Ricardo Rojas, PHR

Past

• Human Resources - Director of Talent Acquisition Operations at Olenick & Associates
• Director of Human Resources and Recruiting at Utopia Solutions
• Corporate Recruiter North America at MKS Inc.

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Education

• North Park University
• Northern Illinois University
• JM Hanks High School

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Industry

Education Management

Ricardo Rojas, PHR’s Summary

I am a Bi-Lingual human resource management professional with over 19 years of domestic and international experience with a proven track record in leading, evaluating, and redefining business processes that strategically impact corporate operations. I specialize in Organizational Development, Human Capital Management and Recruiting.I am always looking to network and would be happy to help anyone if I am able to. I have solid written/verbal communication and executive level presentation skills that would nicely contribute to an executive leadership team. Some of my fortes and past contributions are:

- Developed, re-organized and re-aligned corporate HR departments and provided strategic long-term contributions that directly relate to company missions and objectives.
- Transformed leadership’s view of HR from a cost center to a profit center while strengthening internal operations and expansion goals through system selection and process automation for numerous clients.
- Successfully partnered with management to develop proprietary cost effective programs that allow organizations to maximize their HRM employee initiatives by providing hands on administration of policies, employee relations, training and development, performance management, coaching, compensation, benefits, and policy interpretation.
- Successfully leads, partners and advises and oversees leave programs for clients, including Disability, Family and Medical Leave, and Workers’ Compensation and policy development to impact Organizational Management.
- Designed and implemented customized training programs to help increase employee an organizational development.
- Facilitated relationships with external parties and streamlined implementation of cutting edge marketing, e sourcing, and advertising strategies to build employer-branding Initiatives.

I am always open to networking so please don't be shy and send me a request to connect...

Ricardo Rojas, PHR’s Specialties:

An HR professional with over 19 years of experience and certified by the Human Resources Certification Institute with my PHR designation. I am just completing a degree program at North Park University with a double major & have concentrated my studies in Organizational Management & Business Administration. I will be starting a Graduate Degree program in January of 2010 to attain my Masters of Human Resource Management (MHRM) and plan to concentrate in the area of Organizational Development.

Additional Information

Ricardo Rojas, PHR’s Groups:

· Society for Human Resource Professionals –SHRP
· Society for Human Resource Management -SHRM
· EMA |SMA Member
· Illinois Technical Recruiters Network
· Member of the Electronic Recruiting Exchange
· HRQ Group of Chicago

•    Hispanic Net
•    Human Capital Institute
•    Linked n Chicago
•    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
•    Recruiters Group: CruiterTalk
•    Human Resource Development
•    The Human Resource Planning Society
•    Staffing Management Association of Greater Chicago
•    Organizational Change Practitioners
•    Human Rights Defence
•    Corporate Recruiters. #1 Group for Corporate Recruiters.
•    Santa Clara Vanguard Alumni
•    SHRP Chicago
•    Wellness at Work -- Chicagoland
•    Charles Krugel's Labor & Employment Law & Human Resources Practices Group

Ricardo Rojas, PHR’s Honors:

Former member of Drum Corp International Competing Units:
1989 Santa Clara Vanguard - World Champions - Lead Soprano
1990 Cavaliers - Colorguard Member