Human Resources Resource

KATHY L. AUSTIN, MBA, PHR

**** **** ****** ? Xenia, OH 45385 ? 937-***-**** ? ablkty@r.postjobfree.com

HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONAL

Consulting/Professional Services / Non-Profit / Social Services /

Manufacturing

. Certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR) offering a 10-year HR

career distinguished by commended performance and proven results.

. Extensive background in HR generalist affairs, including experience in

employee recruitment and retention, staff development, mediation,

conflict resolution, benefits and compensation, HR records management,

HR policies development and legal compliance.

. Demonstrated success in negotiating "win-win" compromises, developing

teambuilding programs, and training and implementation of systems,

writing personnel manual, corporate policies & procedures, and

management reports.

Areas of Expertise include:

? HR Strategic Planning ? HR Program/Project ? Compensation Management

Management

? Employment Law ? Orientation & ? Union Relations

On-Boarding

? HR Policies & ? Organizational ? Unemployment & Worker

Procedures Development Comp

? Staff Recruitment & ? OSHA, FMLA, FMLA ? Labor Relations

Retention

? Employee Relations ? STD, LTD, COBRA ? Team Approach /

Building

? Performance Management ? FLSA, AAP, ERISA, EEO ? Training & Development

Rules

EDUCATION

Masters Business / Administration, GPA: 4.0/4.0

Antioch McGregor University Midwest, Yellow Springs, OH, 2010

Bachelor / B.S. Paralegal, GPA: 3.75/4.0

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 1989

Key Results:

. Fostered a teamwork/open-door environment conducive to positive

dialogue across the organization.

. Participated in the review of operational business strategy and

objectives to determine the implication on human resources objectives.

. Advised management of risks associated with current business practices

and recommended improvements by providing expertise to management in

local, state and federal employment laws.

. Promptly reported any compliance related concerns to Senior HR

Management team and worked through appropriate resolution.

. Conducted training of human resources objectives to management

including regulatory compliance training, policy and procedures

training and corporate communication initiatives.

. Brought workers' compensation program into full compliance. Instituted

preferred providers list and trained managers and associates on

procedures to follow in case of injury.

. Developed employee manual covering issues including disciplinary

procedures, code of conduct, FMLA policy and benefits information.

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. Personal efforts were cited as the driving force behind company's

employee-retention rate increase of 30% within an industry where high

turnover was the norm.

. Experienced Paralegal expert in legal matters, creating an advantage

in the areas of employment laws, rules, policies and procedures.

. Spearheaded a "Walk in my Shoes" program as well as several

motivational programs that positively impacted the overall atmosphere

of the company.

. Introduced company's first team building & development program,

creating a flexible and well-received tool that was later adopted

company-wide.

. Provided ongoing training in the areas of compensation and benefits,

employee and labor relations, leaves of absence, workers' compensation

and workplace safety/security, incentives and new-employee

orientation.

CAREER PROGRESSION

Human Resource Director (Temp Program), Community Action Partnership,

Dayton, OH (10 mo.)

Human Resource Manager, Elm Creek Facility, West Carrollton, OH (2 yrs)

Human Resource Generalist, Hospitality Homes, Inc., Xenia, OH (2 yrs)

Program Manager / HR, Curtis & Associates (ACS), Dayton, OH (6 yrs)

Human Resource Generalist (Non-Union), NE WY Manufacturing, Gillette, WY (7

yrs)

TRAININGS, CERTIFICATIONS

Wright State University, PHR Certification - SHRM / HIPPA, 2008

Skilled in: People Soft, Kronos, Word, Excel, Windows 2005 & 2007, Access,

PowerPoint, payroll, SAS,

S-Plus, Oracle, SQL Server, and various accounting programs

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