Freelance CV Writer/Editor
iResume
Total years of experience :10 years, 6 Months
• Assisting job seekers by modifying and enhancing their resume
• Advising on what mistakes to avoid while seeking a particular opportunity within their field
• Reviewing and editing CV’s
• Responsible for managing the transport for the WWE guests
• Took an initiative to entertain the guests while they were waiting to be transported from one place to another
• Liaising with the drivers in order to ensure the schedule is followed in a timely manner
• Was responsible for ensuring all the guests have reached their destinations
• Maintaining good relationship with the drivers
• Communicating with the drivers in case of sudden changes in the schedule
• Arranging private cars for the VIP guests and communicating with the drivers to ensure they are available when required
• Reading different variety of books
• Writing & editing reviews
• Rating the books based on my personal opinion
• Responsible for taking photographs for the blog and the instragram handle
• Posting relevant photographs with the particular review
• Updating on social media plateforms like instagram, twitter and facebook page regularly
• Responsible for end to end recruitment process for the Middle East Region (UAE, Qatar & Saudi)
• Coordination of offer and start process, liaising with relevant teams to create a seamless employee introduction to Ramboll
• Sourcing of candidates using main and niche channels (data base research; job-board searching/ networking; external agencies and press, social and multimedia advertising)
• Partnering with local/overseas universities to get graduate engineers & interns
• Advertising vacancies using several job portals
• Headhunting through Social Media (mainly linkedin and also facebook, instagram & twitter) to reach more potential candidates
• Shortlisting potential candidates in lined with the job requirements
• Preparing monthly and weekly reports as per set deadlines to update the recruitment data and vacancies and to communicate to concerned department
• Properly entering the applications & CV’s received into the internal recruitment database
• Ensuring each and every applicant receives a response on their application
• Conducting preliminary phone screening and interviews
• Conducting interviews via video conference and/or face to face
• Arranging interviews
• Reaching out to the recruitment agencies for assistance in filling out vacancies and vendor management.
• Managing hiring manager relationships to gain clear understanding of role requirements and supporting them in their recruitment needs by in CV reviewing, interviewing or offer making
• Managing relationships with the candidates by updating them through each stage of the recruitment cycle
• Acting as a trusted partner of candidates
• Negotiating with the potential candidates
• Notifying the unsuccessful applicants
• Preparing annual recruitment budget forecast
• Creating a database of the interviewed and screened CV’s for future requirement
Major Accomplishments:
• Major Successful recruits: Regional Finance Director, Head of HR & Finance Manager for KSA Division
• Worked on 15-30 positions at the same time with minimum supervision
• Core member of Ramboll Professional Women’s network for the entire Middle East Region
• Conducting an audit of UAE employee files, ensuring all the documentation is compliant with the UAE Labor Law
• Providing administrative assistance to the HR team
• Assisting with the day to day HR operations
• Supporting recruitment function by screening, searching and selecting the right candidate
• Placing Job advertisements
• Editing and reviewing Job Descriptions
• Reviewing CV's and shortlisting candidate
• Conducting Interviews over the telephone
• Arranging interviews
• Developing a pool of qualified candidates in advance of need
• Working with IT to create a regional Middle East Recruitment Team Site to store internal and external CV's
• Assisting in writing and forwarding rejection letters
• Assisting HR Officer with certain on-boarding and new employee orientation
• Arranging medical Insurance according to the career levels
• Working with admin team to arrange mobilizing flights
• Updating and maintaining the Induction packs for each country within the region
• Assisting HR Manager with the company’s policies
• Supporting HRIS Officer with the Payroll and pay slips every month
• Helping HR Manager with the Talent Management Process
• Supporting HR team in building employee relations
• Drafting employment contracts for the new recruits
• Assisting with the design and implementation of a reporting framework for staff matrix
• Updating Regional Annual Leave and Sick Leave balance on monthly basis
• Sending out emails to the staff about leave balance, pay slips and performance reviews
• Answering to employee’s queries about leave, letters, policies, pay slips etc.
Participated in various projects related to Human Resources and other fields of business including Organizational Consultancy,Effective leadership, Entrepreneurship, Project Management, Strategic Decision Making, International Business. For instance, Prepared a comprehensive Marketing Consultancy report on Oregano Restaurant.