At Bullhorn, we’re proud to help range, fairness, and inclusion efforts throughout all the recruitment trade. This 12 months, we’re honored to be a sponsor of Staffing Trade Analysts’ World Energy 150 – Ladies in Staffing, recognizing ladies for his or her excellent efforts and achievements in elevating the workforce options ecosystem.
“This checklist is so highly effective as a result of it acknowledges the accomplishments of ladies — a bunch that’s underrepresented within the staffing trade’s most senior roles — and it additionally exhibits the unimaginable range that lies inside their journeys,” stated Kristina Bell, Bullhorn’s Director of Range, Fairness & Inclusion. “These are entrepreneurs and enterprise homeowners, C-suite leaders, risk-takers, philanthropists, strategists, range leaders, and far more. We all know that illustration issues and celebrating these leaders is a essential piece of inspiring the subsequent technology.”
We had an opportunity to talk with two honorees from this checklist, whom we’re proud to associate with as Bullhorn clients: Amiee Hawkins, Senior VP, Enterprise Operations, Cross Nation Healthcare, and Stacey Lane, CEO, Staffmark Group. Under, learn their insights on management, working collaboratively, and lifting up others.
What have you ever realized from main throughout a time of serious change, from the worldwide pandemic to financial uncertainty to the rise of hybrid and distant work?
Hawkins: Tradition and connection are key within the hybrid and distant workspace. Folks drive our trade, and retaining a way of belonging, camaraderie, and an total collaborative vibe are important to success, particularly at Cross Nation. Connecting extra continuously and in-depth communication are important to help ideation and creativity. Dedication to fostering inner partnerships has supported our mission to speed up progress for the group and our crew’s private improvement. Working alongside our groups throughout these difficult instances has additional solidified how essential servant management and belief are to a company.
Lane: We needed to adapt to vary at lightning pace however keep true to who we’re — a people-first group. We additionally needed to make onerous selections and stick by these selections to maneuver via the disaster with integrity. Supported by the robust values of Staffmark Group, we stood by our priorities: first, the protection of our workers — retaining everybody wholesome — and second, retaining everybody working. We had a number of purchasers shut down, however we additionally received fortunate. For instance, one in every of our massive nationwide retailers wanted quick staffing to start out up residence supply providers – 6,000 staff ASAP. We moved our inner sources to assist wherever there was a necessity. Our market density helped us swap shortly and seamlessly to serving purchasers in important industries.
We wager that this occasion was momentary. Our workers had a lot to fret about, however they didn’t have to fret about dropping their jobs. We wished all our workers to be there when, ultimately, the employees affected by the pandemic would wish new jobs in numerous industries. And when branches reopened from working remotely, they typically prolonged hours to serve displaced staff who didn’t have entry to Wi-Fi as they mirrored our people-first philosophy.
We made deposits sooner or later, weathered the storm, and our most up-to-date company-wide engagement survey recorded the best ranges of worker engagement within the firm’s historical past.
What latest accomplishment are you proudest of?
Lane: With my joint roles because the CEO / President of Staffmark Group and Normal Supervisor of Certainly Flex U.S., I’m most proud that I’ve been in a position to meet the problem of managing two organizations. As these two organizations collaborate and study from one another, we’re constructing the way forward for the staffing trade on information and expertise, coupled with digitalization to simplify the hiring course of. In our joint challenge, these two nice firms are placing work decisions on the fingertips of our candidates and eradicating boundaries to employment.
Hawkins: In my position, I’m proud to have the chance to evolve Cross Nation’s world-class capabilities, which assist preserve our guarantees to our purchasers and elevate experiences for our professionals via each touchpoint of their profession journey.
Moreover, I’m extraordinarily pleased with having the chance to steer Cross Nation’s transition from a 30+-year-old, homegrown, DOS-based ATS to a personalized Bullhorn platform. This improve delivered unprecedented productiveness features and expanded our supply capabilities by executing a number of large-scale implementations that created a best-in-class strategy to preparation, pace, execution, retention, and scalability throughout the group.
What recommendation would you give your youthful self?
Lane: I’d say, “Stacey, I do know you all the time wish to do the most effective and to be the most effective at what you do, however don’t be afraid to fail. Make knowledgeable and daring selections and stand by them, however know when to change your course based mostly on what you might have realized. It’s altering and adapting in unsure instances that may actually mildew you into the most effective you, the most effective particular person, and the most effective chief.”
Hawkins: Keep true to your self, and take time for experiences that strengthen your humanity. Having a little bit worry is nice, however all the time take the leap into the unknown and, above all else, all the time elevate others and help them to shine!
Be taught extra about Bullhorn’s DE&I commitments, and view the total checklist of SIA World Energy 150 — Ladies in Staffing.