Meredith L. Hall

Massapequa, NY *****

Contact: 516-***-**** or adxuo0@r.postjobfree.com

Diversified responsibility and experience in full cycle recruitment, human resource management, and training

& development. An attentive HR professional, who has recruited and hired high level talent in different industries, developed and administered training materials/programs, handled employee relations and performance issues, administered annual reviews, tracked time and attendance/payroll, benefits administration, on/off boarding, and other HR generalist responsibilities. Recruiting tools-Linkedin, indeed, ziprecruiter, careerbuilder, monster, glassdoor, facebook, craigslist and relevant industry and regionally specific job boards and organizations.

ATS/HRIS-greenhouse, workday, paylocity, bullhorn, ADP EXPERIENCE: Fairstead February 2022-February 2023

TALENT ACQUISITION MANAGER

Responsible for the full-cycle recruitment of Corporate roles, including Human Resources, Accounting, IT, Marketing/Communications, Legal, etc.; from entry to Director level. Additionally supported field recruiting for roles at Fairstead properties, such as Regional leadership, Property leadership, Property Compliance and Service/Maintenance team.

• Successfully recruited and hired both Corporate and Property Management roles within the business; growing the team from 300 to almost 700 in one year

• Organized and led Open House hiring events for multiple properties

• Part of the team developing an internship program, including school partnerships

• Part of the team tasked with selecting a new ATS system that will accommodate growing business needs EXPERIENCE: Forest Hills Financial Group April 2021-January 2022 DIRECTOR OF TALENT ACQUISITION

Primarily responsible to recruit for Financial Advisor roles, in addition to hiring Brokers, Interns and administrative positions for the firm. Created and maintained the onboarding process for all Financial Advisors, and revised training program to be more robust and organized.

• Continually recruited and hired multiple Advisors

• Successfully revised, implemented and managed a new Onboarding and Training process.

• Structured and hired candidates for an internship program beginning Summer 2022 EXPERIENCE: Freelance Recruiter at multiple talent agencies March 2020-April 2021 RECRUITER/RECRUITING MANAGER

Full-cycle recruitment for multiple permanent and temporary roles in varied industries; including accounting/finance, human resources, retail, administrative, marketing, healthcare and warehouse. EXPERIENCE: Pyramid Consulting Group May 2019-March 2020 PROJECT MANAGER & RECRUITER

Responsible to recruit for open permanent and temporary roles, typically for luxury clientele, including: corporate leadership roles, finance and administrative roles, retail store roles-leadership, back of house and customer facing, pop up activations, trade shows and sample sales, etc. Additionally responsible for business development, and managing large scale placement projects.

• Successfully managed a team of recruiters and hiring efforts for store locations in the Midwest and West Regions for a luxury client. Was responsible for facilitating communication with the temporary team, Store Leadership teams, and Corporate Partners for an 11 week holiday season staffing project

• Continually recruited and hired multiple permanent placements for luxury retail clients

• Built pool of high-performing, reliable and trustworthy temporary candidates for Brand Ambassador, and temporary retail/administrative roles, that I placed repeatedly in roles with multiple clients EXPERIENCE: buybuyBABY, Inc., Part of the Bed Bath & Beyond Family of Stores April 2005-May 2019 NATIONAL FIELD RECRUITER 2010-2019

Responsible for the recruitment and hiring of the Store Leadership and Regional Field Support Team for buybuyBABY locations nationwide. Directly responsible for full cycle recruitment and hiring of all leadership staff for new locations, as well as overseeing and bolstering field partner efforts to hire for existing store locations. Oversee and manage all employment advertising for both leadership and hourly hiring throughout the brand. Additionally, work with Bed Bath and Beyond Corporate Recruiting team to determine how to represent the BABY brand from a recruitment standpoint; as well as which vendors to use for advertisement, applicant and HR systems, etc.

Successfully recruited and hired the management staff of approximately 100 new store locations, and organized the mass hiring events for hourly store staff

• Recruited and hired Corporate roles such as Finance, Buyers and other administrative roles

Completely rebranded all recruitment materials with an innovative design that related to in- store marketing. Launched an email recruitment campaign to engage customers, initiated participation in a Hero 2 Hired Program, engaged with colleges to recruit graduates, and cultivated corporate partnerships with previously unused online job boards (ex: indeed.com) increasing applicant flow and quality

Forecasting needs for future leadership. Based on new store plans and projections, full cycle recruiting additional managers, or managers in training for these upcoming locations

• Part of the HR team tasked with developing new Training and Development materials

• Temporary HR Generalist to cover leaves of absence and changes in HR staffing Additional positions held: HR Generalist

District Human Resource Manager, Human Resources Manager Responsible for overseeing all human resources processes (processing new hires-medical and dental benefit administration, cobra, 401K enrollment; payroll, corrective actions, remedial training and terminations for all employees) throughout the entire buybuyBABY group of Stores. EXPERIENCE: Gymboree Play and Music Programs LI/NYC, NY 1997-2005 DIRECTOR OF TEACHERS & TRAINING 2001-2005

Responsible for the hiring, training, and development of staff; as well as staff and program quality control. In addition, responsible for the overall management of multiple Gymboree Play and Music Program locations, and the development and implementation of capital improvements. Additional positions held:

Director of Music, Teacher Trainer, Lead Teacher

EDUCATION

• C.W.Post/Long Island University-BFA in Music-Vocal Performance, Suma Cum Laude 2001