Rachel Allston
Belleville,IL
Summary
Well-qualified HR leader skilled in managing employees, associates and day-to-day department operations with decisive and organized approach. Skilled leader, problem-solver and persuasive communicator with open and authoritative style.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
HR Business Partner
DraftKings at Casino Queen
03.2024 - Current
- Serve as a partner to the department directors and property employees in providing input on people and business related issues.
- Directs talent management for exempt and non-exempt staff to include recruiting, interviewing, new employee processing and onboarding.
- Act as a consultant to company leadership in areas of promotion, demotion, transfer, termination, resignations and employee relations.
- Proactively drive team member relations including identifying and implementing team member engagement activities.
- Coordinate administrative tasks, including but not limited to, administering the wage and performance review process, conducting exit interviews, maintaining employment.
- Implement HR policies, procedures, handbooks, and initiatives. Provide input, recommendations and feedback for the development of new approaches, policies, and procedures.
- Oversee the maintenance of team member records required by law or local governing bodies, or other departments within the company, to include but not limited to personnel files, benefits participation documents, HIPAA files and I-9 records.
- Assist with facilitating team member meetings and/or trainings.
- Ensure team member data entry is timely and accurate within the department’s HRIS systems
- Foster and maintain an effective working relationship between peers, team members and vendors within the company.
- Demonstrates effective time management skills by coordinating activities to achieve maximum productivity and efficiency, and willingness to adjust or revise work schedules as requested.
Human Resource Recruiter
MERS/Missouri Goodwill Industries
09.2022 - 03.2024
- Manages new hire communication, including interviewing, from application to acceptance
- Organize hiring events and participate in job fairs, when necessary
- Ongoing research in identifying new candidates from external job postings, resume databases, professional networking and referrals
- Collaborate with management defining recruitment needs and assist in creation of the hiring plan
Human Resource Assistant
MERS/Missouri Goodwill Industries
07.2021 - 08.2022
- Input data into HRIS to support process and information retrieval
- Conduct background checks and employment eligibility verifications through e-verify
- Facilitate administrative tasks for onboarding, including entering data into HRIS and auditing for accuracy and compliance for all positions
- Assist with file audits and document verification
- Perform general office activities, such as typing, answering phones, operating office machines such as copier, processing mail, or securing confidential materials
Human Resource Administrative (Contingent)
Cushman & Wakefield
01.2021 - 06.2021
- Support the HR Services Team as they are focusing on numerous large projects and needs to support daily tasks
- Answering Policy Questions
- Helping with basic employee self-service actions
- Responding to Completing Verifications of Employment
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, Human Resource Management
Eastern Illinois University
12.2020
Skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience with HRIS
- E-Verify
- Technology Proficient
- MS Outlook
- Excel
- Onboarding, Training, and Development
- Recruitment and hiring
- Policy Implementation
- Employee engagement
Activities
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, East St. Louis, IL, 10/01/20, Present, Public service sorority whose main objective is to provide service and assistance to the community.
Timeline
HR Business Partner
DraftKings at Casino Queen
03.2024 - Current
Human Resource Recruiter
MERS/Missouri Goodwill Industries
09.2022 - 03.2024
Human Resource Assistant
MERS/Missouri Goodwill Industries
07.2021 - 08.2022
Human Resource Administrative (Contingent)
Cushman & Wakefield
01.2021 - 06.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, Human Resource Management
Eastern Illinois University
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