Cathy R. Pace, PHR
Jeffersonville, IN 47130
abi6b4@r.postjobfree.com
Career Objective:
To secure a challenging position in human resources, where I am able to
provide a service to help the employees and the company, set and achieve
their strategic goals.
Executive Summary:
. Experienced staffing and recruiting professional.
. Proven project, organizational, and time-management skills.
. Ability to work in a fast paced environment and prioritize to meet
deadlines.
. Solid problem-solving, resolution, and decision-making skills.
Professional Experience:
Staffing Specialist/Branch Manager
August 1991 to March 2009
Randstad Work Solutions
I progressed through several levels of an international work solutions
provider, from entry level office clerk, administrative, HR Coordinator,
Staffing Specialist, Sales, and Branch Manager.
. Working knowledge and use of labor and employment laws, ensuring that
all employment actions were consistent with the law.
. Plan staffing and recruiting strategy, sourcing candidates.
. Employee relations; point of contact for questions relating to
insurance, benefits, PTO, payroll, work schedules & grievances.
. Work with supervisors and managers advising and consulting with them
on human resource policies. Successful at thwarting legal action by
being proactive on all investigations, treating all parties with
respect while adhering to legal and fair practices.
. Generalist duties
. Accomplished recruiter; successfully reduced turnover and recruitment
expenses by increasing communication and visibility in the community.
Participated in job fairs and networking to proactively recruit the
best candidates. Maintain community, high school and college
recruiting data bases.
. Knowledge of recruitment policies and practices of OFCCP.
. Maintain safe work environment, consult with supervisors on health and
safety issues and training.
. Design employee incentive, attendance, orientation hand books, and
revised safety manuals in order to improve retention and reduce costs
for client companies.
. Review and evaluate employee grievances, strong resolution and
decision- making skills.
. Track overall performance, conduct staff evaluations, exit interviews,
outplacement, and implement employee development programs.
. Manage workers compensation claims, investigate, and maintain accurate
documentation.
. Conduct new hire on-boarding, orientations, training, and benefit
enrollment.
. Maintain professional competence, knowledge and skills necessary for
the satisfactory performance of all human resource responsibilities.
. Handle all information in a confidential manner.
. Payroll processing and verifying work hours to ensure 100% accuracy on
payroll.
Management Skills
. Experienced leading and supervising a team to accomplish and exceed
tasks.
. Financial and analytical skills.
. Manage daily operations of branch including; prepare and analyze
branch budgets for internal and external staff, review financial
statements, evaluate and adjust goals, daily administrative duties,
purchasing and prepare RFQ's and presentations.
Client Relations
. Business to business sales and consulting.
. Consulting in order to move traditional staffing service to a
business partner.
. Successful in consulting with client companies, management and
employees for future staff planning, training, turnover reduction,
attendance improvement, recruiting and safety to meet the strategic
goals.
Organizational/Administrative Skills
. Exceptional time and project management skills.
. Maintain employee personnel records & applicant tracking systems.
. Skilled in managing a large volume of varied duties and able to
prioritize to meet many deadlines in a fast paced, changing work
environment.
. Work with databases, spreadsheets, presentation, e-mail, internet
research sources, job boards, applicant tracking, and word processing
& HR software.
. MS Office, PeopleSoft, and in-house systems.
. Professional written and verbal communication skills.
Reason for leaving: Lay off; corporate decision to close and consolidate
branches across the United States: reduced branches from 850 to 650.
Education:
PHR Certified, HRCI January 2010
Ivy Tech - Class for PHR certification completed December 2009
Indiana University SE- Communication and Business Classes
Sullivan College- Business & Accounting - Degree - Business Certificate
completed.
Continuing Studies through Randstad's in-house training program to stay
current
on human resource regulations and laws.
Volunteer Work:
Girls Track Coach- 4th-6th grades, current and past 4 years.
Girls Basketball Coach- 3rd - 6th grades, 4 years.
PTO President - 2 year term.
Volunteer as needed at school and church functions.
Personal or Professional References:
Available upon request.