Maria Rodriguez

• Collaborate with department heads to determine staffing needs and develop targeted recruitment strategies accordingly.
• Conduct phone interviews to assess applicants relevant knowledge, skills, experience and aptitudes. Manage interview scheduling and facilitate communication with candidates throughout the hiring process.
• Establishing position-related requirements. Facilitating tours, ORD fingerprinting and onboarding processes.
• HireRight pre-screening system.
• Recruited top talent to maximize profitability.

• High-volume full cycle recruiting. Facilitate interviews. Onboarding, benefits administration in payroll processing, ensuring accurate compensation for all staff members on time each pay period.
• Facilitated annual performance reviews that offered constructive feedback, setting goals for professional growth and development among staff members.
• Conducted thorough investigations into workplace complaints, resolving conflicts fairly and efficiently while maintaining confidentiality.
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge of labor laws and regulations to ensure company-wide compliance with industry standards.

• Responsibilities included full cycle recruitment, sourcing pro-actively searched for qualified candidates for current planned open positions.
• Launched offer letters
• ATS BreezyHR, employee relations, onboarding arranged interviews for both internal/external positions. Processed background checks & physical drug screening, launched verbal offer letters.
• Negotiated offers with selected candidates, balancing both company budget constraints and individual salary expectations for mutually beneficial agreements.
• Worked closely with HR team to ensure smooth transition for new hires during onboarding process, including benefits enrollment and orientation sessions.

Primary HR support, supported exempt and nonexempt employees. Employee relations, Benefits Administration including FMLA & LOA, 401(k) enrollment processing. PAYCOM/PAYCOR, sourcing, recruitment. Onboarding/offboarding, I9 & E-Verify verification.

Facilitated criminal background check process for new hires.

Workers Compensation Claims.

Performance management reviews/increases. EEOC-1 reporting & handled unemployment claims.

Coordinated Employee events and attended job fairs. Interpreted at employee meetings, translated documents. Bi-Lingual liaison Spanish speaking employees.

M2M Labor hour corrections, weekly payroll submittal. Maintained up-to-date records of employee information in HRIS system ensuring accurate reporting and data-driven decision making.

• Provided guidance to managers and employees on talent management, payroll, FMLA and benefits.
• Served as a liaison between employees and management, addressing concerns or questions to promote open communication and maintain trust.

Worked closely with the HR Director & VP of HR & Safety in establishing a reduced and more efficient organization structure and recruitment needs. I9 & E Verify verification in a timely manner. Responsible benefits administration: coordinated and conducted open enrollments, changes and terminations, administered employment function, which included, ATS, recruiting and screening of applications, new hire orientation. A variety of special projects in the areas of employee wellness, employee relations, performance management, progressive discipline, workplace investigations, training and development, communications, compliance, and other employment related disciplines. Record keeping updated employee files, providing safety training to all employees. Pre-employment processes including background checks & drug testing. FMLA/LOA, 401(k) processing enrollments/distributions/employee reviews/increases EEOC-1 reporting & unemployment claims. Assisted and coordinated employee events.

HR first point of contact, interviewed, processed hiring pool of candidates, onboarded, coordinated employee events. Employee relations, record keeping, benefits administrator and interpreter/translator. Worker’s compensation/unemployment claims.

• Collaborated with department managers on workforce planning efforts, identifying staffing needs and ensuring appropriate resource allocation.

• Efficiently managed personnel files, maintaining confidentiality while keeping records up-to-date and organized.
• Filed paperwork, sorted, and delivered mail and maintained office organization.
• Conducted new hire orientation to verify completion of appropriate paperwork, recording information on human resources database.
• Answered and redirected incoming phone calls for office.