Corporate Lead Recruiter
M. H. Alshaya Company
Total years of experience :8 years, 4 Months
I am typically experienced and entrusted with more complex and higher-level recruitment projects for Kuwait and UAE markets. I also work with Senior Leaders to determine hiring needs and develop a hiring plan.
Agreeing on a recruitment mandate with the divisions.
Searching for and approaching suitable candidates.
Working closely with the Attraction team to run job ads to attract applicants.
Managing the interview, assessment, and shortlisting processes.
Maintaining a lead database.
Coaching and mentoring one Officer and three Coordinators.
*Talent Acquisition & Mobility projects for 2023:'
1. Data-driven Talent Acquisition.
2. CRM & candidate experience.
3. New ways of hiring.
4.Internal mobility.
5. Assessment & Selection.
6. Process assessment and improvement.
Responsible for handling end-to-end recruitment processes from sourcing to selecting across several corporate functions. Review, analyze and advise Group Recruitment on hiring trends and changes relevant to candidates’ career interests, talents, and supplies.
Partner with hiring managers and key stakeholder to identify hiring needs, frameworks, and strategic direction. Create and maintain positive relationships with selected candidates to improve the company’s employer branding and proactively build talent pool. Liaise with Learning & Development department, as well as educational institutions to arrange recruitment events, summer programs and short internships.
Currently I look after all the Corporate Functions divisions except Digital & IT - These are Corporates Logistics, Finance, Human Resources, Property, Audit & Safety, and CEO Office.
Achievements: Rolling out a new project “Train the Recruiter” to upskill the current Recruiters with tailored learning courses sourced from various MOOCs platform (e.g., Coursera, LinkedIn Learning, Future Learn and CIPD’s Knowledge Hub).
I have been nominated as an “Engagement Ambassador” to come up with engagement practices and activities. Currently, I am implementing a new engagement activity named as The Lot. Further details can be discussed.
Responsible for handling end-to-end recruitment processes from sourcing to selecting across
several corporate functions. Review, analyze and advise Group Recruitment on hiring trends and
changes relevant to candidates’ career interests, talents, and supplies.
Partner with hiring managers and key stakeholder to identify hiring needs, frameworks, and
strategic direction. Create and maintain positive relationships with selected candidates to
improve the company’s employer branding and proactively build talent pool.
Liaise with the Talent & Development function, as well as educational institutions to
arrange recruitment events, summer programmes and internships.
Recruit for all Corporate Functions such as Corporates Logistics, Finance, Human Resources,
Property, Audit & Asset Protection, Digital Marketing, and CEO Office.
Ensure that all roles are advertised on the company ATS.
Ensure that all costs and paperwork associated with vacancies are recorded accurately within the
ATS and that all candidates are captured and managed within the ATS throughout the recruitment
process.
Required to devise and implement the best attraction strategy deciding on an appropriate mix of
local, Middle East and Overseas activity.
Required to recruit against agreed profile for roles and use selection tools that relate to
competencies. Required to manage those recruited through the joining experience to ensure they
have all the necessary information and that they arrive to start work on time.
Ensure department complies with company, local market and legal, policies, procedures and
guidelines.
Complete all required administrative tasks on time to ensure the successful implementation of
manpower planning and vacancy advertising.
Achievements: Rolling out a new project “Train the Recruiter” to upskill the current Recruiters
with tailored learning courses sourced from various MOOCs platform (e.g., Coursera, LinkedIn
Learning, Future Learn and CIPD’s Knowledge Hub).
-Gaining experience though real interview panels by hiring new University staff.
-Helping to choose the members of staff working in the university.
-Being an official member of interview panels, making sure they have the right people in place to develop and impact student experience.
-Being at the core of the decision-making process, and developing a wide range of work ready skills.
-Greeting and booking appointments to potential students within the university.
-Writing case-notes and submitting cases on the Student Union Management Student system.
-Providing academic, finance funding, welfare and accommodation support.
-Maintaining full and formal records covering aspects of guidance work undertaken.
-Co-operating with the members of the Student Union Advice Centre in the pursuance of the guidance aspects within the university.
Award classification: Merit. The University of Lincoln prides itself on the quality of its teaching, which is reflected in its Gold award in the national Teaching Excellence Framework. The University is also ranked in the top 20 universities in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2020.
The systems track deals with company's messes and complexities and find solutions and suggestions using models, methods and diagrams. The Arab Open University is in partnership with the UK Open University, a world's leading university in blended and open learning systems. Therefore, AOU graduates obtain two certificates, British and Kuwaiti. The British degree is triple-accredited by the the professional business bodies (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS), and the Kuwaiti degree is accredited by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Higher Education.