Brian K. Domenoski's Resume (Last updated November 11th 2009)

High Energy Problem Solving Human Resources Professional

Conscientious Human Resources Generalist with a verifiable record of surpassing desired results in managing the Full Life Cycle recruitment process including creating recruitment strategies for sourcing, screening, interviewing, evaluating and hiring financial, IT, management, engineering, administrative and union personnel at all levels in industries including manufacturing, retail merchandising/distribution, utilities, consumer packaged goods, video duplication, and staffing/outsourcing. Consistently aligns human resources strategy with business goals to achieve significant improvements in key business metrics such as profitability, revenue, employee turnover and productivity. A go-to resource who excels at providing guidance & counsel to management and employees regarding Human Resources issues, including interpretation of policy & procedures, discipline, problem-solving, conflict resolution, contract interpretation, and labor-management relationship building.

Special Expertise
Human Resource Strategy: Development and Implementation
Organizational Development: Start-Up and Aggressive Growth
Performance Management Systems Geared to Corporate Objectives
Recruitment Strategies and Leading-Edge Technologies
Team Building, Training and Development: In-Person, Web-Based and Mentor-Driven based on operations expertise
HR Software: Kenexa Brass Ring, Ceridian, SAP HRIS

Deliver cutting edge talent acquisition and Human Resources management solutions to a wide range of clients including Teleflex Medical, Clifton Gunderson, Froedtert Hospital, Abbott Labs, RCA and Tectura Corporation, and use HR expertise to help others in their job search efforts. Selected Accomplishments include:

Milwaukee Area Transition HR Group

• Active volunteer with several local HR networking groups coaching job seekers on resume writing, interviewing skills and related job search topics. Additionally, a contributing writer and trainer for the Human Resources web sites: DirectHireAvenue.com and BackgroundNow.com
  

Teleflex Medical

• In less than three months, achieved an 8% reduction in time to fill positions as a result of reorganizing antiquated recruitment functions; and by instituting new pre-screening questionnaires, phone screens, online recruitment, and well documented Automated Tracking Systems (ATS) to source, recruit and hire Engineering, Quality, HR, Marketing, Customer Service, Administration, and Technology (IT) personnel for 5 USA plant locations.
  

• Instrumental in achieving substantial cost reduction and human/capital resource savings by driving corporate changes including streamlining the number of outside Recruitment/Staffing Agencies from 28 to 7; centralizing HR from five regional locations to one; and modernizing the company's reliance on outdated print advertising to more cost effective Internet advertising.
  

• Cut drug screen costs by 18% by using a single billing process with a new billing vendor. This vendor also allowed the company's five remote locations to continue using their favored and reliable existing labs to perform drug tests.
  

Regulatory Compliance Associates

• Helped company achieve a 400% increase in business by creating and implementing a modernized recruitment function for Quality and Validation Engineers, and the management teams that supervised these engineers, including world-class Project Managers.
  

Abbott Labs

• Involved in all aspects of Full Life Cycle recruitment for Technology, Engineering, Accounting/Finance and corporate positions throughout country including the implementation of a company wide best practices in the USA recruitment initiative. The end result of the implementation yielded an 18% decrease in time to fill open positions.
  

Tectura Corporation

• Successfully recruited senior and executive level best-in-class talent for IT, Finance, and Human Resources positions in Great Britain, Spain, Germany, and Hong Kong. To compensate for time zones, telecommuted 16 hours a week.
  

Working with as many as 70 different decision makers up to the SVP level in NYC, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, and several other US locations, successfully conducted Full Life Cycle recruitment for 50 - 70 positions concurrently while assigned exclusively to one of the firm's major clients, American Express.

• Filled over 100 positions in an eight month period for personnel at all levels in Finance, Accounting, IT, Supply Chain and Purchasing, HR, Auditing, Corporate Communications, and Sales.
  

Drove results to increase productivity by over 25% by acting as the employee advocate, management representative, and an agent of change for a total of 500 exempt, non-exempt, and union employees in Finance, IT, Engineering, Supply Chain, HR, Legal, Corporate Communications, Government Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Real Estate and other corporate areas.

• Diplomatically coached & counseled employees at all levels, including Vice Presidents, on a wide range of HR issues including conflict resolution, performance management and performance improvement planning, discipline process & /procedure, unemployment and workers compensation claims and investigations, diversity policy/procedures, FLMA, benefits and compensation, employee safety, union contracts, and other employee relations topics.
  

• In collaboration with the legal counsel resolved 20 EEOC, State of Wisconsin Equal Rights Division, and internal discrimination charges to a finding of no merit for each charge resulting in a $188,000 savings in settlement costs.
  

• Co-managed a corporate training initiative to implement a competency based performance evaluation, management, and training/development program for four departments of approximately 200 employees which increased their performance by 10%.
  

• Managed facilitation of union/management committees for two departments, successfully achieving consensus on diverse work life issues and reduced union employee complaints by over 50%.
  

Recruited, placed, and enrolled candidates up to the VP level with multi-business unit clients in eleven Midwestern states.

• Controlled, organized, and directed a 7 person task force, placing and training 75 new employees throughout 7 states and within 30 days, successfully meeting staffing requirements of company's only $100 million client.
  

• Conducted staffing and selection training for business unit hiring managers which reduced time to fill by 10%.

Led 26 union employees in all distribution/warehouse, administrative, and HR functions at a major distribution center.

Directed the entire second shift, including an assistant supervisor (exempt), group leader, machine operators, and up to 50 other non-exempt production workers in all aspects of plastic food container manufacturing.

Strong knowledge of application tracking systems (ATS) such as SAP, Kenexa Brass Ring, and Ceredian; LinkedIn, Sourcing, Internet Research, Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Lotus Notes, EEO Compliance, Conflict resolution and other Employee Relations skills.