Karen Ridikas

Fayetteville, GA *****

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+1-678-***-****

A versatile, collaborative, accomplished, and knowledgeable professional with a successful track record in diverse fields of Human Resource Management with an experience of well over 29 years. Outstanding organizational and problem-solving skills. Highly collaborative with a talent for building productive relationships that allow smooth functioning while driving others towards excellence and attaining business goals. Possess verifiable leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills that help put across things with a crisp point. A remarkably successful mentor to peers and colleagues, owing to exceptional people skills.

Have a solid track record in achieving the goals and delivering personal best at every step to provide optimal results.

Work Experience

Human Resource Director

Century Solutions Group, Inc

January 2019 to Present

1. Collaborates with senior leadership to understand the organization's goals and strategy related to staffing, recruiting, and retention.

• Plans, leads, develops, coordinates, and implements policies, processes, training, initiatives, and surveys to support the organization's human resource compliance and strategy needs.

• Administers or oversees the administration of human resource programs including, but not limited to, compensation, benefits, and leave; disciplinary matters; disputes and investigations; performance and talent management; productivity, recognition, and morale; occupational health and safety; and training and development.

• Identifies staffing and recruiting needs; develops and executes best practices for hiring and talent management.

• Conducts research and analysis of organizational trends, including review of reports and metrics from the organization's human resource information system

(HRIS) or talent management system.

• Monitors and ensures the organization's compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations and recommends best practices; reviews and modifies policies and practices to maintain compliance.

• Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law; applies this knowledge to communicate policy, practice, and resource changes to upper management.

• Develops and implements departmental budget.

• Facilitates professional development, training, and certification activities for all staff.

• Compliance with regulatory laws

• Handling OSHA compliance

Human Resource Director

Concrete Supply Company

January 2015 to December 2019

· Handled payroll, recruiting

· Managed and organized job fairs

· Onboarding resources, handled end-to-end onboarding process

· Handled fleet management

· Responsible for interviewing, quarterly reviews, and exit interviews

· Following and making sure that company policy and compliance are always followed by all

· OSHA Compliance

· Managed insurance and employee benefits, training and safety meetings

· Handled worker's compensation and maintained employee files 2012-2015

Insurance Auto Auction - Fairburn, GA

January 2008 to December 2012

Owner/Operator

Specialty Towing and Transport - Fayetteville, GA

January 1994 to December 2008

Assistant Auction Coordinator / Human Resource

Owner / Operator

Education

B.S in Business Law

Georgia State University - Atlanta, GA, US

B.S in Human Resources Management

Georgia State University - Atlanta, GA, US

Skills

• Human Resources Management (10+ years)

• Workers' Compensation (10+ years)

• Recruiting (10+ years)

• Payroll (10+ years)

• Sage (7 years)

• Performance Management (10+ years)

• Employee Orientation (10+ years)

• Benefits

Administration (10+ years)

• Financial Report Writing (10+ years)

• PeopleSoft (5 years)

• Office Management (10+ years)

• Talent

Acquisition (10+ years)

• Succession Planning (9 years)

• Employee Evaluation (10+ years)

• HR Sourcing (10+ years)

• Talent

Management (10+ years)

• Interviewing (10+ years)

• SAP (6 years)

• Fleet Management (10+ years)

• FMCA Compliance (10+ years)

• BambooHR (9 years)

• PayChex (8 years)

• Paycom (10+ years)

• ADP (10+ years)

• Facilitics Management (10+ years)

• Leadership (10+ years)

• Employment & labor law (10+ years)

• Senior leadership (10+ years)

• Management (10+ years)

• Change Management (10+ years)

• Strategic Planning (10+ years)

• Conflict Management (10+ years)

• Acquisitions (10+ years)

• Human resources

• Conflict management

• Mentoring

• Sourcing

• Relationship management

• Compliance management

• Root cause analysis

• Supervising experience

• Analysis skills

• Presentation skills

• Employee relations

• Succession planning

• Training & development

• Time management

• Communication skills

• California labor law

• Workday

• Bamboo

• Microsoft Office

• Organizational skills

• HRIS

• Talent acquisition

• Financial acumen

• Taleo

• Project management methodology

• Project management

• IT

• HR sourcing

• Analytics

• Operating systems

• Negotiation

• Financial report writing

• Google Suite

• Continuous improvement

• Customer service

• Hospitality

• Office management

• Accounting

• Workers' compensation law

• QuickBooks

• Property management

• Financial services

• Manufacturing

• Regulatory reporting

• Microsoft Access

• SAP ERP

• Hotel experience

• Research

Certifications and Licenses

Senior Professional in Human Resources

SHRM Senior Certified Professional

August 1990 to Present

Professional In Human Resources

SHRM Certified Professional

Additional Information

OSHA 10

OSHA 30

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