Emory Skolkin

About Emory Skolkin

I’m passionate about empowering people in their careers and personal lives. Two mottos guide my work:1. Challenge yourself to grow so you can better serve others.2. Involve people in the process, and they’ll be invested in the results.At Geomagical Labs (IKEA), I’m aligning business strategy with people initiatives to build an engaged, high-performing team and an even brighter future. My mission is to make Geomagical a great place to work while helping us compete and win in the marketplace. My role focuses on-Solving organizational challenges and improving processes -Upskilling our workforce through leadership development -Driving cultural and ways-of-working shifts across global teams -Coaching employees and championing initiatives that grow talent and foster engagement -Recruiting hungry, humble, smart, and curious people to join our growing international teamI bring a decade of experience working with and for startups, consulting with leaders at a Fortune 5 organization, and leading change for midsize and global firms. I honed my expertise in Human & Organizational Performance during my MBA at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management and through Microsoft’s HR Rotation Program. Strengths include organizational design, compensation strategy, people analytics, leadership development, and cross-functional partnership with executive teams. Let’s build a high-performance ‘how can we?’ culture together.Outside of work, I compose jazz/funk music and mentor young business students.Feel free to reach out, would love to hear from you.

Experience

1. Founder and Principal

   Nuance Strategies

   Jan 2015 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   I\'ve spent approximately a decade researching and polishing best practices for career or business growth and job search strategy. At Nuance, we only spend time on the most promising leads. What does this mean for our clients? Less time searching for and landing an ideal job, fewer hours devoted to business development with improved outcomes, and decreased headaches when it comes to hiring your next employee (with a greater chance they\'ll stay).Philosophically speaking, I am of the opinion that searching for an ultimate meaning or purpose is misguided; rather, seeking actualization and fulfillment in your next role is much more fruitful.Let\'s get started! Boost client referral rate - Achieved 80% client referral rate to other potential customers who would benefit from HR expertise• Market analysis and business development - Collected and analyzed data from various industry resources to influence new market strategy, resulting in client accounts in 10 new states and two foreign countries• Invented new processes, key metrics - Formulated proprietary GOLD 21/50, PACE/R/S, and Resume Reboot frameworks to optimize Nuance Strategies’ service offerings, resulting in 38% increase in retained clients • Invited as global startup panelist - Crafted talking points and presented findings alongside three panelists at the 2017 GlobalMindED Global Education Conference (800+ attendees)

Education

• Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

  2017 — 2019

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Bachelor’s Degree, Plan II Honors

  2006 — 2011

Skills

• Fundraising
• Social Media
• Writing
• Community Outreach
• Strategic Planning
• Editing
• Executive Search
• Nonprofits
• Public Speaking
• Research
• Leadership
• Event Planning
• Recruiting