DUJUANA WADDY-DUCKETT

  100 Cavalier Crossing, #10307

       Lithonia, GA 30038

        (404) 749-7045

    tripledeethree@Yahoo.com 

19 years experience, specializing in EMPLOYMENT LAW, HUMAN RESOURCES AND CONTRACTS, supporting multi-unit organizations, corporate executives and regional management, with a workforce up to +1,000. 

Areas of core competency; *Policy & Procedure, *Benefits & Compensation, *Training & Development, *Employee Relations, *Risk Management, *Recruitment & Retention, *Labor Relations, *Workers’ Compensation, *Pre-employment Processing, *Succession Planning, *Compliance, *Performance Management, *Strategic Planning, *Coaching & Corrective Action, *EEOC Claims, *FLSA, *FMLA, *Diversity Training, *Change Management, *Management Leadership Training.

Management leadership experience engaging all levels of management and staff in co-ownership of day-today human capital issues, such as; *Performance Management, *Coaching & Corrective Action, *Training & Development, *Policy & Procedure interpretation and implementation.

Contract experience; *negotiating, *drafting, *interpreting, *enforcing, *revising contracts and agreements.

                                               EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS                                                                                                                                                 

*Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana               *University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa                *UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN          

       J.D., Law, May, 1996                           B.A. Liberal Arts/English, 1990                                                 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Human Resources & Legal Consultant

L Simone Group, East Chicago, Indiana 7/2008-4/1/2015

·         Provide legal consultation for corporate/business clients involving corporate formalities, employment law & human resources issues, and contract and other document preparation, intellectual property issues and real estate matters. 

Contractor

Georgia Power Corporate Office (Ralph McGill), Atlanta, Georgia 1/2011-12/2014

·         Worked with the Supplier Diversity department to ensure compliance with Executive Orders regarding contracting, conducted an audit of company certifications to ensure federal contract compliance.  Worked with different business units to ensure and improve on compliance with procurement and subcontracting.  

Attorney

The Law Office of DuJuana D. Waddy, East Chicago, Indiana 1996-2010

·         My Law Practice specialized in corporate & non-profit/business/employment and contracts law in addition to a general practice in family, real estate, criminal, civil matters.

Human Resources Manager

Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest, Indiana, Gary, Indiana 8/2006-6/2008

·         Responsible for recruitment/pre and post-employment screening/on-boarding/retention, training & development, coaching & corrective action, performance management, compensation/benefits & incentives, employee relations & verifications, regulatory compliance, worker’s compensation and risk management, drafting/revising/interpreting/enforcing employee policy & procedures.  Responsible for weekly/monthly and quarterly metrics reporting to various levels of management to meet organizational strategic goals.  Responsible for the coordination and management of special projects, retreats and leadership development initiatives.

Human Resources Consultant

Merchants’ Credit Guide Company W. Jackson, Chicago, Illinois 4/2006-8/2006

·         Revised employee policies and procedures, trained supervisors in coaching & corrective action and performance appraisals, resolved employee disputes, and defended unemployment claims.