Alexis Gibson

Senior Recruiter at averda

• United Arab Emirates - Dubai
• April 2012 to August 2015

Full life-cycle recruiting across the business - GCC, Europe, Africa for Corporate roles.

Activities include:  
Creating job descriptions and candidate profiling in coordination with line managers; drafting job adverts for internal and external advertising; applicant sourcing and screening; psychometric testing & competency based interviewing; managing job offer process; and on boarding management  

Helped build and mentor new recruitment team a new shared services model.
Manage large recruitment projects including project management of recruitment of a Financial Shared Services department (45+) 
Grew LinkedIn followers from 1200 to 45, 000 +
Reduced external recruitment costs throughout tenure to 90% with a focus on recruiting all positions internally
Developed productive working relationships with senior leadership (up to C-level) to establish recruitment needs and fulfil their requirements effectively.  
Aligned companies recruitment processes to adhere to company guidelines as well as coaching recruiters and line managers through the process.  
Source and manage relationships with recruitment vendors.
Social networking recruitment & encourage employee’s engagement with LinkedIn to increase employer branding.
Creation of interview guides for hiring managers.  
Assist in the implementation & creation of new employee induction programs and conduct orientation sessions.
Solid understanding of the UAE labour law and various types of visa processes.  
Recruitment reports to management.  
Advised technical team of business side needs during recruitment system (ATS) implementation, including improvements and customization suited to business.
Researched and held meetings with new ATS system vendors after current system became “obsolete”. 