Mila Sokolyanskaya

***-* ******* ******, *******, ON M6M 0A3

647-***-**** / actbgj@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/milasokol

PROFILE

Motivated HR professional with a progressive experience in corporate, educational and non-for-profit settings who has a passion for human resources; excellent communications and technical skills with ability to manage and complete projects to the highest standard.

SKILL SUMMARY

Over 3 years of experience in client-facing environments in administrative roles

Detail orientated, well organized and able to manage time and multi-task to accomplish a variety of tasks, sometimes with conflicting priorities and timelines

Languages: fluent Russian, intermediate French (written and spoken)

Technical skills: MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook), Google Docs,

CHRP designation

WORK EXPERIENCE

HR Program Associate 2015

Community MicroSkills Development Centre, Toronto, Canada

MicroSkills is a non-profit organization that provides settlement, employment, and self-employment services to individuals, with priority to the needs of immigrants, youth, visible minority people, and low-income women.

Conduct interviews with clients to assess their skills and abilities, employment interests, potential and barriers to finding and maintaining employment to determine their needs and appropriate level of service required

Maintain filing system to ensure accuracy and completeness using Client Management System

Follow-up with job search workshop participants (via e-mail or by phone) as stipulated by program and agency guidelines and standards

Design a workshop curriculum to better prepare new immigrants for Canadian labor market

Instructional Designer 2014 – 2015

KeelWorks Foundation (www.keelworks.org)

KeelWorks Foundation is a non-profit foundation dedicated to changing learning outcomes by creating a comprehensive virtual approach to learning.

•Conducted training needs assessment and developed learning strategy for online soft-skills training course (Critical thinking)

•Effectively cooperated with instructional design team including senior management through weekly online collaboration sessions utilizing multiple software tools (Abode Captivate, Google Docs, Hangouts, LMS)

HR Intern 5/2014 – 8/2014

Felix Global Corp, Toronto, Canada

Felix Global Corp is a North American leader in the provision of superior Talent Solutions (Career Management, Leadership Development) to tier 1 organization, across a diversity of business sectors.

Designed and developed 3 e-learning training modules using different learning development tools (Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate)

Streamlined career transition program delivery by consultants for hundreds of North American clients annually, reducing time and cost.

Updated and reviewed employee handbook and internal HR polices (including Anti-Harassment, Health and Safety) to facilitate business growth across North America.

Researched, monitored and ensured compliance with most recent Ontario employment legislation

Researcher linguist 2010 – 2013

Forensic Science Centre, Moscow, Russia

As a part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Forensic Science Centre performs more than 20 types of forensic examinations providing advisory support to forensic expert establishments and law enforcement bodies.

Co-facilitated on training sessions (including Technical investigation of phonograms) conducted semi-annually for new workers (classes up to 30 trainees).

Performed 15+ linguistic and phonoscopic examinations of spoken and written speech for law enforcement bodies.

Developed guidelines for linguistic and phonoscopic examination (published in 2012) for regional departments to improve job quality and time-efficiency

Tested new software for phonoscopic examination, communicating with developers to assist with faster product release.

Russian Language Teacher 2009

Unium, Moscow, Russia

Unium is a federal educational institution providing services for school students delivering more than 25 different courses (e.g. Languages, Computer literacy, Leadership development) to foster high potential in young people.

Developed a curriculum for Russian language course for high school students (classes up to 20 students) and increased exam pass rate for students up to 90%

Conducted lectures once a week (overall 32 lectures) using effective teaching and learning strategies, facilitating team work and project presentation

Executive Assistant 2006 – 2009

Moscow Pedagogical State University (MPSU), Moscow, Russia

MPSU is a major educational and scientific institution in Russia, with eighteen faculties, 103 departments, 20,000 + students and seven branches in other Russian cities.

Provided administrative and executive support within department (construction of routine correspondence, managing executives’ calendar).

Performed daily tasks (typing correspondence, drafts, reports) using various types of productivity software – MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).

EDUCATION

General Art and Science (diploma, with Honors) 2015

St. Lawrence College, Toronto, ON

Human Resources Management (certificate, with Honors) 2014

George Brown College, Toronto, ON

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