Starting up the business
Where: Align Technology, PensionfundSolutions, UK ‘brexit’ firm, XLCatlin

What:

  • Starting up the business:
  • creating standard labor contracts (NL/Eng)
  • dutch best practice employee benefit package
  • payroll supplier selection
  • insurance & benefit supplier selection
  • Implement the mandatory health & safety and contract the necessary external parties
  • Research and implement employee and employer insurance plans (benefits)

Team Assessment, Recruitment and Onboarding
Where: RELX, PwC, A-Booth, Renewi, ENVIU, Crawford, Mazars, KPMG, Nielsen

What:

  • Management Team Assessment (ODC) – mainly for startups to match growth profiles
  • Full-cycle recruitment-from postings to offers – incompany
  • Anticipating company needs and strategically recommending staffing goals for each department
  • Created an internship & mentoring program between local college students and senior management.
  • Recruit and Screen candidates and coordinate the recruitment process with business leaders.
  • Create on-boarding (first 90-days) and off-boarding (alumni!) program and procedures.
  • Succession planning process

Policy & procedures
Where: BlueCielo, XLCatlin, Crawford

What:

  • Write or update the Employee Handbook and a Managers’ Manual to assist with interpretation of company polices.
  • Conduct HR Audits and make recommendations for improvements of HR practices.
  • Mandatory Occupational health & safety arranged and mandatory policy implemented
  • Workers Council setup – process from communication to election and training
  • Created a Corporate confidential Counseller and policy (Whistle blower) allowing employees an opportunity to voice their concerns and management respond accordingly.
  • Created & coordinated the annual performance appraisal program and coordinated follow-up meetings.
  • Objectives Key Result based goals assuring corporate effectiveness – google principle

Training programs

Where: NIBC, INHolland, CRKBO, Crossknowledge, Accounting firm, HvA

What:

  • Analyze training needs and translate into contracted training programs (individual or career path) – highly knowledgeable on training institute landscape
  • Training managers on HR management issues, i.e. staffing and conducting performance appraisals.
  • Training managers on behavioral interviewing skills, performance management and appraisals procedures.

Job descriptions & Company values
Where: HAY, A-Booth, Solectron, Nieuwe Bibliotheek

What:

  • Created and continually updated company job descriptions and embed company values
  • Hay methodology implemented
  • Corporate values identified and Competence manual
  • Created job descriptions for each position in the organization

HRIS
Where: Crawford, RELX, IT service provider

What:

  • Researched and implemented an HRIS system that included the Payroll and Timekeeping modules-thus facilitating the exchanges of information and consolidating the collecting/processing duties to several authorizations (Snowdrop, Taleo, ADP)
  • Implemented cloud based (web and app) feedback software