Karina Encarnacion
Queens,NY
Summary
Dedicated HR professional with strong grasp of employment laws, compliance issues and benefits plans. Successfully introduces process improvements and staff-development initiatives to drive corporate goal attainment.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Human Resources Generalist
Safety Facility Services
06.2017 - Current
- Provided guidance to managers and employees on talent management, payroll, FMLA and benefits.
- Handled new-hire orientation and basic recruiting tasks for best-in-class talent identification.
- Met with staff to resolve difficult situations related to performance and conflict management.
- Implemented and supervised orientation procedures for new hires.
- Facilitated criminal background check process for new hires.
- Coached managers through employee engagement, documentation, discipline and performance improvement plans.
- Conducted career fairs, screened resumes and interviewed applicants to build candidate pipelines and enhance company culture.
- Developed and enforced company policy and procedures relating to human resources activity.
- Conducted confidential investigations of discrimination, harassment and workplace violence.
- Collaborated with payroll to complete and upload pay data and worked with managers to support proper wage and hour compliance.
- Liaised with HR and payroll to coordinate and manage employee leaves of absence.
- Processed unemployment claims and acted as company representative at unemployment hearings.
- Updated key human resource metrics on turnover and terminations using reporting tools on HRMS database.
Human Resources Administrator
JV Commerce
01.2016 - 06.2017
- Updated HR database with new employee information, changes in benefits, and other details.
- Handled on-boarding process for newly hired employees, which included distribution of all paperwork.
- Managed employee data and privacy to keep employee data confidential per organizational privacy policies.
- Social Media Marketing for weekly increase in activity on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Pinterest
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Business Management
St. John's University
Jamaica, NY05.2015
Skills
- Benefits Administration
- Onboard New Hires
- Talent Management
- Employee Orientation
- Recruitment
- Winteam Software
- Kwantek (ATS System)
- Asana work management system
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Human Resources Generalist
Safety Facility Services
06.2017 - Current
Human Resources Administrator
JV Commerce
01.2016 - 06.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Business Management
St. John's University
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