HR Professional/ Recruiter

SANGEETHA SHANKAR

****, ********** ******, *** ***, San Jose 95126

*****.*******@*****.*** / 408-***-****

SUMMARY

Multi talented professional with experience in Human Resources and Education . Worked in a wide range of industries and HR fields including competencies in compensation and recruitment & training. Actively engaged in the field of education as a learning facilitator. Proven analytical, team work, oral and written communication skills.

LEARNING FACILITATOR: June 2008 Current

Experience as a learning facilitator in the role of a home schooler. Actively involves building on the below mentioned skill sets which in turn can be transferred to a corporate setting:

● Tailoring education to individual learning needs

● Out of the box thinking to bring in creativity and an element of fun in learning

● Questioning assumptions and standards in education w.r.t. application to real world

● Constant research for curriculum, enrichment activities & resources

● Active knowledge management through sharing of resources with other Homeschooling families

● Active networking to know the latest w.r.t. learning methodologies, resources, curriculum & enrichment activities

● Active community building & relationship management . Undertaking & participating in group activities,Homeschool co ops, organizing field trips & idea resourcing to further drive community learning experiences

● Active self education & re learning to keep abreast with changing learning needs & to enhance leadership qualities

● Active use of social media to inspire and be inspired by the community of alternate educators

● Active coaching of fellow & new/likely Homeschoolers through sharing of resources & experiences PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

JOHNSON & JOHNSON, NJ Aug 2005 Aug 2006

Human Resources Leadership Development Program Associate ORTHO MCNEIL Aug 2005 March 2006

● Participated in the entire eight month compensation cycle from benchmarking data to implementing bonus pay at the end of the cycle. Provided day to day support to the Benefits and Compensation department. Worked closely with HR and line management to enhance compensation company wide.

● Assisted in and conducted training of compensation & line managers for implementing the annual compensation cycle:

• Provided clarifications on compensation related questions to line managers during the performance evaluation cycle as part of an on call team

• Assisted and made recommendations to line managers regarding salary structures, employee ranking, bonus & base salary increases

• Designed training materials for training of sales managers

● HRIS System

• Assisted line managers via telephone with questions about the compensation HRIS system

• Provided weekly training to line managers on use of HRIS systems ETHICON, INC March 2006 Aug 2006

● Conducted weekly training of new hires on company history, products, policies, structure & opportunities

● Developed and conducted entire day program & presentations for children attending “Kids to Work” program

● Analyzed, designed and presented an enhanced hiring cycle guide to the recruiting department

● Interviewed technical candidates and communicated about results and further steps SANGEETHA SHANKAR

J&J HQ : First cut analysis of global J&J GHRT data for trends/ insights & reporting back to HR leadership on how the global HR population spends their time

● The results were used to determine the future state role of the BBHR to determine its accountability and what could be outsourced.

● Collaborated on a team of fellow HRLDP associates from across J&J at its HQ

● The final presentation was made to the HR leadership on how the global HR population spend their time in serving their clinets

HR INTERNSHIPS

ExxonMobil Corporation, Houston, Texas May 2004 August 2004

● Designed an online and print training manual for mentors of the geoscience new hires

● Identified gaps in the training provided to African mentees and to their mentors and recommended additional training resources

● Interviewed U.S/ U.K based mentors and mentees to analyze the U.S geoscience mentoring program & made short term and long term recommendations to the U.S geoscience mentoring program in the areas of communication of the program to the participants, recognition of mentors, establishment of guidelines for the mentors and duration of the program

● Interviewed African mentees in the U.S and their mentors to analyze their experiences of the geoscience mentoring program and made long term recommendations to improve the orientation and assimilation of African mentees

Other internships included working in C olgate Palmolive NY City, M etlife NJ, Lucent Technologies NJ i n various HR roles.

EDUCATION

Rutgers State University of NJ, New Brunswick, NJ

Masters in Human Resource Management, M ay 2005 Cumulative GPA 4.00 Government College of Engineering (GCOE), Pune, India Bachelors of Engineering (Metallurgy), M ay 2001 Class Honors

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