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Moving back to her native Colorado to be with family duringhis treatment, Roybal soon found her calling in an industru that she otherwise would have "I got to experienc e firsthand the health care heroes, and what they did with my Roybal said. "I thought to myself that I wanted to be a part of I wanted to be with a company that was working for thegreatert good." That was in the sprinyg of 2000. Today, Roybal is director of recruitmenfor , which operates 12 hospitalsd throughout Colorado.
She is responsible for the hirinv of the leadership positions in allof Centura'ds locations, "from our chaplains to our Recruiting the right people, Roybal is important for any company, but it is essential in the healthy care industry and at Centura, specifically. "Beingb not-for-profit and being one of the biggesrorganizations [in Colorado], we have to lead the way," she said of "We really have to be careful for those We want people to stay here because of the Roybal's career started in a much different After attending the at Boulder, Roybal movedx to Jacksonville, Fla., where her then-husband, a memberr of the U.S.
Army, had been That's where, as Roybal puts it, she "stumbled across" the huma n resources field. "They didn't even call it humamn resourcesback then," Royabl said. "I was hired at a compan y to bea 'personnel administrator.'" The company that she started with was , a Florida-base finance firm. Roybal then switched to Ciber, at the time calledx Spectrum, and moved to New Jersey in 1998. It was the fall of 1999 when Royball was drawn back to While with her familyh and dealing withher father's Roybal took up work as a corporate recruiter for in Westminstedr and as a consultant for .
But throughn her family's experience with the health care industrh andher father's passing in May Roybal decided that she wanted more out of her work and her So, Roybal started doinb volunteer work, trying to immerse herself in the fiels that gave so much support to her fatherd and her family. Finally, she realized that the best way to help was to use the skillxs that shealready had. "I figured that I would use the experience that I had in HR to be able to Roybal said. "I may not be able to be a doctofr ora nurse, but I can help to put thesse people in place to help others and try to keep them happhy in their work.
" Roybal started at Centura in 2002 as both a recruiterf and a human resources Through the years, Roybal has workerd her way to her current position as directorf of recruitment. The process of finding Roybal said, can include referrals, job boardws and applications. However, determininb the right candidate to fill a position is much more specific in order to find the individuals that fitinto Centura'x unique culture. "Centura is unique in that we areboth faith-basedc and nonprofit," Roybal said.
Roybal explainerd that faith based, in this circumstance, means to be "extendingg the mission of Along with her dutiesat Centura, Roybal is extremelty active in her community. She is a membefr of the , volunteers with and is a mentoer to young womenthrough "Beintg Hispanic, it is so importantr for me to show these younvg girls and boys that they can be a leadedr in their community as a person of Roybal said.