Michael Trust

Michael Trust, MPA, SPHR-CA, SHRM-SCP, is an active senior-level manager. At the most fundamental level, Michael brings more than twenty years of human resources experience and extensive coaching experience to the organizations for which he has worked. Michael has worked in both the private and public sectors in a wide variety of industries and employee populations, with direct employee population sizes of 30 to 2,000, and in organizations of 30 to over 25,000 employees. In addition, he has...See more

Michael Trust, MPA, SPHR-CA, SHRM-SCP, is an active senior-level manager. At the most fundamental level, Michael brings more than twenty years of human resources experience and extensive coaching experience to the organizations for which he has worked. Michael has worked in both the private and public sectors in a wide variety of industries and employee populations, with direct employee population sizes of 30 to 2,000, and in organizations of 30 to over 25,000 employees. In addition, he has three years of healthcare clinical operations management, and six years of real estate experience during which he owned his own real estate brokerage firm. In his career thus far, he has informally and formally coached more than 250 people, has reviewed some 300,000 resumes, and interviewed more than 10,000 people. As would be the case for any HR pro, he has had the unfortunate task of firing many people as well. His knowledge is valued as an expert witness in human resources cases before the Los Angeles Superior Court, on many professional forums, and he is an active member of several coaching and Human Resources management professional organizations. He is also a California-certified mediator. Michael's MPA was earned at the University of Southern California and his baccalaureate degree was earned at the California State University in Long Beach, CA. See less