Gihan Taib

I write daily short stories about cultural life, Cinema and Art in the middle east and gulf area
My stories are being published in both the printed magazine, and the website blog
- Conduct interview with gulf female celebrities for Nawa3em.com magazine
Some Links of my articles:
http://varietyarabia.com/Docs.ArabicViewer/7c31d88a-7af6-4878-af0e-e0eb19b52ee1/default.aspx

http://varietyarabia.com/Docs.ArabicViewer/a7659b2e-81a9-4ea2-b3dd-0cb1073747e6/default.aspx

http://www.nawa3em.com/ReadArt.aspx?id=7676&title=%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AB%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%91%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%80%C2%AB%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%85%C2%BB%3A-%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%8A-

http://www.nawa3em.com/%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC/12710/%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA-%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%B5-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%B1%D9%89-%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A9#black

I ran my small business in graphics deigning field,
- designed, printed, and prepared Brochures, Flyers, Data Show presentations for my clients who were basically from the pharmaceuticals field

• Provided extensive support to the project HR & Admin. manager in (mobilization of personnel, R&R/ leave schedule and TAR applications/ Monitoring vacation entitlements, according to Corporate policy/ Maintaining HR personnel files, housing Authorization files, Overtime log & required spreadsheets/Co-ordination of application of project’s vehicles licenses, visas and permits, in-country driving permits, hotel reservations for Bechtel Staff &visitors/Scheduling Airport collection and delivery for visitors and employees traveling on Leave/Business/Office furniture ordering & Space planning for new comers/General supervision of cleaners & catering staff, drivers, secretaries and receptionist/Supervising office stationary supplies).

• Co-ordinated and administered the project Non Manual Training Schedule, where I developed a Training Access Database that was taken to apply in other projects, coordinated 400 hrs. of training for the non-manual staff.

• Handled Correspondence of Field Manager (With Client, Sub- Contractors, & Head Office/Japan).
• Scheduled Field Manager appointments & meetings with Client/Subcontractors/ Vendors.
• Interviews coordination (Receiving & classifying applicants’ CVs, phoning candidates, & reporting appointment for interview)
• Handed filing, & distribution of Field Manager documents.
• Prepared & finalized sightseeing & travel arrangements to expatriate staff & site visitors.
• Co-ordinated Expatriates travel, hotels & restaurant reservations
• Prepared & updated overall progress reports, charts, and statistics of the project.
• Followed up and registered daily progress reports received from Sub-contractors.
• Recorded minutes of meetings, & went on Safety Patrol around the project site.
• Assisted in preparing the daily personnel transportation.
• Contacted / expedited replies of international vendors.
• Received local quotations, arranged appointments between local vendors & concerned managers/Prepared local quotations evaluation reports & purchase orders.
• Conveyed results to Japan head office for their information & comments

• Translated faxes sent by German companies from German to Arabic.
• Filed & typed letters in Arabic, German, and English.
• Answered phone calls and registered messages

My role was to read stories and to teach kids numbers, colors, letters in both English and Arabic through songs, games, play dough …