Lara Katrina Alcover, Talent Acquisition Associate

Lara Katrina Alcover

Talent Acquisition Associate

Keo International Consultants - Qatar

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, BA Speech Communication
Experience
12 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 2 Months

Talent Acquisition Associate at Keo International Consultants - Qatar
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since April 2020

Managing a full talent acquisition portfolio. Takes charges of roles in the Middle East and Europe. Specializes in sourcing through job portals and social media sites. Identifying, engaging, and hiring specific types of employees as required by different projects of office support teams. Conducting full and detailed position briefings from Hiring Managers. Close coordination with team members to ensure all job requests across all KEO offices in and outside Qatar are met. Managing relationships with Hiring Managers as an internal service provider Coordination with talent agencies for niche roles reuirements Database Management - ensuring the database and ATS (iCIMs) is up to date and utilized effectively Providing strong emphasis on stakeholder management and candidate experience management

Recruitment Lead at Harinsa Contracting Company
  • Qatar - Doha
  • October 2015 to May 2020

• Managing the end to end recruitment process, including writing and reviewing job descriptions, selecting the most effective attraction method, advertising roles, screening, conducting interviews, offer management and feedback management, whilst ensuring a positive candidate journey is always maintained
• Recruiting for a variety of technical roles in across the business from entry to senior-level positions
• Supports the Human Resources Department in devising effective short listing and assessment criteria and procedures and agree these with the managers
•Covered different tasks in the areas of active and passive sourcing which includes sourcing, screening, interviewing, and evaluating candidates
• Strong emphasis on direct sourcing methods and Talent Branding
• Maintain Recruitment trackers in accordance with the requirements set by the senior management
• Produce management information, reporting key recruitment statistics
• Coordinates with Line Managers to foresee the company’s future needs for workforce, building strong relationships within the HR team and Key Technology stakeholders across the business at all levels
• Continuously look at new and innovative ways to improve the recruitment processes to meet growing business demands.

Senior Training Officer at 24-Hour HR Process Outsourcing
  • Philippines
  • June 2014 to September 2015

Responsibilities:

• Designs, delivers and assesses training programs for recruiters
• Develops curriculum for new hire training for joining recruiters
• Produces training materials including e-learning
• Designs training modules for recruiting related classess
• Monitors the development of trainees
• Revises programs to meet company changes or statutory requirements
• Ensures training is cost-effective and within budget
• Facilitates Foundation Skills/New Hire training (Communication Skills, U.S. Culture and Geography, and Phone Handling Skills)
• Designs and implements Recruiter Development Programs/Courses

HR Specialist II at 24-Hour HR Process Outsourcing
  • Philippines
  • May 2014 to July 2014

• Delivered offshore-based IT recruitment services to our clients in the US
• Covered different tasks in the areas of active and passive sourcing which includes sourcing, screening, interviewing, and evaluating candidates
• Formated resumes meeting client expectations
• Facilitated candidate and employer scheduling and coordination as well as ongoing candidate engagement.
• Fostered long-term relationships with candidates and clients
• Researched new technologies

US Recruiter at IBEX GLOBAL
  • United States
  • February 2013 to May 2014

Determine client’s requirements by studying job description and job qualifications. Determine candidate qualifications by interviewing candidates; analyzing responses, comparing qualifications to job requirements. Responsible for maintaining and communicating candidate follow-up and status updates on a regular basis. Responsible for meeting the client's performance metrics and maintaining an increasingly expanding network. Manage Data bases and ATS. Coordinates with different sourcing channels to create new sourcing initiatives. Joins calibration meetings with managers and clients to ensure the quality of submitted candidates. Post and harvest applications from various free and paid job boards. Source relevant resumes.

Recruitment Associate at IBM Daksh Business Process Services Inc.
  • Philippines
  • June 2012 to January 2013

To facilitate Job Offer presentations and contact signing.
To ensure that there are enough supplies for the applicants.
To sell the company to our potential employees.
File, encode and ensure the accuracy of the 201 files of each and every applicant endorsed to
Job Offer.
Manage and maintain trackers.
Audit and double check contracts offered to our candidates.
Generates reports for managers.
Coordinate with Recruiters regarding process and audit concerns.
To convert applicants into employees.
To conduct initial interviews to be able to determine and gauge applicants’ communication
skills.

Human Resource Assistant (Internship) at GroupM Philippines (WPP Marketing Communications Inc.)
  • Philippines
  • March 2011 to May 2011

To coordinate with different schools and offering their students possible career opportunities.
To generate reports regarding employee movement.
To administer qualifying examinations and to conduct initial interviews.

Education

Bachelor's degree, BA Speech Communication
  • at University Of The Philippines System – University Of The Philippines - Diliman
  • April 2012

Specialties & Skills

Responsible and dedicated, can be relied on to deliver job required
Great Interpersonal and communication
Organizational Skills
Team player with leadership qualities
Experience in Recruiting
Hardworker and willing to take on new responsibilities
Self-motivated, independent and willing to perform multiple and cross functional task
Computer Literate

Languages

English
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Filipino
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