Daneen Perkins

***** *. ******* ***., *******, IL

60628

Home ***-**** * Cell 773-***-**** * accekm@r.postjobfree.com

EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVE:

To obtain a challenging position that utilizes my work experience,

education, and offers opportunity for professional growth. A self-starter

with good analytical, organizational, and leadership skills. Responsible,

flexible, reliable, honest, dedicated, with excellent interpersonal skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Jane Addams Hull House Association

2007 - 2012

Employment Specialist (May 2009 - Jan 2012)

. Maintain responsibility for performing recruitment and outreach

activities, orientation, assessments, and employment services for the

hard to employ adults.

. Interview and assist in the selection of the clients. Prepare, submit

timesheets, and distribute client's checks.

. Ensure contact with participants to aid in successful employment

placement and retention services.

. Responsible for teaching job readiness training, TABE testing, and

other supportive services to the clients.

. Develop relationships with employers and clients to promote the

achievement of employment goals.

. Supervised 12 Transitional Job Clients. Created and Individual Action

Plan (IAP) for each of our Transitional Job Clients.

. Maintain participant's files and provide counseling to motivate and

encourage client's job retention.

. Monitor day-to-day attendance of participants at job readiness

sessions, job clubs, work-sites, and training facility.

. Document case records, prepare monthly reports, attend seminars,

workshops, and job fairs.

Case Manager (April 2007 - May 2009)

. Provide case management, on-going assessment, supportive services.

Refer clients to needed resources and services.

. Conduct follow-up meetings with participants to keep them actively

engaged in the Work First Program.

. Consult with Work First Employment Team to assist clients with

employment goals, objectives, and job placements.

. Maintain Work First participant's files and provide counseling to

motivate and encourage client job retention.

. Monitor day-to-day attendance of participants at job readiness

sessions, job clubs, work-sites, and training facility.

. Input and transmit weekly client's time and attendance to IDHS files.

. Attend monthly meetings at Local TANF Offices and Recruit TANF clients

into the Employment Training Program.

. Assist with coordination of job readiness sessions, job clubs and

resource fairs.

. Secure proper documentation for billings, weekly and monthly reports

and in accordance to IDHS guidelines.

. Prioritize and handle a variety of tasks, to meet established program

goals and deadlines.

. Develop new partnerships and maintain working relationships with other

agencies, employers, and community organizations to identify new

resources and services for program participants.

Tem-Pro

Data Collector

2006 - 2007

. Collected sales data

. Verified multi unit building addresses for Comcast Cable for South

Suburbs

Chas. Levy Company

1999 - 2002

Human Resources Assistant (March 2000 - August 2002)

. Prepare and maintain employee files. Create and distribute new hire

packets, employee Id badges and access cards.

. Enter new hires, terminations, salary increases, positions, and

employment status changes in PeopleSoft HRIS.

. Coordinate potential candidate's interviews both phone interviews as

well as in person.

. Assist recruiters in reviewing resumes, interviewing and hiring

process.

. Participate in job/career fairs.

. Set up drug screening and respond to employment verification requests.

. Give new hires employee orientation. Conduct exit interviews.

. Assist in maintaining HR compliance with applicable federal, state,

and local employment regulations.

. Develop correspondence, generate HR monthly reports and retain highly

confidential information.

. Provide support for the payroll process - ensures accurate and timely

recording of employee data in HRIS.

. Respond to employment inquiries from employees, management, and

applicants.

. Order office supplies; sort and distribute mail.

. Process unemployment claims. Post the job openings, forward emails

and company announcements.

. Develop and organize numerous company events

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Payroll Assistant (March 1999 - March 2000)

. Prepare weekly and bi-weekly computerized multi-state payroll for 5000

employees. (In-House-Payroll)

. Maintain payroll information by collecting, calculating, and entering

data.

. Maintain accurate employee attendance records including vacation, sick

time, holidays, jury duty, etc.

. Responsible for updating payroll records by entering changes in pay

rate, address information, bonuses, exemptions, savings deductions,

and job titles.

. Responsible for general ledger entries, account analysis and balancing

payroll runs.

. Transmit direct deposit files to bank. Assist with preparation and

issuance of payroll checks.

. Prepare, pay, and file federal, state, and local withholding taxes,

wages garnishments, union dues, tax levies, and child support orders.

. Prepare, reconcile quarterly and annual government tax returns.

. Process year end reporting, W-2 and new hire reports.

. Interact with employees and all levels of management.

. Investigates, analyzes, and resolves employee issues in a timely

manner via telephone, email, or in-person.

. Maintain payroll operations and employee confidence by keeping

information confidential.

Tru*Serv Corporation

1993 - 1999

Payroll Processor

. Prepare weekly-computerized multi-state payroll for 5000 employees.

(In-House Payroll)

. Direct preparation for assigned payroll and their related reports.

Distribute reports.

. Maintain current information on payroll system files related to

accommodate accurate payroll calculation of earnings, taxes and

voluntary deductions as set for by law, company policies and

procedures.

. Prepare all assigned government tax returns and correspondence.

. Prepare and file federal, state, and local withholding taxes, wage

garnishments, union dues, and court order withholdings.

. Prepare various reports for submission on a timely basis.

. Calculate and prepare manual checks as needed.

. Process stop payments and reissue lost payroll checks.

. Answer employee questions regarding payroll issues in a timely manner

with a high level of customer service.

. Handle secured confidential data and use effective judgment and

discretion in all affairs of the payroll department.

EDUCATION:

Corliss High School - Diploma

2000 American Payroll Association Seminar Certificate

Governor State University - Pursing Bachelor

Degree in Business Administration

2009. Chicago State University -- Medical Coding Certificate

2013 Chicago State University -- Pharmacy Technician

Certificate

Computer Skills: }Micro Soft Word }Excel }Kronos

}PeopleSoft

Licenses: }Notary Public }Pharmacy

Technician

Certifications: }Food Sanitation

REFERENCE:

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