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T.Reed Gary

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augusta, GA (US)
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T.Reed Gary is agressively seeking (full time or contract) HR Generalist or Recruiting opportunity domiciled in Augusta, GA area or open to "virtual".

About Me

I'm seeking a Human Resources job as either:
• Generalist (employee relations; skills inventories & gap analysis; organizational development & training; salary planning & labor cost projections; investigate and respond to employee grievances + discrimination or harassment charges; employee corrective action & performance improvement programs; union avoidance & union negotiations),

OR

• Talent Acquisition (sourcing candidates via internet; cold-calling candidates not actively seeking new opportunities; sufficiently develop prospects from a person (on a list) who’s not looking for a new job into a screened candidate with an updated resume & open to an exploratory discussion with client’s hiring managers; design candidate's job offers; close candidates).

Work Experience

  • Jun 1995 - present
    augusta, GA (US)
    Human Resources Consultant
    Gary Associates, Inc
    * Provide adjunct HR consulting services (Recruiting & Employee Relations & Organizational Development) which augment my clients' resources; share "best practices" within the Human Resources profession; and, serve as clients' consultative business partner

    * A cold-calling "hunter" responsible for identifying, engaging, developing, cultivating, screening, and acquiring targeted talent pools within select employers(i.e. Google; Yahoo; IBM; Oracle; Nintendo; Novell; Intel; etc)

    * Developed targeted prospects from a person (on a list) who’s not seeking new opportunities into a screened candidate with an updated resume & open to an exploratory discussion with client’s hiring managers

    List of clients: [1] Futurestep/Korn-Ferry; [2] Microsoft; [3] Lockheed Martin; [4] Accenture; [5] Motorola; [6] MCI Telecommunications; [7] Unisys; [8] Panasonic; [9] Home Depot (IT Dept); [10] Internap; [11] Blue Martini Software; [12] VoiceCom; [13] Conduit Software; [14] WH Smith.
  • Jan 2005 - Feb 2006
    augusta, GA (US)
    Associate (aka Human Resources Consultant)
    Hewitt Associates, LLC
    * Served on RPO recruiting project for SUN Microsystems which provided all USA recruiting support to SUN for: PhD scientists for Chief Technology Officer's R&D laboratories; Java software engineers; the SeeBeyond division; and, the Seven Space division

    * Full cycle recruiting point of contact for hiring managers: analyzed talent skills required; created appropriate sourcing activities generating adequate volumes of quality candidates

    * Served in Organizational Development capacity and created training to elevate interviewing skills of senior engineers & managers through customized training

    * Worked very collaboratively with applicable SUN Microsystems HR to analyze, craft, and execute job offers utilizing appropriate compensation management criteria and guidelines

    * Personally filled / closed 81 openings in a 9 month period
  • Jan 1989 - Jan 1995
    atlanta, GA (US)
    Human Resources Manager
    MCI Telecommunications
    * Responsible for employee relations issues for approx 400 employees domiciled in Florida and following corporate M&A, responsible for employees’ transition to a new payroll & benefits system

    * Accountable for developing and maintaining a thorough knowledge of business objectives & metrics for each MCI division assigned to support + any associated HR risk dynamics as they surfaced

    * Analyzed skills inventories + crafted organizational development & training plans; conducted salary planning & cost projections; responsible for investigating & responding to employee grievances, sexual harassment & EEO charges; managed employee corrective action, performance improvement plans, terminations & disciplinary actions

    * Worked very collaboratively with MCI’s Compensation Department to analyze, craft, and execute salary transactions & job offers utilizing appropriate compensation management criteria and guidelines

    * Recruited 500+ technologists; sales; and, marketing professionals
  • May 1979 - Jan 1989
    mclean, VA (US)
    Human Resources Manager
    Unisys (aka Sperry) Corporation
    * Employee Relations generalist to 450 employees in division focused on IT solutions for DoD & Homeland Security customers

    * Salary planning & cost projections; transitioned 500 employees from 4 disparate payroll systems with 3 disparate benefits systems to a new coordinated system without a single error

    * Analysis of skills inventories; crafted organizational development & training plans

    * Employee grievances, sexual harassment & EEO charges; managed employee corrective action, performance improvement plans, terminations & disciplinary actions

    * Recruited approx 700 PhD; MS; and BS engineers; technologists; and, other skilled professionals

    * EEO officer; and, authored an Affirmative Action Plan.

Education

  • 1973 - 1977
    Bachelor's - Administrative Management
    Clemson University