{"id":8694,"date":"2025-05-13T16:11:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T19:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=8694"},"modified":"2025-05-13T16:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T19:11:14","slug":"queens-adds-human-resources-manager-to-foster-uplifting-work-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2025\/05\/13\/queens-adds-human-resources-manager-to-foster-uplifting-work-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens adds human resources manager to foster ‘uplifting work environment’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Region of Queens has hired a new human resources manager. (Rick Conrad)<\/p><\/div>\n

A former human resources director at Global Empire Corporation is now in charge of human resources at the Region of Queens.<\/p>\n

Holly McConnell will begin the job of director of people and culture at the municipality on May 26, according to a region news release on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

McConnell was born in Liverpool, and has spent most of her life in Queens County.<\/p>\n

According to her LinkedIn profile, she most recently worked for Global Empire at their Liverpool call centre as its HR manager.<\/p>\n

\u201cHolly\u2019s experience in leading workplace teams through periods of transition was recognized as a significant asset in the recruitment process, and she is someone with a genuine warmth and caring for the well-being of staff,\u201d interim CAO Dan McDougall said in the release..<\/p>\n

\u201cHer background of 16 years in corporate human resources management has given her significant experience and skill in employee relations and workforce engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n

The region, which has about 130 full-time and part-time employees, hasn’t had a dedicated human resources manager until the position was created recently.<\/p>\n

The municipality has struggled to recruit and retain employees over the past few years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe position is called director of people and culture to reflect our administration and council\u2019s commitment to an uplifting work environment that embodies inclusion, safety and mutual respect,\u201d McDougall said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHolly is proficient in these areas, and will focus on strengthening employee engagement by way of leadership development, human resource planning, and recruitment and retention plans.\u201d<\/p>\n

McConnell has 16 years’ experience in human resources positions. She is a graduate of the Institute of Professional
\nManagement and has a Canadian Management Professional designation.<\/p>\n

“My specialty is employee relations,” McConnell said in the release. “I derive great satisfaction helping people successfully grow in their roles and always work towards those ‘win-win-win’ situations to help drive a positive work culture.”<\/p>\n

Email: rickconradqccr@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A former human resources director at Global Empire Corporation is now in charge of human resources at the Region of Queens. Holly McConnell will begin the job of director of people and culture at the municipality on May 26, according to a region news release on Tuesday afternoon. McConnell was born in Liverpool, and has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[1243,3090,3091,669,3089,852,39,24],"class_list":["post-8694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-dan-mcdougall","tag-director-of-people-and-culture","tag-employee-employer-relations","tag-global-empire-corporation","tag-holly-mcconnell","tag-human-resources","tag-liverpool","tag-region-of-queens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8695,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8694\/revisions\/8695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}