Deciding what I want to do with my life, I've made a few changes over the years! **Graduated with a Human Resources diploma **Worked as a Generalist in my hometown **Moved to a larger city and became skilled in Payroll and Benefits Administration, followed by general HR for the company and HRIS **When the company went live with Workday, I transitioned into a formal HRIS role **After a few years, I moved on to another company in the same city into a lateral role, followed by a Senior level HRIS position **Switched over to consulting after three years of the prior, with a transition to Project Management after just over a year **Now I'm planning a move into Implementation Advisory later this year!

* Advisory Services includes discussing the benefits of Workday and how it may help a client reach their objectives, helping build, fix, or support platform optimization, and serving as advocates who are dedicated to our clients' success and stability on Workday. * I personally advise clients in the areas of Absence and Time Tracking, with additional support provided in Canadian payroll and benefits, and Core HCM.

* A Workday customer is spending a lot of money and time to implement and use the system. I enjoy helping them learn how to use Workday, find new ways to innovate within their current organizations' systems (i.e. changing policies or procedures), and empowering them to become super-users. * I also get a lot out of coaching colleagues at Kognitiv. Whether you have no experience or are at a senior level, we all have the occasional question. It's impossible to know everything about everything within Workday! So I appreciate having the knowledge to support fellow Koggers when they need it.

Do what brings you joy *We all have various skills, abilities, talents, and desires. In my perfect world, I get to employ those in a way that benefits both my professional career and the people I support. * I strive to be able to put forth good work, enjoy the process of doing so, and know that others appreciate the outcome. I want to feel fulfillment from my work because after all, consumes nearly 1/3rd of my adult life. * If you know you're good at something and enjoy doing it, work on being the best at it and determine how to love every minute of doing it. Then figure out a way to make it your actual career so you get to do it every day, and get paid for it!

* I spent a long time working somewhere that didn't value my talents. There wasn't a way for me to grow into my career because they didn't believe in me. * When I finally had an opportunity to change employers and develop myself, it was the best thing for me. Not only did the new company value what I had to offer, but they also recognized me for my efforts, gave me support both personally and professionally, and wanted to see me do my best. * I chose myself when I made the change, even though I wasn't sure what I was getting into. I was afraid to lose what I had learned but even more afraid that I'd lost myself in the process. Since making that one move, I have continually taken an upward trajectory in my personal life and in my career. I made myself a priority, choosing to be who I am, and bettering who that person is, each and every day. * Coming to Kognitiv also was a "put me first" moment. By deciding to move out of the client-side world into consulting, I took a big chance on myself. My previous colleagues may have thought I was the "guru", but I knew better. I knew there was more to Workday than I'd learned at the time, and I wasn't let down. * Since then, I am confident that the decisions I make are right for me because I've stayed true to myself and my life's desires.