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Hillsboro, Oregon

Beaverton, Oregon

• Advised leadership from various business units regarding compensation inquiries about jobs and employees.• Conducted compensation studies for new and updated jobs analyzing market data and internal equity.• Recommended appropriate grade assignments after completing compensation studies.• Prepared informational materials to educate employees about grades and ranges.• Researched appropriate market data sources for purchase including various salary surveys and compensation systems.• Reviewed pay requests (for promotions, progressions, and transfers) and approved or denied based on findings.https://www.firsttechfed.com

Portland, Oregon Area

• Conducted compensation analysis through job matching, selecting survey sources and evaluating market data.• Created market assessments, summaries and pay ranges to provide results and recommendations to clients.• Designed Excel dashboards and templates to create MBL Nonprofit Salary Survey results report by specific data cuts.• Managed custom salary survey for specific industry and created results report by specific data cuts.• Educated clients about MBL Group’s job matching philosophy and audited their review of job matches.• Managed master compensation excel file and updated with new salary survey results.• Conducted research for clients including proposed FLSA overtime regulations and salary budget increase trends.• Managed employee engagement surveys in SurveyConsole, analyzed results in Excel and provided clients with recommendations based on strengths and areas in need of improvement.• Analyzed geographic pay differentials.• Assisted with administration of MBL Group website using WordPress. http://www.mblgroup.com/

Portland, Oregon

• Advised HR business partners and field leaders with compensation inquiries for 30,000 employees across the country.• Managed approval process, reporting and communication for quarterly and annual bonus payouts for all brands.• Conducted ad hoc pay studies analyzing internal equity and market data.• Analyzed field pay requests with increases greater than 20% and provided recommendations.• Prepared compensation data for all third party salary survey submissions.• Managed salary survey results and imported into compensation team database.• Prepared and submitted bi-weekly pay requests to payroll for timely payment of multiple variable pay programs. • Conducted quarterly review of state and federal minimum wage rates and audited to ensure compliance.• Managed cost of labor geographic data and assigned geographic category to each location.• Designed Excel templates and Access queries to improve various processes.www.kueducation.com/us

Portland, Oregon

(Temporary Position)• Communicated with various departments to approve, publish and track open positions in the recruiting process.• Supported new hire process by creating offer letters, new hire packets, and updating ADP. • Processed benefits enrollment through online systems in Kaiser, Regence, VSP, ODS and Fidelity. • Maintained and published organization charts using Visio and Powerpoint. • Assisted with online data entry for Radford Benefits Survey.• Provided prompt and friendly service to employees, customers and visitors. www.webtrends.com/

Portland, Oregon

(Temporary Position)• Converted HR forms to a consistent form fillable format in Word and Adobe Acrobat Professional.• Maintained Office of Human Resources Website pages using Drupal.

Portland, Oregon

(Temporary Position)• Collaborated with HRIS Coordinator and other HR staff to understand HR form needs.• Improved existing HR forms with fillable form fields in Word and Adobe Acrobat Professional.• Developed HR form document standards, recommendations for use and instructions to update existing forms.• Assisted with updating and editing Office of Human Resources Website pages using Drupal.

Portland, Oregon

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Portland, Oregon

• Administered new hire paperwork, background checks and drug testing.• Processed background checks, I-9s, EEO forms and other HR documents according to compliance. • Maintained personnel files for current and terminated associates.• Compiled monthly benefits packets and assisted in tracking benefits.• Communicated with associates, new hires and applicants answering their questions.www.thenines.comwww.sagehospitality.com

Portland, Oregon

• Maintained Outlook calendars, e-mail and phone communication for the three deans and other staff.• Assisted visitors including students, professors, donors and local business professionals.• Processed invoices and purchase orders through Banner Information System for timely payment.• Delivered time-sensitive and confidential documents to PSU Foundation and picked up checks.www.pdx.edu/sba

Portland, Oregon

Internship Focus: Member of project team to review and update current policies, procedures and manager resources relating to managing poor performance.• Met with nine HR Business Partners to understand current methods and assess needs for additional tools.• Researched current manager resources and industry best practices to identify improvements for project team.• Recommended manager resources and tools to project team for possible implementation.• Drafted word template for managers to use when meeting with employees for one-on-one discussions. • Looked at how managing poor performance fits into the performance management system.https://www.standard.com/