CAREER OBJECTIVE

A challenging position in human resources management.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

Twelve years of experience in human resources in the food-processing field.

Spanish-language skills and cultural fluency bring unique strength to working with employees who are recent immigrants.

Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Windows ME and desktop publishing software.

SKILLS AND TRAINING

Coordinated and promoted previously disjointed safety programs, resulting in fewer accidents and a 25% decrease in the company's workers compensation insurance premiums. (Tasty Treatmakers)

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

Rewrote employee benefits materials to better serve 150-employee company's diverse work force. Researched costs of translating benefits materials and made recommendations. (Tasty Treatmakers)

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

Improved communications between English-speaking managers and Spanish-speaking employees, reducing turnover. (Tasty Treatmakers)

Administered assistance programs for employees displaced by the 1994 Northridge earthquake. (Tasty Treatmakers)

ORGANIZATION

Designed and maintained a computerized tracking system for job candidates. (Yummie Candies)

Reorganized filing system for resumés and cover letters. (Yummie Candies)

Created computerized telephone message log that improved response time to employee-clients. (Yummie Candies)

WORK HISTORY

1988-Present: Human Resources Assistant, Tasty Treatmakers, Boca Raton, FL

1985-1988: Human Resources Clerk, Yummie Candies, Los Angeles

1983-1985: Receptionist, Human Resources Department, Yummie Candies

1982-1983: Chocolate Enrober, Yummie Candies

EDUCATION

Microsoft Excel, Boca Raton, PC Professor, 2001
Microsoft Powerpoint, West Palm Beach, PC Professor, 2000
Word Perfect 5.1, Boca Raton, PC Professor, 1989
Moderate Bucks University, Los Angeles, Bachelor of Arts, Human Resources, 1988
Foreign Studies Program, Universidad de Mexico, 1982