EXCEPTIONAL HEALTHCARE SECTOR ADMINISTRATOR

Human Resources | Talent Acquisition | Benefit Administration | Organizational D

evelopment | Legal
CHERYL R JONES
8404 Warren Pkwy, Frisco, TX 75034
Phone: (678) 600-1128
Email: cj1067bb6@westpost.net
CAREER PROFILE
Exceptional health sector executive, with vast business expertise in delivering
implementing and coordinating Human Resources covering all areas HR including, t
raining, recruitment, employee relations, performance management, compensation,
and benefits. Certified Paralegal with expertise in legal matters pertaining to
Workers Compensation, sexual harassment/discrimination, unemployment compensatio
n, and grievances. Adept at thinking "outside the box" and personal style charac
terized as an entrepreneurial problem solver.
CORE COMPETENCIES & SKILL AREAS
Human Resources | Recruiting | International Recruitment - H1B Visas | Workforce
Planning | Employee Relations
Staff Development | Retirement | Benefits / 401k | Unions | Worker's Compensatio
n | Vendor Coordination
Team Training & Mentoring | Budgeting & Forecasting | Facility Marketing | Certi
fied Targeted Selection Interviewer
Public Speaking | Leadership | Performance Assessment | Diplomacy & Confidential
ity | Discipline & Terminations
Budgeting and Financial Reporting | Strategic & Operational Planning | Quality &
Performance Improvement
Conducting Needs Assessments | Relationship and Team Building | Compliance and R
egulatory | Marketplace Monitoring
CAREER PROGRESSION
EDUCATIONAL RECRUITER
HIGHER ED HOLDINGS, DALLAS, TX (www.higheredholdings.com) 2009 - PRESENT
Higher Ed Holdings assists professors in converting their courses to a distance
learning platform, recruits students, and provides a student support system for
state universities in the higher education marketplace.
* Recognized for my ability to maintain high conversion rates, and saving many p
ossible lost opportunities.
* Recruit teachers nationwide, with 90% conversion of leads received from B2B sa
les staff starting online.
* Interacted with potential applicants via phone email and internet.
* Recruited for UT Arlington, Lamar University, NE College of Business, Perdue,
and Arkansas State University,
INDEPENDENT SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANT
JONES HR CONSULTING 1999 - 2009
* Recruited undergraduate and graduate students for state universities nationwid
e in education, business, and healthcare.
* Recruited professionals in a variety of fields including engineering, finance,
law, marketing, sales, health care, hospitality, and management.
* The Home Depot, Atlanta, GA: Efficiently handled high volume recruiting/sourci
ng of 80-100 requisitions by direct sourcing through internet, relationship buil
ding with national organizations, and alumni of colleges/universities.
* Recruited top-level Divisional Store Leadership Program candidates for 24 mont
h intense training program.
Belmont Village Assisted Living, Dunwoody, GA. Belmont Village provides independ
ent living, assisted living, memory care services, and dementia care for elder r
esidents.
* Engaged as Healthcare Recruiter to engage over 200 staff for an assisted livin
g complex within 3 month period.
* Positions included, Director Nursing, OTs, Medication Care Manager, and Direct
or of Community Relations.
* Placed all recruitment advertising, and ensured all medical licensure and back
ground checks conducted.
* Acquired top talent for many of the large, global and/or Fortune 500 companies
including: Best Buy, Cingular Wireless, BellSouth, Palm, Delta Airlines, Advoca
te Healthcare, Wal-Mart / Sam's Club, Disney, Motorola, IBM, Siemens, Florida Ho
spital, Frito Lay, Ernst and Young, Verizon Wireless, CBS-TV, NBC-TV, Lockheed.

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT CHAIR

EDUCATION MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, ATLANTA, GA (www.edmc.edu) 2007 - 2008
Education Management Corporation is among the largest providers of private post-
secondary education in North America, with 98 locations and employs approximatel
y 19,000 full-time, part-time and adjunct faculty and staff and over 136,000 stu
dents.
* Reporting to the VP, Academic Affairs, accountable for quality instruction, se
rved as Clinical Coordinator for
all Allied Health Programs, and managed Allied Health Externship Program, and Bu
siness and Accounting.
* Provided academic leadership, selected, trained, developed, managed, and lead
faculty and staff according to the guidelines provided by the Campus Head of Aca
demic Affairs.
* Collaborated with Dean of Academic Affairs to manage budget of personnel, prog
ram and capital expenses.
* Taught Business and General Studies education courses, online and in classroom
.
* Collaborated with Academic Department Directors within school and across schoo
ls to schedule and share faculty.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS (PROMOTED to ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT CHAIR)
EDUCATION MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
* Reporting to Director of Admissions recruited qualified applicants for admissi
on to the school, and interacted with outside clients (potential students and th
eir parents), staff and faculty.
* Scheduled and conducted interviews, pursued qualified candidates for enrollmen
t, and determined appropriateness
of candidates for admission based upon career goal compatibility.
* Participated in open houses, regional presentations, training sessions, orient
ation programs, career days, etc.
HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANT/HEALTHCARE RECRUITER
TALENT CONNECTIONS 2005 - 2006
Assignments including: Piedmont Hospital and Emory University Hospital.
* Recruited more than 100 Registered Nurses and Allied Health professionals for
variety of specialties including
Medical/Surgical, General Medical, Oncology, Renal, Neurology, Transplant, and O
perating Room.
* Acquired H1B Visa expertise while recruiting Registered Nurses from the Philip
pines and other countries.
Emory Health Care Hospital
Emory Healthcare is the clinical arm of the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences C
enter of Emory University.
COLLEGE RECRUITER
FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE, ORLANDO, FL 2004
* Coordinated local and national job fairs with major employers for all major co
urses including Healthcare Information Systems, Biotechnology, MBA program, Fina
nce/CPA programs, Marketing, Healthcare, and Nursing programs.
CERTIFIED PARALEGAL
LEGAL CONTRACT ASSIGNMENTS, CHICAGO, IL 2000 - 2003
* Gathered, analyzed and organized information, legal pleadings, discovery and o
ther documents pertaining to litigation files for Trial Attorneys.
* Prepared draft pleadings and workers compensation documents for the trial atto
rneys' review.
* Handled litigation files as directed. Monitored own work in regards to delive
ry of a finished product.
* Areas of Law: Labor & Employment, Litigation, Medical Mal-Practice, Personal
Injury, Corporate Law, Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation, Real Estate, Patent & Trade
mark, Family Law
HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANT
MOTOROLA, SCHAUMBURG, IL (www.motorola.com) 1999
* Provided efficient performance in recruiting source for Motorola's Global Staf
fing Organization to meet company's critical human resource needs.
* Managed allocation of candidates for Motorola's business units including Corpo
rate Enterprises, Finance / Audit, Engineering and Corporate Law Department.
* Networked extensively with various telecommunication companies including Lucen
t, Tellabs, Ameritech, and others.

HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST

SEROLOGICALS, CLARKSTON, GA (www.serologicals.com) 1998 - 1999
With 677 employees and Annual sales $146.9 million Serologicals provides biologi
cal products and enabling technologies to life sciences companies for use in the
research, development, and manufacture of new drugs and other life sciences pro
ducts.
* On-site donor facilities
* Nurses Phlebotomists Medical Assistants Accounting
* HRIS Software, Ceridian Benefits Program
* Involved in full-cycle recruiting including coordinating interview schedules w
ith managers, checking references,
and processing background checks for all hires.
* Mentored employees and educated management on legal issues related to recruiti
ng and interviewing strategies.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & VOLUNTEERING
Texas Recruiter Association | Dallas Recruiter Association | SHRM- Society for H
uman Resources Management
Chicagoland HR Network | Illinois Paralegal Association | Georgia Paralegal Asso
ciation
SOFTWARE and COMPUTERS
HRIS - Recruitmax | AIRS | PeopleSoft Taleon | RESUMIX | Oracle | SAP| Ceridian
| People Click | Great-West
Performance Now, Job Science, E-Class, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acces
s, Outlook)
EDUCATION, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION
Master of Health Care Administration (MHA) (anticipated graduation - June 2011),
Capella University
Educational Specialist Degree (Ed.S.) Educational Leadership, Supervision & Admi
nistration,National-Louis University, Chicago, IL
Master of Science Human Resource Management and Development,
National-Louis University, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Arts - Communications, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Paralegal Certification, ABA Approved, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL