PurposeMed

Founded in Calgary in 2019, PurposeMed is on a mission to improve access to complex care for underserved communities. Through our innovative telehealth/med-tech platform, we connect patients with specialized clinicians so they can receive compassionate healthcare from the comfort of their own homes. We provide affirming and high-quality care, without judgment, and without the waiting rooms.

Talent Acquisition Partner

2404965 Alberta Ltd.

I selectively partook in paid speaking engagements, offered recruitment consulting services in the local Calgary market to startups and small businesses, and provided career coaching services to job-seekers across North America by way of advisory consultation sessions, resume reviews, interview prep, and sharing my expertise on networking and personal branding.

Speaker, Recruitment Consultant & Career Coach

HiHello, Inc.

Laid off due to US tech market downturn

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HiHello helps people around the world connect and share information. HiHello gives people a platform where they can create and share their own digital business cards, scan paper cards, and manage their contacts.

Recruiter

Avanti Software Inc.

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Founded in 1980, Avanti is a leading, cloud-based, Canadian Human Capital Management software as a service (“SaaS”) company. Avanti is on a mission to streamline and simplify people management. Through our all-in-one, fully-integrated evergreen SaaS solution, we help Canadian businesses build a better workplace.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Convergint Technologies

Acted as a key HR resource in supporting managers on recruitment and selection, including identifying advertising options, creating and posting job ads, phone interviewing, coordinating and facilitating in-person interviews, conducting reference checks and issuing pre-offer letters

Proactively sourced active and passive applicants by researching and contacting competitors, external employment/recruitment agencies, colleges/universities, etc.

Directly contributed to hiring 80+ colleagues over ~8 months, while also contributing to a ~10% year-over-year turnover reduction through effective screening and talent evaluation processes

Developed a steady pool of internal and external talent, maintained and updated Convergint’s Applicant Tracking System, ADP WorkForceNow, as well as candidate tracking spreadsheets/reports

Took ownership of and revived Convergint’s Campus Recruitment programs, establishing relationships with internal General Managers and hiring leaders country-wide to understand their longer-term talent needs, but also with 20+ colleges and universities, including Career Centre and specific faculty contacts, campus job postings for Co-op and New Grad Development Program roles, and on-campus Information Session presentations throughout the Fall 2019 semester

Contract Bilingual Recruitment Specialist

Goodfood Market (TSX:FOOD)

Worked closely with EVP and Directors in Western Canada to map out recruitment needs

Led all stages of the full cycle recruitment process from Operations Associate to Director level positions across Procurement, Logistics, Operations & Customer Service in Western Canada

Directly led and facilitated Goodfood Calgary’s rapid growth by 35+ employees (~+18%) in a span of less than 3 months

Performed proactive headhunting searches via LinkedIn Recruiter Lite to source higher quality passive candidates into the pipeline for 4 corporate and managerial roles

Acted as sole point of contact for 200+ employees in Calgary for any HR and Payroll transactions

Created and implemented a new Recruitment Tracker spreadsheet using Google Sheets to track all Salaried and Hourly new hires in Calgary, and to ensure that each step in the recruitment and onboarding process was followed for each candidate

Created a post-interview candidate rating survey using Google Forms for all interview process participants to quickly provide feedback on candidates while fresh in their minds that were relevant to the organization’s key recruitment criteria, and that provided a way to easily track, analyze and compare the data from wholistic feedback on candidates

Coordinated and oversaw the successful implementation of Goodfood’s Calgary Corporate Office Yoga Program and Corporate Retreat to Canmore in April 2019

Talent Acquisition Manager & HR Coordinator

Tervita Corporation

Contract role to support Tervita’s recent acquisition of Newalta Environmental Services

Acted as sole Recruiter for newly acquired US business unit and corresponding recruitment volumes, as well as former Newalta locations in Canada

Helped to review and communicate Newalta & US HR and recruitment processes to senior HR team members and management, aided in consolidation and creation of new joint-organization processes, documents and templates

Worked closely with recruitment team, internal IT, and external consultants, and played a key role in configuration, troubleshooting, development, and adoption of brand-new applicant tracking system, MS Attract, part of the D365 Suite

Managed full cycle recruitment process: Obtained approvals and create requisitions, wrote job descriptions, posted job ads, sourced and screened applications, completed phone screens, scheduled and led interviews, made recommendations on candidates to hiring managers, administered personality assessments, background checks, and pre-employment testing process, drafted and presented offer packages, collected and processed new hire paperwork, created employee files

Actively managed an average of 30 requisitions at a time, directly involved in hiring 35+ new employees in < 3 months: Key roles hired include GM of US Operations, Contract US HR Advisor, Health & Safety Advisor, Facility Manager, Facility Administrator, Operations Trainer, Operations Supervisor, various levels of Equipment, Plant, and Solids Control Technician Operators, and skilled tradespeople such as Millwrights, Power Engineers, and Mechanics

Gained knowledge and experience in US recruitment and employment law across various states, worked closely with US pre-employment vendors and processes such as DISA, Integrated Screening Partners, WorkSTEPS, and Accurate Background

Contract Recruiter

Rocky Mountain Equipment

Managed and coordinated full cycle recruiting process: requisitions and approvals, creating job descriptions, posting job ads, sourcing and screening candidates, completing phone screens, liaising between candidates and hiring managers, scheduling and leading interviews, making judgements and recommendations on candidates, administering personality assessments and backcheck process, putting together offer letters, etc.

Established, maintained and managed relationships with key stakeholders including but not limited to candidates, employees and managers from all departments, upper management and executive, agency partners, online job board partners, colleges and professional organizations, immigration lawyers, ATS representatives, etc.

Actively managed between 30-40 individual requisitions for positions such as skilled mechanics, sales consultants, parts technicians, agricultural optimization specialists, general labourers, all corporate and admin roles and all middle-to-upper operations management roles as needed

Directly contributed to the rapid hiring and growth, by ~15% over only 1 year, for a mature, established company of nearly 1,000 employees

Spearheaded relationships with 5+ third party recruitment agencies and online job board partners including Indeed, Job Bank, Jobillico and others, negotiated terms, managed day-to-day communications and transactions

Spearheaded relationships with colleges and professional organizations, planned and participated in campus and public recruiting events and presentations

Daily exposure to and use of ADP applicant tracking system, ~10 different online job sites, all MS Office Suites and functions including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint, Concur Expenses software, Wiley Personality Assessment software, Sterling BackCheck

TELUS Spark

Guest Services Representative

Human Resources Student Association

Led and oversaw Executive team of 12 students in planning and completion of 2-3 informational, networking and practice interview events per semester

Communicated with corporate contacts about potential sponsorship, event attendance and future collaboration

Hosted monthly club meetings for updates, event planning, team-building etc.

Attended and contributed to monthly Haskayne Student Clubs President's Circle meetings

Volunteered in the Calgary community

Increased student engagement and event turnout by 50%+ during tenure of < 2 years

President

Acted as primary student liaison for industry contacts, sponsors, and event attendees; initiated communication and answered questions as they arose

Aided in planning and completion of 2 to 3 informational and networking events per semester

Volunteered in the Calgary community

VP Corporate Relations

Talented, driven, innovative, and bilingual Campus & Experienced Hire HR Recruiter & Leader. Leads Talent Acquisition strategy and implementation through a philosophy built on strong relationships, cultural fit, excellent communication, convenience, efficient use of technology, transparency of information, speed of action, diversity, youth, and innovation.

Graduate of the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary with a major in Operations Management, With Distinction. 2016 International Summer University Programme participant at the prestigious Copenhagen Business School.

As former President of U of C's division of HRSA, I recruited and led an Executive team of 12 students in planning and executing various networking, informational and practice interview events. I also took up different volunteer opportunities provided through HRSA and the Haskayne School of Business.

Professionally, I am passionate about my employment background in human resources and talent acquisition, my educational background in Commerce operations and supply chain management, entrepreneurial thinking, innovative technologies, leadership, and strategic management.

In my free time, I enjoy spending time with friends, family, and my dog Astro, and learning about new technologies and trends. I am a former minor hockey player, an avid fan of the sport and casual beer-leaguer. I can also never get enough of travelling the world, live music, fine foods, and new experiences.

Advocate for mental health and post-concussion syndrome/CTE awareness, research and fundraising.

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