Mujahid Karim Chohan, Recruitment Manager

Mujahid Karim Chohan

Recruitment Manager

Diyar United Company

Location
Kuwait
Education
Master's degree, English Literature
Experience
32 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :32 years, 1 Months

Recruitment Manager at Diyar United Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since May 2007

Talent Acquisition - Manage complete recruitment life cycle including Headcount planning, building sourcing strategy, liaison with Business Managers to identify niche talent and manage hiring source performance / Turnaround time (TAT) / hiring costs. Design + implement standardized recruitment & induction practices across regions. Partnering with the hiring directors and managers to understand the requirement for the required skills. Strategizing and executing the hiring plan using various sourcing channels like Job portals, Networking, Campus Recruitment, Internal job movements, Employee Referrals and Recruitment Agencies. Involved in Volumes as well as Niche hiring with high emphasis on TAT.
 Stakeholder Management - Partnering with business head and directors to facilitate high impact implementation of business objectives. Additionally, engaging with Function Heads in drafting and setting their KRAs.
 Campus Connect - Initiate and maintain tie-ups with ICT institutes to ensure desired talent inflow. Lead campus engagement for final placements across campuses. Manage trainee induction, goal setting and performance + development plans reviews to ensure swifter integration into the system
 Learning and Development - Identifying training needs, preparing and collating the content, delivering the program across regions and taking feedback from the participants.
 Performance Management System - Involved in KRA discussions with Business Stakeholders and their teams at various stages viz. Goalsetting, Midyear review and appraisal discussion stage.
 Communication and Employee Engagement - Organizing Open Forums for business communication to the masses, designing and circulating Education mailers to the employees, creating and collating articles for quarterly business newsletters. Organizing events and fun at work activities, birthdays and festival celebration and company offsite.


 Vendor Management - Actively involved in Vendor Management to evaluate various performances of vendors and suggest corrective actions against non performing partners. Organize various vendor engagement meets to share organization’s agenda across all roles in all departments.
 HRMIS - Track and manage Weekly / Monthly & Quarterly reports such as (Joiner, Attrition data, Headcount Dashboard, Employee Referral Tracker and Hiring cost dashboard.
 Internal Auditor - Work in team with other divisions to Plan and conduct successful internal audits for ISO, EHS, EMS on quarterly and half yearly basis on other department associates in services and warehouse departments to ensure compliance to the set processes and procedures, Assist and Provide audit findings and corrective actions for continuous improvement.
 Key Achievements - set up a Business Unit including recruitment of 400 members across all levels within a span of 8 months. Managed and lead recruitment projects across functions for critical Managerial and Technical profiles like Software Engineers, System Analyst, System Engineers, System Administrator, Network Engineers, IT Support Engineers, NOC/ SOC Engineer, UNIX Engineer, IT Security Engineer, Oracle ERP Consultants, Oracle DBA / Apps DBA, Web & Graphics Designer, SAP Consultants, HIS Functional Consultant, SharePoint Developer and Administrator, IT Sales and PreSales Engineers and IT Project Managers while keeping a close tab on Turnaround time and hiring costs. Implementing policies around Travel, Relocation, Working hours, Leave and Dress code. Designed Interview Evaluation form and Exit Discussion form which enabled in recording apt feedback.
 Key Responsibilities - Drive HR Strategy and partner with functions leads for various functions like Managed Services and Outsourcing, Application Development and Integration, Infrastructure Solutions, Network Solutions, Information Security Solutions, Cloud Solutions to manage and grow organization’s talent portfolio. Effectively managed team to serve end-to-end HR deliverables.

Business Development / Recruitment Manager at Universal Supporters Office & Co. W.L.L
  • Kuwait
  • April 2006 to April 2007

 To develop business policy of the company by coordinating with marketing and operational team of Manpower, Real Estate, Trading, General Order Supplies and IT departments of the company.
 To build a team of marketers for each department of the company for achieving the goals and business targets.
 To monitor smooth running of office matters, to check assigned jobs to the marketing teams. Follow up the customers and clients.
 To coordinate with local clients and overseas recruitment agents and to negotiate contracts.
 To arrange legal documents for overseas recruitment.
 To monitor and supervise the whole process of recruitment till the successful deployment of staff.
 To monitor and supervise the operational staff of real estate department in providing problem free housing services to the occupants of furnished apartments.
 To negotiate with the buyer and seller locally and internationally in fulfilling their demands and requirements for trading purpose.
 Established new Information Technology department in the company for looking after its own internal network and offering services of Web Solutions (Domain Registration, Web Hosting, Web Designing, Search Engine Optimization, Presentations and Web Sites Maintenance Contracts).
 To continuously monitor, supervise and help improve company’s web site and its online data bank. Trying to move toward online recruitment.
 Supervising the accounts of the company

IT Support at Naser Mohd Al Sayer Communications
  • Kuwait
  • September 2005 to March 2006

 Used to provide Support to the users of Canon products like Printers, Copiers, Scanners, Plotters and Projectors by installing on the computers, configuring on TCP/IP, AppleTalk, USB, LPT, SCSI ports, for network printing & scanning, (Pull and Push Technology)
 Used to install System Software in Photo Copier to enable it as printer and scanner.
 Used to manage and supervise internal IT Department, ISA Server, Network, Formatting, Installation and configuration of Windows 2000, XP, Proxy etc other peripherals, archive Files, Service Manuals, Parts Catalogue and service Bulletins.

Principal at The National College
  • Pakistan
  • October 1994 to January 2005

 Used to independently manage overall activities of the college i.e Administration, Academics, Accounts, Courses Planning, Campaign Designing & Launching and close liaison with parents about the progress of their children. Dealing with Government Departments, Educational Board, Universities and industries.
 Got Registration from Directorate of Technical Education, Government of the Punjab, in 1996
 Got Affiliation with Punjab Board of Technical Education, Lahore in 1996 for Post Matriculation 2 years Diploma in Business Administration (DBA) and Post Intermediate One year Diploma in Information Technology (DIT).
 Got Approval as Study Centre of Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad in 1997 for conducting classes of the following programs;
Master in Business Administration (MBA Finance / IT );
Post Graduation Diploma (PGD - IT / CS);
Bachelor of Computer Sciences (BCS Honors);
Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT Honors)
 Got Recognition by the Skill Development Council, Lahore, subsidiary of Ministry of Labor, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis, Government of Pakistan.
 Trained in using computer in the office work to the Managerial staff of
District Health Department, Habib Bank Limited and State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan

Senior Faculty Member at National College of Computer Sciences
  • Pakistan
  • March 1993 to October 1994

 Taught English, Basic Software Packages (Word, Lotus 123, Turbo Basic & Foxpro) and Operating Systems (DOS, LAN, Windows)
 Worked as Administrator and Managed Accounts.

Faculty Member at National College of Computer Sciences
  • Pakistan
  • October 1992 to March 1993

 Taught English, Basic Software Packages (Word, Lotus 123, Turbo Basic & Foxpro) and Operating Systems (DOS, LAN, Windows)
 Worked as Administrator and Student Councilor.

Trainee & Information Officer at National Group of Colleges (Head Office)
  • Pakistan
  • September 1991 to October 1992

 Worked as Trainee in the Front Office as Student Councilor and in the Computer Lab as instructor for Six Months.
 Worked as Information Officer, Maintained Enrollments, Accounts, and Results of the students.

Education

Master's degree, English Literature
  • at Islamia University
  • March 1991

40.37

Bachelor's degree, Mathematics A & B, English
  • at Govt. Sir Syed Degree College,
  • August 1987

52.00

Diploma, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
  • at Govt. College For Men, Nazimabad
  • July 1985

46.45

High school or equivalent, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology
  • at Govt. M. C High School
  • March 1982

64.58

Specialties & Skills

English Literature
Productivity Improvement
Business Process Improvement
Information Systems Development
Internal Audit
 Post Graduation Diploma in Computer Sciences
Operating Systems & Networks:
Quality and Productivity in the Industrial Sector
Productivity and Performance Improvement
Military Training
Valid Kuwaiti Driving License

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Urdu
Native Speaker

Memberships

Leo Club
  • different positions
  • September 1985

Training and Certifications

ITIL Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2012
Valid Until:
May 2012
Certified Lead Auditor for ISO 9001:2008 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2011
Valid Until:
October 2011