I am looking for a HR position in in Northern VA DC or Virginia Beach VA area. Please see resume below for contact information.

Paul Sandhu
2230 George C Marshal Dr #921
Falls Church, VA 22043
● PSandhu001@yahoo.com 757-947-7515________________________________________

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Motivated, professional with over 10 years experience relating to Human Resources, Compensation, Benefits, Staffing and Training. Proven ability to increase profits and improve employee relations.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

MS, Human Resource Management Expected 2008
Capella University, Minneapolis, MN
Related Coursework: Labor Law, Employment Law, Compensation, Financial Management Approaches to Training and Development.

PHR Certification In progress, December2008

BS, Business 1996
State University of Brockport, Brockport, NY


AWARDS AND HONORS
• EDS Cup Award for the Great Place to work project.
• Manager of the Month 3 times
• Top Managers Winners Circle award in 1999,2000,2001,2002 Richmond, VA.
• Best Rate in the District for RadioShack accounts.
• Award for increase of profit by 135 % in the district.
• 2000 Best of Best award received 2 regional awards and was ranked one of the top employees in the country.


HUMAN RESOURCES EXPERIENCE
Human Resources Administrator May 2007-July 2008
EDS (Electronic Data Systems) Chesapeake, VA
• Managed and administrated retirement benefits for 40,000 employees
• Problem and clarification regarding pension calculations
• Initiated and lead the great place work to improve moral and retention
• Interview, hire and train new human resources staff.
• Identify training needs for associates to improve performance.
• Ensure state and federal labor law compliance.
• Track resumes for new applicants applying for positions.
• Identify employee concerns before they become problems, and to proposed solutions to the concerns.
• Responsible for maintaining human resources office files, spreadsheets, accounting, auditing, training budget and financial management.








Human Resources Consultant/Assistant Operations Manager August 2006-May 2007
Capital Region Wireless, Albany, NY
• Interview, hire and train new employees.
• Identify training needs for associates and develop workshops and trainings.
• Ensure state and federal labor law compliance.
• Track resumes for new applicants applying for positions.
• Identify employee concerns before they become problems, and to proposed solutions to the concerns.
• Responsible for maintaining human resources office files, spreadsheets, accounting, auditing, training budget and financial management.
• Oversee payroll using system.
MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Assistant Branch Manager December 2003- April 2005
Brooks Pharmacy’s, Richmond, VA
• Interviewed, hired and trained new employees.
• Responsible for maintaining human resources office files, spreadsheets, accounting, auditing, training budget and financial management.
• Ensured state and federal labor law compliance.
• Responsible for payroll using payroll system.

Assistant Manager September 2002-May 2003
Ntelos, Richmond, VA
• Responsible for hiring all staff including recruiting, interviewing and verifying references.
• Coached and trained new employees monthly.
• Develop training program to meet the needs of management and using performance management system set up in place.
• Responsible for monthly performance reviews.
• Ensured state and federal labor law compliance.


District Manager in Training Manager October 1997-September 2002
RadioShack/Tandy Corporation, Richmond, VA
• Managed 3 branch locations and personnel of 30 people including interviewing and training new staff.
• Responsible for all store operations worth $2.5 Million.
• Trained and certified in labor, state and federal, laws.
• Identified employee concerns and proposed solutions to the concerns.
• Tracked resumes for new applicants applying for positions
• Oversee payroll using system.




District Manager September 1989-December 1992
SPRINT/NETWORK 2000 Long Distance Phone, Reno, NV
• Hired as one of the youngest District Managers in the company.
• Trained new sales representatives.
• Responsible for sales representatives in Northern Nevada for meeting sales goals.
• Prepared sales reports and responsible for sales presentations.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), member 2006-Present
American Society of Training & Development (ASTD) 2008-Present

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel, Outlook, WordPerfect, Windows and OS2