Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

My name is Chris Ferdinandi, and I’m a human resource and social media professional based in Boston, MA. I’m also a clean hippie (I love recycling and taking showers), beach bum, weekend warrior, and musician.

I passion for helping people do amazing things that drive organizational performance.

My background includes a well-rounded portfolio of talent management responsibilities including:

Recruiting & Onboarding
Training & Development
Performance Management
Employee Relations
Benefits Administration
Employee Recognition
Metrics & Data Analysis
HR Program and Policy Development
Social Media

Renegade HR is where I share ideas about how recruit great people and help them do amazing things that drive your business.

I'm always interested in speaking and connecting with people about HR and social media. Feel free to reach and let's connect!

Work History

• EMC Corporation
• Human Resource & Social Media Specialist
• October 2009 to Present

• In my current role, I manage an online career and development community for EMC's global services organization. Using our internal social network, I help develop a space where employees from around the world can plan their career growth, identify and access world-class training and develop opportunities to meet their career goals, and network and share best practices with other professionals. I also partner with recruiting to help develop our employer brand internally and externally, and create a pipeline of qualified candidates.

• Renegade HR
• Founder
• September 2008 to Present

• Renegade HR is an HR blog that helps human resource professionals become rockstars! Renegade HR provides human resources professionals with insights on how to recruit great people and help them do amazing things that drive their business. The site features free articles, podcasts, presentations and ebooks. To learn more, visit http://RenegadeHR.net, or follow me on Twitter at @ChrisFerdinandi.

• EMC Corporation
• Associate HR Generalist
• July 2008 to October 2009

• As an HR generalist, I helped the businesses I supported motivate and retain awesome people. My experience and responsibilities include strategic HR program development, training and development, coaching, onboarding, employee relations, and social media.

• A.T. Cross
• HR Coordinator

• A.T. Cross is a quality writing instrument manufacturer. That's a fancy way of saying that they may nice (and kind of pricey) pens. At A.T. Cross, I provided human resource support to a 500 person employee population in the areas of recruiting, employee communications, training and development, employee relations, and compensation and benefits administration. I also developed strategic HR programs, including a new hire onboarding program, performance management program, and an internship program.

Education

• University of Rhode Island
• Master of Science in Human Resources & Labor Relations
• 2006 - 2009

• HR Strategy & Development
  Employment & Labor Law

• University of Rhode Island
• Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, English
• 2001 - 2006

• Dean’s List / Phi Sigma Omega National Honor Society
  Semester abroad at the University of Newcastle in Newcastle, Australia