Rani Kamran, PHR,

Cell: 408-***-**** x03np1@r.postjobfree.com

Career Goal: To obtain a distinctive position in the Human Resource with the full appliance of my experience

and education – Human Resource Generalist.

Profile Summary: Certified Human Resource professional with more than 6 years’ of experience as HR Generalist with a career distinguished with commended performance and proven results. Have partnered in developing and executing HR strategies, policies and initiatives that help the business achieve results and operate effectively within the guideline. My areas of experience include legal compliance, benefits, recruitment and retention, immigration, staff development, performance management and training.

Key Strengths: ■ Demonstrated analytical thinking ■ Critical judgment ■ Coaching and Influencing skills

■ Ability to multi-task and prioritize changing objectives ■ Agile and flexible working style to meet commitments

■ Exceptional organizational, interpersonal and communications skills■ Positive team player ■ Cooperative and self-motivated ■ Detail oriented

Professional Experience:

ShellSoft Inc., San Jose, CA - HR Generalist - July 2007 till January 6, 2011.

ShellSoft Inc. is an IT Solutions Provider serving leaders of the Industry

• Ensuring legal compliance in policies and operations

• Partnering to deliver initiatives such as goal setting, talent planning, development of policies, implementation and continual improvement of policies and procedures to ensure a framework for discipline that promotes good culture.

• Design and execute companywide programs - Performance reviews, training and career development programs

• Internal audits to evaluate effectiveness of HR programs – I-9, LCA, PWR and benefit comparisons.

• Employee relations, main contact for interpreting policies for employees, resolving and answering benefits related queries promoting positive employee relations.

• Manage hiring process following internal established process, approvals- final interviews, making offers, background check, and new hire paper work.

• Plan and schedule new hire orientation and on boarding to foster a positive relationship with the company.

• Coordinate and hold exit interviews - communicate feed back to senior management for retention policies, complete terminations and documentation.

• Manage and process benefits - Health Insurance, COBRA, 401K, Premium Plans; processing enrollments/changes/terminations, open enrollment and renewals. Discuss costing and choices with the management and finalize.

• Established the in-house payroll system with Quick Books, understood and implemented the concept, now oversee payroll verifying timesheets and wage rates.

• Project Management, delivering HR projects/programs and initiatives within deadlines and meeting objectives

• Provide coaching and counseling on day to day HR needs – employee relations, performance reviews, discipline, and interpretation of policies.

• Communicating with employees effectively and consistently on policies, procedures, rules, benefits, and compensation and compliance issues.

• Managing vendors/third parties and executing contracts with them.

• Established and managing the Immigration process coordinating with attorneys and employees for H1B visa and providing necessary documentation.

• Special projects assigned such as liaison with agencies/government bodies and preparation of documentation for Small Business, Minority Business, 8a, CMAS, Women Owned certification for the company.

• Maintaining employee database.

• Coordinating with off shore office for day to day operations.

Accomplishments:

• Reduced benefits cost by 30% and increased employee satisfaction.

• Legal compliance in place with new hires and policies.

• Set up in house payroll system or better control and savings.

• Improved culture, employee morale and employee engagement by consistently communicating with employees about policies, procedures and changes if any, in advance.

• An organized and structured offshore office with defined job descriptions, scopes, systems and guidelines with controls at principle office in US.

• Standardized and defined criteria for vendor and contract management.

• More trained and developed staff by revamping and streamlining of systems and procedures/ processes.

Spice Corp, NOIDA, India - HR & Corporate Affairs Manager - 2003-2006

Spice Corp is a multi-faceted management group engaged in establishing a lead in Information, Communication and Entertainment technologies. (Formerly known as MCorp Global, consisted of companies like Modi Xerox, Modi Alcatel, Modi Olivetti, Modi GBC, Modi International Paper and others)

Coordinated and managed HR function including recruiting and training employees, employee communications, employee engagement initiatives, employee events, employee surveys, set up HR function for new projects including development of policies, systems and procedures, participated in change management, maintained personnel and confidential records.

Spice Corp, Noida, India - Manager – Communications - 2000-2003

Managed employee communications, composed press releases, proof read and edited the message content for company profiles, audio visuals and other promotional materials. Planned and organized employee and corporate events. Developed communications to facilitate change management.

Education

• PHR Certification – HRCI

• Bachelors’ in Arts

Memberships

Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM)

National Chapter of Human Resource Association (NCHRA)

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook and other applications.

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