Michael Macek Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Deerfield, Illinois, United States

• Member of the HR Operations team responsible for supporting the North American salaried population with regards to onboarding, offboarding, data management, immigration case management, transfers, and other related HR functions.• Served as the primary point of contact for newly hired employees; oversaw the onboarding process including background screening, onboarding planning, first day orientation, and HRIS setup.• Assisted with offboarding tasks such as severance processing, exit interviews, equipment retrieval, etc.• Primary contact within the company for new position creation, job change requests, compensation changes, and other related data management tasks within Workday.• Lead immigration case management across the enterprise for 31 sponsored associates.• Lead the employee Transfer process for affiliate entity transfers across the enterprise.• Demonstrated skills in utilizing Smartsheet and Excel for process improvement projects.

Deerfield, Illinois, United States

Romeoville, Illinois, United States

• Admin/HR Liaison within the distribution facility, tasked with managing essential site functions.• Accountable for the onboarding process of newly hired employees in a facility of 200-350 staff members.• Pioneered numerous process improvements of the employee onboarding procedures.• Interfaced directly with agency partners and site managers to coordinate staffing goals based on labor forecasts or seasonal peaks.• Improved employee engagement by implementing new HR policies for the facility, also supported permanent employees with HRIS functions.• Partnered with site leadership to create and implement employee appreciation events.• Interacted directly with client executives to improve and standardize business practices; decreased client material cost by 15%.• Accountable for the entirety of supply logistics and strategic forecasting for the site.• Managed financials for the facility, including client billing and site budgeting.

Romeoville, Il

• Developed staffing plans with client along with formulating job descriptions for open positions.• Responsible for onboarding, training, and talent management of current staff. • Managed relationship between agency and client that resulted in 150% increase in personnel placement. • Drastically increased organizational retention and effectiveness; reduced personnel turn over by 30%.• Served as payroll liaison between associates, branch managers, onsite managers and our corporate office.• Knowledgeable on frequent questions regarding payroll, direct deposit, health benefits, scheduling, etc.

Bolingbrook, Il

• Recruiter tasked with creating a workforce plan for 5 large customers in the Chicago area.• Responsibilities included cold calling of candidates, phone screening, conducting in-person interviews, testing, background checks, and extensive onboarding of placements.• Grew placements by 200% for my clientele.• Creation of advertisements that resulted in +300% increased responses.• Increased billings by 145% at two of my largest customers within 3 months.

Greater Chicago Area

• Temporary Paralegal at immigration firm during annual H1B Visa project.• Assigned as part of an attorney’s team to manage extensive daily caseload which activities included compiling, proofing, and documenting legal cases for new H1B initiations.• Tasked with compiling up to 20 complete H1B Visa applications per day.• Helped design processes to shorten time needed to compile necessary contracts and legal paperwork.• Managed team during overtime hours/days when direct supervisors were not present.• Cited for excellence in attention to detail.

Greater Chicago Area

• Partnered with hiring managers to fulfill staffing needs by screening, interviewing and placing candidates. • Leveraged an array of databases and various recruiting programs on a daily basis.• Searched and screened resumes through use of online advertisements and active reach outs.• Conducted phone screenings and follow up in-person interviews with candidates.

Ikenberry Commons

• Student Worker in Ikenberry Commons Cafeteria. • Worked with university and student staff to ensure that food services run smoothly. • Recipient of 5 Work Commendations for excellent work performance.• Underwent Illinois Food Preparation training.

Psychology Building Room 261

• Assisted graduate students with administering experiments and collecting data. • Performed Perception and Memory research by administering tests and/or questionnaires following protocols; collecting, compiling, processing responses, and gathering information.• Worked directly with participants to ensure a smooth execution of experiments.• Created training manual for future research lab assistants.

Willowbrook, Il 60527

• Worked with university and student staff to ensure that food services ran smoothly • Organized food lines that served thousands of people regularly during a single shift• Recipient of several Work Commendations for excellent work ethic

Fairfax, Va

• Represented Yuan Interretial LLC in customer affairs• Coordinated new contract proposals for programming services with clients and negiotated terms• Managed contract execution between Yuan Interretial and new clients • Organized staffing required to complete projects sold