Michael Eakins Email & Phone Number

Niles, Il

• Managed the onboarding, scheduling, and training schedules of over 50 new employees. Confirmed all pay and personnel documents were tracked and submitted.• Coordinated, tracked, and oversaw recruiting efforts that exceeded fourth quarter staffing, enabling the store to run at the highest tempo. • Created an administrative atmosphere focused on culture, compliance, and metrics in support of business goals, ensuring a high level of information security and confidentiality was maintained at all times.

Northbrook, Il

• Provided a high level of administrative support to the Senior Vice President of Human Resources and the Senior Vice President of Finances. • Managed two executives' calendars, coordinated onsite meetings and travel logistics, and processed expense reports.• Maintained ownership of confidential and sensitive information regarding personnel, products, and projects.

Great Lakes, Illinois

• As a senior leader, incorporated the core values of the organization into daily interactions in order to influence and support change in the working climate. • Improved the training and daily operation for the accession of over 4,000 civilians entering the military. Organized, oversaw and executed the merger of the two largest departments with over 500 personnel. • Processed and tracked over 1500 evaluations, awards, and general correspondence. • Established and managed the administrative work procedures for an office comprised of military and civilian personnel.

Manama Bahrain

• Provided guidance to customers in the assessment of goals and strategies in order to optimize their choices for career decisions. Achieved 100% retention, guaranteed manning remained at optimal numbers.• Coordinated the relocation of over 100 personnel from San Diego, CA to Manama, Bahrain. Devised a tracking system for all pay and itineraries being issued, and arranged all temporary housing ahead of arrival to Bahrain.• Organized and managed the director’s schedule and event calendars. Verified no overlaps, and made sure all arrival times for meetings and events were prompt and on time. • Composed, typed, tracked, and distributed over 200 awards, evaluations, and correspondence to include classified and unclassified documents.

Norfolk, Va

• Motivated and supervised an office team in the application and execution of a myriad of administrative functions. Collected and coordinated the flow of internal and external information of the office. • Conceived and led the transition to a fully electronic tracking and document submission system that expedited the submission of administrative documents for a command of over 200 people.• Developed a training and tracking system for the security clearance program ensuring all clearances were current and up to date. Processed over 75 security clearances.• Facilitated office training to better prepare for conflicts dealing with administrative issues.

Jacksonville, Fl

• Implemented critical procedures that enabled Navy Recruiting District Jacksonville’s shipping process to achieve over 100% accession goals for fiscal year 08.• Devised a tracking system for the command security clearance program, which reduced attrition by 50%. • Administered interviews and followed policies and procedures to place over 300 new employees, 75 of those being critical fills. • Submitted and tracked over 500 SF-86s for officers, enlisted, and applicants that enabled Navy Recruiting District Jacksonville to meet recruiting goals for fiscal year 09