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Margaret Achterberg

Human Resources Manager

Bay Area, California
(415) 555-0126
margaret.achterberg@mailhub.io
linkedin.com/in/machterberg

Professional Experience

Halvorsen Retail Group, New York, NY

Jun 2018 – Present

Human Resources Manager

  • Structured and implemented the programmes and policies for training, compensation, benefits, incentives and onboarding, saving over 70% of recruiting costs
  • Lead HR operations and strategy for over 150 franchises generating over $40 million in revenue
  • Played an integral part in the company reorganisation, overseeing the closure of 20 franchises and more than 65 job cuts

Corrigan Logistics, New York, NY

Jan 2015 – May 2018

Human Resources Manager

  • Implemented a new employee referral programme, reducing cost per hire by 35%
  • Administered all benefits for over 350 union and non-union employees across seven departments
  • Updated business policies and procedures to keep 100% compliance with current federal and state employment law, including EEO, ADA, FMLA and HIPAA

Pacific Crest Foods, San Diego, CA

Nov 2011 – Dec 2014

Assistant Human Resources Manager

  • Promoted within 18 months, a year ahead of schedule, on performance and organisational impact
  • Built and kept a positive working environment that raised employee retention by over 80%
  • Planned and coordinated more than 30 training sessions for 300 employees across six offices, and prepared the agenda and minutes for the executive team

Pacific Crest Foods, San Diego, CA

May 2010 – Oct 2011

Human Resources Coordinator

  • Scheduled candidates and conducted first-round telephone interviews across 30 roles
  • Investigated complaints raised through the company’s open-door policy, reducing corrective actions and turnover by 50% each
  • Mentored more than 15 new recruits through onboarding seminars and group and individual training

Education

Presidio State University, San Francisco, CA

May 2010

Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management

Skills

  • ADP Workforce Now
  • MS Office Suite
  • HRMS administration
  • PurelyHR
  • iCIMS Talent Acquisition
  • Benefits administration
  • Oracle Taleo
  • Employment law compliance
  • Union relations

Professional Affiliations

  • Society for Human Resource Management, member since 2012
  • Bay Area HR Leadership Forum, programme committee, 2021 to present

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Margaret Achterberg, Human Resources Manager

Margaret Achterberg is a human resources manager sixteen years into the profession, from a coordinator scheduling interviews to running HR for a retail group of 150 franchises, and applying for a head of people role. An HR manager is hired on cost and compliance as much as on culture, so this resume gives the recruiting cost saved, the cost per hire cut, the headcount and departments administered, and the reorganisation carried through.

Why this resume works

  • The recruiting cost saving, over 70%, is the first bullet of the current role, which is the number a finance-minded hiring panel reads first.
  • The reorganisation is stated plainly, 20 franchise closures and more than 65 job cuts, rather than softened, because carrying one through is the experience a head of people is hired for.
  • The compliance line names the laws, EEO, ADA, FMLA and HIPAA, so the claim of 100% compliance is checkable.
  • Two roles at the same employer are kept as separate entries with their own dates, so the promotion a year ahead of schedule is visible in the dates as well as stated in a bullet.
  • A Professional Affiliations section under the same rule as the history carries an SHRM membership and a committee seat, which is the professional standing an HR search expects to find.
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