Human Resources Manager

Trakena Prevost

**** ************* **.

Houston, TX

Email:******@***.***

832-***-**** (cell)

Experience:

Frost Bank, Houston, Texas

Employee Relations Specialist

January 2007 - August 2010

Recruited for all non-exempt and some exempt positions, including

performing phone and in-person interviews before sending selected

candidates to the manager. Facilitated the pre-employment paperwork

process, including handling all background checks and dealing with any

discrepancies that might appear.

Worked with Frost's on-campus recruiting efforts, including traveling to

varying colleges and universities within the Texas area to inform

students of the opportunities available at Frost. Participated in

career fairs and information panels on campus. Performed on-campus

interviews and sent viable candidates to the managers for second round

interviews. Interacted with differing university placement offices and

relevant student organizations.

Performed Employee Relations duties, including sexual harassment

investigations and proceedings, aided managers with counseling and

termination proceedings, and all HR related investigations. Performed

exit interviews, new hire orientation, handled FMLA paperwork, and

offers. Aided with the coordination of United Way and other events for

the Houston/Galveston area.

Assisted with the Frost summer internship program, which involved

informing the students of our program during the career fairs and

forwarding candidates to the San Antonio Recruiting Coordinator. I was

also involved with selecting the Houston candidate every year, and

ensured that the candidate's experience in Houston was a positive one.

Ramius Capital Group, New York, NY

Human Resources Associate

October 2005 - October 2006

Assisted the HR Director with various tasks including reviewing resumes,

handling new hire orientation, counseling, exit interviews, performing

background checks, and handling employee paperwork, including filing,

handling databases, and other administrative duties.

Assisted the CFO with his quarterly reports, worked heavily with

Microsoft Excel.

Knowledge of the Ceridian payroll system.

Some knowledge of Benefits administration, some compensation experience.

Human Resources International, New York, NY

Human Resources Recruiter April 2005-October 2005

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCoy LLP

Performed various Human Resources tasks including recruiting and

testing.

Reviewed resumes and handled recruiting functions, including posting

open positions, performing background checks and handling all employee

paperwork. Handled databases, filing, and other administrative duties.

Handled aspects of Employee Relations programs such as the Annual Blood

Drive, Annual Flu Shots, and the Annual Health Fair.

Education:

New York University, New York, NY September 2004 - January 2009

M.A. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

Bachelor of Science in Psychology: August 2000 - May 2004

Major GPA: 3.8 Overall: 3.5

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