Caron Vanessa Dicks

** **********, ** ****** *****,

Windermere Durban

Cellular: 071-***-****

E-mail: adg5lu@r.postjobfree.com

Personal Details:

Computer Literacy: Yes

Drivers License: Code 08

Own Vehicle: Yes

Disability: Yes - Crohns Disease (currently in remission), Permanent Ileostomy (reasonable accommodation easily achieved.) incurable, non-contagious, autoimmune disease which is in complete, controlled remission.

Personal Introduction:

I am a hard-working, ambitious, and intelligent individual who has a good education and who is

willing to go the extra mile.

I have had experience in managing BEE verification, as well as succession-planning to ensure that targets are achieved and continuity is managed effectively.

I have experience in recruitment, from the initial job design, through advertising and short-listing, to interviewing, and final selection. In addition, I have experience in performance management during probationary periods.

I have extensive experience with disciplinary issues, including misconduct dismissals. I also have experience with retrenchments / operational requirement dismissals, incapacity issues, and poor performance issues.

I have extensive CCMA experience at both conciliation and arbitration levels with a high level of success at arbitration.

I also have experience in payroll, having assisted the HR Administrators at both ALS Chemex and SSG with VIP, as well as manually calculating salaries from timecards at Fridgetech cc. I attended a course at SAGE/VIP on Employee Management.

I have previously had formal interactions with SATAWU, NUM, AMCU and UNTU, and have also handled initial approaches from smaller unions.

Apart from my work experience, I enjoy dancing, reading, and researching. I am an ex

professional dancer and competitor and have taken part in Motivational Dance Campaigns.

Education:

Secondary

Education: Matriculated in 1996 from Edenglen High School with exemption with the

following subjects: English, Afrikaans, History, Biology, Geography and Art.

Summary of

Tertiary

Qualifications: BA Degree (University of the Witwatersrand) majoring in Psychology and Archaeology, sub-majoring in English.

Certificate in Human Resource Management (UNISA Centre for Business Management) – NQF level 6 – Honours equivalent.

Teflen courses: Teflen Elementary course in teaching online – English.

Teflen Foundation course in teaching online – English.

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Additional

Qualifications: Autocad beginners course attendance certificate.

VIP Employee Management certificate (2015)

Employment History (most recent first):

Job Title: Care-giver

Company: Private citizen

Dates of

Employment: Ongoing

Responsibilities: Provide assistance to elderly lady by cooking cleaning and taking her shopping.

Job Title: Human Resources and Labour Relations consultant

Company: Self-employed

Dates of

Employment: April 2017 ongoing

Responsibilities: Provide Labour Relations and Human Resource advice to Advocate Nico Van Niekerk on a case by case basis, assist with running an HR Consulting company. Offer advice to own clientele.

Contact Person:

Job Title: Part-time volunteer

Company: Sunfield Home for Mentally challenged adults.

Dates of

Employment: End of May 2017 – October 2017

Responsibilities: Provide assistance to occupational therapists and run dance and craft classes for residents.

Reason for leaving: Full time Occupational therapist was required.

Contact Person: Helen 072-***-**** or Cliff 078-***-****

Job Title: Part-time volunteer

Company: Shawbiz and Nico Van Niekerk & Associates

Dates of

Employment: Mid-March 2017 continuing when required

Responsibilities: Provide Labour Relations advice to Advocate Nico Van Assist with Legal documents and typing. Filing and archiving of files for Shawbiz

Contact Person: Nico Van Niekerk 033-***-****/ 082******* / adg5lu@r.postjobfree.com

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Job Title: Labour Relations Assistant / client advisor

Company: Nico Van Niekerk & Associates

Dates of

Employment: Mid-February 2016 to October 2016

Responsibilities: Provide Labour Relations advice to Advocate Nico Van Niekerk on a case by case basis, assist with running an HR Consulting company. Assist with Legal documents and typing.

Contact Person: Nico Van Niekerk 033-***-**** / 082******* / adg5lu@r.postjobfree.com

*Moved to Howick for family reasons and had to find employment.

Job Title: Human Resource Officer

Company: Bombela Operating Company (Gautrain)

Dates of

Employment: 13 July 2015 – 19 November 2015

Responsibilities: Offer HR and IR related support to company divisions

Reason for leaving: Fixed-term contract ended

Contact person: Maggie Sebona (Payroll Administrator)- 072*******

*I had major surgery (Ileostomy) in March 2014 which required a long period of

convalescence before I was physically able to work again.

Job Title: HR Consultant

Company: Zuro Consulting

Dates of

Employment: Mid-January 2013 – Mid – Feb 2013

Responsibilities: Offer HR and IR related support to Sunninghill Hospital.

Reason for leaving: Part-time position

Contact person: Louise Gronland (see below for contact details)

*Sabbatical taken from February 2012 up to Mid-January 2013. Freelance work was done

during this period.

Job Title: Senior HR Coordinator (Mineral Division, Coal Division and Tribology Division)

Company: ALS Group - South Africa

Dates of

Employment: September 2009 to January 2012

Responsibilities: General HR and IR duties including management of the disciplinary process (from incident investigation to dismissal), chairing of disciplinary hearings, dispute resolution, CCMA preparation and representation of the company at CCMA, general HR administration including assistance with payroll when necessary, liaising with unions (Specifically NUM). Ran HR and IR for all 3 ALS divisions – Minerals, Tribology and Coal.

Reason for leaving: Resignation due to ill health.

Company contact

Person: Louise Gronland (HR Manager – Africa) 083*******

Job Title: HR Officer / Consultant

Company: SSG (Specialised Services Group)

Dates of

Employment: December 2007 to August 2009

Responsibilities: General IR duties including management of the disciplinary process (from incident investigation to dismissal), chairing of disciplinary hearings, dispute resolution, CCMA preparation and representation of the company at CCMA, general HR administration including assistance with payroll when necessary, liaising with unions (Specifically SATAWU)

Reason for leaving: Resignation – seeking generalist position in different industry

Company contact

Person: Marcelle Howard (General Manager & Payroll) 011-***-****

Shane Beukes (IR Consultant / Line Manager) 082-***-****

Jonathan Muir (SSG Site Manager) 072-***-****

Job Title: General Administrator

Company: Fridgetech CC

Dates of

Employment: October 2004 to November 2007

Responsibilities: General Office Administration duties, including:

Filing, typing, invoicing, payments, liaising with clients and suppliers, ordering, sourcing of materials, company banking, general secretarial duties. HR duties, including : Payroll administration, compiling employment contracts, advising management of labour legislation, managing the disciplinary process, liaising with the Metal Industry Bargaining Council (including representation at conciliation and arbitration).Extra duties : Design of shipping container conversion lay-outs on Autocad, sourcing special equipment at best prices.

Reason for leaving: Resignation – career advancement

Prefer no contact for reference for reasons that I will disclose in an interview only.

*Prior work experience available on request.

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