Aarif Abubakar

11/2008-10/2013 11/2014-Present: - Senior Recruiter/Consultant (Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Oil, Gas, Energy, Aerospace & Software/IT)
IGS Recruiting Solutions (Formerly Known as Intertek Global Services Inc USA) - Mumbai, India (US Recruitment Process/MENA Region Recruitment Process )

• Leads initial consultations with hiring managers on requisition definition and potential sourcing strategies of high level Pharmaceutical, Oil, Gas, Energy & I.T (UI/UX Developer, Product Managers, Technical Architect/Cloud, Software Engineer, QA, Engineer, Sr. Software Engineer - Security Expert - US/International Biostatistician, Senior Statistical Programmer, Senior Manager-Clinical Operations - Exploration Geologist, Drill-Site Engineer, Cyber Security ) candidates.
• 75% of my recruiting has been Non IT recruitment.
• Develop, plan, and implement recruitment strategies and activities to meet hiring objectives for assigned territory and job vacancies. Build relationships with key sources of candidates in assigned territory including colleges, community resources, and other sourcing channels.
• Manage end-to-end hiring selection process for assigned job vacancies ensuring consistent application of company process, selection criteria, and policy. Activities include posting jobs, screening resumes, selection interviews and candidate assessment and facilitation of selection decisions.
• Recruited, screened, evaluate and placed with select companies.
• Negotiated candidate’s compensation packages.
• Place international Engineering Professionals, software, aviation candidates for U.S., Europe, Asia and South America markets
• Major participation and involvement in numerous staffing development strategy sessions

Partial Client list includes: WoodGroup, RollsRoyce, FMC Technologies, Worley Parson, RBG, Stork Cooper Heat, ARAMCO, JP Kenny, Mott McDonald, Toyota Motors, Healthcare and Power/Utility

11/2013-08/2014: (Contract) Senior Recruiter (Oil andGas, Energy, Power & Software/IT)
JAL International Company (Dammam-KSA)

• Handling total Project of Saudi Electrical Company (SEC), ARAMCO, Yasref, SADARA and Inhouse recruitment for providing qualified Engineers of various streams for their various projects across the Kingdom.
• Provided professionals to various clients in particular to domains such as IT, Infrastructure, Construction, Banking, Telecom, Oil and Gas, Power and Energy etc.
• Managing complete recruitment life-cycle for sourcing the best talent from diverse sources after identification of manpower requirements.
• Accountable for Recruitment of diversified professionals from various International Markets ( UK, Canada, Romania, Nepal, Africa, USA, Philippines, Pakistan & India).
• Sourcing, preliminary Interviewing, Negotiate, prepared employment offer’s and Mobilized qualified professionals to the clients.
• Develop talent pool through creative sourcing techniques including referral generation, networking, direct sourcing (job boards such as naukri.com monster.com etc), advanced internet sourcing (from networking tools such as linkedin.com facebook.com etc) and headhunting.
• Specialization in recruiting across different functions and levels for niche & senior level position
• Arranging and Attending the Interview campaign
• Interact with various Sourcing Agencies at international level (India, Pakistan, Philippines, USA, UK, Romania and South Africa etc) and Float the requirements.
• Follow up with clients for Purchase Orders, Invoices, Payments, verify time sheets with resources before client submittals for invoicing.

11/2008-10/2013 11/2014-Present: - Senior Recruiter/Consultant (Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Oil, Gas, Energy, Aerospace & Software/IT)
IGS Recruiting Solutions (Formerly Known as Intertek Global Services Inc USA) - Mumbai, India (US Recruitment Process/MENA Region Recruitment Process )

• Leads initial consultations with hiring managers on requisition definition and potential sourcing strategies of high level Pharmaceutical, Oil, Gas, Energy & I.T (UI/UX Developer, Product Managers, Technical Architect/Cloud, Software Engineer, QA, Engineer, Sr. Software Engineer - Security Expert - US/International Biostatistician, Senior Statistical Programmer, Senior Manager-Clinical Operations - Exploration Geologist, Drill-Site Engineer, Cyber Security ) candidates.
• 75% of my recruiting has been Non IT recruitment.
• Develop, plan, and implement recruitment strategies and activities to meet hiring objectives for assigned territory and job vacancies. Build relationships with key sources of candidates in assigned territory including colleges, community resources, and other sourcing channels.
• Manage end-to-end hiring selection process for assigned job vacancies ensuring consistent application of company process, selection criteria, and policy. Activities include posting jobs, screening resumes, selection interviews and candidate assessment and facilitation of selection decisions.
• Recruited, screened, evaluate and placed with select companies.
• Negotiated candidate’s compensation packages.
• Place international Engineering Professionals, software, aviation candidates for U.S., Europe, Asia and South America markets
• Major participation and involvement in numerous staffing development strategy sessions

Partial Client list includes: WoodGroup, RollsRoyce, FMC Technologies, Worley Parson, RBG, Stork Cooper Heat, ARAMCO, JP Kenny, Mott McDonald, Toyota Motors, Healthcare and Power/Utility

• Facilitated strong, long-term company and candidate relationships.
• Worked closely with Account Managers and hiring managers to qualify requirements, understand requirements vs. preferred skills.
• Responsible for sourcing IT Professionals through networking including LinkedIn, internal database and job boards such as Monster, Dice and CareerBuilder as well as referrals.
• Managed entire interview process of potential candidates including identifying, qualifying (assessing candidates’ technical & non-technical skills/knowledge and attributes), setting up interviews and coordinating end client interviews. Providing after the interview feedback to the candidate as well as the client.
• Performed reference checks
• Designed and developed Internet job postings
• Proven experience in Full Life Cycle Recruiting
• Prepared candidates for initial phone screens and then face to face interviews.
• Facilitated on-boarding process for both consultants and full time employees.
• Negotiated salary, hourly rates, calculated cost and margin.

Partial Client list includes: American Honda Motors, Toyota, Arizona Public Services, Amegen, Farmers Insurance.

03/2006-10/2006: -Recruiter (I.T Dept for Middle East)
Jerry Varghese International -Mumbai -India

• Recruit and hire in the oil, gas, energy, petrochemical and Telecommunication industry for all disciplines of IT staffing for Middle East Clients.
• Recruit managers, non-managers, technical personnel, focusing on hard-to-find engineers, etc.
• Utilize proven recruiting techniques including, social media, internal databases, online searches, referrals, internet postings, and contacts with specialists.
• Source, contact, screen and interview qualified candidates from referrals, social network, telephone contact, negotiate offers of compensation, and reference verification.

12/2004-12/2005: IT Recruiter
Interbase Corp Inc -Mumbai India (US based Company)

• Recruited and placed local and national candidates for contract, contract-to-hire and permanent placements for various IT positions for multiple clients.
• Identified, qualified, and closed candidates through the use of recruitment websites, utilizing the Bullhorn System, and referrals.
• Reviewed and completed candidate resumes, evaluated applicant's work history, education, training, job skills, desired compensation, and personal qualifications for both open requirements and proactively.
• Made initial contacts, scheduled and conducted full cycle interviews, and checked references before submission to opportunities.
• Negotiated compensation, extended offers of employment to successful candidates and filled all the necessary paper work after the hire.
• Prioritized clients' requirements in a high volume, time-sensitive environment to meet deadlines.
• IT careers recruited for: Web Developers, Software Developers, Business Analysts, Database Developers/Administrators/Analysts/Architects, Network Administrators/Engineers, QA Testers, and Program/Project Managers.

03/04-11/04 Trainee (Recruitment) -Newtek Software Solutions (US Process)

05/01-02/04: Accounting Clerk- Allana Sons LTD. Mumbai India