Why We Need Trauma Informed Recruiting & Hiring Practices

​Over 70% of US Adults self-identify as having one or more traumatic experiences in their lifetimes and those impacts are showing up in the workplace.  Join Stephanie Lemek, Former HR Executive and current Founder & CEO of The Wounded Workforce for a session on how we can build more trauma informed workplace cultures.   Stephanie will share her work with The Wounded Workforce and how we can better understand trauma, how it shows up at work and how to build cultures that support everyone regardless of trauma status.  She'll also dive into how talent acquisition professionals can leverage trauma informed practices in their day-to-day work to make candidates and their own experiences more trauma informed. 

​Stephanie is a former HR Executive and now the founder of The Wounded Workforce, an organization dedicated to building trauma informed workplaces and supporting mental health at work.  Stephanie spent over 16 years as an in-house HR professional and worked with both large Fortune 500 organizations and small start-ups.  Stephanie has a Bachelor's degree in HR Management and a MBA, both from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.  She is a certified CliftonStrengths Coach, holds a SPHR from HRCI, and is a Certified Trauma Support Specialist through Trauma Institute International.  Stephanie is originally from Omaha, Nebraska, but now lives in the Greater Phoenix area with her husband, stepdaughters and dogs.