About Search America, LLC
A Letter From The Principal
As a young child I realized the power of someone contacting someone else via phone (there was no e-mail then) and changing someone’s entire life for the better. My father was a senior executive and, before a lot of people that stayed with the same company for thirty years waiting for their "gold watch”, he went to another company when there was a better opportunity elsewhere. That’s how I first learned what an executive recruiter can do: one call and my whole family moved across the country or out of the country for a better opportunity for my father – and our family. Little did I know at the time how that recruiter and that one initial phone call helped his employers too!
After 20 years this year, I still find executive search very exciting! I love working with a new search and strategizing how and where to find the right candidate. I love speaking to clients and finding out what and why they have a need and helping them to formulate what is best for their company. After 20 years, I still cannot sleep at night waiting to work on a great search!
Biography
Paula is a seasoned executive recruiter and human resources consultant with 20 years of progressive experience. Paula began her career performing executive search for Fortune 500 companies. She progressed from an Entry-Level Account Executive to an Executive Director overseeing 30 executive recruiters. In 10 years of executive search some of her accolades include 7 company records for highest personal production, numerous “Producer of the Month” awards, “Largest Producer of Repeat Business”, and numerous “Top Recruiter of the Year” awards.
In 1997 Paula moved to the corporate side of recruitment and employment with OutSource International. After many promotions she became the Director of Human Resources reporting to the President/CEO/and Chairman of the Board. There she oversaw Employment, Employee Relations, Training, Compensation, and Benefits. Some of her accomplishments include the following: reduced turnover by 22%, reduced EEOC claims by 12%, reduced cost per hire by 10%, reduced outside recruiting costs by over $250K annually, created an employee referral program reducing cost per hire by 15%, lead the development process for behavioral psychological assessments and performed job analysis on corporate positions saving over $20K SG&A, and developed a training curriculum and certification training program for all positions.
In 2001 Paula began her private consulting practice of HR Advisor, LLC. HR Advisor focuses on Human Resources as a catalyst for companies that are underperforming or expanding. She provides human resources assistance in any number of the following disciplines: Employment, Employee Relations, Training, Compensation, and Benefits. Recognizing that companies perform best with key people in the right positions, Paula also created Search America, LLC, to serve clients with higher level executive search needs. Search America, LLC serves clients in a broad spectrum of industries with emerging growth companies and recruits across many functional lines.
Paula graduated from the University of Miami Magna Cum Laude in 1985. She is a member of SHRM, EMA, HRPBC, and HRABC and actively pursues emerging trends in human resources education through seminars, conventions and various classes and is certified to perform Job Analysis and Assessment Analysis by SHL.