Human Resources Assistant

**** ******** **, ** #*** . Washington, DC *****

Phone h: 202-***-****

E-MAIL *******@***.***

DAVID R ESTES

Objective

To find a challenging and rewarding position in the

Human Resources field that utilizes my knowledge,

communication, creative and organizational skills.

Professional experience

2005 - 2009 American Trucking Associations

Arlington, VA

Staffing Coordinator

Responsible for all aspects of recruitment for

multi-faceted association.

Duties include writing and maintaining position

descriptions, writing ad copy, posting jobs, data

mining, screening resumes, conducting pre-screening

phone interviews plus in-person interviews,

scheduling interviews with hiring managers, setting

up performance assessment tests and synthesizing

results for managers, making job offers, securing

new hire paperwork including in-depth reference

checks, drug screenings, I-9 documentation, tax and

direct deposit forms, writing new hire profiles,

conducting New Employee Orientations including

benefits overview, taking new hire photos and

editing them in Photoshop, writing rejection

letters, updating electronic staff directory and

entering new hires into HRIS (Ceridian).

Other duties include writing internal memos, being

a liaison to staffing agencies for all temp

matters, billing, collating data for EEO report,

creating monthly organizational charts, updating

company Who's Who directory, maintaining

departmental recruiting spreadsheets, creating and

assisting with the creation of internal ATA

recruiting database and completing all data entry

for that system, maintaining referral bonuses,

entering commissions and staff changes into

Ceridian, running reports in Ceridian including

exempt report for ATA PAC, assisting with benefits

inquiries from employees, creating and assisting

with the creation of HR communication pieces,

coordinating new hire meetings with President,

coordinating distribution of employee anniversary

gifts including conceiving the concept for one

year's gift, creating separation documents,

terminating employees in Ceridian, researching and

planning for implementation of E-Verify and other

I-9 updates, assisting with updating of employee

handbook, assisting with the training of company

Receptionist and serving as back-up Receptionist

when needed.

2004 - 2005 Advantage HR Washington, DC

Temporary Worker

Worked in Recruitment and Benefits positions for

various firms.

2003

Time Off to Care of family matters during my

Mother's illness and then subsequent death.

2000 - 2002 ASI/PSI Bethesda, MD

HR Specialist - Recruitment

Responsible for all aspects of recruitment for

multi-site and multi-state company of 500

employees.

Duties included recruitment strategy, copywriter

and placement of ads in various media, attending

job fairs, resume research, utilizing

non-traditional recruiting sources, maintaining

resume pool, pre-screening applicants,

interviewing, job offers and obtaining appropriate

clearances for compliance purposes.

Planned and coordinated company Job Fair that

brought in over a 100 applicants.

Other HR duties included employee relations,

training, misconduct investigations, terminations,

editing/writing of manuals and handbooks, benefits

and new employee orientations.

HR Assistant

Responsible for all aspects of HR employees at

company site.

Duties included hiring, terminations, FMLA, sexual

harassment, benefits, employee relations, and

implementing company policy.

Supervisor for 20+ temporary employees.

Promoted to HR Specialist.

1999 - 2000 BSAM Washington, DC

HR Assistant

Performed dual roles of Assistant to the CEO and

the HR Director.

Responsible for filing, correspondences, assisting

with benefits and employee appreciation events,

HRIS, strategic planning, recruitment, worker's

comp, terminations and conducting employee and wage

surveys.

Served as Liaison to Board of Directors, including

meeting coordination and minutes.

Was sole HR contact for the organization upon the

departure of the HR Director.

Professional memberships

Society of Human Resources Management

Education

Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA

MA, English

Virginia Wesleyan College Norfolk, VA

BA, English

Computer Skills

Computer skills include Word, Outlook, Excel,

PowerPoint, Visio, Internet Research, Ceridian,

ABRA HR, Ultipro HR, Digital Image and Photoshop.

References

Andrea Jones American Trucking Associations

703/838-1727

Manager, Human Resources

Kay Perkins American Trucking Associations

703/838-7979

Vice President, Human Resources

Mel Williams ASI/PSI

301/654-3903

Vice President of Human Resources

Kristin King BSAM - ASI/PSI

202/328-3962

HR Director

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