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Executive Recruitment Proposal
County of San Bernardino

ment and examination, organizational development and training programs, labor relations, MOU
administration, policy development and administration, ADA programs, investigations, discipline
administration, recruitment and examination, presenting to Boards and Commissions, and general human
resources leadership and administration.

golbou’s H.R. career began in the specialty of executive search in the private sector where she helped
source and vet candidates for executive positions in biopharmaceutical firms. During her ten (10) year
tenure as a Human Resources leader in the public sector, golbou gained specialized knowledge of public
sector recruitments in merit/civil service agencies ranging from entry level to department head/executive
level recruitments. Her first assignment was as a Recruitment Analyst in a civil service agency where she
was responsible for exam development, proctoring written and oral examinations, oral interview question
development and scoring, final selection processes, as well as all other steps in public sector recruitment
processes.

In her third year, as a public servant, she was promoted to the Recruitment & Classification Manager
position at County of Sonoma where she oversaw many process efficiencies and began performing
department head/executive recruitments in house for the first time in the County’s then recent history.
She oversaw and was heavily involved in the creation of the County’s new Independent Office of Law
Enforcement Review and Oversight (“IOLERO”) department and successfully oversaw the selection of the
County’s first IOLERO Director, a highly specialized and challenging recruitment process. She served as
Human Resources Deputy Director and oversaw the Recruitment unit as part of her area of
responsibilities, during which time marketing efforts were restructured to better attract applicants in a
tight labor market. As a city Human Resources Director, golbou helped her staff create new positions and
conduct recruitments with an eye to creative outreach and selection processes while still adhering to
merit principles.

She earned her B.A. degree in Psychology with a minor in French at University of California, Berkeley; her
MBA degree with an emphasis in Human Resources Management from Sonoma State University; and
holds SHPR, SHRM-SCP, and IPMA-SCP professional certifications. Ms. ghassemieh serves as an instructor
for Sonoma State University’s Human Resources Certification course and served for three years as a Board
member for PASCO-HR, a Sonoma County Professional Human Resources Association.

golbou joined Koff & Associates, in January, 2019, and will work closely with Georg, Richard and the rest
of the K&A recruitment team to provide recruitment support at all levels.

Mike Harary, B.B.A., M.B.A.
Senior H.R. Associate & Recruiter

Mike’s professional qualifications include over 32 years of experience in the Human Resources field,
primarily in staff and executive recruitments, labor negotiations, benefits administration, and
classification and compensation studies. Mike spent his career primarily in the public sector working for
the cities of La Mirada, Orange, Westminster, and Downey, where he gained experience in all facets of
Human Resources including recruitment and selection, employee training and development, labor
relations, classification and compensation, and general human resources administration.

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