Colleen Brown

Full life cycle recruiting. Build deep partnerships with Hiring Managers in order to understand their teams hiring needs, capabilities and knowledge requirements/gaps, business, and team dynamics. Develop sourcing strategies and research methods that are successful in attracting viable candidates through methods such as web sourcing, Boolean searches, candidate referrals, social networking, etc. Identify, attract, screen and secure talent for a variety of skill and experience levels. Negotiate offers and successfully closing candidates. Ensure compliance within the hiring processes. Provide additional support to co-workers for Workday training. Provide exceptional hiring manager and candidate experiences.

Fifth Grade Teacher Fourth Grade Teacher Math Specialist Substitute Fifth to Eighth Grade Teacher FT Substitute Kindergarten Teacher Day Camp Director Created and managed a classroom where safety, respect, and the ability to learn was prioritized. Communicated clear expectations and implemented appropriate behavior management. Designed and differentiated engaging curriculum plans and created a variety of instructional strategies to ensure a high-quality education was received by all. Drove instruction and intervention through analyzing curriculum work, formal & informal assessments. Developed intervention training plans to offer support in areas of need or to push enrichment. Provided educational website logins for additional support. Maintained and submitted requests or reports and established strong relationships with open communication through notes, phone calls, conferences, and the use of the website, Remind. Supported staff and faculty.  Reflected daily on how to improve the next day.  Participated in staff, data team, and professional development.  Collaborated with staff to plan and instruct specific curriculum.  Planned, managed, and facilitated activities.  Consulted with counselors and administrators regarding behavioral and academic progress.  Promoted and advocated for the overall educational, emotional, and physical well-being of all.  Maintained and completed student records.  Attended staff meetings and professional development workshops.  Worked on multiple fundraisers.

Responsible for the full life-cycle process of recruitment, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and management of all summer camp staff. Created and delivered all staff training and on-site orientation. Supervised and evaluated all staff. Planned and implemented summer day camp for girls ages 5 – 13. Managed budget and purchased all supplies for camp. Planned and scheduled daily activities for all campers. Maintained necessary communication with parents through newsletters, emails, and calls.

Coordinated employee life cycle process across organization. Administered hiring, retention, termination, personnel records, legal compliance, compensation, benefits, and long-term staffing strategies. Cultivated and implemented pre-hire, new hire, current and terminated employee procedures and paperwork. Ensured all employee records and files were maintained, oversaw all employee discipline actions and terminations to guarantee proper documentation and fairness, and all benefit administration including COBRA. Processed payroll for 100+ employees. Developed and maintained relationships with third party financing companies.  Negotiated rates and special promotions with all third-party companies.  Managed accounts receivable assistant who processed all third-party financing.  Handled all high priority or escalated problems for individual customers.  Reconciled all third-party financing.  Prepared all HR and AR presentations and reports for owners and manager meetings.  Oversaw all in house Information Technology issues and contact with corporate IT department.

Managed and motivated a call center for a web-based, human resource software. Developed training manual for call center and trained new hires. Assisted in developing call center tracking system. Cultivated and maintained relationships with Fortune 500 clients, on-site account managers, and vendors. Interacted with software developers, QA team, and technical writer.  Built and configured all new client and vendor web sites.  Maintained all existing client and vendor web sites.  Resolved minor technical issues for client and vendor sites.  Tracked and prioritized client requests. Began with company as a Recruiter; sourcing Information Technology candidates for contract positions. Sourced, built and maintained talent pipeline for clients. Established and nurtured relationships to ensure positive candidate experience.

27 Graduate Level Credits 9 Undergrad Credits