CERTIFIED May. 2014 | Page 58

LEADING THOUGHT Wyndham Vacation Ownership: Staying Ahead of HR Challenges By Margaret Brown Kim Marshall, PHR, senior vice president, Human Resources, talks about Wyndham Vacation Ownership. Certified: What sets your industry apart in terms of human resources? Kim Marshall: At Wyndham Vacation Ownership (WVO), we have many unique challenges that are similar to those faced by others in our industry. We are a salesdriven organization, so we need to hire many sales professionals and also train them. There is a long training process, so we have to find the right fit for our sales organization. That’s a very important part of what we do. As the largest vacation ownership company in the world, we have more than 185 resorts, so we have large challenges on the resort