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San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

First HR employee in the company.• Developed, established, and managed the creation of a full cycle recruiting and onboarding process.• Orchestrated and implemented benefits plans which include health, dental and vision.• Developed and implemented a PTO and sick time policy. Created a Birthday PTO benefit.• Developed KPI programs.• Analyzed and addressed compensation issues. Ran various audits to ensure equitable pay.• Designed organizational charting for the growing business.• Handled all HR issues including interpersonal disputes, disgruntled employees, discipline and performance, and terminations.• Researched and implemented HR law where applicable for the business.• Created and implemented various company policy and procedures.• Guided and supported CEO through organizational change and expansion to ensure continued growth and sustainability.

San Diego, California

 Successfully led and executed the implementation of an automated letter creation and distribution process for thousands of employees, which drastically reduced execution time and diminished room for human error. Continuously creating, leading, driving, and implementing HR initiatives related to Compensation. Effectively collaborating across functions for initiatives to ensure effective implementation. Developed and led HR trainings related to Compensation. Consistently designing, driving, and implementing key initiatives to improve or create processes to ensure efficiency and compliance with internal policies and State and Federal law.

Irvine, California

 Job Evaluations: Interviewed personnel at all organizational levels to determine essential functions, evaluate how the position aligns with business needs, and establish the minimum qualifications; developed new positions and revised existing descriptions; determined level of role and FLSA classification; market priced roles (using CUPA, CompAnalyst, ERI) and provided salary recommendations; documented and created processes related to job evaluations to provide clarity and drive efficiency Compensation Project: Assisted in the implementation of a standardized compensation system including performing a salary variance analysis and producing a salary structure proposal, performing market pricing and providing analysis results to suggest recommendations, participating in leader meetings, and suggesting revision recommendations to ensure accuracy of position placement on a salary structure; performed a University-wide cost analysis Merit: Assisted in the preparation and execution of implementing an automated merit process by planning, participating in strategy meetings, program testing, and performing analyses and audits to ensure accurate implementation Additional Accomplishments: Provided compensation recommendations to leaders for their budget request submissions, performed various statistical analyses and audits (FLSA, potential internal pay equity issues, turnover reports, low to min analyses, etc.); created and prepared annual salary survey submission

San Diego, Ca

 Human Resources: performed job analyses, revised job descriptions, reviewed resumes, analyzed pre-employment testing results, participated in interviews (phone and in-person), contacted and guided the candidates through the process Process Improvement: created more objective, systematic hiring process, minimized the possibility of human error Organizational Development: began the development of a stronger, succinct mission statement, designed a new logo and style for paperwork Additional Accomplishments: developed new employee info and training packets and created a vacation request form

Greater San Diego Area

Greater San Diego Area

 Training and Development: trained and mentored new employees on systems, procedures, and resources, revised and created new training materials used by the Training Department Process Improvement: assisted in launch of new IT platform that improved quality, efficiency, and improved customer services including attending high-level meetings to discuss options, offered opinions regarding each to upper-management, tested out possible solutions before they went live to provide feedback

Roseville, Ca

 Training: Trained several new employees on computer systems and customer service techniques Leadership: Served as a mentor and leader for the teller line, functioned as chief resource for policy and procedure questions, handled escalated issues

Industrial Organizational Certification, Industrial And Organizational Psychology, 4.0

+ Classes Taken: Industrial Organizational Psychology, Organizational Psychology, Research Methods, Testing and Measurement; Personnel.

Psychology, 4.0

+ Classes Taken: Statistics, Intro Psychology, and Developmental Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Honors Program: Philosophy Of Science And Logic, Magna Cum Laude Honors

Activities and Societies: Philosophy Club participantMinor in Communications