Janice Porter
Human Resources
Hamilton,NJ
Summary
Experienced HR professional with expertise in HRIS Technical Support, Customer Support, Benefits administration, onboarding, compliance reporting, workmen’s compensation and training. PHR certified with extensive experience in employee relations and HR operations.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
HR COORDINATOR
Whitsons Culinary Group
04.2023 - 06.2025
- Assisted candidates in completing their onboarding information in ADP, Post Requisitions for Managers and recruit new hire candidates, pre-screen candidates, schedule interviews.
- Submit benefit enrollment information
- Assist new team members in filling out their union cards
- Work with HR Team to take out initiation fees and union dues
- Work with HR Manager in drafting termination letter for terminated employees
- Plan employee engagement events
- Present HR information to staff at welcome back meeting
- Assist in employee investigations for our legal team
- Assist employees in printing benefit card
- Assist employees in accessing ADP App
- Process Worker’s Compensations
- Submit Leave information to leave administrator
- Address/Coach Team Members on Company policies
- Submit Hardship applications for employees who meet the qualifications
- Change employee Telephone numbers and e-mail address with Payroll so that Team Members Can access the ADP App
- Collect and Submit Employee I-9 information for onboarding
HR ADMINISTRATOR
Berlitz Languages
02.2022 - 03.2023
- Company Overview: Berlitz Language Corporation
- Onboarded New Hires
- Submitted Background Checks through Sterling Background check Company
- Verified I-9 and Complete Page 2 of the I-9 Form
- Entered New Hire information into Ultipro System
- Posted and Close Jobs for Recruiting Candidates
- Approved or Deny Terminations
- Opened Enrollment communications
- Processed Benefits manually in Cigna and enroll employees who are benefits eligible
- Entered Terminated employees in Survey Monkey for feedback
- Updated Minimum Wage report for Payroll
- Ran report in Ultipro to determine dependents who have aged out
- Sent Indeed bills and I9 Everywhere invoices to Accts Payable to be paid
- Processed eligible terminated employees to receive COBRA manually in WEX system
- Scheduled Harassment training for New Hires
- Sent out and managed Performance appraisals
- Calculated Minimum Wage amounts across the country for New Hire Instructors
- Processed Employment Verifications
- Sent out Wellness Campaigns to encourage employee participation in Cigna initiatives
- Communicated with employees who won prizes for participation
- Updated and improved company website to make it more user friendly
- Processed Manager changes and salary change amounts with approval
- Assisted Staff with Policy related questions
- Completed Special Projects as assigned by VP of HR
HR COORDINATOR
Suntuity
10.2020 - 11.2021
- Sent New Hire candidate onboarding documents
- Processed background check and drug screens
- New Hire Orientation and HR Inquiries
- Added new hire information to ADP workforce now HRIS system
- Collected New Hire I-9 ID’s
- Complete Page 2 of I-9 document and processed e-verify
- Sent New Hire “Welcome letter” which instructs new hires on how to register for ADP and how to set up their direct deposits as well as other new hire information
- Employment Verifications
- Processed Benefits enrollments and submit to Benefits Brokers for processing
- Processed offboarding information
- Special projects
- Worker’s compensation, and Unemployment inquiries
HR Support (Contract)
Robert Half – Trenton Board of Education
07.2019 - 03.2020
- Assisted HR Manager and HR Generalist with Onboarding over 80 teachers for the Trenton school system
- Prepared Excel spreadsheet to track New Hire Information
- Entered New Hire information into HRIS system
- Created New Hire Packets and completed New Hire folders once new hire paperwork was received
- Organized I-9 paperwork into a separate I-9 folder
- Purged terminated employee and benefits files, labeled boxes and prepared the files to be sent offsite
RECRUITMENT COORDINATOR (Contract)
Lyneer Staffing- Labcorp
09.2017 - 07.2018
- Ensured that background checks were completed, and all onboarding procedures were followed for requisitions initiated by 4 recruiters
- Support hiring questions and concerns
- Interacted with potential hires to complete their pre-employment requirements
- Assisted Talent Manager with creating training procedures for all Specialist
- Participated in weekly meetings to report the status on potential hires
- Communicated with recruiters and hiring managers to inform them if candidates hire date had to be pushed back
- Audited candidate files and ensure that they were compliant with LabCorp’s requirements
- Contracted renewed three times to support Recruiters in the Northeast, Southern and Middle America locations
HR GENERALIST
Mission1st Group
08.2011 - 06.2017
- Recruitment and onboarding of new hires, working with hiring managers to post job requisitions and actively search for candidates using tools such as LinkedIn, Monster, Indeed, Dice, Zip Recruiter, CareerBuilder
- Sent employee all onboarding paperwork to be completed before travel arrangements were made
- Coordinated employees travel with a travel company that Mission1st contracted with called World Travel
- Booked flight, hotel and possible car service for employees
- Ensured that employee had passport, visa and any other required documents to travel and coordinated with travel agency
- Sent employee information and timelines on how to apply for a Visa if they did not have one
- Booked and paid for employee to travel from home to work location
- Contacted managers in international and domestic locations to inform them when employee was scheduled to arrive
- Booked hotel reservations for employee if they had to wait for a connecting flight the next day
- Maintained employee records and reported key employee metrics
- New Hire Orientation, Ensured New Hires completed required training
- Entered Status changes in ADP HRIS System
- Worked with management and legal counsel to update policies and procedures
- Planned and schedule company events such as monthly activities, summer picnic and holiday party
- Instrumental in passing ISO and CMMI audits and receiving ISO 27001:2013 and CMMI level 3 certifications
- Scheduled and implement benefits open enrollment changes for domestic and international employees
- Processed data report for Affirmative Action Plans; send out performance reviews for managers to complete
- Documented Worker’s Compensation data; send information to vendor to process
- Ensured employee relations issues are properly documented; inform legal counsel of potential legal issues
- Benefits administration, including claims resolution, approval of invoices for payment and communicating benefits information to employees through open enrollment presentations
- Evaluated and implement systems to improve efficiency, quality and security of HR records on SharePoint
Total Rewards Administrator
IEEE
12.1992 - 07.2011
- Developed employee skills through structured LMS management and class scheduling.
- Coordinated events with 30+ vendors and 20+ colleges, enhancing employee engagement.
- Facilitated Lunch and Learns, connecting employees with industry professionals.
- Delivered training in Microsoft Office, Oracle, and management, boosting team competence.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Labor and Employment Relations
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ05.1998
Skills
- Employee onboarding
- Benefits administration
- Recruitment systems management
- Workers' compensation compliance
- HR information systems
- Employee relations strategies
- ADP Workforce Now and Ultipro proficiency
- I-9 documentation processes
- ISO certification knowledge
- Benefits enrollment processes
Certification
- PHR (Professional in Human Resources)
- FBI Approved Fingerprints June 2025
Timeline
HR COORDINATOR
Whitsons Culinary Group
04.2023 - 06.2025
HR ADMINISTRATOR
Berlitz Languages
02.2022 - 03.2023
HR COORDINATOR
Suntuity
10.2020 - 11.2021
HR Support (Contract)
Robert Half – Trenton Board of Education
07.2019 - 03.2020
RECRUITMENT COORDINATOR (Contract)
Lyneer Staffing- Labcorp
09.2017 - 07.2018
HR GENERALIST
Mission1st Group
08.2011 - 06.2017
Total Rewards Administrator
IEEE
12.1992 - 07.2011
Bachelor's Degree - Labor and Employment Relations
Rutgers University
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