Indji Abdo

Indji Abdo
21334 Park Mount Drive, Katy, TX 77450
(713) 517-3223
indooji@hotmail.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/indjiabdo

Summary of Qualifications
A Human Resource professional in the Oil & Gas as well as Staffing Industries with seven (7) years experience in recruiting, applicant screening, employee orientation, evaluations and placement. Experience in developing and implementing new training and employee orientation programs and manuals. Experienced in the day to day operations of benefits management and payroll, as well as resource management.
A seasoned and hard-working go-getter who constantly strives to learn and take on new challenges.
Excellent work ethic, interpersonal and problem-solving skills.


Education B.A in Public Administration 1997
American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon


Work Experience

Human Resource Generalist, Decision Strategies, Houston, TX 03/2008-03/2010
Decision Strategies is a consulting firm that assists clients in the oil and gas, chemicals, and related industries to solve complex problem on a strategic level.
Accomplishments:

• Audited payroll and invoice processes and saved the company $45,000 in a three (3) months period.
• Revised the Resourcing process to focus attention on higher personnel utilization. Developed 'actual utilization reports and directed leaders towards using these reports for staffing projects, resulting in decreased leadership meeting time and increased efficiency and utilization.

Duties were as follows:

• Counseled and assisted employees and leaders on company policy, benefits, employee relations, morale and culture issues.
• Managed the Resourcing database and process by updating projects and employee assignments, and facilitated leadership resourcing meetings in a way that maximizes company-wide utilization.
• Recruiting (maintained candidate database, administered new hire orientations, and behavioral-based interviewing and scheduling).
• Assisted Director of Talent with other Talent and Human Resource projects.
• Administered payroll on a bi-monthly basis and updated different state taxes.
• Oversaw company Benefits Program, managed vendor relations with benefits providers, handled all company-wide communications regarding changes/updates, solved benefits and claims issues, and reviewed invoices for accuracy prior to payment.
• Prepared total rewards statement.
• Complete all unemployment claims and employment verifications
• Maintained and updated company 401(k) account.
• Kept abreast of external talent issues and employment laws by attending seminars, lectures and webinars.

Placements Manager/Recruiter, Lofton Staffing, Houston, TX 03/2002-03/2008
Managed all aspects of Lofton Staffing's West Houston Placements Department, which handled temporary and full time permanent placements. Responsible for matching skills and work schedules of a pool of approximately 300 temporary workers with clients in various industries, primarily Oilfield, Manufacturing & Fabrication and Professional.
Duties were as follows:

• Oversaw, coordinated, and directed activities and production of entire placements department (which encompasses placements coordinator, recruiter/interviewer and front desk coordinator).
• Hired, trained and developed internal personnel as well as conducted performance reviews and prepared counseling reports.
• Negotiated and quoted client bill rates and candidate pay rates. Prepared client agreements and conduct client credit checks.
• Recruited candidates through setting up and attending job fairs/career fairs, employment ads, word of mouth and referrals.
• Prepared phone screening questions pertaining to each available position and phone screen applicants
• Interviewed applicants (approximately 40-50 applicants a week), completed employment verifications, conducted background checks, processed I-9s and ensured proper federal guidelines are followed.
• Skill marketed and prepared resumes to submit to clients for review.
• Prepared and conducted new hire orientation.
• Administered drug screens in office and on job sites (pre-employment, randoms, reasonable suspicion, post accident).
• Accompanied injured employees to medical facility for treatment and ensured proper procedures and paperwork are executed (injury booklet, medical release authorization, etc).
• Participated in an internal audit in December 2007 (office achieved a perfect score).
• Assisted in the preparation of training manuals for new hires as well as TempWorks Software training manual.
• Attended unemployment hearings.

Guest Relations Manager, St. Georges Yacht Motor Club, Beirut, Lebanon
04/2000-05/2001

• Met with prospective club members to offer and sell club memberships.
• Coordinated club events and oversaw fundraisers, concerts, private parties, weddings, ceremonies.
• Oversaw various administrative front desk procedures.

Additional Skills Proficient in Arabic (spoken, written, read); intermediate French (spoken, written, read)
MS Office XP and 2007
TempWorks Software
ADP
CTS Certified