating. National Senior Inspector/Trainer Millington, TN April 2006 - April 2009

• Inspected and trained 26 subordinate commands (3800 personnel) nationwide on recruiting operations, financial management, unit readiness, IMS (interpersonal management skills), professional coaching skills

• 2000 plus hours of formal instructing and training experience on all recruiting/Navy programs resulting in the 26 recruiting commands self-correcting 100% of major discrepancies noted on national inspections. EMPLOYMENT CHRONOLOGY

Owner Operator CrossFit Exagora, Oriskany, NY September 2016 – Present 2021 Senior Human Resources Director, CONMED Corporation, Utica, NY September 2016 – February 2017 National Chief Recruiter, Navy Recruiting, Millington, TN September 2015 – August 2016 Chief Recruiter, Navy Recruiting Philadelphia, PA July 2015 - August 2015 Chief Recruiter, Navy Recruiting Portland, OR January 2012 - June 2015 Assistant Chief Recruiter, Navy Recruiting New York, NY April 2009 - December 2011 Trainer/Inspector, QA/Training, Navy Recruiting, Millington, TN April 2006 - April 2009 Area Lead Recruiter, Navy Recruiting District San Diego, CcCA

February 2003 - April 2006

Recruiter-in-Charge, Navy Recruiting Jacksonville, FL April 2002 - February 2003 Recruiter-in-Charge, Navy Recruiting New Haven, CT January 2000 - March 2002 Recruiter, Navy Recruiting Albany, NY July 1998 - January 2000 Aircraft Director/Firefighter, Norfolk, VA September 1992 - July 1998 Education Professional Qualifications and Affiliations Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Trident University International, Cypress, CA Associate of Arts in General Studies University of Phoenix, Tempe, AZ Affiliations: Life Time VFW member, Nation Chief Petty Officers Association, Willing to Achieve SPHR SHRM-SCP

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