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San Jose, California, United States

San Jose, California, United States

Mountain View, California

Responsible for all US HR operations:* Performed full life-cycle recruitment for all open US positions, including the entire onboarding process.* Maintained fully remote employee engagement.* Administered benefits, including annual open enrollment and assisting employees with benefit-related issues.* Maintained employee record integrity in multiple HRIS and personnel files.* Ensured compliance with federal and state employment laws.* Performed a competitive recruitment analysis with data-driven, actionable results.* Completely reassessed HR social media efforts and led a renewed campaign focused on increasing engagement and generating new recruitment leads.* Made multiple HR policy improvements; results included improved HR efficiency and better clarity for employees.* Served as the first point of contact for resolving HR-related inquiries.

San Jose, California, United States

Supported all processes in the employment lifecycle of hiring, onboarding, active employment, and exit.• Responsible for recruitment and onboarding including sourcing, screening, background checks, I-9s and orientation.• Handled day-to-day employee inquiries, such as verifications of employment.• Administered bonus & referral programs, workers’ comp., EDD (California) disability, and PFL (California) claims.• Maintained employee records in the HRIS.

Redwood City, California

• Supported all processes in the employment lifecycle of hiring, onboarding, transfer, and exit.• Managed the on-boarding process including offer letters, employment eligibility, online training and IT & HRIS setup.• Supported the payroll process by communicating and recording payroll changes.• Maintained HRIS integrity by keeping data up-to-date and correct, and produced reports as required.• Monitored the HR team inbox and responded to employee queries on a daily basis.

Fremont, California

• Managed the new hire onboarding program.• Handled the company leave and attendance policy. • Assisted with the administration of company benefits program including open enrollment.• Administered and maintained all health, safety and wellness policies and programs.• Coordinated and maintained company and regulatory training requirements, including conducting safety training. • Acted as chairperson and active member of the Health, Safety and Wellness Committee.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Organizational Policies/HR Policies:• Developed, implemented, maintained and reviewed organization policies, rules and regulations in compliance with all applicable employment laws, statutes, and regulations.Recruitment, Selection, and Onboarding Process: • Provided support for manpower planning and understanding requisitions from concerned departments.• Handled the entire recruitment process from preparing and publishing job postings, sourcing, reviewing resumes, screening candidates through telephone interviews to scheduling and organizing phone, in-person and video conference interviews. • Developed and managed a recruitment system to record candidates, skill sets, aptitude test results and interview feedback. • Managed on and off-boarding of employees, including background checks, assisting and conducting orientation, exit interviews. • Followed up at regular intervals with candidates until on-boarding, responding to their various queries.• Developed weekly recruitment status reports for hiring managers and coached them on recruitment tools.• Created new employee master database, personal folders, and maintained confidential personnel records. Attendance and Leave Management: • Handled all activities related to the Leave Management system and resolved issues/employee concerns as and when required.• Generated weekly and monthly attendance reports and special reports on management’s requests. General HR Functions: • Assisted the HR Manager with the performance review process including salary planning. • Handled all activities related to the HRIS data management including data analytics, reporting and resolving related issues.Administrative Functions: • Managing management and staff calendars and facility schedules, monitoring inventory and maintenance of office stationeries and machines. • Organized employee welfare and recreational activities and birthday celebrations.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Creating manual and automated release orders of shipments and sending final copies to customers and other relevant parties. • Calculating shipment rates to match both customer and company requirements and forwarding them to the company Principal-Hapag-Lloyd India, for final approval. • Invoicing• Updating monthly vessel schedules• Maintaining excellent customer service by responding to customer requests and inquiries in a timely manner. • Assisting the immediate supervisor and the marketing team as necessary.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Served customers in a professional, courteous, and in a timely manner, while resolving the occasional customer complaints and concerns in an amicable way. • Undertook the responsibilities of operating and managing the cash register including the preparation of customer receipts accurately. • Arranged, organized, and displayed the merchandise efficiently and conducted periodic inventory checks to ensure complete accountability. • Trained new employees while demonstrating the ability to interact and cooperate with all company employees in a company in a team player role. • Was instrumental in generating creative ideas and efficient sale solutions to leverage the existing resources to increase sales.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Created official job descriptions for approximately one hundred new and existing employees in Accounting, Finance, Transition, Information Technology and Human Resource departments through an extensive data collection and analyzing process that also included interviewing the employees concerned. • Engaged in goal cascading and fine-tuning of job descriptions. • Participated in employee training programs related to goal cascading.• Assisted the seniors in the HR department with the development and administration of human resource policies and programs. • Played an active role in organizing corporate team building events in order to increase the awareness of company culture and values. • Obtained extensive hands on experience on the ‘business-as-usual’ human resources functions in the company, such as; recruitment, selection, orientation for new recruits, training and development, HRIS database, and attendance records.• Performed general office support functions; composing and typing letters and memorandums, processing and distributing mail, screen and direct telephone calls and assisted area personnel as necessary.• Engaged in training workshops on soft skill development, confidence building and business etiquette, organized by the company.

Master Of Science In Human Resource Management, High Honors

Bachelor Of Science In Business Administration-, Human Resources Management, Degree Honors: Cum Laude

Post-Graduate Professional Certificate, Human Resources Management

Courses: • Law and Human Resource Management • Organizational Development and Change, Introduction • Talent Acquisition 101 • Interviewing.