Margaret Gulinska
**** ************ **. ( KALAMAZOO, MI 49009 ( *********@*******.*** (
Professional Profile
HIGHLY MOTIVATED HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONAL WITH FIVE YEARS OF EXTENSIVE
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES, TEACHING AND RECRUITING EXPERIENCE SEEKING A
CHALLENGING GENERALIST ROLE IN HUMAN RESOURCES. HUMAN RESOURCES SKILLS
INCLUDE:
Job Descriptions Staff Recruitment & Retention Orientation &
Workforce Planning Employee Relations On-Boarding
Organizational Interviewing Training & Development
Development Cultural Sensitivity Training Performance Management
Deployment Activities Data Gathering and Reporting Employment Contracts
Development of Learning
Technologies
Education And Professional Development
BAKER COLLEGE - FLINT, MICHIGAN
Masters of Business Administration in Human Resources 2007
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY-Kalamazoo, Michigan
Bachelor of Arts- Dual majors in Sociology and Spanish
Affiliations:
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Of Note:
Scheduled to take the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) exam in
December of 2010.
Professional Experience
SEOUL METROPOLITAN OFFICE OF EDUCATION - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
Jamwon Public Elementary School
English Teacher, 2007 to March 2010
o Developed an English curriculum for grades 3-6 in a public
elementary school.
o Taught speaking, writing and grammar skills and assessed students'
progress and performance.
o Communicated with parents, teachers and other professionals, both
formally and informally.
o Supervised the work of teaching assistants and parent volunteers.
o Conducted training seminars for new foreign teachers.
o Maintained excellent use of leadership, team building and
communication skills to develop staff and encourage cooperation and
responsibility.
o Participated in several development/training sessions.
Margaret Gulinska
*********@*******.*** 269-***-****( 269-598-9133
S.O.T (SCHOOL OF TOMORROW) - Seoul, South Korea
Head Teacher 2001-2005
Developed and launched a new curriculum for the Kindergarten English
Program.
HR Representative 2005 to 2007
Promoted to fulfill a broad range of HR functions as the only native
English speaker who helped to choose candidates for employment, conducted
employment interviews, designed a training program for foreign English
teachers and led these trainings twice a year.
o Reworked new-hire orientation program to include benefits, pay and
vacation information, as well as company resources in English.
o Helped new teachers adjust to life in South Korea. Conducted
acclimation seminars where teachers learned about banking,
shopping, public transportation and general Korean culture.
o Devised creative and cost-effective incentive and morale-boosting
programs (including special events and a tiered awards structure)
that increased employee satisfaction and productivity.
o Develop on-going communication with all employees, keeping them
informed of
company benefits and changes.
Del-jen inc. (department of labor) - Chicago, Illinois
Career Development Specialist, 1999-2001
o Offered career preparation and counseling services such as resume
preparation, interviewing skills, career goal achievement and
employability skills.
o Secured employment and/or schooling for students returning from the
Job Corps program.
o Developed and maintained liaisons with employers in the Chicago
land area.
o Conducted thorough follow-ups with the placed students and
maintained databases.
Special Skills and Abilities
o FLUENT IN POLISH AND PROFICIENT IN SPANISH.
o Excellent interpersonal skills and extensive problem
solving abilities.
o An adaptable self starter with well developed verbal and
written communication skills and extensive experience with
working within a collaborative environment.
o Highly analytical thinking with demonstrated talent for
identifying, scrutinizing, improving, and streamlining
complex work processes.
o Extensive software proficiency covering wide variety of
applications, including Taleo, PeopleSoft, Microsoft Word,
Excel and PowerPoint.
o Strengths include professionalism, cultural sensitivity and
an ability to build rapport with a diverse workforce in
multicultural settings.
o Thrives in environments requiring ability to multi-task,
effectively prioritize and manage multiple concurrent
projects, and has the ability to effectively understand and
follow protocol.
o Ability to think creatively and conceptually.
o Ability to handle sensitive matters in a confidential
manner.
o Customer and results focused.
o Has extremely high work standards.