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America Back to Work: Vanessa Partin, Redgrave
Unleashing the Power of Interpersonal Skills to Build Strong Teams
In this week’s episode of America Back to Work, host Arnette Heintze welcomes Vanessa Partin, the CHRO at the Red Grave Companies.
Vanessa shares her journey in human resources, transitioning from the Federal Government to law firms and eventually rising to her current role.
Get ready to explore her wealth of knowledge in HR, including her experiences, challenges, and the insights she offers for navigating career transitions and team-building.
Key Takeaways
- Vanessa details how she transitioned from working at the National Labor Relations Board in the federal government to becoming a legal secretary and an HR leader at various law firms.
- Vanessa discusses the excitement and fear of leaving a long-tenured position and how she successfully transitioned into her current role at Red Grave Companies.
- Vanessa emphasizes the importance of being a good listener, observer, and patient when transitioning to a new job or environment.
- Insights on building a competent HR team, including the significance of flexibility, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
- Vanessa shares her strategy for looking beyond resumes and focusing on passion, adaptability, and the willingness to learn.
- Recommendations for HRCI certifications and the value of continuous learning and professional development.
Notable Quotes
- “Be patient with yourself, be a good listener, be a good observer.”
- “The resume is just a snapshot in time. Go beyond the resume; look at their skills and their passion.”
- “You can teach people anything, but you cannot teach them how to treat others.”
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S2Verify is one of the leading, privately held, pre-employment background screening companies in the United States.
Arnette Heintze is co-founder and chief strategy officer at S2Verify. Before establishing S2Verify, Arnette spent more than three decades working at the highest levels of federal, state, and local law enforcement.
He served more than 20 years in the United States Secret Service as a special agent and senior executive,—oØ where he planned, designed, and implemented security strategies to protect U.S. Presidents, world leaders, events of national significance, and our nation’s most sensitive assets, including financial infrastructure.
After retiring from the Secret Service, Arnette focused on building the growth and performance of innovative start-ups and SMBs. In 2004, he established Hillard Heintze, a globally recognized strategic security risk management and investigations firm.
In 2009, along with Bill Whitford and Jim Zimbardi, Arnette established S2 Verify with an approach and methodology that delivers fast, accurate, compliant, and affordable background screening insights crucial to better managing insider risks, threats, and vulnerabilities.