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 in some cases) 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, 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 the first 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 included reducing turnover by 22%, reducing EEOC claims by 12%, reducing cost per hire by 10%, reducing outside recruiting costs by over $250K annually, creating an employee referral program reducing cost per hire by 15%, leading the development process for behavioral psychological assessments and performing job analysis on corporate positions saving over $20K SG&A, and developing a training curriculum and certification training program for all positions.
In 2001 Paula began her private consulting practice focusing 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.
Paula also created Search America, LLC, an executive search firm, to serve clients with higher level executive and professional search needs. Search America, LLC serves clients in a broad spectrum of industries with emerging growth companies and recruits across many functional lines. Search America seeks to find the right corporate fit for professional to executive searches.
Paula graduated from the University of Miami Magna Cum Laude in 1985. She is a member of SHRM, SMA, HRPBC, HRABC, and WITI South Florida (Women in Technology). She 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.