Nicole Schmidt 4675 Three Meadows Drive Brookfield, WI 53005 Phone: (414) 573-5988 ns11896b6@westpost.net www.linkedin.

com/in/Nicol eSchmidt2 _________________________________________________________________________CAREER SUMMARY Results oriented human resources professional with many years of progressive exp erience. Strong passion to work with business line managers in developing compe titive total rewards strategies throughout the life-cycle of the employee. Exce ptional collaborative and partnership skills used in determining HR needs, facil itating change and increasing employee effectiveness to support company mission. * Strategic partner who maintains an exceptional level of confidentiality and in tegrity. * Well liked and respected individual who provides sound advice to senior manage ment regarding employee recruitment, retention and organizational issues. * A well organized team-builder with an ability to bring diverse groups to conse nsus. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RESOURCES GLOBAL PROFESSIONALS December 2010 - Current Human Resources Consultant: Provide expertise and advice in an academic environ ment in order to standardize compensation initiatives and encourage consistency in pay practices. REWARD STRATEGIES, LLC January 2010 - Current Human Resources Consultant: Performs a variety of compensation related consult ative projects in Financial Services, Manufacturing and Non-Profit environments. Primary focus is on incentive plan design, organizational realignment, job def inition, and base/ total compensation market review. MANPOWER - Milwaukee, WI June 2009 - December 2010 Business Analyst: Performed analysis regarding "green" initiatives with Marsha ll & Ilsley Corp. Responsibilities included analyzing the energy usage and spe nd at 350 branch locations across the United States. Recommendations for energy and cost savings were a significant part of this review. MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION - Milwaukee, WI 1985 to 200 9 A diversified financial services corporation headquartered in Milwaukee, WI with $57.0 billion in assets. Marshall & Ilsley Bank is the largest Wisconsin-base d bank with offices nation-wide. Corporate Human Resources Compensation Manager (2000 to 2009) Managed and reviewed the work of a Compensation Analyst/Associate team. Managed salary administration, salary increases, job evaluations, and promotion process es from recommendation to analysis to approval for 10,000+ employees nationally. Duties also included recommendations for salary range adjustments, ensured FLS A compliance and determined annual participation in various salary surveys to pr ovide quality market data. * Implemented succession planning strategies through the development of career p rogression models in varied business lines. * Ensured fair distribution of stock options (2,000 employees) and salary incre ases (9,500 employees) through extensive diversity and compa-ratio analysis. * Collaborated with business line managers to develop approximately 100 incentiv

e plans which were competitive with external market and internal peers. * Consistently met budget constraints in negotiation with external salary survey and software vendors in order to obtain reference information and products need ed for market analysis. * Significantly increased company efficiency and manager access to information t hrough the conversion of hard copy job descriptions to an electronic file system . Corporate Human Resources Sr. Compensation Analyst (1991 to 2000) Enhanced Compensation Analyst duties to include communication of salary administ ration policies to all employees. * Greatly enhanced manager communication of salary administration strategies and provided useful advice for compensation discussions through the development of an on-line informational webinar tutorial. * Consistently obtained lower than market turnover rates of 16% partially due to competitive retention strategies developed with business line management teams. Corporate Human Resources Compensation Analyst (1985 to 1991) Job evaluation, market analysis and ad hoc reporting per management request. A dditional responsibilities included stock option grant review, turnover reportin g and geographical area pay analysis. * Accurately benchmarked and conducted market analysis from 25 to 30 national & local salary surveys annually to ensure competitiveness and to assist in the for ecasting of annual merit increase budgets. * Began corporate "MiPlanet" initiatives which saved approximately $10,000 annua lly by providing salary increase spreadsheets and analysis in e-mail format inst ead of paper copy. HERITAGE WISCONSIN CORPORATION / Heritage Bank - Milwaukee, WI 1980 to 1 985 HR Assistant / Generalist Human resources duties included recruitment, payroll, benefits, compensation and EEO. ASSOCIATIONS Memberships: MACA, SHRM, MMSHRM (Co-chair of Total Rewards SIG), and Tempo Milw aukee TECHNICAL SKILLS Well versed in Microsoft Office, with an emphasis on Excel, Word, PowerPoin t and Access Proficient in the Peoplesoft HRIS system including basic query capabilities EDUCATION Marquette University - Bachelor of Science in Business Administration / H uman Resources Management