PATRICIA OBI

• Managed the full-cycle recruitment process of qualified job applicants for open positions; collaborated with departmental managers to understand skills and competencies required for openings:
• Acquired documentation and conducted background checks and employee eligibility verifications.
• Handled employment-related inquiries from applicants, employees, and supervisors.
• Attended and participated in employee disciplinary meetings, terminations, and investigations.
• Maintained compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations; reviewed policies and practices to maintain compliance.
• Organized and maintained employee personnel records in internal HR databases.
• Implemented training programs for crane operating positions.

After a massive layoff at Kleinfelder Engineering, I decided to make some time to focus on my personal and professional growth. I took time to complete a music album of which I composed, wrote, produced and provided vocals. I volunteered my musicality at local women and children's shelters, spend time tutoring my children, and cared for my father who was suffering medical complications. I also made time to take HR related online LinkedIn learning courses to improve my skills in payroll, onboarding and offboarding, employee relations, benefits administration and building a healthy office culture including a focus on wellness and mental health.

• Provided administrative support to engineers:
• Managed the budget for all office expenses.
• Implemented onboarding and offboarding for all new employees.
• Managed and organized all travel arrangements.

• Responsible for handling special projects for COVID-19 protocol including scheduling, data entry and creating spreadsheets on Microsoft Office; employee relations:
• Provided excellent interpersonal communication and worked as a liaison between the employees and HR Personnel.
• Recruited positions by screening resumes, scheduling and conducting interviews.

• Responsible for overseeing a firm of civil litigation lawyers and lobbyists; proofreading legal documents; preparing presentations; organizing meetings-set up/tear down; conducting research and analytics to prepare legal documentation for court hearings/settlement meetings; Utilized programs: All MS applications, Dropbox, Clio and Westlaw for legal research, management of documents and various tools to prepare documents for cases.
• Edited bills in preparation to bring to legislation.
• Prepared legal reports based on the data gathered from research and initial interview.
• Typed Meeting Minutes.