• Work with all office managers and remote plant managers on employee relation and retention initiatives• Manage benefit administration and open enrollment for all locations as well as assist in annual companywide benefit plan decisions • Review benefit options with new employees as well as answer employee questions on benefits throughout the year• Perform disciplinary actions including corrective actions, last chance agreements, performance improvement plans (PIP) and terminations for office and remote employees• Manage the full employee survey process, including facilitate post survey focus groups to create solutions for company improvements, culture, and growth• Conduct and write trainings such as leadership trainings and lunch and learn events• Work with office and plant managers on annual pay increases, giving suggestions and input in accordance to performance, experience, and salary survey data• Work with managers on individual career development plans for their employees to create retention, goal setting, and employee development• Consolidate all benefit related invoices to ensure proper payment to vendors• Conduct exit interviews and off-boarding procedures for office and remote employees• Assist managers on the performance review process including helping to complete and deliver reviews to employees

• Managed all benefit administration including; communicated benefit information to employees, open enrollment, change reporting, and benefit questions for three office locations nationally as well as several remote employees• Developed and maintained the Affirmative Action Program for the company making it EEO compliant, as well as file the EEO-1 report annually• Administered all Leave of Absence cases (FMLA, STD, LTD, Worker’s Compensation Claims)• Completed an extensive compensation study, adjusting pay grades and sales commission structures• Streamlined and administered all new hire orientation, company overview, and new hire paperwork• Maintained HRIS records and compiled reports (Experience working within ADP Workforce Now and Paychex)• Created the company internship program from concept to completion and managed the program every summer across multiple locations• Created an employee career-pathing program as well as development plans and performance review process• Conducted quality audits on employee pay ranges in relation to market standards• Handled employee relation situations • Managed the off-boarding process including exit interviews• Maintained company organization charts and the employee directory• Assisted in a system conversion from Paychex to ADP• Evaluated reports and recommended new approaches, policies, and procedures to effect continual improvements in efficiency• Maintained compliance with federal and state regulations concerning employment• Managed company rewards and recognition program along with employee incentive plans, increasing employee moral• Counseled employees and managers on HR policies• Recruited and interviewed all exempt and non-exempt personnel and interns for the Minnesota headquarters, Indiana and Washington DC offices as well as remote employees throughout the nation• Assisted in payroll and answered payroll related questions for employees

• Recruited, interviewed and placed specialized technical talent within the IT development space• Held the number 1 recruiter ranking position within the region• Tripled the number of starts expected within the first month• Exceeded goal of 10 interviews and 20 leads weekly• Coordinated candidates with contract, contract to hire, and permanent positions• Attended weekly networking/user groups for strategic recruiting• Followed up with placed candidates on job satisfaction, retention rate, leads, and created strong referral pipelinesThe IT talent I sought after:• Developers within: .Net, ASP, ASP.Net, SharePoint, MOSS, Java, J2EE, J2ME, EJB, Swing, Struts, Hibernate, Eclipse, C#, VB, VB.Net, C, C++, SAP, SAS, PHP, Cold Fusion, OO, Embedded• DBA's (Oracle/SQL/MySQL), Quality Assurance Analyst, Testing, Business Analyst, Project Managers, Storage Engineers, Business Intelligence, Director Level Leaders, Architects in all areas• SAP Configuration and Development, Oracle Applications, Oracle developers, Data Warehouse architects and developers, Peoplesoft, JDEdwards, Cisco Systems

• Consistently ranked in the top 5 nationally out of hundreds of other Staffing Managers• Sourced, recruited, interviewed, hired, coached and released employees especially pertaining to the financial side of recruitment• Marketed employees and services to surrounding companies while creating relationships with business managers• Matched the employee’s skill level, ability and personality for appropriate positions• Assisted individuals with time entry with electronic timesheets• Generated leads for future business• Managed 200 employees on active assignments • Explained benefits and time reporting system to each employee• Made/answered over 80 calls and 150 emails daily• Counseled employees and handled employee relation issues

• Researched and completed projects for the Human Resource department and the legal team• Recruited candidates from multiple schools, writing e-mails to executives of those schools• Began a benefits survey by researching and contacting competitors for information• Practiced administrative and front desk duties, learning ways to perform tasks more efficiently• Assisted in creating the company’s Glendale branch Green Team