Human Resources Manager / Recruitment Manager Resume

Desired Industry: Human Resources	SpiderID: 19105
Desired Job Location: Santa Clarita, California	Date Posted: 2/17/2008
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: 02/17/2008
Desired Wage: 70000
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Management (Manager, Director)	Willing to Travel: Yes, More Than 75%
Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors	Willing to Relocate: No

Objective:
Human Resources Manager Candidate Mr. William Lankes is a local candidate who resides in the Santa Clarita Valley. He has an Aerospace Manufacturing background coupled with lean principles and human development. Mr. Lankes holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Management. He’s an active public speaker with multifaceted alliances; including with “The advanced Manufacturing Training Institute”. William is available for an immediate interview. He’s seeking full-time employment with a stable and growing company.

Experience:
Human Resources Consultant
01/2008 - Present

Anthony International
Griselda Padilla, HR Manager (818)837-2991

RepairTech International
Bill Bowden, Production Manager (818)989-2681

TouchPoint Staffing Solutions
Peggy Baggott, Managing Partner (949) 218-0868 x103

• Recruitment and Selection Prescreening interviews
• Employment application process
• New employee paperwork
• Department of Labor Investigations
• INS Audits
• Terminating Employees
• Resolution of Employee Conflicts and Complaints
• Leaves of Absence Policies and Procedures
• Development of Job Descriptions
• Employee Handbook Development
• Attending & Presenting at Job Fairs
• Wage and Hour Laws and Regulations
• Employee Retention Programs
• Recruiting and Staffing
• Policy and Procedure Design and Implementation

Senior Human Resources Generalist / Employment Recruiter
Hawker Pacific Aerospace, Sun Valley, CA
11/2006 – 01/2008

I was hired by Hawker Pacific Aerospace specifically to develop and create the company Recruiting Procedures and update the Affirmative Action Plan. As the Senior Employment Recruiter, I was accountable for all recruiting responsibilities which included:
• Conferring with senior leadership to identify personnel needs, workforce planning strategies, and recruiting assignments.
• Creating and presenting comprehensive prescreening and face to face interview questions for all active and inactive positions to hiring managers for collaboration and approval.
• Interviewing all candidates presented for detailed interviewing by hiring managers, and including the use of face-to-face behavioral-based interviewing methodologies.
• Managing the scheduling and logistics of all interviews between candidates and hiring managers.
• Creating a weekly Recruiting Activity Report to illustrate productivity in staffing open positions.
• Conducting follow-up calls and quality-improvement studies with hiring managers and new hires.
• Maintaining accurate and well-ordered documentation on all candidates, searches, hiring managers interactions, and other recruiting activities to ensure a safe and thorough audit if required. Initiate and maintains excellent working relations with all community based organizations.
• Staying informed of trends and innovative recruiting techniques in order to be competitive in state-of-the-Art recruiting practices.
• Assisting the Human Resources Department with benefits and payroll inquires.
Some of my major accomplishments with Hawker Pacific Aerospace include:

• Decreasing the number of open positions from 71 in November 2006 down to 20 by December 2007
• Creating a recruiting database to track community based organizations, staffing agencies, recruiting websites, and marketing firms to meet the company Affirmative Action Plan and EEOC audit requirements
• Creating a recruiting activity report to illustrate productivity
• Negotiating contracts and establishing new fee agreements with staffing firms
• Being accepted as a member with the Advanced Technology and Machining Institute (ATMI) and The San Fernando Economic Alliance.
• Formalized a Recruiting Standard Operating Procedure
• Initiated an Employee Referral Program

Human Resources Manager
Backside Boardshop, Santa Clarita, CA
03/2005 – 11/2006

As the Human Resources and Operations Manager, I proactively lead the company to ensure achievement of business goals in expenses, payroll, inventory shrinkage, customer satisfaction, and associate morale. My HR Management responsibilities included planning policies relating to all phases of human resources activities.

Human Resources responsibilities included:

• Recruitment and Selection Prescreening interviews.
• Employment application process.
• New employee paperwork
• Department of Labor Investigations
• INS Audits
• Terminating Employees
• Resolution of Employee Conflicts and Complaints
• Leaves of Absence Policies & Procedures
• Development of Job Descriptions
• Employee Handbook Development
• Attending & Presenting at Job Fairs
• Wage & Hour Laws and Regulations
• Employee Retention Programs
• With a limited recruiting budget, I performed searches for qualified candidates according to relevant job criteria, using computer databases, networking, campus job fairs, advertisements, Internet recruiting resources, cold calls, media, recruiting firms, and employee referrals.
• Advised management on organizing, preparing, and implementing recruiting and retention programs

Managerial responsibility included:

• Assisting the store managers in making sure that the store’s allocation was correct and that the products were presented on the sales floor to maximize sales opportunities.
• Ensured that the stores were following policies and procedures and followed up closely on audit results.
• Setting goals with the store manager and gave direction to maximize profitability.
• Directed the overall work of the stores by using business knowledge and maximizing sales opportunities.
• Provided constant feedback, evaluations and performance reviews to the staff.
• Being focused upon teamwork and assisting the store manager actively to establish a professional management team and an efficient staff.
• Was responsible for corrective actions, performance management and terminations.
• Set and adjusted pay rates and hours for all staff. Resolved employee complaints and investigations.

Performance Management responsibilities included:

• Driving the employee review process for consistency, fairness, and timeliness
• Coaching and providing input to other managers and supervisors to provide quality, timely and consistent reviews
• Ensuring that each Associate has an opportunity for career development
• Ensuring that other managers and supervisors were developing strong Associate game plans and were consistently following up on those game plans
• Worked with store management team to identify and develop talent

The Backside Boardshop chain of sporting goods stores was sold in November 2006.

Human Resources Manager (Onsite Manager)
3/2004 - 3/2005
Administaff - A Professional Employer Organization, Van Nuys, CA

I created a Recruiting Department from the ground up for a tire and wheel company. I was responsible for the staffing & recruiting needs for 40 tire stores in AZ, CA, and TX. I maintained employment records, reports, and personnel files for over 400 employees. I constantly advised managers on organizational policy matters such as employee termination, equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment issues, and suggested improvements. I created a database management system to analyze statistical data and reports to identify and determine causes of personnel problems and develop recommendations for improvement of organization's personnel policies and practices. I analyzed training needs to design employee development, language training and health and safety programs.

Education:
9/2005
University of Phoenix, Woodland Hills, CA
Bachelor Degree Business Management

Affiliations:
Member, Professionals in Human Resources Association, Division 4
Member, Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Institute
Member, San Fernando Economic Alliance
Public Speaker, Recruiting and Human Resources Trends for various community organizations and employment groups
Consultant, Recruiting and Human Resources Trends

Reference:
Anthony International
Griselda Padilla
Human Resources Manager
818-365-9451

RepairTech
Bill Boden or Kevin Bennett
Production Managers
818-989-2681

Hawker Pacific Aerospace
Veronica Reamon
Senior Human Resources Generalist
818-765-6201 x409

Hawker Pacific Aerospace
Mark Sawyer
Operations Manager
818-765-6201 x261

Hawker Pacific Aerospace
Luis Villagomes
Manager, Purchasing Department
818-232-5939

Hawker Pacific Aerospace
Carlo Ventittelli
Manager, Spare Components Sales
818-765-6201 x385

Los Angeles Valley College
Roberto Gutierrez
Program Specialist – Job Training
818-947-2941

Candidate Contact Information:

Name: William Lankes
Street:	Phone: 6612995157
City: Canyon Country	Fax: -
State: California
Zip: 91387
Web Site: