Anjali Krishnan

• Handling recruitment, onboarding and general HR functions of 350 employees
• Heading a team of eight members
• Responsible for the file handling, off boarding, disciplinary actions, leave, vacation etc.
• Handling Performance Appraisals and Employee Relations
• Managing the HR Generalist functions like daily administration, visa, insurance processes and compensation and benefits
• Prepares, draft and posting of job adverts to be placed on nominated job boards, including renewal of job postings
• Management and updating of job boards ensuring content is accurate
• Co-ordinates and liaises with recruitment partners internally and externally
• Tracking and monitoring of manpower requirement, recruitment performance of the company.
• Source suitable candidates, arrange and conduct initial interviews and handles recruitment trips & psychometric assessments
• Organize and conducts interviews up to senior executive levels.
• Handles Employee conflicts, reward programs, annual functions and appraisals
• HRMIS reports on Absence / Leave pay / Visa / Medical Insurance renewals / Hiring report etc.

Khaleej Times is one of the leading Newspaper in Dubai with highest circulation and also the first English Newspaper to be launched in Dubai.

  Provide professional support and advice on recruitment to line and departmental managers and advice managers on best practice recruitment and selection
 Supervise and execute pre-screening and telephonic interviews for all positions and supports all parties in concern with assessment
 Conducted competency-based interviews, used appropriate assessments and negotiated when necessary
 Prepared offers for successful applicants, regret unsuccessful applicants and conduct reference checks
 Responsible for effective and fast recruitment processes both internally and externally and to maintain an updated roster of participant placements and potential job opportunities
 Proficient in Oracle HRMS used for recruitment/annual performance appraisal/generating various recruitment reports
 Worked closely with assigned business' HRMs to deliver recruitment needs and support HRMs with weekly update on recruitment progress
 Diary management of recruiters and recording interview expenses and invoices
 Managed and administered Khaleej Times career website by ensuring timely posting of all vacancies
 Completion and circulation of weekly vacancy reports and vacancy statistics spreadsheets

Key Achievements

 Within the first month of joining, filled four vacancies and conducted interviews consecutively for two weeks even though my duration with Khaleej times was unfortunately a short one due to certain personal reasons
 Prepared weekly vacancy statistics and carry forward vacancy reports

Rotana is the largest Hotel Management company in the region, managing 45 properties all over the Middle East and North Africa spanning across 26 cities. Have an aggressive expansion plan of 70 hotels by the end of 2012.

  Reported directly to the Associate Vice President of Human Resources
 Responsible for providing timely and effective assistance with recruitment and selection process for all the properties of Rotana
 Managed and administered Rotana’s career website by ensuring timely posting of all vacancy advertisements for the existing and opening properties
 Attended local recruitment fairs to promote Rotana as an employer of choice
 Responsible for pre-screening, interviewing including psychometric tests, personality questionnaires and providing interview evaluation based on competencies for various levels
 Assisted the Director of Resourcing & Talent Management with Recruitment Trips and by submitting reports on Recruitment requirements and costs
 Liaised with the Marketing team for newspaper advertisement on vacancies for the new openings, banners, posters and audio visual demonstrations for various recruitment events
 Developing and maintaining Job Descriptions and Candidate profiles and uploading the same in intranet
 Responsible for dealing with recruitment agencies and in charge of maintaining their contracts
 Coordinate with universities, events in relation to targeted hires and proactive coordination with departments for interviews
 Proficient in Oracle HRMS used for recruitment/annual performance appraisal/generating various recruitment reports
 Conduct benchmark and job evaluation activities including analysis of external salary survey data to ensure market competitive for both new and existing roles
 Support the 90 Day Plan on boarding process by supporting line managers to driving its implementation
 Responsible for exit interview process, monitoring the process, conducting interviews where required and making appropriate recommendations to management to improve retention

Key Achievements

 Prepared Careers Website guidelines and Policy to set a standard procedure for the properties to follow
 Successfully handled open day recruitment including administration and recruitment trips from deciding the destinations up to distributing resumes post interview
 Assisted the Director of Human Resources of pre-opening properties with recruitment including the challenging openings in Erbil, Iraq and Syria.
 Managed an internal CV database of more than 5000 applications and prepared a policy and guideline for the same
 Conducted Interviews for positions like Director of Finance, Engineering, F&B, E- Commerce, Interior Designer, Sales Executives, Customer Service positions, IT positions, rank and file roles etc
 Maintained a professional and healthy relationship with recruitment agencies as well as candidates and colleagues

HR Experience : send Offer Letters, co-ordinated visa processing, arranged flight and accommodation for overseas recruits, handled Induction / Onboarding process, New joiners handbook, familiar with HR softwares, experienced in Performance Management, Employee engagement, Succession Planning, Balance Score Card, Exit Interviews.

Taurus is a reputed Recruitment Solutions Provider catering contractual, permanent and RPO’s (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) and specialized in Financial Sector and retail verticals that spans over Banking, Insurance and KPO's providing end to end recruitment solutions across all levels of cadre.

 Single point of contact for the recruitment of the entire vertical which includes Banking, Operations, Retail, Risk management, Finance, Legal and Secretarial jobs
 Vendor Management - external & internal
 Handling entire recruitment function end to end
 Good expertise in meeting numbers @volume hiring
 Ensuring MIS and reports are being generated on time
 Performance Management, Rewards and Recognition for the recruiters and on job trainings
 Planning human resource requirements in consultation with heads of different functional & operational heads across clients for formulating strategies and increasing the head count of manpower needed in the areas of conducting selection process
 Involved in leadership hiring selection process involving the hiring managers of the clients to close positions from the time a position is sent until the identified candidate joins the respective company

Achievements: I have been able to get a promotion to Assistant Manager from Senior Executive after a span for one and half years based on my performance

: This include the entire concierge operations as providing information on Dubai, arranging tours, golfing options, race schedules and recommendations on shopping, entertainment and other sporting events, Limousine service and airport transfers. Apart from this, I have handled added responsibilities as conducting weekly and monthly structured meetings to facilitate optimum sales of tours and golf; Preparing staff attendance sheet and training records; Coaching, Mentoring and Grooming the team to enhance sales and service. Monitoring, managing & mentoring the team of skilled and unskilled employees for effective service deliverables. Ensuring discipline in work area, planning and organizing.

Worked in the Media division to arrange Press Conference for the seminars, product launch, actively contributed for Magazine Advertising, Editing, publishing articles related to medical field and public relations.