Dharmesh Talaviya Email & Phone Number

London, Ontario, Canada

• Performs full-cycle recruitment, including posting job ads, prescreening candidates, scheduling interviews and practical tests, carrying out interviews, and following up with candidates.• Carries out on-boarding processes for new hires, including coordinating completion of background checks, generating all required documentation, and delivering orientations.• Advise managers and employees on staffing policies and procedures.• Organize and administer staff consultation and grievance procedures as needed.• Determine eligibility to entitlements, arrange staff training and provide information or services such as employee assistance, counselling, and recognition programs.• Performs periodic audits of HR files and records to ensure that all required documents are collected and filed appropriately.• Assist in developing and implementing Human Resource policies and procedures as needed.Conduct research on employment laws and legal updates as required.• Responsible to drive employee engagement activities.• Assist with processing of disciplinary actions and terminations as required.• Assist in filing WSIB claims and facilitating early and safe return to work processes as required.

Stratford, Ontario, Canada

Personnel Backup Manager (HR Manager)Responsible for managing End to End recruitment process. Successfully completed 40+ orientation sessions of a new joiner in the past 4 months.Co-ordinated timely completion of training for associates and follows up with management. Manage to achieve the target of more than 90% completion of compliance training of associates at the store level in less than 2 months timeline.Involved in planning and executing employee engagement activities at the store level.Responsible for grievance handling at store level.Compliance AssociateConducting Safety Walks/Inspections.Manage and lead a Health and Safety Team of 11 members.Completing and assisting with the review of daily, weekly, monthly, and annual reports, inspections and audits pertaining to loss, usage, process validation, licences, and safety.Maintaining a safe work area, free of excess debris and fixtures and successfully managed to maintain 6 months without accident at the store level in the current year.

Surat Area, India

• End to End Recruitment. Recruited employees for multiple locations within given timelines. (I assisted with hiring to launch more than 10 major cities as well as several smaller cities.)• Responsible for induction planning & joining formalities for newly joined employees. • Execution of various engagement activities, Town Halls, One on One, Surveys to make positive environment to control the attrition.• Structured and implemented programs and policies in the areas of new-employee orientation, training. Developed the Employee Handbook comprising of HR policies such as Leave, Attendance, code of conduct, Anti-Harassment etc. and ensured frequent communication of the same across the departments.• Planning for Training and Development programs to increase the efficiency of employees in dealing with stakeholders.• Payroll planning month on month basis, ensuring smooth salary & reimbursement process every month.• Developed and executed a career path plan for the WEST region of India. • Responsible to manage the performance appraisal processes for all employees in the city, along with grievance redressal and Performance improvement plan.• Ensure legal compliance by implementing and monitoring applicable human resource labor law. I have trained employees for POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace).• Managing entire life cycle of an employee from recruitment to exit. • I was awarded as Backbone for best performer HR in the WEST region of India.

Surat Area, India

Responsible for training of volunteers to handle the stores and customers during exhibitions.Assisted our recruiters to source candidates and update our database. (I have hired 50 temporary volunteers to manage stores in exhibitions.)Managed payroll and attendance. Introduced and Implemented new policies. Responsible for onboarding and induction process of new employees.Managed full and final settlement of the resigning employees and took exit interviews / Handle exit formality of employees of all the branches.

Surat Area, India

Responsible for supervising activities of 200 employees for 4 branches.Handled End to End Recruitment Activities.Maintain and Update employees' records.Monitored the attendance record and Payroll Management Matrix Software Maintenance.

Surat, Gujarat, India

Project on Effectiveness of HR practices in the organization.Managed employees personal file record.

Masters, Human Resource Development, First Class

Bachelors, Commerce

Workplace Hazardous Material Information System

Accessibility For Ontarians Disability Act

Workers Health And Safety

Diploma, Diamond Sorting

Diamond Grading