Provide support and assistance to the veterinarian with daily surgeries, sick appointments, and annual vaccines. Assist with handling and restraining animals, prepare equipment and supplies for procedures, administer medications, perform basic laboratory tests. Schedule appointments, provide information about animal care and veterinary services, and interact with pet owners to answer basic questions about their pet’s care.

Responsible for supervising an HR team while serving as a business partner with operations. Implements, coordinates, and applies company HR policies and programs, employment/staffing activities, onboarding and orientation activities, employee/labor relations, compensation and benefit administration and assists with investigations as required by the business unit.

Answered employees’ questions and resolved their problems and complaints regarding job bids, benefits, paycheck issues and other concerns. Investigated and resolved allegations of misconduct, harassment, and safety violations. Counseled, disciplined, and terminated employees. Interviewed internal and external candidates for open supervisory positions. Interviewed prospective employees for open hourly positions. Worked with operations management to reduce employee turnover. Represented the company in unemployment hearings. Supervised a human resources specialist.

Capable of preforming the full life-cycle of recruiting strategies: sourcing, analyzing data, screening and recommending placement. Also, supported recruiting efforts and administrative follow up of management trainee programs and internships that included campus recruiting, and scheduling travel/hotel for interviews. Extensive knowledge in processing new hire paperwork and ensuring correct tax and I9 forms are completed and submitted. Significant training in e-Verify processing and background screening. Ensure all employee information and retrieval of personnel data are entered from various personnel databases for reports from Corner Stone and ADP. Assisted in various project including implementation of pay card, management onboarding training procedures, and assisted in company acquisitions.

Gained knowledge in: I9 documentation, employment practices, application processes, interviewing, benefits, data entry and analysis, pre-employment physicals, and training. Assisted with the hiring process for the TN Visa program including communications with hiring managers, candidates and legal team.