HR Generalist with 5 years of experience supporting 250–600 employee healthcare and services organizations across onboarding, benefits, leave and employee relations. Reduced new-hire paperwork errors by 70% after rebuilding onboarding in BambooHR. Known for fast, accurate answers to employee questions and well-documented case files.
Experience
HR Generalist, Meridian Home Health Partners (Charlotte, NC)
Aug 2022 – Present
Serve as HR point of contact for 540 clinical and office employees across 7 branch locations
Rebuilt onboarding workflows in BambooHR, cutting new-hire paperwork errors by 70% and time-to-first-shift from 9 to 5 days
Manage 45 active leave cases a year under FMLA, ADA and North Carolina state rules, with every return-to-work documented
Conduct first-level employee relations investigations and draft findings memos for the HR Manager and legal review
Benefits: open enrollment, COBRA, carrier reconciliation, 401(k) eligibility
Tools: BambooHR, ADP Workforce Now, DocuSign, Google Workspace, Excel
Certifications: SHRM-CP
How to write a HR Generalist resume
A strong HR Generalist resume shows the people programs and processes you ran, and how they improved hiring, retention or efficiency. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
Sections, in order
Summary
Experience
Skills
Education
Length: One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Summary: Write two or three lines: your role, your strongest skills, and one result that proves them.
Skills to feature
Talent acquisition
Employee relations
HRIS (Workday, BambooHR)
Compensation and benefits
Performance management
Onboarding
Employment law compliance
Process improvement
People analytics
Change management
Example bullet points
Rebuilt the engineering hiring loop, cutting time to hire from 52 to 31 days across 80 hires
Launched a structured onboarding program that raised 90-day retention from 82% to 95%
Moved payroll and benefits to Workday for 600 employees with zero missed pay cycles
Tips from recruiters
Show the size of the population you supported (headcount, locations, countries).
Name certifications such as SHRM-CP or CIPD near the top if the role asks for them.
Describe sensitive work by outcome and scope, never by individual cases.
Recommended templates
Classic (ATS-friendly): Jake's-style LaTeX classic: small caps and hairline rules
Modern (ATS-friendly): Clean single column with accent headings and rules
Executive (ATS-friendly): Centered executive layout with serif headings
HR Generalist resume FAQ
What should a HR Generalist resume include?
A HR Generalist resume should show the people programs and processes you ran, and how they improved hiring, retention or efficiency. Use these sections in this order: Summary, Experience, Skills and Education. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
What is the best resume template for a HR Generalist?
Classic, Modern and Executive work well for HR Generalist roles. They are single-column with standard headings, so applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse them reliably.
How long should a HR Generalist resume be?
One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Which skills should a HR Generalist put on a resume?
Prioritize the skills named in the job posting. Common ones for HR Generalist roles are Talent acquisition, Employee relations, HRIS (Workday, BambooHR), Compensation and benefits, Performance management and Onboarding.
How do I write strong HR Generalist resume bullet points?
Start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a measurable result such as time to hire, offer acceptance rate and retention. For example: "Rebuilt the engineering hiring loop, cutting time to hire from 52 to 31 days across 80 hires."