Meet this week’s Hero of Hiring–Patrick Beharelle. Patrick Beharelle is the CEO of TrueBlue, a publicly traded $3 billion staffing and recruitment services provider supporting over 160,000 clients across 70 counties. Patrick has over 20 years of experience in the staffing and recruitment industry and has leveraged that experienced for the good of thousands of people. Annually, TrueBlue places over 800,000 people into a mix of temp and full-time jobs. TrueBlue also hires over 30,000 military veterans into full-time careers annually. Patrick is leading the company’s digital transformation strategies, including an on-demand opportunities app for jobseekers (JobStack) and an award-winning cloud-based platform to improve candidate experience (Affinix). Because of his impact on people and companies, he was inducted into the Staffing Industry Analysts Staffing 100 Hall of Fame in 2018.
Patrick and TrueBlue are committed to supporting local communities and employment groups, including veterans and their families, by embracing a corporate theme of “doing well by doing good.”
Thank you Patrick for the heroic work you and your team do each day!
You can connect with Patrick on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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ABOUT THE HEROES OF HIRING
We’ve all heard it said that a company’s most important asset is its people. When we say we love a company, what we’re really saying is we love the work being done by the exceptional people in these organizations. Talented employees who do outstanding work are the secret ingredients that make their companies great. That’s why recruiting and hiring is so important. Each person involved in the hiring process is influencing the future of their company. These individuals are also impacting one of the most important aspects of people’s lives—their careers. The individuals who play a role in the hiring process are changing companies and lives, making hiring a heroic act.
The hiring heroism of a select group of people goes above and beyond. These unsung hiring heroes are making a lasting difference on a grand scale. That’s the reason for this distinction—the Hiring Hero of the Week. The hope in bestowing this honor is that people across the globe can celebrate and learn from these truly amazing human beings.
Meet the latest Hero of Hiring–Beth Casey-Bellone of BCB Consulting. Beth is a Certified Human Resources Professional and Executive Career Coach who guides professionals in their quest for career fulfillment. During the past 8 years, she has led the design, development, and implementation of a corporate recruiting and human resources program for a company that provides residential services to luxury condominium, co-op, and rental communities throughout New Jersey. Starting with just 20 employees in 2011, Beth has led the hiring efforts of this fast growing organization, expanding the staff to 350 employees. To top it all off, the company more than doubles the industry employee retention average and gets 85% of its hires from employee referrals.
This week’s hero has impacted people across the globe, helping fill jobs that improve and save lives. She’s Pamela O’Connor, the Chief Human Resources Officer for Hoyos Integrity Corporation, a secure communications company headquartered in Fort Lauderdale Florida. As a global HR leader, Pam has led the hiring of top talent for emergency relief positions around the world, applying her skill at finding people with the perseverance to perform under pressure and extreme circumstances. She has improved time-to-fill, reducing this metric by more than 45% as a result of initiatives that have significantly increased employee referrals. Employment engagement has also grown under Pam’s watch as she’s overhauled global compensation systems to better align employee expectations with the value they bring to their roles.
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