Lauranetta R Hyman
Summary
Well-qualified human resources professional with proven success in improving operations and solving problems. Highly proficient in building lasting relationships with key decision makers, customers, and team members to further company goals. Ready to leverage training and experience to take on new professional challenges.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Human Resources Specialist
Department of Veteran Affairs
01.2023 - Current
- Provides staffing, recruitment, and placement activities for a variety of positions in the competitive service and excepted service for the department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration
- Utilizing USA Staffing to create job advertisements and send manager referrals
- As well as researching recruiting and staffing difficulties or challenges and proposing potential ways, alternatives, and solutions
- Submitted tickets to VA Financial Services Center and Remedy when needed
- Manage a range of personnel action requests by utilizing HR systems such as, USA staffing and HR smart
- Review and interpret regulations, standards, policies and procedures, or other guides to complete assignments in a recruitment program
- Review and approves personnel actions for coding compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations
- Makes qualification determinations in accordance with OPMs standards and prepares referral certificates
Human Resources Specialist
Department of Navy
07.2022 - 01.2023
- Provides day-to-day services in labor and employee relations matters including employee performance, conduct, grievances
- Provides advice relating to work-life programs such as alternate work schedules, leave, telework, etc
- Advise management on labor and employee relations issues
- Respond in writing to inquiries from internal and external customers seeking information about labor and employee relations
- Answer questions about reasonable accommodation program
- Provided technical knowledge on performance management systems and giving management advice on performance strategies
- Represent management in meetings with union representatives
- Develop reports and briefings, and present material on assigned programs
- Provides advice relating to work-life programs such as alternate work schedules, leave, and telework
- Acting as a benefits liaison, I provide information on retirement, life, health and dental insurance
- Organize and promote health benefit fairs by seeing to it that the necessary arrangements and plans are done
- Reviewed labor and employee relations (LER) correspondence, reports, articles, or other materials to verify completeness and accuracy
- Draft memos, letters, reports, and other labor and employee relations (LER) documents for signature
Human Resources Officer
SAI/National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
12.2020 - 06.2022
- Using the People Soft (HR) systems providing support to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency human resources department and mission support team
- Process awards and aligning departments and supervisor changes
- Respond to query requests and assisting managers on the accountability of position descriptions
- Process (PAR) personnel action request such as department changes, location changes, work role changes, resignations and promotions
- Balanced multiple tasks and projects at once
- Planned, implemented, and evaluated employee relations and ensured human resources policies adhered to regulatory compliance
- Human Resources liaison for 15 departments within National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Advised managers and employees on issues and provided support and resolutions
Human Resources Specialist
Defense Intelligence Agency
07.2019 - 08.2020
- Review applications and resumes using office of personnel management qualification standards, verifying eligibility, and rates/ranks of applicants
- Track vacancies and initiating recruitment processes to identify qualified candidates
- Prepares vacancy announcements based on position descriptions and/or functional statements
- Subject matter expert examiner of the position, qualifies/disqualifies applicants, and maintains all documentation for each job announcement
- Provided counsel and guidance to both managers and employees
- Completes human resource operational requirements by scheduling and assigning new employees and recruited talented diverse candidates for employment
- Determine how recruiting and recruitment procedures affect time to hire and suggest ways to make improvements
- Performs research and analysis to make recommendations for improvements in all HR Smart functional areas
- Integrated knowledge of federal laws, human resources regulations and operating procedures with functional human development concepts to advance agency goals and mission
- Advised managers and employees on issues and provided support and resolutions as needed
- Offering managerial officials and human resources employees professional guidance and support in all facets of staffing and recruitment, including priority placement, direct hiring, special hiring authorities
Personnel Security Specialist
Transcendence, Inc.- Department of Education
03.2018 - 06.2019
- Supervised all smart ID cards including technical components such as issuing, resetting, and terminating badges as needed
- Processed all badge registration and informed applicants of any status updates
- Conducted fingerprinting and photo scanning and notified applicants of all security regulations and restrictions
- Reviewing requests for security clearances and special accesses, interviewing nominees or applicants.
- Assisted as needed with record findings, making security and suitability decisions, formulates case disposition recommendations for various actions
- Requested for Personnel Security Services packages submitted for processing
- Evaluating the correctness and accuracy of slightly challenging investigations, keeping track of the number of security clearances, assessing the sensitivity of job details
- Making sure adherence to the necessary rules' policies, procedures, and guidelines for the protection of classified, non-classified, and security-related information
- Aiding in the evaluation of data from records, personnel files, and other sources to verify eligibility and security for admission into and retention in positions
- Responding to problems or questions regarding the personnel security program and reviewing appropriate e-QIP forms
- Establishes background checks for all Department of Education workers in accordance with internal policies, DCSA, and OPM regulations, and decides whether a person is qualified for employment and qualifies for a security clearance after reviewing the investigation's findings
- Conduct and write up reports of personal interviews with the goal of giving the candidate under consideration a chance to explain or clarify adverse information discovered during background research
- Assistance with determining the security eligibility and fitness of personnel for access to sensitive or confidential information and materials
Library Associate
Prince George's County Library System
04.2016 - 09.2017
- Fostered references and reader's advisory services to customers as well as instructed on the use of library equipment and reference tools to promote library services and collection usage
- Chaired and maintained all aspects of library programs and special events, files and indexes, and reviews of journals, books, or other professional literature
- Conducted interview and resume courses to aide library patrons in gaining employment
Education
Master's degree - Human Resources Management
Strayer University
Alexandria, VA05.2022
Bachelor's degree - Tourism and hospitality management
Norfolk State University
Norfolk, VA12.2013
Associate's degree - Culinary Arts
Johnson & Wales University
Norfolk, VA05.2010
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
- Word
- PowerPoint
- Access
- Outlook
- Recruiting
- Talent management
- HR program development
- HR services
Day Phone
757-338-7943
Evening Phone
757-338-7943
Availability
Permanent, Telework, Remote, Full-time
Typing Speed
45 words per min
Clearance
Top Secret Clearance TS/SCI
Job Related Training
Human Resources Qualifications Analysis Training, Federal Management Institute, 03/01/20
Timeline
Human Resources Specialist
Department of Veteran Affairs
01.2023 - Current
Human Resources Specialist
Department of Navy
07.2022 - 01.2023
Human Resources Officer
SAI/National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
12.2020 - 06.2022
Human Resources Specialist
Defense Intelligence Agency
07.2019 - 08.2020
Personnel Security Specialist
Transcendence, Inc.- Department of Education
03.2018 - 06.2019
Library Associate
Prince George's County Library System
04.2016 - 09.2017
Bachelor's degree - Tourism and hospitality management
Norfolk State University
Associate's degree - Culinary Arts
Johnson & Wales University
Master's degree - Human Resources Management
Strayer University
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