Pankti Shah - PHR, MBA - HR
[Address: *** N Cummings Rd, Covina, CA 91724], [Phone: 626-***-****], [e-mail: ********@*****.***]
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Summary: Highly motivated HR professional who brings strong problem solving and decision-making skills with
knowledge of Employee and Labor Relation, Recruitment & Selection, Strategic Compensation System and Training &
Development, seeking fulltime employment.
Professional Skills: 9+ years of practical work experience in combination with strong academic training and credentials
in:
Employee Relation
Immigration
Interviewing, Hiring and Staffing, Negotiating & Retaining
Employment Law – Title VII, Affirmative Action, Labor Law, etc.
Benefits and Compensation
Designing, Improving and Implementing Process
Leadership Strategies for the Changing World
Multi-location experience
Presentation and facilitation skills
Priority Setting & Multitask
Punctual, Dependable and Accurate Producer
Education:
PHR Certified SHRM Jan 2014
MBA – Human Resource, Kaplan University Jan’12 GPA 3.92/4.0
MS – Information Technology, University of Mumbai May’06 GPA 3.83/4.0
Professional Experience:
Self-Employee as HR Consultant July 2013 - Present
Vend Catering Supply - Santa Fe Spring Feb 2013 – March 2013
Title: HR Consultant Reason Of Leaving: Contract Over
Setting up 401K account
Conducted Harassment and Safety trainings
Payroll Compliance
Restructuring the Policy and Creating Employee Handbook
Forecasting Staffing needs and budgeting
Mercedes Diaz Homes, Inc. – Whittier, CA July 2013 – Sept 2013
Health Care Industry for Developmentally Disabled
Title: HR Consultant Reason Of Leaving: Contract Over
Brought ADP on board for payroll, time sheets and worker’s comp as PEO
Created new channels for recruitment
Streamlined the hiring process to speed up the process
Moved away from manual hiring process, Introduce behavioral based interview process
Harassment Training
Filing worker’s comp cases and following up
Assign appropriate safety measure
Assist in building company website with focused careers page
Investigated employee relation cases
Pro Softnet Corp/IDrive.com – Calabasas, CA Jan 2012 – July2013
Cloud Data Storage/Online Backup/Internet Service Industry
Title: HR Manager Reports: CEO Reason Of Leaving: Career Advancement
Recruitment - Exempt/executive level recruiting
Immigration Management – H1B, F1/OPT, PERM, Transfers etc.
Payroll – LOA, wage garnishments, tax/premium deductions/matches, OT, vacation pay, bonuses etc.
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Employee Relations – Investigation, documentation and resolution.
Mentoring Management on HR related issue
OSHA compliance, Training and Worker’s comp
Benefits – administration, plans analysis, renewals and annual enrolments
Legal Compliance – HIPPA, ADP/ACP tests for 401k
Developing the Compensation Structure
Performance Reviews Re-Structure
Employee Handbook, Benefits Hand Book
Implemented Attendance Punctuality Policy and Tracking tool
Internal Audits – I9s, policies, documents updated
Employees Grievance/feedback program
Forms 5500 filing
COBRA - management
Onboarding & Orientation
Set up an official company career page
Organizing a focus group for new product
Sears Holdings Corporation, Pasadena, CA Nov 2007 – Jan 2012
Retail Industry
Title: HR Generalist Reports: Operations Manager Reason Of Leaving: Career Advancement
Employee Relations – Investigation, document the facts, suggests settlements.
Recruiting Cycle – I9, W4, 8850, new hire documents/package, terminations/separation etc.
Interviewing – Behavioral based, testing, pre-screen
Training & Orientation
Payroll – 330+ Employees
Performance Management
Immigration – H1B and Perm Processes per company policy
Workers Comp – reporting, claims management, LOA, negotiating the deal.
Weekly Grid Reporting to District Manager
Title: HR/Office Assistant Reports: HR Generalist Reason Of Leaving: Promotion
Process all potential new hires; up to 25 per day
Design/Post ads
Pre- screen the applicants
Run background checks and process accordingly
Enter and update employee data into HRIS
Assist in Performance and Review administration
Organize group interviews
File and maintain all the confidential documents of all the employees
Train and schedule the new hires
Assist HR Lead with Orientation, Job Interviews, Scheduling Interviews
Assist employees with benefit and payroll quires
Mumbai University, India June 2004 – May 2006
Education Industry
Title: Computer Teacher Reason Of Leaving: Moved to California
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Managed the class of 100 students at a time
Managed and synchronized the only online exam held in the city.
Computer Skills
ADP – ezLabor, 401(k), COBRA, FSA, Cloud Technology
e-Verify WFM (Work Force Management)
Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, Power Point SAP – HR module
HRIS
References are available on request.
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