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Resume 9

Barbara M. Hopkins

Professional Summary

  • Senior Human Resource Consultant/Generalist/Strategist with more than 10+ years of experience and demonstrated skills in the areas of recruitment, employment law, performance management, employee relations, benefits consulting and implementation, safety administration, compensation and job classification analysis, training and development, and effective facilitating.
  • Excellent interpersonal and applicant assessment skills.
  • Knowledge and ability of principle and practices of employment law including applicable provisions relating to EEOC guidelines and ADA guidelines.
  • Strong ability to reason logically and creatively using a variety of analytical techniques to examine and resolve complex employee relation issues.
  • Solid knowledge of legal compliance.
  • Experience in managing COBRA and eligibility administration for group health plans.
  • Recognized for being a team leader, motivator, and respected professional when interacting with management, consulting clients, staff and employees. Strong verbal and written communication and organizational skills.
  • Functional PeopleSoft HRMS and Financial Consultant/Trainer experience. Human Resource Management Trainer.
Professional Profile/Skills/Experience

Staffing Manager Profile
  • Managed and mentor a recruiting team of recruiters and support staff.
  • Ability to develop, propose and implement staffing strategies and plans, which support business objectives. Involves implementing electronic applicant tracking/flow systems, creating standards and metrics to measure employment function and communicating findings and recommendations to team members. Additionally, managed the on-site temp program and enhance the college/intern recruitment programs.
  • Develop and implement strategies for recruitment, compensation, training and participates in the development of business strategies and determines HR implications for these plans.
  • Use the latest Internet and recruitment events and methods that involve acquiring top talent.
  • Demonstrate a sustained sense of urgency for achieving corporate objectives through effective recruiting.
  • Ability to develop and implement annual goals for the recruiting function.
  • Build, direct and retain a highly effective team of recruiting professionals to include coaching recruiters and other support staff.
  • Collaborate effectively across HR, other business functions and other recruiting teams.
  • Flexibility to meet varying customer needs and to juggle multiple priorities daily.
  • Manage relocation and immigration programs, streamlining the requisition, offer authorization and new hire processes.
  • Manage budgetary responsibilities and develop measurements to assess the effectiveness of the recruitment function.
  • Work with hiring managers and college alumni in representing an organization at all major college recruiting events.
  • Maintain and promote company and HR initiatives on campus. Develop and implement creative on and off campus events. Manage campus recruiting activities such as career fairs, campus interviews, presentations and any other activities.
  • Work with key managers to set targets and ensure the company meets the targets in terms of college hiring. Work with senior executive management to create and submit annual recruiting plan as well as preparing and updating recruiting materials.
  • Ensure that faculty relations at assigned academic institutions are maintained. Review unsolicited campus level resumes.
Recruiter Profile General and Technical
  • Industry experience: wireless, semi-conductor, retail, software, hardware, consulting, financial. higher education., B2B, B2C.
  • Make first contact with candidate, prescreen. Conducting interviews as well as evaluating employees, including weekly consultations with hiring managers regarding open requisitions.
  • Work closely with hiring managers to create job descriptions, review resumes and facilitate interview.
  • Track applicants, attend job fairs and ensure open requisitions are filled in a timely manner.
  • Use the latest Internet and recruitment events and methods that involve acquiring top talent.
  • Work closely with the hiring managers to interview, negotiate and close candidates.
  • Provide weekly recruiting status reports to Staffing Manager. Create and maintain appropriate reports for tracking and analysis of the recruitment function.
  • Establish and maintain effective, cost efficient and productive employment practices that assist in achieving organization goals in all non-exempt, exempt, and executive staffing.
  • Manage internal job posting program including the web site and job hotline.
  • Source qualified candidates in the most efficient manner possible.
  • Prepare and extend offers of employment, including salary determination and negotiation.
  • Prepare new hire paperwork, including background checks and offer letters.
  • Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with all vendors and negotiate contracts as needed.
  • Conduct professional and personal reference checks.
  • Serve as communication liaison for everyone involved in hiring process
Human Resource Generalist Profile
  • Address all employee relation issues such as conflict resolution, sexual harassment and termination.
  • Administer and monitor performance management policies and procedures.
  • Conduct salary administration by monitoring market data to ensure competitiveness of compensation with specific industries.
  • Partner with Staffing during the recruiting process to develop standard operating procedures.
  • Conduct training need analysis and implement key training programs. Provide counseling in performance management situations.
  • Communicate HR policies, systems and procedures to ensure operational effectiveness.
  • Administer benefits and compliance to all mandated regulatory policies.
  • Synthesize external data surveys, etc. in all areas to make sure that office is meeting or exceeding all industrial best practices in HR.
  • Manage and counsel on employee relation issues.
  • Assist with performance management, training in all HR areas and orientation of new employees.
  • Assist management with retention planning.
  • Coordinate workplace needs.
  • Familiarity with organizational development and design concepts.
  • Participate in the new hire orientation program.
  • Troubleshoots and recommend solutions to executive management in order to resolve HR issues.
  • Developed and produce management reports and systems for analysis of HR data, trends, and statistics.
  • Assisted with the coordination and testing of PeopleSoft v6.1 Human Resource and Payroll upgrade installation project.
  • Panel design for customization of PeopleSoft application.
  • PeopleSoft assessment, fit gap analysis, and modification.
Trainer/Consultant Profile: PeopleSoft and Management Training
  • PeopleSoft Trainer/Consultant: 4+ years total PeopleSoft training experience
  • Clients: Southern California Edison trained 600 users, HRMS v6.0 interface with Financials v6.0 , PeopleSoft, Inc., trained 50 users, HRMS v7.0 , KPMG Peat Marwick trained 100 users, HRMS and Financials v7.0, v7.5 , Paramount Pictures trained 150 users, HRMS v7.0 and Financials v7.0 , Universal Studios trained 200 users, HRMS and Financials v7.5 ; various clients of HR Solutions trained 300 users in total, HRMS and Financials v7.0, v7.5 , Waste Management, Inc. trained users at field and corporate level on HRMS v7.5 and Financial v7.5 , DMC Stratex Networks test database, prepare curriculum guides and facilitate end-user training to all levels on HRMS v8.3, HR, Base Benefits and Stock Administration
  • Facilitated and delivered PeopleSoft training to end-users at client sites. Conducted classes with sizes ranging from 12 to 20 participants in class-room style setting.
  • Hands on functional experience as well as training experience using the following packages/modules:
    • HRMS v8.3 modules: HR, Base Benefits, Stock Administration, E-Recruit
    • HRMS v.6.0, v7.0, v7.5 modules: Time & Labor, Payroll, Benefits Administration, HR Basics Financials v6.0, v7.0, v7.5 modules: Asset Management, Accounts Payable, Account Receivable, Expenses, General Ledger, Purchase Order
    • Familiar with Distribution/ Manufacturing modules: Purchasing, Inventory Control, Manufacturing, Planning and Master Scheduling
  • Delivered PeopleSoft v6.1, v7.0, v7.5, v8.3 training to field end users and Corporate Executive staff members using HRMS and Financials modules. Taught end-users to navigate panel to panel, input data, run query reports, and data analysis.
  • Prepared company specific training modules, training databases and written materials for delivery of training to end-users.
  • Created PeopleSoft HRMS and Financials v6.0, v7.0, v7.5, v8.3 training curriculums.
  • Provided on-site support to implementation/technical team from a functional point of view; fit gap analysis, assisted in conducting needs assessment and developing business processes.
  • Conduct on-site process reviews.
  • Work with internal system support and field personal to identify key customer request and process improvement.
  • Provide solutions that improve productivity and assist personnel in better utilizing HRMS and Financial systems in all areas of business.
Human Resource Management Trainer: 4 years total training experience
  • Facilitated management training to executive staff in the areas of conflict resolution, sexual harassment, recruitment, diversity, affirmative action and termination process.
  • Counsel management and employees regarding transfers, promotions, and demotions.
  • Facilitated and delivered new-hire orientation training to HR professional. *Developed Human Resource training materials as necessary to deliver training to participants.
  • Facilitated organization development training to create company goals and vision statements by coordinating company focus groups.
  • Counsel supervisors on writing reviews
  • Provide policy support by revising policy manual and employee handbook and assisting policy interpretation.
Contract Clients

Modern Solutions Group, Reverside, CA 06/2002 Present
Guess, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
PeopleSoft Consultant/Trainer, HRMS and Time & Labor v 8.3

ABC Strategic Networks, San Jose, CA 03/2002 06/2002
PeopleSoft HRMS v8.3 Consultant/Trainer

Waste Management, Inc., San Antonio, TX 07/2001 2/2002
PeopleSoft HRMS and Financial v7.5 Consultant/Trainer

Teledyne Smart Wireless, Apple Valley, CA 2/2001 04/2001
Hardware Technical Recruiter responsible for recruiting 6 MMIC Engineers

New Extensity, Inc., Murrietta, CA 4/2000 1/2001
Sr. Technical Recruiter/Interim Staffing Manager

PeopleSoft, Inc., Pleasanton, CA 10/99 3/2000
Sr. Technical Recruiter/Trainer, PeopleSoft Consulting Practice, Western Region

Steven Half International, Inc. Lancaster, CA corporate offices 02/99 10/99
In-House Corporate Technical Recruiter contractor on-site at the corporate offices, not the
agency divisions/branches

CNNG Deat Marwell LLP, Oakland, CA 07/98 - 01/99
Sr. Recruiter/Trainer/Interim Staffing Manager, PeopleSoft Consulting Practice

Southern California Edison, Human Resources Service Center, San Diego, CA
Contract through Information Management Systems Consulting, Inc., Irvine, CA - 4/98 - 7/98
Human Resources Information Systems Consultant/PeopleSoft Trainer/Instructor

Pacific Bell Mobile Systems, Staffing Dept., Pleasanton, CA
Contracted through Skyler Network, LLC, Santa Clara, CA - 11/97 - 4/98
Staffing Recruiter/Consultant/General and Technical Recruitment

HR Solutions, San Francisco, CA - 01/97- Present - registered
Human Resources Consultant/Analyst/Generalist/Trainer

Profectionals Human Resources Consultants, San Leandro, CA -- Founded 1990
We strive to be perfect professionals = "Profectionals!!"
Sr. Human Resources Consultant/Generalist/Trainer/Strategist Founder

Zinco Corporation, Pleasanton, CA -- 06/95 - 01/96
Contract through HR Central Corporation, Seattle, Washington
Corporate Recruiter/Trainer/Developer/Generalist

PeopleSoft, Walnut Creek, CA -- 1/95 - 06/95
Human Resources Coordinator - Employment Services

Winterland Advanced Productions, Santa Clara, CA -- 12/93 - 12/94
Human Resources Generalist - Recruitment and Benefits

Emperial Midwells, San Diego, CA -- 03/90 - 12/93
Human Resource Generalist

San Francisco Convention Facilities, San Francisco, CA -- 10/87 - 03/90
Human Resources and Payroll Assistant

Computer Profile
  • MacIntosh and IBM compatibles
  • Proficient using Microsoft applications: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Win Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Ami Pro, Lotus Notes, WordPerfect, PRI Affirmative Action Software, ABRA Cadabra
  • Lotus 1-2-3, ADP, WordPerfect, Q & A, PeopleSoft HRMS and Financials v6.1, v7.0, v7.5, v8.3, Word Star, Restrac Scanning System, RESUMIX Tracking System v5.3, Micro J Tracking System, Icarian Tracking System
Associations/Affiliations

Northern California Human Resource Association San Francisco Chapter and Solano Chapter
Human Resource Consultant Association
Tri-Valley Human Resource Association
Society of Human Resource Management
Women Inc.
Professional Association of Contract Employees
Professional Coaches Alliance
Professional Business Women of California
American Association of University Women of California
American Business Women s Association
National Bureau of Certified Consultants
National Association of Women Business Owners
National Association of Female Executives
National Women Business Owners
Mentoring Circles Mentor
Women in Consulting

Education

California State University, Hayward University of Phoenix, Pleasanton
Bachelor of Science Degree, 1994 Masters of Science in process
Business Administration Business Management
Human Resource Management Organizational Behavior Communications

Professional References Available Upon Request

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