(Who is Steven? Steven – Human Resources Professional seeking Senior Human Resources Generalist role)
Terry: Steven, I’m very happy to have your resume and your information here but I always like to hear it in the candidate’s own words. Why don’t you tell me about yourself?
Steven: I started at my last company, at XXX, actually as a resident assistant as I was going to school. I was actually at one of their facilities, one of their communities assisting the XXX in their XXX.
I was actually able to get an internship from the corporate office in HR. I was going to school at the time for industrial and organizational psychology, and during that internship, I was able to be a part of their conversion to XXX software. I did part of the job analysis on that.
Most of my time was spent on background check processes and managing the background check process for our communities.
After that, I was promoted to generalist in that position and eventually moved into HR manager of the corporate office most recently.
Terry: Anything else you want to add?
Steven: As the HR manager, I was lucky enough to get my feet wet in a wide range falling under the HR umbrella. I’ve had some benefits experience, payroll experience, employee relations experience; I really was the go-to person for all their HR needs in that office.
Here’s how I would rate this answer . . .
Q1. Tell me about yourself – STEVEN QUICK RATING – D
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