Consultant, Career Coach, Resumes in US-California-Los Angeles: Yvonne

Consultant, Career Coach, Resume

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Yvonne

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US-California-Los Angeles

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Consultant, Career Coach,

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As an experienced transactional paralegal, I was observed by opposing counsel as someone they should have as one of their first-year lawyers. I would like to return to an environment that offers similar challenges and growth opportunities that also allows me to incorporate using my skills in mediation, broadcasting, presenting, training. Perhaps the next step for me is a move into the area of Ethics, Compiance, and Governance.

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onsultant - Organizational Development
• Conducted investigative research through observation of environment and discussions with residents and administrators in recovery programs
• Cultivated heightened awareness and ability to identify individuals with active substance abuse issues
• Formulated recommendations for improved site functioning

2004 - Present Workshop Presenter
• Los Angeles Metro Recruiting Network online and live networking meetings to encourage development of professional alliances. The meetings also feature a half-hour presentation on an educational or informational topic relevant to the audience, plus topic and speaker development
• Career Coach Corner semi-monthly online workshops that deal with questions and solutions for career search and promotion
• CSULA Paralegal Club how to research and get an in-house paralegal job

2001 Workshop Developer
• Developed workshop on understanding paralegal skills important to employers
• Assisted in design of rape and domestic violence life skills workshop
• Produced and moderated numerous workshops, roundtables, and interviews on topics affecting job search, career enhancement, management, recruiting and retention as editor at Suite101.com

2000 – 2006 Career Coach
• CollegeRecruiter.com career coaching for site job seeker bloggers
• Ask the Experts panelist, CollegeRecruiter.com
• AskMe.com columnist
• Editor, Career and Executive Recruiting Advice at Suite101.com

1999 - 2000 Researcher/Operations Manager
• Researched industry trends and analyzed employment reports and news to develop sound back office practices
• Conducted due diligence reviews on potential new clients
• Sourced for potential candidates using modified AIRS techniques, while developing new search strategies
• Identified rich sourcing venues to produce viable leads or candidates
• Acted as intermediary between clients and candidates
• Provided front-end recruiting initiatives
• Studied office systems to identify and utilize cost reductions or collaborations, while saving the firm approximately $50,000 in actual costs and increased efficiencies
• Created public relations/business development enterprise

1983 - Present Freelance Writer/Journalist
Focuses: Management, ethics, law, recruiting strategies, business and staffing trends, diversity, career development strategies, online education, retention and promotion tools, evaluation and assessment systems, business tools

Additional Experience

2003-2006 Proctor: State Bar and Law School examinations
1993, 2004 Tutor/Teacher: Youth Enrichment, Adult Literacy, and Business School Instructor
• After school youth tutor (ages 7-8) for groups of up to seven students
• Assisted at least four students in making next grade level achievement; one student (non-native English speaker) honored as most improved
• Aided two adult literacy students in achieving markedly improved reading skills and confidence
• Featured tutor on KRON news coverage
• Trained in various enhanced teaching and learning concepts
• Trained and scheduled to deliver class instruction to San Francisco penal population
• Full-time (4 classes) business school instructor for American Business College with classes of approximately ten students (1986)

1993 - 1996 Community Mediator
• Mediator panelist (3-member panel) approximately every two months where each panel, except for one, reached a successful resolution
• Accurately identified when special techniques were required for working with disputants, as in learning disability or other unique situations
• Case Developer responsible for contacting the party who was the subject of the complaint in order to hear their interpretation of the situation and seek their consent to submitting the matter to mediation for resolution
• Case Intake Screener involved in listening to the concerns of the party to determine whether the organization could assist in the dispute

1992 - 1993 Subrogation Intern for San Francisco City Attorney’s Office
• Developed a cradle to grave system for City’s subrogation cases that resulted in recouped revenues of approximately $100,000
• Assisted in and attended Mandatory Settlement Conferences and Pre-trial hearings
• Drafted all forms of litigation and discovery pleadings
• Perfected service of process for three cases, thus preserving the City’s right of hearing
• Performed online and text legal research from which legal memoranda were written
• Negotiated with opposing counsel for terms, information, exchange of documents
• Interviewed witnesses and wrote declarations

1980 - 1992 Complex Litigation and Complex Transactional Paralegal
Finley, Kumble South Coast Air Quality Management District
Jones, Day Huss, Acker & Bailey
Kadison, Pfaelzer Cotkin, Collins & Kolts
Pacht, Ross Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Corporate: Transactional positions involved full range of responsibilities including legal research; writing research memoranda and correspondence, corporate formation, stock issuance, maintenance and authorization documentation; secured transaction filings; filing corporate qualifications, conducting due diligence; preparation of closing documents; negotiations with opposing counsel as well as government agencies; training all levels of legal staff; maintenance of corporate calendar; presentations at department meetings.

Litigation: Responsibilities included preparation of all forms of documents and summaries, witness preparation, witness interviews, research and legal memoranda of findings, wrote document and deposition summaries, coded documents for complex litigation discovery.

AQMD Hearing Board Clerk: Responsibilities involved bi-weekly attendance at Hearing Board sessions, then writing a record of the proceedings with the Findings and Decisions of the Board.

1993 - 1996 News Producer, Editor, Host; News Researcher
• Producer and Host of “Legally Speaking” legal news for the vision impaired community; secured sponsors for news content
• Taped and edited each program as well as managed control board
• Developed special programs on high-focus news
• Produced ballot initiative and judicial analyses and roundtable discussions
• Wrote articles and interviewed high profile personalities on special topics
• Compensated reader, sighted guide, and accommodations provider
• Weekly News Reader for Broadcast Services for the Blind
• Researched women’s heath issue for KRON

Education

1990 – 1992 Kendrick Hall
University of San Francisco School of Law
1990 Pasadena City College (Dean’s Honors List)
Selected academic subjects
1985 Bachelor of Science, Business Administration – Pre-law
California State University at Los Angeles
1980 ABA Paralegal Certification, General Corporate Law
California State University at Los Angeles
1979 ABA Paralegal Certification, Litigation
California State University at Los Angeles

Training and Certifications

2004 Domestic Violence Legal Advocate
Los Angeles Commission Against Assaults on Women
2004 Domestic Violence / Sexual Assault Advocate
Center for Pacific Asian Families
2000 California Accredited Consultant
California Association of Staffing Professionals
1993 Community Mediator, Conciliation Forums of Oakland
1993 Adult Literacy Tutor Training and Enrichment Classes
Project Read, San Francisco Public Library

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