CHANEL D. GILLIES
**** *********** *****, ********, **, 46131
(317) 412 - 2692 • *******.*******@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position that will enable me to use my strong organizational skills, educational background, work experience
and professional affiliations to better serve both the employer and employee within an organization.
EDUCATION
IUPUI - Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN
Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership and Supervision, May 2013
IUPUI - Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN
Human Resource Management Certificate, May 2013
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Indiana State Personnel Department, Recruitment Associate
Indianapolis, IN; March 2014 – Present
Assist in coordination of the Governor’s Public Service Summer Internship program
Coordination of the Fall and Spring Human Resources and Communications SPD Internship programs
Serve as the temporary point of contact for questions related to employment within Indiana State
Government
Utilization of PeopleSoft to screen and evaluation of applicants to ensure that preferred experience
is met and applications are successfully completed
Serve as a technical consultant answering questions related to PeopleSoft Talent Acquisition
Manager
Make recommendations to senior level staff concerning targeted professional groups and
networking groups: Internet mining databases, job boards, and career fairs
Coordinate and conduct background and reference verifications through third party vendor Barada
Serve as a main contact for enhancing, monitoring, and increasing traffic to various Web 2.0 sources
Coordinate offers for centralized agencies, by working exclusively with the assigned recruitment
consultant and hiring team
Indiana State Personnel Department, Human Resource Generalist, Benefits Specialist
Indianapolis, IN; May 2013 – March 2014
Responsible for administration of health, dental, vision, life insurance, and flexible spending accounts
Assist State employee’s with electing new hire and open enrollment benefits
Oversight of disability and workers’ compensation programs
Utilize PeopleSoft (HRIS) to track all data entry for nearly 30,000 employees
Process family status changes in accordance with IRS regulations
Identify eligible COBRA recipients and generated applications weekly
Facilitated webinar training to all new hires on a weekly basis
Implementing and applying the most recent changes to the Affordable Care Act
Identify discrepancies and utilize critical thinking skills to find resolutions
Career Focused Activities
Indiana Black Expo WTHR – 13 Employment Opportunity Fair, Committee Member - Event Coordinator
Indianapolis, IN; March 2014 – July 2014, February - Present
Attend regularly schedule meetings to determine event needs and focus
Aided in the creation of the IBE Employment Opportunity Fair 2014 website
Assist with the creation and implementation of registration forms to in order to capture contact
information for future Employment Opportunity Fairs
Create and implement workshop topics
Work closely with non-for-profit organization in coordination of workshop presentations and
communications
Created the workshop schedule and assist in determining the time and duration of presentations
Organized event parking for over 500 event participants as well as Health care participants
Worked in with SPD communications in efforts to create a web based banner advertise the IBE EOF
Volunteer opportunity
Indy Society of Human Resources Management Diversity Committee (ISHRM), Committee Member
Indianapolis, IN; January 2013- Present
Revamped current membership processes
Develop and implement a targeted membership drive
Recruit members with diverse work experience (HR Specific, and non HR)
Developed membership recruiting campaign
Engage with university SHRM chapters in the greater Indianapolis area
Marketing Indy SHRM to members, non members, and university students
Society of Human Resources Management Student Chapter 5404 (SHRM), VP of Communications
IUPUI, August 2012- May 2013
Organized chapter events to engage current members
Assisted the President with various educational outreach projects
Increased chapter membership through networking and utilizing recruitment techniques
Scheduled and coordinated guest speaker events with fortune 500 companies
Conducted a resume review session for Purdue University students
Marketed positive aspects of Indy SHRM to non members to increase membership enrollment
Utilized social media sites to engage and promote all events
Published monthly calendars and newsletters to inform members of the organization
Independent Study, IUPUI, Research Assistant
Indianapolis, IN; January 2013 – May 2013
Assisted the Purdue OLS Department with the Course Curriculum Mapping Project to identify various
discrepancies
Applied the SPRH Body of Knowledge to the universities Human Resource Management Certificate
Program to discover redundancies & overlapping in course materials taught by instructors
Created an excel spreadsheet that compared & contrasted Human Resource Management Certificate
course curriculums to the SPHR Body of Knowledge to communicate
Secured and managed all sensitive course materials
Volunteer Work
Indiana Black Expo Committee, Committee Member March 2014 – Present
Diversity Round Table, Member, 2014
IUPUI Kelly School of Business SHRM event, College and Community Relations (ISHRM), April 2014
Diversity Connections at Butler University, College and Community Relations (ISHRM), March 2014
Larue Carter State Hospital, Human Resource Office, HR Assistant, February 2014
Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Human Resource Office, Archivist Specialist, January 2014
IUPUI - SHRM Resume Review, Resume reviewer-College and Community Relations (ISRHM), 2013
IUPUI - SHRM Networking 101 Event, College and Community Relations (ISHRM), 2013
Indy Bar Career Fair, Resume Reviewer - College and Community Relations (ISHRM), 2013
WTHR Employment Opportunity Career Fair at the Black Expo, Employer Network Session Attendant, 2013
Refugee Empowerment Program, Volunteer, 2013
Diversity Round Table, Panelist, 2012