Kari Stephens
*** ******* ** **** ***, Providence, UT, 84332
435-***-**** or cell 702-***-****
****.*********@*****.***
JOB OBJECTIVE
Human Resources Specialist
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Highly trained human resources specialist with strong people skills
and good leadership skills. Experience in working with the public and
training associates. Computer proficient: MS Word, Excel, Power Point,
Access, and Adobe. Expertise in assisting mentally disabled teenage girls.
Works well independently and with a team.
TRAINING/EXPERTISE
. Specifically trained in the current U.S. employment laws
. Strong understanding of employment compensation guidelines
. Comprehension of successful employee reward strategies
. Recognition of differences between leadership and management
. Understanding of business strategies for survival
. Prepared and delivered individual and group presentations on solutions
for companies
PEOPLE SKILLS
. Worked in teams at the University of Phoenix.
. Helped train associates in poem and proof guidelines at Creative
Communication.
. Helped train associates in dealing with students, testing procedures, and
computer data entry at the UVSC Testing Center.
. Managed three employees at the UVSC Testing Center.
. Strong background in telephone communication skills.
. Worked with an average of 15 customers per day at Aspen Insurance
Services, in dealing with insurance concerns.
. Served as front clerk at BYU Laundry; dealt with customers' concerns;
averaged 30 customers a day.
. Worked with five troubled teens at the Extended Family Life Skills
Clinic; problems included: alcoholism, drug abuse and child molestation.
. Befriended mentally disabled adolescent girls at the Utah State Mental
Hospital.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Creative Communication, Logan, UT, Typist/Proofread, 2004-2007; 2008 to
Present
Aspen Insurance Services, Las Vegas, NV, Administrative Assistant, 2002-
2003
Eating Disorders Recovery Group, Las Vegas, NV, Volunteer, 2001-2002
Researcher with Dr. Paul Robinson on improving foster care in, Provo, UT
2001-2001
BYU Laundry, Provo, UT, Front Counter Customer Service, 2000-2001
Extended Life Skills Clinic, Provo, UT, Volunteer, 2000-2000
Utah State Mental Hospital, Provo, UT, Volunteer, 2000-2000
UVSC Testing Center, Orem, UT, Supervisor, 1998-1999
Stephens & Bywater Attorneys at Law, Las Vegas, NV, Legal Administrative
Assistant, 1997
EDUCATION
M.B.A., Business with a Human Resource Management Specialization, GPA 4.0.
University of Phoenix, 2009.
B.S., Psychology, GPA 3.39, Brigham Young University, 2001.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Member of the Society for Human Resource Management