AMANDA BENAVIDEZ | HR GENERALIST
Dallas,TX
Summary
Conscientious and compassionate human resources professional with drive for helping employers recruit, develop and retain qualified candidates. Skilled at partnering with management teams to build employee-centric cultures promoting positive morale and optimizing productivity. Motivating and positive with excellent interpersonal, coaching and communication skills.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
HR Generalist
American Industrial Services, Inc.
10.2023 - Current
- Oversee all hiring and recruitment activities lifecycle from compensation budget planning, ad posting, applicant review, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, benefits payroll, and orientation for all employees
- Guided leaders and employees on company policies, programs, benefits and salary administration.
- Ensured legal compliance with labor laws by conducting regular audits and updating policies as necessary.
- Motivated employees through special events, incentive programs, and constructive feedback.
- Implemented performance management systems, providing constructive feedback and coaching opportunities for employees.
- Collaboration with legal and compliance to review processes, obtain feedback, and procure information for new training processes
- Employee performance review cycle and team training initiatives for all levels.
- Managed employee relations, investigating and resolving conflicts to maintain a positive work environment.
HR Coordinator
Lippert Components
06.2017 - 10.2023
- Oversee all hiring and recruitment activities lifecycle from compensation budget planning, ad posting, applicant review, interviewing, drafting offer letters,hiring, onboarding, benefits, and orientation.
- Maintained accurate employee records in HRIS systems, enabling efficient data retrieval for reporting purposes.
- Evaluated timecards for accuracy on regular and overtime hours.
- Conducted exit interviews to gather valuable insights into areas for improvement within the organization.
- Support employee relations and job satisfaction by coordinating communication between managers and employees via survey, team meetings, and facilitating 1:1 meetings
- Collaboration with legal and compliance to review processes, obtain feedback, and procure information for new training processes
- Employee performance review cycle, training development and execution
- Identification/implementation strategies to increase employee retention and satisfaction
- FLMA and Leave of Absence transition
- Benefits orientation and yearly employee enrollment coordination
- Resolving employee inquiries and complaints regarding policies and procedures
- Employee termination and layoff.
HR Administrator
Texas Protective Services
06.2012 - 06.2017
- Employee performance review cycle, training development and execution
- Oversee all hiring and recruitment activities lifecycle from compensation budget planning, ad posting, applicant review, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, benefits, and orientation
- FLMA and Leave of Absence transition, employee terminations and layoffs
- Benefits orientation and yearly employee enrollment coordination.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration & Management
The University of Texas - Arlington
Skills
- HR policies and procedures
- Retention Strategies
- Employee Relationship
- HR software proficiency
- Employment law
- Conflict Resolution
- Relationship Building
- Recruitment Oversight
- Onboarding, Training, and Development
- Benefits Administration
Timeline
HR Generalist
American Industrial Services, Inc.
10.2023 - Current
HR Coordinator
Lippert Components
06.2017 - 10.2023
HR Administrator
Texas Protective Services
06.2012 - 06.2017
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration & Management
The University of Texas - Arlington