Laura Valdez

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ABOUT LAURA VALDEZ

Strategic HR professional who translates business vision into HR Initiatives that improve performance, growth, and employee engagement. Empowering leader who supports companies and top executives with a unique perspective and appreciation that human capital is every organization\'s greatest assetHR Organization Leadership: Joined established account tasked with revitalizing the onboarding and orientation program following years of internal change, restructuring, and absent leadership. Support corporate TA specialist in the recruitment of technical, professional, and management staff for the Boston account. Partnered with executive leadership on training and workforce development initiatives to foster a high-performance culture. Created new positions within the organization to develop career ladders for internal promotion and departmental cross training. Talent recruitment and acquisition: 7 years’ experience developing and executing recruiting plans within both corporate and client-based settings. Manage full cycle recruiting from initial sourcing and screening through offer negotiations, placement, on boarding and training. Source high performing candidates by leveraging recruiting software such as iCIMS, social media outlets, employee referrals, as well as, creating talent pipelines through trade schools and hospitality management programs. Employee Relations: Responsible for investigating, interviewing and making recommendations on reported policy violations. Acted as a liaison between department managers and frontline staff by providing council regarding personnel practices, company procedures, and employment laws (LOA, FMLA). Provided guidance to managers on appropriate disciplinary action regarding policy violations. Work with executive leadership to develop metrics and best practices that effectively introduce and embed the principles of the clients’ mission into the processes used by Aramark to manage and evaluate individual performance appraisals of staff. Training & Workforce Development: Launched programs to build a high-performance workforce and develop leaders. Programs include a healthcare certification development program which focuses on soft skill and customer service training for entry level employees. Program was built with local college program and earns employee 3 credits toward college degree program. Built out brand new onboarding & orientation program for new hires. The program includes shoulder to shoulder training, competencies & assessments, evaluation of work progress reports, and mandatory compliance education.