Karishma Tharani, Researcher

Karishma Tharani

Researcher

Michael Page

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering
Experience
1 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :1 years, 7 Months

Researcher at Michael Page
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2013 to December 2013

• Worked in the Page Personnel team to source candidates for EA/PA/Office managerial roles
• Sourced for junior sales/finance/HR Administrator roles
• Conducted phone interviews and 10 face-to-face interviews per week
• Prepared candidates for client interviews
• Registered and coded candidates on the Michael Page database
• Performed market research to generate leads and add jobs for consultants
• Formatted resumes according to the Michael Page format
• Sourced candidates through Bayt, GulfTalent, LinkedIn and other networking sites
• Created/submitted shortlists within the client’s time constraints of suitable candidates for jobs with varying key selection criteria (temp, perm, contract, sponsored visa, bilingual etc.)
Key achievements
• Made 5 placements within the 12 weeks for large multinational companies in Dubai (Management consultancy, FMCG, Automotive and Financial Services companies)
• Consistently ranked above 100% in achieving required KPI’s
• Generated over 25 leads within the first 4 weeks

Branch Manager at Rachna Salon
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • December 2012 to July 2013

Temporary job as a Branch Manager whilst looking for other career opportunities. Managing a staff of 30.
• Designed and introduced cost-effective marketing initiatives to promote salon products/services
• Designed customer satisfaction measures and introduced systems to assess feedback and improve services

Travel Incentive Advisor at TravelPort Holidays Pvt. Ltd
  • India
  • May 2010 to August 2010

TravelPort Holidays Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai, India May - August 2010
Travel Incentive Advisor
• Regular sales position, dealing in a competitive corporate environment with multinationals as end-customers.
• Enhanced analytical ability, interpersonal/conversational skills

Volunteer at Kingston General Hospice, St. Mary's of the Lake Hospital
  • Canada
  • January 2009 to March 2009

Kingston General Hospice, St. Mary's of the Lake Hospital, Kingston, Canada January - March 2009
Volunteer
• Provided physical, psycho-social and spiritual support to the Hospice clients and family
• Assisted clients with personal care e.g. bedpan or assistance to bathroom, assistance with emesis basin, etc.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering
  • at Queen's University
  • December 2012

B.Sc. Chemical Engineering (Biochemical/Biomedical) • Relevant courses: CHEE 222/319 (Process Dynamics and Control), CHEE 209 (Analysis of Process Data), CHEE 210/CHEE 311 (Thermodynamic properties of fluids I & II), CHEE 223 (Fluid Mechanics), CHEE 218/CHEE 315 (Laboratory Projects I & II), CHEE 330 (Heat and Mass transfer), CHEE 360 (Technical Communications) CHEE 380 (Biochemical Engineering) CHEE 418 (Strategies for Process Investigations), MDEP 437 (Fuel Cell Technology), CHEE 450 (Engineering Biology), • Group design and Laboratory projects: Wind Energy generation through APSC 100, Energy and Pressure loss measurement in pipes, PID controllers through CHEE 218, Fuel Cell and Reaction Kinetics through CHEE 315 Design Projects: 1. Feasibility analysis for the Production of Jet fuels from Solid Waste • Project for the City of Kingston. • Reactions: Gasification of solid waste to produce syngas, Steam-methane reformer, Fischer-Tropsch process. • Collection of Basic data, project planning, creation of process model, simulation rationalization, overall process hazards analysis, choosing materials of construction and equipment sizing, optimizing the model and creating piping and instrumentation diagrams, sizing the rotating equipment and finally conducting an overall economic analysis. • Quality Assurance for each step. • Responsible for coordinating with the group, setting meeting times, prepare agenda/memos and manage the project. 2. Heat Recovery analysis for Covidien • Worked with Covidien International Pharmaceuticals in a multi-disciplinary project with 2 other engineers, to analyze 5 critical sites in their existing plant. • Analyzed blow-down from distillation columns, sterilization units, heat exchangers and cooling water systems. • Created various designs as a group to recover heat from these sites and conducted a savings analysis of implementing each. • Responsible as a co-coordinator and treasurer for this design project.

High school or equivalent,
  • at The International School of Choueifat
  • June 2007

The International School of Choueifat, Al-Ain, U.A.E September 1994 - June 2007

Specialties & Skills

Social Skills
Quality Assurance
Engineering Design
Microsoft Excel
Writing
CLIENTS
FINANCIAL PLANNING
FUNDRAISING
PUBLIC RELATIONS

Languages

Hindi
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
English
Expert
French
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Gujarati
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