Human Resources Assistant

Location:

Jonesboro, GA

Posted:

March 20, 2014

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Velisa D. Thornton

**** ********** **** *****, ***** Mountain, Georgia 30088•678-***-****•******.********@*****.***

Experienced Administrative Assistant

** ***** ** ********** ********* top-notch support to VPs, directors and managers

• Administrative: Adeptly handle administrative matters including screening calls, managing calendars, planning

meetings, making travel arrangements, composing documents and organizing offices for efficiency.

• Communications: Interact professionally with all levels of staff and maintain the highest level of confidentiality; known

for tact and diplomacy in handling sensitive issues.

• Computers: Considered a “power user” of Microsoft Office; quickly learn and master new technology.

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Microsoft Programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Publisher

• Accounting & CRM: Quicken Peachtree Pro Accounting

• Case/Employee Information Management: Abacus Law, Time Matters, Case Wizard, Abacus Law, Employease, IPS

• Operating Systems: Windows (all versions), Mac OS X

EXPERIENCE

The Law Office Darwin Johnson, GA July 2013-current

Legal Assistant

• Manage all administrative tasks for three attorneys.

• Compose and revise legal documents for attorneys, including letters, depositions, and court filings.

• Answer direct attorney phone lines and act as liaison between clients and attorneys.

• Schedule all appointments and briefings for attorneys, as well as track and maintain busy attorney schedules.

• Track and account for all expenses, utilizing correct client codes and invoicing procedures.

• Ensure legal documents are processed and handled in a timely and efficient manner in order to comply with

appropriate regulations and deadlines.

• Train and mentor junior legal secretaries, ensuring compliance and success.

• File and archive all documents in compliance with state and federal documentation laws.

ALL(n) 1Security Services, Inc. July 2011-March 2013

Receptionist /Human Resources Assistant/Executive Assistant to President/CEO

• Type correspondence, memos, surveys, payment vouchers, position codes, and other materials; arrange

format and content for effective presentation of information; revise and draft forms as needed.

• Establish and maintain computer records, including recruitment files and tests, general files and other

information on sick leave, payroll, vacation pay, attendance cards, and hourly time records; maintain

confidential employee information and records.

• Perform office services such as filing of documents, duplication, stocking of supplies and monitoring of

equipment.

• Maintain an accurate employee telephone list and other necessary databases.

• Distribute incoming and outgoing mail.

• Answer incoming calls and transfers to appropriate staff members.

• Assist employees with routine personnel related questions as the first point of contact for employee related

issues.

• Prepare and maintain list of monthly evaluations due for appropriate departments.

• Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.

• Work closely with Director-Human Resources in recruitment process.

• Prepare recruitment and selection materials as well as application packets and new employee orientation

packets.

• Ensure that job announcements are posted and logged; compile necessary statistics for each recruitment.

• Distribute application packets to applicants and assist with routine recruitment related questions.

Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. September 2007-April 2009

Human Resources Assistant

• Manage and maintain executives' schedules in the Human Resources Department.

• Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements and other documents, using word processing,

spreadsheet, database, and/or presentation software.

• Read and analyze incoming memos, submissions, and reports in order to determine their significance and plan

their distribution.

• Open, sort, and distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email.

• File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports.

• Prepare responses to correspondence containing routine inquiries.

• Perform general office duties such as ordering supplies, maintaining records management systems, and

performing basic bookkeeping work.

• Prepare agendas and make arrangements for committee, board, and other meetings.

• Received and processed New hire paperwork

• Review, verify and process payroll documents.

• Enter personnel changes into computer system

The Law Office of Louis B. Lusk, Atlanta, GA October 2004-September 2007