Edelweiss Consulting LLC - karlmuhlbauer.com

I work as a career coach and consultant, successfully guiding high achievers like you step by step through career transitions so you can do the work you were born to do.  

I do this by helping you get clear on what you are fantastic at, and I teach you how to communicate this effectively and persuasively, so you can stop stressing and create the security that comes from taking control of your career once and for all.

Job security is a thing of the past. Career freedom only comes from knowing your worth in the market and being able to communicate it effectively.  

My work is based on solid training AND real-world experience from my HR Career hiring and coaching leaders and also training decision-makers on how to hire and manage teams.

Keep this in mind; elite athletes hire coaches because they know that their time and energy are precious, and even the best have blind spots and benefit from expert coaching. If you are a top performer and your time is valuable, investing in a coach just makes sense.

Chief Executive Officer & Executive Consultant

People At Work 

peopleatwork.com is an HR Consulting and Coaching practice helping companies and individuals create successful talent/career strategies aligned with their values. Scope of the position includes operational responsibility, company strategy, and consulting and coaching companies and individuals on HR matters. 
HR Consulting and Coaching:
•	Develop and deliver curriculum for multiple courses, including in-person, online, and intensives, targeted to organizations and individuals. Topics include leadership capacity building, career development, and LinkedIn to grow business. Results have included job promotions, successful career transitions, and increased revenue by up to 22%.
•	Consultant on various projects for other start-ups/solopreneurs that led to a reported 50% increase in visibility and business growth.
•	Coached individuals on career development strategies to improve marketability within the organization by developing leadership capacity with a 100% success rate.  To date, 100% of clients have achieved greater responsibility and compensation after coaching.
•	Provide HR consulting to start-up companies, including compliance, the establishment of systems, policies, processes, development of staffing plans and recruitment strategies, and leadership development.
Operations:
•	Lead the CFO, CIO, and HR functions within this start-up organization. Manage a virtual team of 1 to 4 consultants focused on Administrative, Marketing, Finance, and IT functions.
•	Responsible for network and application support, including CRM, invoicing and payment platforms, scheduling, and content delivery. 
•	Developing and liaising with legal on contracts to ensure service level agreements and terms of agreements are correct and equitable to all parties.

Partner / Coach

Noble Energy

•	Provided leadership and oversight of the HR function for Noble Energy Equatorial Guinea, West Africa, overseeing a multinational team of 400 employees and contractors. 
•	Promoted to serve as the top HR leader in the country.  Managed six direct reports and a budget of more than $4B. 
•	Closely liaised with senior and executive management to identify strategic talent and development needs and built and executed strategy.
•	Responsible for three domestic business units, comprising about 50% of domestic operations, spread across ten office and field locations.  
•	Spearheaded the reorganization and HR integration of a $2B acquisition and a $1B divestiture, including talent reviews, re-allocation of human capital resources, and succession planning for all affected business units.

HR Manager

Rosetta Resources

Hired into Rosetta by former Manager from Marathon Oil and promoted to In-Country HR Manager during the Rosetta acquisition by Noble Energy, 

•	Managed HR Recruitment, Training, and Development for a rapidly growing Exploration & Production company while leading a team of 5 direct reports.  
•	Developed and implemented Rosetta’s first company-wide dedicated training program, launched within eight weeks of hire.
•	Developed, budgeted, and implemented a three-year plan to train existing and future employees based on a position-based methodology, and successfully delivered over 10,000 training hours in the first year.
•	Collaborated with finance and accounting to certify internal training courses for continuing education credits with the State of Texas, resulting in savings of over $10,000 in their training costs.
•	Led talent reviews to assess and evaluate 300+ employees and developed succession plans for strategic positions and high potentials.
•	Implemented vendor management tool for recruitment agency engagement and communication, creating efficiencies, decreasing recruiting time by 60%, and reducing commission costs by an average of ~30%.

Recruitment and Development Supervisor

Marathon Oil Corporation

•	Promoted from Coordinator to Supervisor after three months on the job, managed HR recruiting, training and development, and shared services departments for three Marathon Oil joint venture companies representing 27% of total corporate revenues. Led a team of eight direct reports and three cross-functional indirect reports.
•	Acted as Sr. HR Manager of Recruitment Training and Development position while manager was out of the country, an average of 40% of time on the job. In this capacity, led a team of eight direct reports, three cross-functional indirect reports, and three department heads for a combined team of 33 ex-patriots and local staff.  
•	Closely liaised with senior and executive management to identify strategic leadership competencies. 
o	Developed a framework and assisted in implementing a succession plan for critical executive positions.  
o	Identified competencies and created training plans to select and train ex-pats on how to coach and mentor local staff to accelerate the transition of local staff supervisory positions.
o	Built and implemented individual development plans to accelerate local staff growth, resulting in 20% increased promotions.
•	Achieved a 33% increase in training engagements for local staff year over year. This resulted in increased leadership opportunities for local staff and a significant decrease in labor costs.
•	Consistently managed training budget to plan; achieved 5% under-budget result without compromising training offerings. 
•	Identified and helped correct a $2MM budget error collaborating closely with finance and accounting executives.

Training and Development Supervisor

Robert Half Technology

Led full life-cycle recruiting; collaborated with management to understand talent needs; identified and sourced candidates with leadership oversight for interviewing and decision process leading to successful hire and on-boarding; placements included both executive-level and technical staff positions

Recruiting Manager

X-ISS

XISS is an IT consulting company specializing in high performance computing (super-computing) solutions servicing clients in Oil & Gas, Research, Government, and academic industries. 

Client engagement while working for Robert Half Technology.

Insource Technology

Hired to provide strategic and tactical implementation/deployment of recruiting initiatives for this privately owned information technology consulting firm; reported directly to the CEO while supporting five Vice Presidents in matrix-managed organization

Manager of Recruiting

Corning Inc

Program/Project Manager for large scale deployment for Corning's Recruiting Center of Excellence and Corning Cable Systems.  

Designed, developed and implemented mission-critical HR programs including reconfiguration and implementation across an entire division of Peoplesoft e-recruit software (from Lotus Notes recruiting & tracking platform). Other implementations: college recruiting program, interviewing skills training, workforce planning and change management programs.

HR Project Mgr

Various

Worked in various HR consulting and IT recruiting positions with increasing levels of responsibility with emphasis on change management during transitional times

Sr HR Consultant and IT Technical Recruiter

Karl is a well-respected, insightful, and results-oriented coach and consultant. He is passionate about training and building leadership capacity with individuals and within organizations. His approach is decisive and goal-oriented yet kind and supportive.

Karl has over 20 years of progressive HR experience, including two international expatriate assignments for Fortune 500 companies. His experience spans a variety of industries, including Technology, Insurance, Materials and Manufacturing, Retail, Consulting Services, and Oil & Gas.

Karl is well-versed at coaching recent graduates and seasoned executives alike. He has extensive experience working with expatriates, first-generation Americans, those looking to progress in their current career, in either leadership or technical roles, as well as with individuals entering a new industry or those re-entering the job market after a sabbatical.

Karl has managed and led the recruitment function in several of his past roles, including the development and implementation of recruiting processes for both small and large companies. He has also trained recruiters and managers on the recruitment process in both, times of rapid growth, and contractions in the economy.

Karl earned a Masters degree in Labor Relations and Human Resources, as well as a Bachelors degree in History and Political Science, from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Karl is also a certified Leadership Trainer.

Karl loves traveling, exploring new cultures and winning at all things trivia. He is also an avid photographer since middle school and geeks out over technology and how gadgets work.

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