Michelle Rodriguez
Diamond Bar,USA
Summary
HR generalist specializing in employee relations, leave of absence management, and full-cycle recruiting. Expertise includes fostering a positive workplace culture through engagement initiatives, ensuring compliance with labor laws, and streamlining recruitment and onboarding processes.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
HR Generalist
211 LA
Pasadena, California
02.2025 - Current
- Partner with managers and supervisors to provide HR guidance, policy interpretation, and employee relations support for a unionized call center workforce.
- Manage all employee Leave of Absence (LOA) programs, including FMLA, CFRA, ADA interactive process, Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL), and workers' compensation coordination, ensuring compliance with federal and California employment laws.
- Serve as the primary HR contact for employee relations matters by conducting workplace investigations, addressing employee concerns, supporting corrective actions, and collaborating with union representatives in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement.
- Support full-cycle recruitment by sourcing candidates, screening applicants, coordinating interviews, extending offers, and partnering with hiring managers throughout the hiring process.
- Lead new hire onboarding and orientation, including I-9 compliance, HRIS administration, benefits enrollment, and new employee integration.
- Manage the complete offboarding process, including exit interviews, final documentation, system access termination, COBRA notifications, and coordination of final pay in compliance with California labor laws.
- Process biweekly payroll, audit payroll records for accuracy, and resolve payroll discrepancies in partnership with employees and management.
- Administer employee benefits, including enrollments, qualifying life events, open enrollment, and employee education on benefit programs.
- Coordinate employee wellness initiatives, engagement programs, recognition activities, and company-sponsored events to foster a positive and inclusive workplace culture.
- Organize employee appreciation events, holiday celebrations, and culture-building initiatives that promote employee engagement and retention.
- Coordinate workplace safety initiatives by facilitating safety committee meetings, conducting ergonomic assessments, and supporting compliance with workplace health and safety standards.
- Maintain confidential employee records, HR metrics, and HRIS data while ensuring compliance with company policies and employment regulations.
HR Recruiting Coordinator
Nuvision Credit Union
02.2023 - 02.2025
- Assisted in onboarding new employees by providing orientation materials and ensuring compliance with company policies.
- Prepared offer letters according to company guidelines while negotiating compensation packages.
- Coordinated background checks for potential hires in accordance with legal regulations.
- Facilitated communication between potential candidates and hiring managers throughout the interview process.
- Collaborated with hiring managers to develop job postings, assessed applicants, and coordinated interviews.
- Monitored employee referral program progress against established goals.
- Worked with human resources staff to develop recruiting strategies to help meet company goals.
HR Recruiter
Applied Composites
05.2022 - 12.2022
- Developed recruiting plans to meet staffing needs, managed job postings, screened applicants, facilitated interviews, extended job offers, and maintained candidate pipeline
- Develop recruiting plans to meet short and longer-term staffing needs for multiple locations
- Post, manage and track assigned internal and external job postings via ATS In ADP and other job boards
- Develop and nurture ongoing sources of viable candidates, including but not limited to advertising in numerous media online ads(LinkedIn, Indeed), job fairs, new graduates from affiliated schools, and employee referrals
- Develops and maintains an electronic pipeline of candidates for future vacancies
- US
Contract HR/Recruiter
Boeing Encore Interiors
10.2021 - 05.2022
- Schedule intake calls with the hiring manager to go over job specification, skills, and qualifications before posting a job
- Phone screen qualified applicants to determine qualifications, skills, and salary expectations
- Facilitate weekly meetings to update GM and hiring managers on position status of open requisitions
- Facilitate all interviews via on-site and zoom with hiring managers
- Prepares and extends job offers, negotiations, performs reference and background checks, and also notifies applicants of rejections
- Partner closely with HR and Operations leaders to build immediate and long-term talent acquisition strategies that meet the individual needs/demands of a commercial manufacturing aerospace company
- Manage hiring processes and load of up to 40 requisitions for various functions of the company including Engineering, Supply Chain/Operations, Finance and production positions via electronic Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) using Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG)
- Reviews and assesses applicant's education, experience, training, and other qualifications
- Verifies employment eligibility, gathers necessary paperwork, and performs reference and background checks
- Gathers feedback from interviewers teams and ensures compliance with interview processes
- Prepares and extends job offers and also notifies applicants of rejection
- Onboard new hires
- Brief executives team daily and weekly showing vacancies and status of each open requisition
- Contract
Human Resources Manager
RB Dwyer Company
05.2010 - 05.2019
- Work closely with the CEO and VP to establish and maintain a Human Resources system to meet the wide variety of top management needs
- Responsible for the recruiting process- recruits, interviews, and writing of offer letters to fill vacant positions
- Coordinates management training in interviewing, hiring, terminations, promotions, performance reviews, safety and sexual harassment
- Advises management in appropriate resolution of employee relation issues
- Responsible for maintenance of TA100 time card system including employee schedules, recording and Processing of multi-state Payroll using PAYCHEX HRIS
- Benefits Administration - Manage open enrollment, changes and cancellations for health, dental, vision, and FSA
- Investigates sensitive complaints/allegations and work with managers to address areas of concern
- Works with the Safety Manager to investigate accidents and helps prepare reports for insurance carrier
- Prepares employee separation notices, related documentation, and conducts exit interviews to determine reasons behind separations
- Contracts with outside suppliers to provide employee services, such as temporary employees, search firms, relocation services etc
- Insures the Company's Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) are complete and reviewed annuallymonthly Birthday functions
- US
Accounting Assistant
RB Dwyer Company
05.2010 - 06.2015
- A/P and A/R, Responsible for daily high-volume processing of 100+ invoices accurately and in a timely manner
- Wire transfers to overseas suppliers
- Manage A/P check runs
- Process new customer credit apps and credit inquiries and establish appropriate credit terms
- Post cash payments, Prepare deposits, credit memos, and monthly statements
- Freight claims
- Audit system reports in order to find and correct possible billing errors, customer errors, pricing errors, etc
- Investigate vendor discrepancies and past due balances
- Assist accounting in closing month end
- US
Education
High School Diploma -
Buena Vista
CoronaSkills
- Employee Relations
- Labor Relations (Union Environment)
- Leave of Absence Administration (FMLA, CFRA, ADA, PDL)
- Full-Cycle Recruiting
- Onboarding & Offboarding
- Payroll Administration
- Benefits Administration
- HRIS
- Performance Management
- Workplace Investigations
- Employee Engagement & Culture
Timeline
HR Generalist
211 LA
02.2025 - Current
HR Recruiting Coordinator
Nuvision Credit Union
02.2023 - 02.2025
HR Recruiter
Applied Composites
05.2022 - 12.2022
Contract HR/Recruiter
Boeing Encore Interiors
10.2021 - 05.2022
Human Resources Manager
RB Dwyer Company
05.2010 - 05.2019
Accounting Assistant
RB Dwyer Company
05.2010 - 06.2015
High School Diploma -
Buena Vista