Daniela Stokes

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About Daniela Stokes

My extensive experience includes global talent management/acquisition/retention, team development, policy and compliance, employee relations, leadership, learning and development, total rewards, and HR/change management. I believe these aspects act as a success pillar for a company to achieve long-term goal accomplishment. Throughout my career, I have developed solid leadership skills and achieved out of box results: • Solid history of success in streamlining overall operations of HR department, organizing training/development programs, and delivering HR guidance to meet company requirements. • Demonstrated expertise in establishing onboarding system to acclimate and introduce prospective employees into workplace. Remarkable acumen in manpower planning and integrated talent administration, performance management, recruitment, quality control, and cost reduction. • Extensive experience in recommending executive management on human resource policies, procedures, and best practices to ensure programs compliant with Federal, State, and local laws, rules, and regulations. Furthermore, I am adept at managing discipline and grievance issues, maintaining sharing knowledge of employment legislation/best practice, devising and implementing recruitment and selection policies/procedures, and leading organizational changes. My solid contributions and achievements are as follows: • Slashed HR audit deficiencies by 75% by weekly regional meetings with HR field liaisons and monthly spot-checking. • Implemented programs, procedures, and policies to ensure compliance of all health and safety programs with EEO, ADA, OSHA, BSA, and regulatory requirements. • Redesigned hiring process to decrease hiring times from 1-1.5 months to 2-3 weeks. • Reduced new hire turnover by 15% within first 90 days/1st year hires through enhanced hiring process and onboarding process. • Mastered HR Technology and became a point person for HRIS administration, technology assistance and streamlined process improvement. • Led outside-of-the-box DEI Initiatives beyond compensation and talent acquisition • Inspired employee engagement efforts, with demonstrated results of top tier survey scores across the entire organization. If you find my profile exciting or interesting in learning more about my skillset and experience, please contact me on LinkedIn or email me at djwahlst@hotmail.com