Kari Wotachek Prentice

About Kari Wotachek Prentice

I started my career in recruiting at American Transmission Company (ATC) in Pewaukee. I did full cycle recruiting along with many other basic HR tasks. While I was at ATC, I loved trying to improve the recruiting process by creating recruiting \"tools\" for Hiring Managers to use. October 1, 2012, I started working at Schneider as a Driver Recruiter. As a Driver Recruiter I was responsible for full cycle recruiting, recruiting Owner Operator Drivers for the Van Truckload Division. In 2014 alone I grew our Van Truckload Division capacity for Owner Operator Teams by over 50%. Also while in this position I became the lead trainer on my team, and I was also my teams technology guru. Whenever anyone had questions about any of the programs we used they would come to me.October 27, 2014, I started as a Customer Service Representative (CSR) at Schneider. When people think Customer Service, they typically think of people who are in a call center answering calls from angry people all day long. This role is actually completely different from that.well lets face it, I still dealt with angry calls now and again, but it is more than that. At Schneider, a CSR is really an Account Manager. We all have our own accounts that we handle booking freight, and trying to make everything run as smoothly as possible for our customers. When I was in Customer Service my big customers were Medline, Hormel Foods, and Menards. I also handled about 10 other smaller customers. April 18, 2016 I started on the HR Leave Administration Team as a Leave Analyst. In this role I worked mostly with FMLA, ADA accommodations, and Sick Leave.Starting July 1, 2018 I became an Associate HRBP at Schneider. This is the role I had been striving to get since starting at Schneider. In this role, I partnered with the businesses I supported and worked through all aspects of HR. I loved looking for process improvements and coaching the leaders I supported through their difficult conversations. While in this role I became a SHRM-CP. The project I am most proud of was working with a peer of mine to come up with a Role Talent Pool process where we had a pool of internal associates who were willing, able and ready to move into entry level leadership roles.November 2021, after 9 years at Schneider, I decided to advance my career in HR by going to Miller as an HR Manager. Its so nice to be closer to home and my family! Can\'t wait to see what my future holds at Miller!

Experience

1. HR Manager

   Miller Electric Mfg. LLC

   Nov 2021 — Present · Appleton, WI, US

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

  BBA, Human Resource Management

  2008 — 2012

Skills

• Excel
• Outlook
• Microsoft Office
• College Recruiting
• Interviewing
• Internet Recruiting
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Microsoft Excel
• Phone Skills