-: My name is LeAnn Long
and I'm currently the Human Resources Director
at First Metro Bank,
which is a local community bank
that's been a bank for about 29 years.
I've been blessed to be there for the past 10 years
and enjoy everyday that I get up and go to work there.
Each and everyday has a lot exciting things going on.
And that, I'm looking to hire new employees for the bank.
I find that to be exciting to give people
the opportunity to come to work with us.
I believe we have the best bank in town
and so to provide young people, middle aged people,
older people the opportunity to come work for us
is something I find exhilarating
and fun to get up and come to work to do.
Also, just the opportunity to get people plugged in
in the right positions
where there might be promotion into a new position,
a position that maybe better fits them
and seeing them thrive and grow
and be able to do more, make more of a difference,
not only for the bank but for themselves as well.
Each and everyday I have benefits,
would be certainly an important part of what I do,
making sure that all of our employees have their benefits
and also raises and increases, evaluations,
that I'm involved in that process
and our employees would say
making sure that they get paid.
That'd be the most important aspect,
making sure that each and every paycheck
is exactly right,
that it's not too little for some reason
or just whatever that might be,
but making sure that our employees are compensated
as their supposed to be
and that they don't have a problem with anything,
in dealing with their benefits or their compensation.
Not only in my position of Human Resources Director
am I looking at our employees and hiring
and that type of thing and benefits as I mentioned,
but it's also our marketing area
as well as our education training of our employees.
So those are other areas of responsibility
beyond the scope of what most
would say would be human resources.
So I'm involved in all of our print materials,
all of our radio ads, any type of publication
that we're doing, as well as the training of the employees.
So that's a busy week, typically every week
because those things are going on everyday.
Some weeks we have four, five events that I'm involved in,
being at those events, helping plan those events,
but again that's a part of the thrill of my job.
Not everyday is the same.
Being involved in all the different aspects of the bank,
involved with our customers,
but also our employees which are my customers.
Those are the ones I'm trying to keep happy as well.