Sample Resume for Human Resource Manager

SUMMARY
Ten years of success as a human resource manager. Seeking a
position where skills in staffing, management and leadership will
make a contribution. Able to increase efficiency and profits by
making HR a strategic partner with management. Extensive
academic and industrial experience.

SKILLS
Management — Highly motivated leader who thrives in a fast-
paced setting. Flexible, with excellent communications skills. Hands-
on management style, able build teams that bring out the best in
staff, while meeting corporate objectives. Diplomatic negotiator.
Administrative — Able to recruit, interview and hire employees to
meet high corporate standards. Experienced in training supervisors
and managers to do performance reviews. Thorough knowledge of
employment laws, benefits packages and job descriptions. Precise
attention to detail.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ABC Marine, Inc., Somewhere, USA (1996-present).
Human Resource Manager (1996-present). Create human
resource policies and procedures. Administer corporate safety
procedures to comply with DOT regulations. Supervise international
personnel functions. Oversee salary administration; develop salary
charts for exempt personnel. Author and enforce affirmative action
plans. Highlights:
COO, citing my expertise and hands-on approach, asked me to
return to solve staffing problems and improve HR
administration.
Manage human resources for 2,000 personnel worldwide.
Design and set up human resources information system.
Introduced policy to improve communications between business
units.
ABC Company, Inc., Someplace, USA (1995-1996).
Director of Personnel (1995-1996). Position was vacant for two
years prior; treated as start-up situation. Administered corporate
safety procedures to comply with DOT regulations and state
worker-compensation laws. Administered all human resources for
1,000 exempt, non-exempt and plant personnel. Staff of four.
Highlights:
Created new strategies for sourcing, screening and hiring
personnel. Introduced team-building training programs.
Increased efficiency by combining three sets of human resource
policies into one.
Created new safety focus for employees, using incentives and
bonuses.
Combined human resources strategies with overall business
objectives.
Negotiated union contract with one plant; created union-
avoidance strategies at three others.
ABC Marine, Inc., Somewhere, USA (1984-1995).
Manager of Fleet Personnel/Director of Personnel (1988-1995).
Recruited, staffed, trained and provided compensation for 4,000
employees worldwide. Managed HR policies and procedures.
Supervised six international personnel functions. Administered
expatriate program for employees working abroad. Highlights:
Originated and activated progressive discipline and grievance
procedures.
Designed and led successful anti-union campaign for business unit.
Oversaw salary administration and developed salary charts for
exempt personnel.
Negotiated with travel agencies on airfares, resulting in savings
of $2 million.
Authored and enforced affirmative action plan.
Co-chaired HR due diligence during merger with ABC Marine.
Created a recruiting team that traveled nationwide, hiring over
800 people in one year.
Began pre-employment testing that improved selection and cut
turnover by 20 percent.
Operations Manager (1986-1988). Controlled operation of vessels
in West Africa and Middle East. Directed personnel, cost controls,
maintenance, repairs, customer service and marketing. Set up initial
17-unit operation in Angola.
Captain (1984-1986). Captained off-shore oil supply boats.
EDUCATION
BS, Human Resource Management, ABC University, Anyplace, USA (1993).
Human Resource Executive Program, University of XYZ, Somewhere, USA (1996).
PHR Designation, ABC Certification Institute (1995).
ASSOCIATIONS
Society of Human Resource Management [SHRM] (1990-present).
American Management Associations [AMA] (1990-present).