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Plainfield, IL, US

Naperville, IL

• Manage full-cycle recruitment functions within the organization to include: requisition process, posting positions, sourcing, prescreening, interviewing, pre-employing assessments, background check process, job offers.
• Participate in career fairs and professional association conferences to recruit top talent.
• Evaluate recruitment procedures, pre-employment assessments and hiring processes to comply with all state and federal regulations.
• Coordinate with hiring managers to create and maintain recruiting and interviewing plans.
• Educate employees on company benefits, policies and procedures.
• Recruit for Drivers, Techs, and other transportation related positions.

Plainfield, IL

• Sources candidates for high volume position openings using applicant tracking database and job board key word searches, cold-calling prospective applicants and referral sources, attending career fairs and networking.
• Develops and maintains a pipeline of candidates for assigned positions.
• Teams with hiring/account managers to determine plans to identify candidates including applicant tracking database searches, job board key word searches & phone/web mining.
• Plans and attends job fairs to develop a candidate pool for assigned positions as needed.
• Screens and interviews applicants and conducts candidate reference checks.
• Documents and communicates employment recommendations to hiring managers.

Downers Grove, IL

• Act as an HR business partner to 5 Branch Managers, advising them on strategic HR topics/situations while remaining compliant with all state and federal laws
• Process voluntary/involuntary employee terminations
• Process FMLA requests for qualifying employees
• Initial contact for all union related matters including grievances and wage issues. Successfully resolved all disputes between union representatives and Securitas
• Conduct confidential preliminary investigations in response to possible criminal activity or policy violation. Afterwards, counseling employees to ensure job performance improvement
• Conducted voluntary and involuntary separation meetings, maintaining complete confidentiality and diplomacy

Downers Grove, IL

• Facilitated new hire orientation classes for 18-23 new hires weekly
• First Aid CPR/AED Instructor
• Processed and organized I-9 employment eligibility for new hires
• Reviewed new hire personnel files to make sure they meet company standards
• Managed security guard state licensing process for new employees
• Maintained file room

Downers Grove, IL

• Hire 8-12 new employees weekly to keep up with turnover inside of company
• Conduct 70-80 phone screens weekly
• Conduct 15-30 interviews weekly
• Recruit security officers for 5 separate branch managers
• Process employment verifications of new hires.
• Conduct site visits and discuss with Branch Managers to understand specific site requirements

Downers Grove, IL

• Hire 8-12 new employees weekly to keep up with turnover inside of company
• Conduct 70-80 phone screens weekly
• Conduct 15-30 interviews weekly
• Recruit security officers for 3 separate branch managers
• Initial contact for all union issues, including grievances.
• Oversee and track all FMLA leaves for over 750 employees.

Naperville, IL

• Identified and qualified candidates
• Sourced for candidates through networking, cold calling, Internet searches, and research
• Mined a wide variety of resources for qualified candidates and provided timely and innovative sourcing results
• Communicated directly with candidates to screen and arrange interviews
• Prepared recruiting and hiring reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends

Westchester, IL

• Responded to customer inquiries and requests in an efficient and professional manner
• Built customer satisfaction by analyzing customers’ portfolios and recommending products and services
• Analyze customers’ portfolios and recommend products and services
• Build positive and professional rapport with both customers and coworkers
• Determined disbursement of adjustments and eligibility for credits
• Assisted clients and personnel with successful bank conversions

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Human Resource Management, 3.6/4.0

Activities and Societies: Vice President of the Lewis University SHRM Chapter, Member of the Delta Epsilon Sigma National Honor Society.

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), General Studies

High School Diploma