Dessie Huston

Years of experience in business development, organizational development, and staff development. Expert at recruiting, building, and developing functional teams. Excellent problem solver with strong analytical skills. Strong operational competencies including recruiting, hiring, recruiting, training, and developing management, customer service, human resources, budget and financial management and executive reporting.

Human Resources/Payroll Director at Heatherdowns Rehabilitation and Residential Center (2024-05 – Present)

• Oversaw all aspects of the employee life cycle including recruitment, onboarding, training and development, performance management, and off boarding.
• Processed and verified payroll for 100 employees on a biweekly basis.
• Maintained accurate records of employee hours, wages, taxes, and deductions.
• Maintained accurate employee records in compliance with legal requirements.
• Collaborated with management to develop strategies for talent acquisition and retention.

Campus Director/ Admissions Director/ Registrar at Richard Medical Academy (2020-09 – 2024-04)

• Responsible for hiring, training coaching and ongoing development of all staff members.
• Set academic standard for the school, instructors, and students focused on the student achievement success to the community volunteers and opportunities.
• Use data to evaluate the program's results and improve the quality of the program with a focus on academic outcomes and successful completion of licensure requirements.
• Provide routine/ timely operational reports to appropriate corporate executives
• Ensure employee, student and campus compliance with all policies and procedures of OBN, SBCCS and ACCSC.
• Manage campus budget including tracking program expenses and hourly staff timesheets.
• Update the HRIS / payroll system as necessary with employee changes.
• Track attendance and disciplines for all staff members and students.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with area hospitals and long-term care facilities for clinical and employment opportunities for students.

Administrative Assistant / Qualified Behavioral Health Specialist at Harbor Behavioral Health (2019-11 – 2021-03)

• Develop and maintain relationships with clients.
• Receive and process enrollments of clients from colleagues.
• Conduct intake interviews.
• Enroll clients in appropriate group therapies.
• Receive and process inquiry calls from clients.
• Monitor and record client participation provide necessary feedback to funding grant.
• Process weekly enrollments, reassessments, and group attendance numbers
• Lead behavior modification group therapies

Employment Specialist at Express Employment (2016-02 – 2019-09)

• Develop and maintain recruiting sources to ensure consistent applicant flow.
• Receive and process inquiry calls from applicants and associates.
• Conduct job interviews, evaluate applicant skills and availability.
• Verifies professional/personal references and employment history.
• Determine associate compatibility and availability and assign to client.
• Analyze client's operation and develop and presents alternative staffing strategies suited to client-specific needs.
• Receives and processes inquiry calls from clients and prospective candidates.
• Monitor and record associate performance and provide necessary feedback.
• Process weekly payroll for 200+ employees, by gathering time cards from 50+ clients.

Human Resources Assistant / Scheduler at Advanced Specialty Hospitals & Advanced Health Care (2011-03 – 2016-02)

• Conduct orientation for all new hires
• Enter and audit employee data.
• Create hours reports, adjust staffing to stay within budget.
• Schedule meetings and presenters
• Work with employees and union representatives to solve issues and answer questions.
• Prepare and distribute biweekly newsletters to all staff.
• Process two biweekly payroll for 100+ employees in two separate facilities
• Ensure that all new hires are entered into the HRIS/ Payroll systems.
• Update the HRIS / payroll system as necessary with employee changes.
• Track attendance and disciplines for all staff members
• Track employee vacation, personal and sick time, as well as FMLA's
• Employment verifications
• Counsel employees on discipline and corrective actions

College in Business Management – Harford Community College