Thomas Dick

-> Contract market

- Developed a portfolio of new clients
- Accompanied companies in building their recruitment strategy and provided recruitment solutions
- Managed existing accounts
- Negotiated recruitment budgets with clients
- Wrote advertisements, used company database and social networks to find best candidates
- Developed the network of candidates
- Evaluated candidate’s skills and conduced interviews
- Negotiated rates with consultants
- Provided general career advice and guidance

-> Outplacement

- Assisted individuals in defining a relevant career project for outplacement (new employment, entrepreneurship or training)
- Coached, followed up and lead them into the execution of their project
- Built and lead job-seeking workshops (subjects: interviews, networking, self-management…)

NESTLE
World's largest food company
-> Assisted the board members in building their restructuring project, concerning 3 sites (1,300 people involved)
- Carried out an analysis of internal and external stakeholders based on socio-dynamics
- Drafted the interview outline and recommended several scenarios in order to decide on the best restructuration project
- Prepared the operational deployment of the restructuring project


SNRC
Institutional catering national syndicate
-> Coordinated the modernisation of the national statement of competencies for institutional catering sector (100,000 people involved)
- Participated in negotiations between union officials and HR Managers of main French groups
- Created reference documents
- Drafted parts of the national agreement


ELIANCE - GROUPE ELIOR
Eliance Restaurants provide catering services at railway stations, airports and retail environments
-> Participed in definition of the Group’s HR policy (30,000 people involved)
- Organised work groups and seminars
- Created reference documents


AVENANCE - GROUPE ELIOR
Leading contract caterer
-> Assisted the board members of a catering company specialised in concessions, facing a management/labour dispute, to define the company’s reorganisation project (300 people involved)
- Took part in working groups with head office staff aimed at defining the company’s project and its priorities
- Assisted in defining a labour strategy and advised staff on efficient behaviours in case of management harassment situations

-> Definition and set up of an internal communication system

- Reviewed the existing internal communication system
- Defined an internal communication structure, strategy and plan
- Launched internal communication tools (newspaper, e-newsletter, participated in the creation of an intranet)
- Set up an internal communication network
- In charge of communication when the company changed office location

-> Took part in work groups organised to improve HR processes

-> Assisted the recruitment and training manager

Organised and participated to a 2 weeks seminar in Shanghai.
Met HR Directors of international firms to exchange how they adapt their HR policy and process to the Chinese context

We me HR Directors of:
St Gobain Abrasives, Lincoln, General Electric, Sanofi-Aventis, ...
And locals HR and law consultants.

-> Recruitment and creation of a pool of seasonal workers

- Analysed needs, selected applicants, organised recruitment sessions and individual interviews
- Integrated and followed-up new employees

-> Definition and implementation of a new recruitment process

- Defined and implemented a new recruitment process
- Created an ACCESS recruitment tool
- Trained the HR team on the new process

-> Organisation and productivity improvement

- Field experience which allowed process analysis
- Presentation of a process review to managers with improvement recommendations
- Developed an Excel planning tool and job interview guides
- Provided the necessary work force and corresponding wage bill (over 6 months) for budget and decision making