Kristina Drljaca, Senior Recruiter

Kristina Drljaca

Senior Recruiter

Almaden

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Higher diploma, Contract Law
Experience
5 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :5 years, 10 Months

Senior Recruiter at Almaden
  • United Arab Emirates
  • October 2020 to January 2022

Delivered recruiting expertise and seamless support to high-profile, diverse industry clients
in acquiring top talent.
Lead the full recruitment life-cycle, from sourcing strategies, talents recruitment, and
acquisition to interview preparation, offer negotiation, and on-boarding.
Managed 10 key company accounts, recruiting 60+ permanent and contract staff on a
monthly basis.
Increased hiring in niche areas through networking and recruitment activities.

Business Development Director at Marvels Event Management
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2017 to October 2020

· Mentored customer service, marketing, sales and accounting teams.
· Negotiated preferred rates and package upgrades with venue and product suppliers
resulting in significant client cost savings.
· Fulfilled contractual obligations, including communications, vendor coordination, schedule
creation, budget administration and rehearsal and day of event coordination.
· Coordinated major fundraising events, including sports and music events, raising up to
450, 000 AED exceeding fundraising goals by 60%.
· Administered contracts to deliver outstanding vendor coordination, timeline development,
budgeting and day-of coordination services.
· Managed administrative logistics of event planning, including contract signing, fee
collection, event booking and event promotions

Headhunter at Marvels Gold DMCC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2019 to August 2020

- Led high-volume recruitment efforts across 5 Emirates to source and recruit potential
candidates for gold-trading industry.
- Increased offer-to-sales ratio and candidate pipeline 47% by effectively using recruitment
platforms and resources, including social media, ATS, Boolean searches, networking and
referrals.
- Successfully filled over 330 permanent and 90 contract positions for a key client, with
savings in permanent placement fees in excess of $300, 000.
- Drove performance improvements and profitability increases in targeted accounts with the
company's portfolio.

Cabin Crew at Emirates Airline
  • United Arab Emirates
  • April 2016 to August 2017

· Ensured pleasant flight experience for all passengers with contributions to pre-flight
briefings, security checks, H&S procedures, first aid and attending to passengers requests
promptly.

Education

Higher diploma, Contract Law
  • at Harvard University
  • October 2020

Higher diploma, Business Management
  • at Micromasters IIMBx
  • May 2019

Bachelor's degree, Architecture
  • at Curtin University of Technology
  • November 2015

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Specialties & Skills

CUSTOMER RELATIONS
EVENT MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
NETWORKING
RECRUITING
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
ADMINISTRATION
Training and Development

Languages

English
Expert
Serbian
Native Speaker