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Merger United Training

Livonia, Mi

Merger United Training•Manages talent acquisition initiatives to recruit professionals in sales, training, informationtechnology, and senior leadership.•Utilizes Paylocity (ATS) to manage full-cycle recruiting while minimizing sourcing time. •Collaborates with hiring managers and HR colleagues to develop strategies that improve retention and employee engagement respectively. •Serves as a key component in the candidate selection process to conduct initial phone screenings/interviews. •Manages social media/job posting accounts such as LinkedIn and Indeed to list open requisitions and recruit top talent. •Leads the onboarding of new hires by ensuring that the necessary documentation is completed prior to start date and coordinating proxy access and device setup with the IT department. •Serves as a resource for nearly 200 employees to resolve employee relations while serving as a backup contact for benefits (i.e. COBRA), LOA (ex. FMLA), and payroll related issues. Key Accomplishments: •Spearheaded the training of the CTS assessment for hiring managers while updating hiring policies to reflects its implementation; this assessment analyzed a prospective employees’ sales skills. •Collaborated with the Marketing department to develop content and strategies to increase the pipeline of qualified candidates; this included a revamp of the “Careers” page, creating graphics for social media, and spearheading an Employee Spotlight section.•Partnered with Love for the Elderly to spearhead an initiative in which employees wrote lettersto seniors to provide encouragement and emotional support during the COVID-19 pandemic. •Hired an entire team (virtually) during the COVID-19 pandemic - inclusive of a sales director and 10 inside sales professionals. •Initially hired as a Contract HR Assistant from June to September of 2016; solicited to return as a full-time HR Generalist in December 2018.

Southfield, Mi

•Managed a series of HR functions including but not limited to: talent acquisition, maintainingcompliance with employment law regulations, supporting management with personnel issues, andprocessing leave of absence (LOA) and workers’ compensation requests.•Executed and coordinated background checks/investigations, drug testing, and granting proxy access across 1,000+ vendor locations in multiple states such as Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Illinois, and Pennsylvania.Key Accomplishments:•Supported 2,000+ unionized and non-unionized employees (including maintenance staff, engineers, and leadership) and won all unemployment claims in support of the organization throughout tenure.•A true hands-on approach as well as the ability to successfully monitor the ”pulse” of the employees to ensure a high level of employee engagement.

Plymouth, Mi

•Managed a series of HR responsibilities which supported 300+ employees across 36+ retail stores, the corporate office, and a warehouse in three states including Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois.•Core duties included but were not limited to: performance management, training & development, talent acquisition/candidate selection, payroll administration, benefits administration, coordinating LOA requests, executing disciplinary action, and maintaining compliance with multiple states’ employment laws.•Managed the payroll and benefits specialist to ensure timely and accurate payment to employees while managing open enrollment and ongoing benefits support.•Served as a primary component in executing disciplinary action ranging from write-ups and suspensions to terminations.•Coordinated leave of absence (LOA) requests such included maternity, bereavement, and FMLA.•Revamped and updated the organization’s HR manual, policies, and procedures (Ex. Chicago Paid Sick Leave) while reinstating compliance with I-9 regulations.•Conducted HR investigations for issues including but not limited to: sexual harassment, leadership violations, and misrepresentation of time reporting.•Decreased payroll errors by about 65% by creating a comprehensive training agenda comprised of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and an HRIS manual.•Passion for innovative HR solutions and process improvement; ability to lead projects at a network level to influence and obtain buy-in, and then drive execution and achievement of the right results.

Livonia, Mi

•Duties similar in nature to most recent HR Generalist/Corporate Recruiter role at New Horizons Learning Center; hired as a temporary employee during the primary employee’s leave of absence.

Plymouth, Mi

•Duties were similar in nature to aforementioned HR roles with an emphasis in employee onboarding, compliance, and payroll management (ADP system).•Acquired experience with ADP to update employee salary levels, and execute deductions for benefits as well as federal,state, and local taxes.•Collaborated directly with senior leadership to complete the H1B1 renewal process.

Livonia, Mi

Human Resources: Enter and review data needed to process payroll for 130 commission based employees. Write and post jobs for sales agents and administrative assistants. Train new employees in company policy, job skills, and technology. Maintain and file confidential information. Recruited newly licensed agents.Administrative Duties: Update marketing on websites and social media platforms. Perform various tasks to support business operations and event management.

Detroit, Michigan

Perform HR generalist duties at an entertainment facility (Ford Field). Review applications, interviewed prospective employees, and made hiring recommendations. Organize onboarding materials for as many as 500 new employees. Reconcile payroll totaling more than $200,000. Conduct background checks with a focus on screening for criminal backgrounds. Run employment verifications. Ensure that employees are at their stations during events and wearing proper credentials. • Planned logistics and scheduling for mass hires of more than 100 employees. • Took on extra duties in guest services, solving problems during events.

Stanwood,Mi

•Responsible for daily office operations including answering phones, data entry into multiple computer systems, researching background information on houses and real estate, greeting clubhouses guests, and recruiting past clients. •Designed and developed flyers for Tullymore Real Estate.

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology

Minors: Human Resources and Sociology

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High School