Human Resources professional with strong track record in corporate recruiting. Skilled in talent acquisition, interviewing, and onboarding processes. Focused on team collaboration and achieving consistent results. Known for adaptability and reliability in dynamic environments. Proven ability to build relationships and foster positive workplace culture.
Hi, I’m
Heather Parras
Hamilton
Summary
Overview
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Rumpke Waste & Recycling
Human Resources Corporate Recruiter
01.2024 - Current
Job overview
- Coordinate & schedule Teams Meetings & Interviews on personal calendar of HR Directors and Sr Management
- Assist with getting details to arrange travel for out of State candidates traveling for in-person interviews -getting personal information, emailing travel & hotel accommodations
- Assist hiring managers with final in-person interviews of candidates
- Develop relationships & partner with stakeholders to build awareness of their departments, hiring needs & job specifications
- Take ownership of all requisitions within assigned area of responsibility to include posting jobs to ATS, management of candidates throughout hiring process
- Utilize multiple recruiting sources
- Use ATS & HR Software to maintain database of candidate records, including active & passive prospects, hired & terminated employees
- Use LinkedIn, Indeed and UKG daily for candidate searches
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Provide coaching, training and guidance to internal stakeholders with recruitment & interview strategies
- Assists hiring managers with job advertisements, presence on job boards, content and branding
- Avoid legal challenges by understanding current legislation, enforcing regulations with managers, recommending new procedures and conducting training
- Ensure OFFCP compliance
- Phone screening new candidates
- Setting up and sitting in for final interviews with hiring managers
- Ability to effectively 'sell' the company, culture, job opportunities, benefits and promote our brand
- Travel up to 15% of time
- Managed high-volume requisition loads efficiently by prioritizing critical openings and building pipelines of qualified candidates.
- Managed full-cycle recruiting process for applicants to promote smooth and positive onboarding experience.
- Recruited talented, diverse and qualified candidates for employment.
- Partnered with departmental managers to ascertain hiring needs and subsequently provide candidate recommendations.
Emc Support
Remote HR Corporate Recruiter
01.2018 - 01.2024
Job overview
- Use ATS & HR Software to maintain database of candidate records, including active & passive prospects, hired & terminated employees
- Recruitment of management, warehouse, cable technician & travel nursing positions
- Screen resumes LinkedIn, Indeed and ATS
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Travel and attend career fairs
- Engage and hire talent
- Email Onboarding Forms to hired candidates for signatures
- Post Job Openings on Indeed
- Screening applicant pool & resumes for qualified candidates based on individual qualifying and disqualifying factors
- Conducting individual candidate final assessments
- Interview candidates for positions needed
- Hosting weekly Zoom group meetings with 20-50 potential candidates to go over details of Company and position
- Invite candidates to apply for open positions on Indeed
- Reply to Indeed messages
- Weekly meetings with Human Resource Department to go over any changes, hiring needs, hiring locations, ads needing to be posted and taken down on indeed and go over candidates
- Emailing, calling and texting candidates with update on start date information and required onboarding paperwork and drug screening needed to be done
- Email offer letters
- Conducted regular check-ins with new hires during their probationary period to address any concerns or challenges early on, promoting long-term employee retention rates.
Arbor Design Tree Service
HR Generalist /Front Office Manager
01.2019 - 01.2020
Job overview
- Responsible for managing the Owners calendar, scheduling meetings, business, personal appointments & administrative duties
- Manage Company expenses and Office budgets
- Posting job openings, screening candidates, conducting interviews, extending job offers, and managing the onboarding process for new employees
- Addressing employee concerns, mediating disputes, investigating complaints, and promoting positive employee relations
- Administering payroll & processing changes to employee compensation
- Scheduled New & Existing Customer appointments and jobs
- Maintaining accurate employee files, including personal information, employment documents, performance evaluations, and training records
- Supporting performance review processes, providing feedback to employees, and identifying performance improvement areas
- Onboarding of new employees
- Payroll through Quickbooks
- Audit Customer Invoices for discrepancies
- Change Customer Invoice if a discrepancy was found
- Process invoices and send out to customers
- Interacted well with customers to build connections and nurture relationships.
- Tracked employee attendance and punctuality, addressing repeat problems quickly to prevent long-term habits.
- Reviewed and screened applicant resumes to identify qualified candidates.
Panera Bread
Store Manager
04.2018 - 01.2019
Job overview
- Resolve customer complaints
- Bake product when needed during a shift
- Take phone orders for customers
- Count registers and safe after each shift
- Resolve employee conflicts
- Count left over product & log in system at EOD
- Interview potential applicants
- Report to the district manager regarding all store and staff issues
- Assigned employees to specific duties to best meet the needs of the store
- Trained new employees
- Scheduling of employees
- Interview and hire new staff
- Inventory tracking
- Addressed customer complaints promptly and professionally, resolving issues to maintain positive relationships with clientele.
- Managed store employees successfully in fast-paced environment through proactive communication and positive feedback.
- Assisted with hiring, training and mentoring new staff members.
- Maximized sales by creating innovative visual merchandising displays and store layouts.
- Fostered a positive work environment by cultivating strong relationships between team members through team-building activities and consistent recognition of individual achievements.
- Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
Fairfield Banquet & Convention
Sales and Event Manager
03.2016 - 04.2018
Job overview
- Consistently hit and exceeded sales goals
- Identified and qualified customer needs, developed sales strategies and negotiated pricing to get the sale
- Processed cash and credit payments for clients
- Responded to all customer inquiries through phone, website and email
- Placed special merchandise orders for customers
- Hired and trained new staff
- Oversaw daily office operations for staff
- Set weekly goals for inside sales
- Managed and recorded all leads from emails, partnered websites, phone messages and walk ins who toured event center
- Managed and made sure each event went as planned for client
- Supervised staff during each event
- Scheduling of event staff
- Helped with the planning and coordinating of details for each clients upcoming event
- Typed up contracts for clients to sign
- Set up and break down of all events
- Travel to wedding shows to promote the venue
- Set up and break down for events in house and at offsite events
- Drive company van with food, decor and anything else needed for offsite events
Fath Properties
Leasing Manager
03.2014 - 03.2016
Job overview
- Completed final move-out walk-throughs for tenants
- Introduced and monitored effective lease renewal programs
- Followed up on delinquent tenants and coordinated collection procedures
- Scheduled contractors for maintenance issues
- Maintained original leases and renewals for the management office
- Delivered emergency 24-hour on-call service for any tenant issues
- Planned special events for the tenants
- Met all monthly and quarterly sales goals
- Managed contracts, negotiations and all aspects of sales to finalize purchases and exceed customer expectations
- Advertised apartment availability and pricing on Craigslist and social media
- Followed up with prospective applicants and leads through phone, website and email
- Showed potential resident's available apartments and property
Education
Ohio Center for Broadcasting
Diploma from Television and Radio Broadcasting
12.2008
University Overview
Skills
- Calendar Management
- Corporate Recruiting
- Full cycle recruiting (Remote & In-house)
- Administrative Work
- High Attention to Detail
- Leadership
- Multitasking
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
- PowerPoint
- UKG
- Indeed
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Zoom & Teams daily use
- HR Software
- Team Player
- Self Starter
- Stakeholder Calendar Management
- Sales
- Good Communication
- Time Management
- Personal Assistant
- HR Sourcing
- Recruiting
- Organizational
- Customer Service
- Onboarding processes
- Resume screening
- Candidate sourcing
- Talent acquisition
- Background checks
- Applicant tracking systems
- New hire follow-up
- Teamwork and collaboration
Timeline
Human Resources Corporate Recruiter
Rumpke Waste & Recycling
01.2024 - Current
HR Generalist /Front Office Manager
Arbor Design Tree Service
01.2019 - 01.2020
Store Manager
Panera Bread
04.2018 - 01.2019
Remote HR Corporate Recruiter
Emc Support
01.2018 - 01.2024
Sales and Event Manager
Fairfield Banquet & Convention
03.2016 - 04.2018
Leasing Manager
Fath Properties
03.2014 - 03.2016
Ohio Center for Broadcasting
Diploma from Television and Radio Broadcasting
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