LIANE THIBODEAU
ADVISING CONSULTANT, People Reach Consulting
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
- Over 20 years of human resource
management experience, specializing in
recruitment and selection and human
resource development.
- International management skills
training experience in a broad range of
subject matter including recruitment and
selection, presentation skills, team
building, coaching for performance,
sales and customer service.
- Extensive career counselling, career
development and outplacement counselling
experience.
- Proven track record in designing,
implementing and delivering curriculum
across a broad spectrum of subjects.
- Strong knowledge and experience in
the information technology and
biotechnology sectors.
SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Human Resource
- Experienced recruiter with a highly
successful track record in developing
candidate profiles and strategic search
plans that generate results.
Representative sample of filled
positions include VP-Software
Engineering, CEO Software Development
Company, Senior and Intermediate Java,
C++ and COBOL Software Developers,
Software Test Engineer, Technical
Writers, Software Configuration Manager,
Technical Sales and Service, Customer
Support, Unix Systems Administrator and
Senior Research Scientist.
- Provide recruitment and selection,
performance management, career
development, human resource
consulting/outsourcing and outplacement
counselling services to a broad spectrum
of information technology and
biotechnology firms as president of
People Reach Consulting.
- Excellent experience in conducting
needs assessments and developing job
specifications for a broad range of
position classifications.
- Develop and implement comprehensive,
company-specific human resource policies
and procedures.
- Deliver outplacement counselling
services that deliver results.
Training and Program Development
- Successfully developed and delivered
human resource management seminars to
clients such as IBM-Trinidad, CGI,
Eastern Marketing Ltd., The Sheraton,
FastTrax and Optical Software.
- Developed the initial Canada Select
Rating Advisor Certification and
Training program used to train Canada
Select Rating Advisors across Canada.
- Developed a comprehensive curriculum
and suite of training materials for a
software package used in the manufacture
of eyeglasses.
Facilitation Skills
- Proven facilitation skills, having
effectively delivered training to over a
thousand program participants in such
fields as customer service, tourism and
hospitality, human resource management,
career planning and development, time
management, and facilitation skills.
- Fluently bilingual and capable of
delivering training in English and
French
Computer Skills
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
05/00 - Present President People Reach
Consulting
04/91 -12/99 Senior Consultant Amulet
Consulting Ltd.
07/90 - 01/91 Coordinator Chatham Access
Centre
05/89 - 08/90 Career Consultant
Self-employed
08/85 - 05/89 Careerware Coordinator STM
Systems Corp.
10/81 - 04/84 Staffing Consultant Central
Personnel Office
01/81 – 09/81 Student Centre Manager CEIC
1977 - 1981 Management Positions Various
Employers
EDUCATION
1977 B.A. (Psychology) Carleton
University
Degree Completed
1974 - 1976 B.A. (Psychology) UNB
Dean's List 1974-76
COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIPS AND VOLUNTEER
EXPERIENCE
Member, Software Human Resource Council
National Labour Market Advisory Committee,
1998 – Present
Member, Human Resource Association of New
Brunswick, 2001 – Present
Board Member, Kingston Peninsula Chamber
of Commerce, 2004 - Present
Member, Saint John Board of Trade Human
Resource Committee, 2002 - 2003
Director, Conservation Council of New
Brunswick, 1994 - 1998
President, Vice-President and Member of
Miramichi Environmental Society, 1989 - 1993 |
