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General
Haves
executive coaching, leadership coaching, strategic positoning, personal/career/organizational branding, résumé development, career coaching, interview/compensation/negotiation, recruitment, leadership development, speaking, training and performance management.
Professional Experience
2008 - Present
Career Branding Strategist
YES Career Services
YES Career Services
Using my innate strategic visioning ability, I inspire leaders to take the courageous step to re-position their careers for success and significance. To distinguish yourself inside your existing company, in transition or as an entrepreneur, you will need to understand and leverage your strengths into value propositions which match what your target market is looking for. YES Career Services understands today's marketplace need for impactful messaging and branded career marketing materials. Following a careful analysis of your strengths, your strategic position will be determined and a brand transformation will occur with the support of very carefully crafted career marketing materials. This serves to reflect your personal career brand and capture your essence to compel employers to understand how you may be a good fit for their firm, whether or not they have a posted opening. I have over 14 years of experience in Human Resources providing consultative advice and enabling others to find their inner strengths and extracting their career brand by offering support, knowledge, understanding and motivation. YES Career Services looks forward to giving you the competitive edge and enabling your success. www.yescareerservices.com Popular speaking engagement topics include: Personal Branding- Use What's Inside to Stand Out (various audiences), Creating a Living LinkedIn Profile, and Executive Positioning and Career Marketing Tool Development.
1997 - 2001
(4 years)
(4 years)
Talent Acquisition Consultant/HR Business Partner
Corporate Consultant
Corporate Consultant
Designed, enhanced and implemented strategic recruitment, staffing and HR strategies for Fortune 100 client companies, contributing to organizational efficiency and development for departments, people and systems. Clients included Lucent Technologies, Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
2003 - 2005
(2 years)
(2 years)
HR Manager/HRLDP
AT&T
AT&T
• Recruited into highly competitive HR Leadership Development program at AT&T. • HR Manager and coach for group of 500 for all day-to-day organizational strategic needs in non-represented and represented employee population within AT&T Labs- including but not limited to: recruitment, salary planning and recommendations, succession planning, compliance, mediation, counseling, policy interpretation and development, diversity initiatives, employee relations, performance management, immigration specialist and HRIS/Business Objects reporting. • Special projects in performance management, strategic global staffing and reductions in force.
2005 - 2007
(2 years)
(2 years)
Program Manager- Leadership and Development
AT&T
AT&T
• Planned, researched and partnered to develop new Leadership Competency model and Performance Management strategy for post merger employee population of ~300,000 employees.
• Implemented development and maintenance of Global Leadership Website/Leadership Website content creation and updates, including 360 Degree Assessment and Performance Management; these sites are a primary resource for ~ 70,000 employees. • Key member of team to research and refresh Global Management and Leadership Development program strategy, design and evaluation, including competency model to reflect global best practices.
• Implemented development and maintenance of Global Leadership Website/Leadership Website content creation and updates, including 360 Degree Assessment and Performance Management; these sites are a primary resource for ~ 70,000 employees. • Key member of team to research and refresh Global Management and Leadership Development program strategy, design and evaluation, including competency model to reflect global best practices.
2008 - 2009
(1 years)
(1 years)
Career Management Consultant
Right Management
Right Management
• Provide excellence in coaching and counseling displaced individuals for this premier Career Transition Services firm. • Coach individuals and groups on a variety of career management topics. Facilitate Resume Development, LinkedIn Profile Optimization, Networking, Interviewing Strategies, Negotiation and Orientation classes and workshops. • Develop and prepare best in class resumes to target specific openings and to highlight and maximize the best qualities of candidate. • Candidate base ranges from professional individual contributors to VP level in a wide variety of industries including bio-technology, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, Information Technology, and telecommunications.
Education
2010
CPRW, Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches (High School)
Certified Professional Resume Writer
Certified Professional Resume Writer
2010
GPHR, Human Resource Certification Institute (High School)
Global Professional in Human Resources
Global Professional in Human Resources
2010
CCMC, Career Coach Academy (High School)
Career Management
ICF-recognized comprehensive career management curriculum providing clarity and direction for career explorers (what do I want to do) through conquerors (I know what I want, help me get there!).
Career Management
ICF-recognized comprehensive career management curriculum providing clarity and direction for career explorers (what do I want to do) through conquerors (I know what I want, help me get there!).
1989
BA, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick (High School)
Communications, Minor in English
Sigma Kappa
Communications, Minor in English
Sigma Kappa
2001
MA, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick (High School)
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management
2009
CPBS and COID, Reach Communications Consulting (High School)
Certified Personal Branding Strategist and Certified Online Identity Strategist
Certified Personal Branding Strategist and Certified Online Identity Strategist
More about Kelly Welch
First Name
Kelly
Last Name
Welch
Interests / Hobbies
Family, health and fitness (pilates/yoga/strength training/kickboxing), reading (novels, biographies and cutting edge social media and career branding info). Also, continuous education for personal and professional enhancement and Googling subjects to learn more about anything!
My Affiliations
International Coaches Federation, Career Directors International, Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Raleigh-Wake Human Resource Management Association (RWHRMA), Elinvar Alliance Partner
Awards / Honors
NJ Women's Academic Scholarship; invited speaker and facilitator
Specialities
executive coaching, leadership coaching, strategic positoning, personal/career/organizational branding, résumé development, career coaching, interview/compensation/negotiation, recruitment, leadership development, speaking, training and performance management.
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