Elaine Houston Young
Kirkville,USA
Summary
Human Resource Specialist with 11 years of administrative support in recruitment and placement. Demonstrated versatility and adaptability in both face-to-face and remote environments. Delivered effective communication and analytical skills to enhance HR processes and team collaboration.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Human Resource Specialist (Recruitment and Placement)
VISN2 Consolidated HR Team
Syracuse, USA
02.2023 - Current
- Approved recruitment requests from hiring managers using HR Smart system, ensuring alignment with staffing needs.
- Utilize USA Staffing to initiate posting of jobs on USA JOBS.GOV.
- Utilize Indeed to link USA JOBS.GOV postings.
- Extend job offers by phone or email and send official offer letters to new hires.
- Extend tentative offers to new hires through phone and/or email.
- Routinely retrieve recruitment requests from hiring managers.
- Communicate required onboarding documents to new hires; retrieve and upload new hire documents in USA Staffing new hire profiles.
- Utilize USA Staffing system to initiate on-boarding actions of new hires.
- Assign on-boarding of new hires to HR Assistants.
- Tracked onboarding progress of new hires and provided regular updates to hiring managers on status.
- Utilize HR Dashboard to record new hires starting new employee orientation.
- Maintain and manipulate self-created spreadsheet in the HR computer drive to track all HR assistant assigned hires.
- Participated in team meetings and contributed suggestions for process improvements to enhance recruitment efficiency.
- Syracuse VA Hospital – Syracuse, NY
Human Resource Staffing Assistant (Placement & Recruitment)
VISN2 Consolidated HR Team
Syracuse, USA
11.2019 - 02.2023
- Utilizes USA Staffing On-Boarding Management System to assist HR Specialist in the recruitment and placement of new hires within 14 upstate and downstate, NY VA Hospital sites.
- Send tentative offer, and final offer letters to new hires through USA Staffing.
- Assign onboarding task and assignments to new hires through USA Staffing Management system.
- Research database systems to retrieve selective service registration records, retrieve list of excluded individuals (LIEI), sex offender(s), and license/certification(s).
- Assisted new hires via phone and email to schedule pre-employment physicals and fingerprint appointments, facilitating a smooth onboarding process.
- Utilized Office Personnel Folders (e-OPF) system to retrieve onboarding records for agency transfers or internal hires and transmitted new hire documents from USA Staffing to e-OPF.
- Guided new hires on VA healthcare benefits, compensation, and retirement inquiries upon request.
Human Resource Assistant (Placement & Recruitment)
Syracuse VA Hospital
Syracuse, USA
11.2014 - 11.2019
- Set-up and initiate background investigations on all paid employees and volunteers; communicates the action of a background investigation to subjects through outlook email.
- Provide assistance and guidance to subjects of a background investigation for greater clarity.
- Reviews background investigation cases for appropriateness and ensures supporting documents are submitted for HR approval for submission in the Electronic Questionnaire Investigation Process (eQIP) portal.
- Record and track all background investigations on paid and non-paid employees on several excel spreadsheets.
- Participates in the set up and organization of career fairs, and yearly health benefit fairs when needed.
- Communicates a brief overview of the agency to job seekers and provides guidance on how to apply for open positions on the USAJOBS website.
- Assist the without compensation coordinator in the processing of new residents to start rotation within the Syracuse Veterans Administration Hospital.
- Syracuse, NY
Education
MS - Human Resource Management
Capella University
Minneapolis, MNBachelor of Science - Human Resource Management
Capella University
Minneapolis, MNA.A.S - Information Technology
Bryant and Stratton Business School
Syracuse, NY 09.1999 - 12.2001
Skills
- Recruitment strategies
- Compensation Analysis
- SOP Development
- Process Improvement
- Adaptable and Versatile
- Innovative and creative
- Exceptional interpersonal skills
- Ambitious/Willing to Learn
Custom
- Delta Mu Delta Honor Society since 2015
- Member of SHRM: 2013 to present.
- Member of SHRM Advocacy Team: January 2017 to Present.
- Superior performance award: 10/2006, 10/2008, 10/2009, 10/2010.
- Leadership Developmental Award: 06/2010
- Capella University: Dean’s List - Fall 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2015; President’s List - Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Winter 2015, Fall 2015, Dean’s List Spring 2016, President’s list-Summer 2017; fall-2018.
Timeline
Human Resource Specialist (Recruitment and Placement)
VISN2 Consolidated HR Team
02.2023 - Current
Human Resource Staffing Assistant (Placement & Recruitment)
VISN2 Consolidated HR Team
11.2019 - 02.2023
Human Resource Assistant (Placement & Recruitment)
Syracuse VA Hospital
11.2014 - 11.2019
A.A.S - Information Technology
Bryant and Stratton Business School
09.1999 - 12.2001
MS - Human Resource Management
Capella University
Bachelor of Science - Human Resource Management
Capella University