Mark A. Leon
105 Pahaquarry Road
Hopatcong, NJ 07843
612.812.5226
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	Objective
	Provide more strategic leadership in the development and growth of intellectual
property to ensure maximized revenue growth and limited attrition in a senior
Human Resources role
	Work Experience
	Recruiter 
7/2007 – Present
Hewitt and Associates, Minneapolis, MN
	Providing sourcing, interviewing and life cycle support for an national
search of programmer  analysts, setup configuration analysts, Client Managers,
and client acceptance analysts for five major US   markets
Senior Recruiter (Contract)
5/2006 – 6/2006
Thomson North American Legal (Thomson Corporation), Eagan, MN
	Full life cycle recruitment lead supporting headcount growth and
maintenance for Thomson West Finance, Strategic Marketing, Thomson Elite Finance
(Los Angeles Based), FindLaw (Web based business) Marketing and Findlaw Finance.
	Sourcing, screened and assisted in the on boarding of 189 new headcount
needs in ten months.
	Provided career planning support to internal clients in the areas of
interview techniques, resume development, career focus and career planning.
  Senior Human Resources Generalist (Consulting)
3/2006 - 4/2006  Courage Center, Golden Valley, MN
	Managed corporate employee relations functionality during a
departmental transition overhaul
	Supported implementation of Strong Workforce Survey (company-wide
evaluation)
	Project initiative support for compensation administration improvement
efforts, recognition program reform, and performance appraisal revision
	Reviewed and revised company policies and procedures

Human Resources – Leave of Absence
2/2001 - 3/2006  Note:  Leave of Absence, Minneapolis, MN
	 I formally took a leave of absence for an undisclosed period of time
for a personal family
       medical reason

	Senior Human Resources Representative
6/1999 - 2/2001  United Defense, LP, Minneapolis, MN
  Human Resources Representative
6/1997 - 6/1999  United Defense, LP, Minneapolis, MN
	Client support to Engineering and New Product Development to serve as
HR support and consulting for over 700 engineering and administrative customers
(benefits, compensation, employee relations, recruiting, communications,
strategic planning).  
	Provided part-time support to program management and information
technology client groups
	Supervised associate level generalists and administrative personnel
	Served on Direct Market Pricing conversion team and participated in
salary planning process for four planning cycles.
	Initiated and developed criteria for job family advancement of all
functional disciplines in engineering and implemented structure to equitably
evaluate qualified advancement opportunities and link it to career development
and growth.
	College relations coordinator for Fall and Spring of 1999-2000 for
direct, internship and co-op students with an emphasis on diversity candidates
	Participated in divisional task forces including benefits
administration, lump sum relocation, program management training and new product
development to improve efficiencies of operations and processes
	Spearheaded several divisional and corporate projects to develop
leadership succession   plans, retention analysis, transitional orientation
process, and software/electronics performance incentive plans
	Team lead on Performance Sharing Plan (divisional bonus initiative),
Employee Orientation Process and  college/professional recruiting efforts
	Training facilitator on group labor charging, EEO/Ethics Orientation,
and 360 Skills Assessment, and updated divisional Affirmative Action Plan.  
	Developed and modified all human resource policies and procedures.
	
	Staffing Coordinator
2/1997 - 6/1997  Comcast Cable Corp., Union, New Jersey
	Executed entire recruiting process including initial screening,
interviewing, selection, and new hire paperwork administration for non-exempt
customer service and telemarketing personnel
	Designed and implemented company policy and procedure on the Federal
and State FMLA  Made recommendations on the redesign of the appraisal review and
began reconstruction of organizational chart structure
	Compensation Analyst
5/1996 - 1/1997  Goldman Sachs & Co., New York City, New York
	Created formula sheets and comparative shells that analyzed the firms
compensation data utilizing benchmarking sources  from other financial sector
firms and market survey material to develop compa ratios and merit salary
amounts
	Developed salary cap proposals of all current employees in all areas of
the firm for 1997 compensation policy
	Participated in phone benchmarking activity to develop merit budget for
the fiscal year and the development of a new management position analyst
position
	Co-chaired efforts in a firm-wide staffing study.  Aligned and molded
new salary cap structure with broad banding policy
	Recruitment Assistant
3/1996 - 5/1996  Merrill Lynch Financial Group, Plainsboro, New Jersey
	Maintained operations at the home base during a year long project
targeting eight key demographics throughout the country recruiting highly skilled
and motivated financial consultants
	Maintained HRIS database (Restrac) on resumes throughout recruiting
process.  Created weekly status updates
	Researched and analyzed EEO statistics on female and minority
candidates
	Participated in substantial internal and external communication with
supervisors and applicants on questions concerning opportunities and
qualifications.  Set up materials and supplies for national career fairs
	Education
	Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Masters Degree in Human Resources and Industrial Labor Relations
	Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
   Bachelors of Science in History/Political Science with a minor in Economics
	  Software Proficiency
	Excel, Word, Powerpoint, HRIS Systems – Ceridian and Peoplesoft , Restrac,
Resumix, ERecruit, and Taleo 6.2 / 7.0