CHRISTINE CONDRA

St. Louis, MO

314-***-**** adukn0@r.postjobfree.com

Human Resources, Recruiting and Office Management professional with over 20 years’ experience in the Professional Services Industry. Strong organization and communication skills. Experience in onboarding all levels which includes administrative staff to lateral associates and partners.

Knowledge of benefits administration and payroll. Employee relations, coaching and management training. Background with diversity and inclusion programs/training and business continuity plans.

February 2022- Pitzer Snodgrass, PC

Present Director of Administration

Leading trial law firm based in Downtown St. Louis

Senior most non-attorney position

All financial responsibilities

All HR including recruiting (staff and attorney)

All onboarding including IT and telephone set-ups

Lead monthly partner meetings

Worked with insurance brokers for the 2023 benefits open enrollment and ended up changing insurance carriers

Onsite IT support for all level 1 issues and coordinate with 3rd party vendor on other more challenging issues or setups

Managed the transition to a new cloud-based file management system

Presently transitioning our 401(k) to another company

Demoed and selected a new firm accounting system with the transition to follow

Overseeing the selection of a new payroll company/system

Manage conflicts for both client and lateral hires

Currently working with off-site file storage company for the best and

most economically way to scan and or destroy older items

Day to day management of all staff

Reason for wanting to leave – I am looking to get away from the legal industry.

November 2021- Strategic Staffing Solutions (contract position)

February 2022 Recruiter

Recruiter for all non-IT positions for 2 large financial institutions located around the country using Tracker ATS

Sourced, recruited, and worked with an internal S3 Account Manager to present the candidates to the hiring managers

Had 10-20 positions at a time with a goal of submitting 2 per day to the Account Manager

Reason for leaving – contract role.

August 2021- Edward Jones (contract position)

October 2021 Recruiter

Home office positions including Legal, Compliance and Branch Audit

Mastered the Brass Ring ATS system to post, screen and make offers

Gained familiarity with Modern Hire for both recorded candidate interview videos and live video interviews

Social media was used on a regular basis to help source harder to fill positions

I held typically 20 positions at a time

Reason for leaving – contract role.

September 2020- Boggs, Avellino, Lach & Boggs

June 2021 Director of Administration and HR

AV rated insurance defense firm

Main contact for all office issues, mainly IT and HR

oSupervised one onsite maintenance/cleaning staff member

oFirst to respond to all IT issues

Full cycle recruiting for all attorney and staff positions

Tasked with coming up with a better solution for office supplies to include toners for the copiers and printers

Various projects from the Office Managing Partner

oWebsite updates

oRFP responses

oVarious other ongoing ad hoc requests

Reason for leaving – Unfortunately the environment was extremely toxic which was evident by the over 50% turnover rate.

October 2019- St. Louis Association of REALTORS®

September 2020 St. Louis realtors is the voice of over 8,000 REALTORS® in the St. Louis area

Director of Commercial Services

Sole staff member of the Commercial Division

Worked with membership on ways to boost commercial membership

Planned and facilitated board meetings monthly (in person and via Zoom)

Planned and worked two major events for the Commercial Division

oHeavy Hitters

oCommercial Installation

Staff Liaison for the St. Louis Chapter of CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member)

Reason for leaving – I was recruited by Boggs, and I was excited at the prospect of getting back into a more face paced environment.

October 2014- Dentons US, LLP

October 2019 Dentons is the world’s largest law firm

St. Louis Office Administrator

Senior non-lawyer professional responsible for the overall administration of the St. Louis office of a global law firm

Financial responsibilities included but were not limited to budgeting for operations as well as capital expenditures

Collection of attorney fees for the office

Local HR representative which meant I was on the front line for dealing with all HR issues and needs

Training

oSet up new manager training for Associates that became managers

The training focused on writing performance improvement plans and the documentation for issues

HR duties also included the communication of new policies and procedures

Worked in conjunction with the Office Managing Partner on office and firm initiatives

Assisted in the global firm development with a formal diversity and inclusion plan

oThe plan included training videos and a formal training series

Helped create the St. Louis Business Continuity Plan

Managed the onsite technical support, billing and training personnel

Oversaw the third-party provider of our office services department

Managed 6,000 sf expansion of our office in the Metropolitan Square building which included extensive sub-contractor contract review

Reason for leaving – the growth of the firm into the largest law firm in the world became the only focus of the firm.

July 2003 Cushman & Wakefield f/k/a Colliers Turley Martin Tucker, & Cassidy Turley

October 2014 HR Business Partner/Recruiter (December 2012 to October 2014)

Managed the selection process of new Corporate Services/Retail High Volume associates

Supervised one HR Coordinator and one Recruiting Coordinator

Partnered with Account Executives and other RHV leadership to own and drive the process around human resources needs and allocations for new and expanding accounts

Managed career path development for all levels

Created a performance and review process for an employee population of 300 FTE’s

Recruiting Manager (February 2011 to December 2012)

In conjunction with Cassidy Turley executives, department heads and managers I assisted determining staffing needs

Managed Cassidy Turley’s Virtual Bench which was a tool to help track executive level talent

Supervised two Recruiters

Assisted with the onboarding of two new Cassidy Turley cities

Attended various recruiting events throughout the year

Executive Coordinator (January 2010 to February 2011)

Coordinated quarterly Property Management leader meetings in other Cassidy Turley cities

Co-chaired the 2010 United Way Campaign for all of Cassidy

Worked alongside the President of Investor Services and the Director of Operations

Transitions and Coordinator (January 2010 to February 2011)

Worked with Cincinnati and Dayton offices remotely to onboard all new property management offices (office set-ups, staffing and lease abstraction)

Performed property management office audits

Office Manager/HR Manager (July 2003 to January 2010)

Managed the day –to-day operations of the St. Louis brokerage office

Supervised all support staff (assistants, IT, marketing, and research)

Missouri Real Estate Commission compliance contact

Point of contact for the firm’s attorney for questions regarding new listings and agreements

Processed all closed deals for payment

Tracked and maintained all MO and IL real estate licenses which included continuing education (200+ licenses)

Managing the sale and leasing sign program for all listings

Tasked with cutting costs, I began the position looking for better vendors to help with our supply, file storage and other office support vendors which included meeting and contract negotiations

Reason for leaving – Recruited by Dentons to lead their St. Louis office.

Education University of Kansas, Lawrence Kansas

BS, Business Administration, Minor, Sociology

Systems

Familiarity All MS Office

PeopleSoft

BrassRing ATS

CBIZ HRIS

NetDocuments

Worldox

TABS3 (Billing and Practice Master)

Millennium Payroll

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