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Covina, Ca, Us

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Gardena, California, Us

• Provide leadership and work direction to HR Associate and Retail Recruiter. Promoted to management position while continuing responsibilities held as Senior Generalist.• Oversee recruiting process for Corporate and Field employees, including creating training guides, assisting with new hires, and answering questions. • Lead report analyst for HR, Finance and Audit needs.

Gardena, California, Us

• Provide HR support to company of 500+ employees. • Counsel managers in corrective- action process and creation of performance improvement plans. Act as advisor to managers and supervisors on best practices in managing performance, implementing policies that are aligned to legislative requirements and being the first point of contact for employees for HR related issues. Serve as employee advocate for teammates in transition (Performance Plans, Training Plans). • Conduct corporate-wide training on policies, procedures and best practices for HR and HRIS system.• Manage full-cycle recruitment process for corporate, including posting, sourcing, interview scheduling, assessing compensation, making offers, organizing start dates and onboarding. Oversee and assist retail store recruitment by performing candidate audits, auditing I9, background adjudications, and processing into HRIS system. Have significantly reduced average time to recruit new employees.• Manage company’s HRIS System, Ceridian Dayforce, including creating and processing status changes, promotions and separations in HRIS system. Lead integrations, implementations and changes for all HR platforms and services. Create and manage Open Enrollment, bringing enrollment up to a 95% completion rate for the year. • Provide weekly and monthly reporting for Senior Leadership Team, Human Resources, Benefits, IT, Finance and Payroll. Including Turnover (Corporate and Retail), Life and Disability Bill, Active Rosters, and ad hoc reporting.• Provide leadership and work direction to HR Associate, Retail Recruiter (direct reports) and Benefits Administrator (cross-functional partner). • Support payroll process, including review of payroll registers, and process payroll changes.

Gardena, California, Us

• Administer HRIS System (Dayforce) and various HR systems (Taleo, HireRight) • Maintain system rules, workflows, forms, procedures and system access and security • Manage and review testing of HRIS system releases, upgrades and changes • Compile compensation analysis reports with current employee detail and Payscale comparisons • Develop and provide Ad Hoc reporting (Seasonal Hires, Turnover Data, etc) • Troubleshoot import and feed errors (benefits, recruiting, etc) • Manage compliance reporting including EEO-1, ACA 5500, etc • Handle resolution of errors and questions regarding payroll, benefits, HR, and operations • Support annual HR Initiatives such as performance reviews, compensation planning, open enrollment • Develop training material and train new users• Point of contact for all reporting during 2020 bankruptcy and furlough including daily and weekly roster maintenance, payroll reporting, and historical information• Handled basic HR functions and communications during furlough

Long Beach, Ca, Us

• Assisted with module updates and everyday issues. • Trained new HRIS Analyst.

Long Beach, Ca, Us

• Owned system for over 1,000 employees. • Reviewed and updated current HRIS module implementations (Org, My HR, Performance, Payroll, Benefits). • Assisted various committees with module implementation (Onboarding, Recruiting, Compensation).• Provided support and training for best system practices.

New York, New York, Us

• Oversee the system maintenance and administration of HRIS for approximately 4500+ employees in 11 locations across North America in Ceridian/Dayforce, including serving as primary point of contact for all departments for system issues with benefits, payroll, HR, organizational set up, and daily issues• Test new upgrades for system to ensure operational satisfaction. Create new processes and how-to guides to manage HRIS updates for HR and Operations, including providing hands on, company-wide training • Create and maintain workflows for HR forms (position change, compensation change, leave of absence, etc.), recruiting, and onboarding with complicated conditions. Prepare adhoc reporting• Edit and build XML forms to be used by HR and managers• Handled personal time off (PTO) roll out for 500+ salaried crewmembers across 10 locations. Strategized and implemented roll-out of hourly PTO for 4,500+ crewmembers involving CBAs and Union Agreements• Acted as point of contact for Open Enrollment data with responsibility for daily HR updates, including monitoring third party benefit system (BVI) and assisted with trouble calls as necessary • Partner with Discovery (training department) to create guides for manager-in-training program• Provide support for miscellaneous HR tasks (new hire paperwork, new hire data entry, terminations, position and comp changes, etc across locations)

New York, New York, Us

• Responsible for full cycle of recruiting for culinary, administrative, human resources, property management, interns, accounting/finance. Helped bring outside agency usage down from 50% of new hires to 27% for the year• Researched top talent via ATS (Hirebridge), LinkedIn, Indeed, CareerBuilder and Monster• Analyzed current recruiting procedures and developed revised processes for use in new system tools (Ceridian/Dayforce)• Managed implementation and use of HRIS/ Recruiting systems and platforms (Ceridian/Dayforce, Hirebridge, SHL, LinkedIn, Indeed, etc). Led conversion to Ceridian/Dayforce system. Responsible for ongoing developing, administering, maintaining and monitoring Ceridian/Dayforce recruiting tool• Developed and implemented training for all 11 airport locations and their HR teams. Main point of contact for all recruiting system needs

New York, New York, Us

• Maintained all recruiting tools including all open accounts for Corporate and Airport locations• Developed and tailored job descriptions to find the perfect candidates• Maintained candidate pool in Hirebridge, reviewing resumes, organizing and adding participants, and updating status changes• Developed an innovative social media strategy that enhanced recruiting efforts by penetrating previously untapped markets

New York, New York, Us

• Helped create, launch, and maintain OTG Management’s Talent Team twitter account – @OTGCareers• Helped plan and run hiring events for various locations (Greater New York Area, Toronto, Tucson)• Served as key point of contact for potential crewmembers and assisted with scheduling and calendar management for 11+ locations• Updated OTG Careers page, increasing ease of use and creating a more engaging look and feel

New York, New York , Us

• Partnered with Talent Acquisition Manager to plan and execute a Digital Portfolio Review Night: posting to school career pages, organizing attendees, and coordinating event logistics• Developed and led internship program events for HR, Marketing, and Business Development • Presented at onboarding and orientation sessions, and analyzed data to support new hire process• Sourced candidates including reviewing resumes, recommending candidates and updating status• Researched Applicant Tracking System software and presented findings to head of HR• Authored monthly newsletter highlighting new hires, policy and benefit updates and past events

Purchase, New York, Us

• Trained new lab director on proper data collection, organization as well as management • Oversaw and participated in the training of five other students on proper research methods

Purchase, New York, Us

• Taught students about indepth research method theories in psychology• Held two sessions weekly to cover material learned in class and to complete assignments• Planned two review sessions before each test and created review guides to help facilitate outside of class learning

Purchase, New York, Us

• Assisted with all components of human behavior studies including concept, development, questionnaire evaluation, recruitment of participants, and collection and scoring of data• Entered and analyzed date using analytical software SPSS

Monroe, Mi, Us

• Implemented Internship and Leadership Program layouts and developed interview questions• Oversaw Rewards and Recognition Department budget • Researched survey software and presented to Human Resources Manager and Director of Employee Relations• Ran reports on HRIS software identifying upcoming annual reviews and communicated results to Managers

Maumee, Ohio, Us

• Provided support to Compensation and Benefits department while establishing structure for internal HR website• Analyzed various international policies for simplification and consistency• Managed logistics to support communications to all U.S. based employees regarding new insurance benefit

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

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