SUMMARY:

• Dynamic, dedicated, and self - motivated business professional with 18+ years of experience with increasing responsibilities in human resources, staffing & recruiting, sourcing, technology, and data management. BA in Business Administration and Master’s in Business Administration (MBA). Earned customer appreciation and managers’ praise for proactively and expediently completing a heavy workload while displaying a friendly and caring attitude.
• Responsible for all aspects of the recruitment life-cycle including: Resume mining, phone screening, identifying candidates, qualifying skills, pre-interviewing, submitting for review, negotiating salaries, reference and background checks and extending job offers.
• Managing an exceptionally high volume of job requisitions and maintaining a very large statewide database with accuracy, thoroughness, and efficiency. Demonstrating a superb work ethic in taking on added responsibility and willingly helping co-workers.
• Staffing for all non-represented positions in support of Corporate Support Services and Major Enterprise Projects (MEP). Using Taleo Applicant Tracking System to track, screen, process and hire internal and external hires. Using recruiting skills and contacts to source and close external candidates.
• Providing guidance and advice to management, business units and staff on issues related to the consistent interpretation and application of policies, practices and processes.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Microsoft Word
• Access
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• WordPerfect
• Outlook
• GroupWise
• Lotus Notes
• PeopleSoft
• SAP
• BiTech
• MS Project
• Visio
• Taleo

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Staffing & Recruiting Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Project Lead working with Oracle on implementation of DTE Energy’s social sourcing and branding into the Taleo Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
• Manage Taleo recruitment and job tracking system to source, screen and disposition qualified internal and external candidates for represented and non-represented positions based upon job relevant criteria.
• Mentor and coach new Human Resources Represenatives, contractors and co-ops in recruitment process and utilizing ATS.
• Perform social media sourcing using keywords and Boolean commands to find quality candidates.
• Analyze processes; identify root causes of problems and areas of improvement, while proposing workable solutions.
• Evaluate administrative processes, make recommendations for improvement, and provide guidance to other clerical/administrative staff regarding office policies and procedures.
• Facilitate new hire employee orientation and employment eligibility verification through collection and review of data as part of DTE’s on-boarding program.
• Manage the design and implementation of temporary programs (i.e., Co-ops, interns, summer students). Provide support to Sr. Client Relations Consultants in redeployment efforts.
• Analyze and post recruitment metrics which track placement by client and job requisition as a whole.

Human Resources Generalist

Responsibilities:

• Work with in-house technology and software teams to identify new features of Bi-Tech HRIS system.
• Prioritize training to staff on the features and projects based on their relevance (New hires, transfers, terminations, leaves of absence, attendance and performance tracking).
• Responsible for all aspects of the recruitment life-cycle, including: identifying candidates, qualifying skills, pre-interviewing, submitting for review, extending offers, negotiating salaries rates, checking references, and extending offers.
• Full cycle management of candidates from resume identification to on-boarding.
• Supervised the central office secretarial pool and switchboard operators.
• Created and processed job postings, managed database for monitoring of disciplinary actions, terminations, retirement, and leaves of absence of union secretaries, administrators and non-affiliated personnel.
• Processed and provided ongoing administration on all subpoenas and legal matters received in human resources.
• Coordinated, tracked and prepared employee evaluations, salary increases of all union secretaries and non-affiliated personnel.
• Responsible for coordination of activities related to legal matters involving UIA, Michigan department of Civil Rights, Department of Labor and E.E.O.C. Preparation of EEO 5 Report, salary surveys, analyzed and reviewed data in support of salary structure adjustments.

Research Assistant - Shared Services Unit

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed a variety of work processes and associated requirements (Attendance monitoring, FMLA, OSHA Reporting)
• Analyzed and document logical relationships among the data, process or events
• Analyzed a variety of work processes and associated document and information flow
• Maintained budget reports, employee compensation and compiled and input information regardingsalary increases, promotions and changes in hours using Excel and Paradox HRIS system.
• Worked on HR project team to implement System upgraded from Paradox to PeopleSoft including testing application changes in acceptance mode prior to production rollout.
• Maintained database for monitoring of disciplinary actions, and completed reports and documentation on status for management.
• Input payroll into HRIS system and PeopleSoft on a weekly basis.
• Processed disability, resignations and terminations for 400+ employees.
• Maintained Worker’s Comp files and OSHA logs.
• Provided assistance to employees for maternity, disability and FMLA leave.
• Scheduled drug-testing, performed job-testing, screened and produced photo identification for all new hires.