Talent Acquisition Specialist
Emirates Airlines
Total years of experience :16 years, 5 Months
Provide an efficient and solutions-focused talent acquisition service.
• Managing multiple end to end recruitment process for grade EK.07 and below vacancies based in the UAE and outstations, simultaneously.
• Developing and maintaining business relationships with hiring managers and candidates.
• Attending the hiring manager’s brief session to get a clear vision of their requirements and determine a targeted recruitment and attraction strategy.
• Utilizing proactive sourcing techniques and social media to identify and grow talent pools for individual jobs and special hiring initiatives.
• Providing quality selection process including phone screening, Hirevue pre-screening video questions, relevant psychometric and technical assessments and finally competency based interviewing practices.
• Negotiating and facilitating the employment offer and contract delivery process for our Gulf, Middle East and Africa based positions.
• Working cooperatively with functional specialists such as HR Business partners and On-Boarding team.
• Delivering high quality candidate management, including managing internal and external applications and response, providing feedback to management and candidates on interviews in a professional and timely manner.
• Tracking record of multiple simultaneous projects on our department meetings.
End-to-End Recruitment and Talent Management for all industries and mainly Finance and Banking sectors across UAE and Gulf countries.
Core Competencies:
• Job Posting on online job portals & Social Media.
• Resourcing of appropriate candidates through referrals, networking, social media, headhunting and job adverts.
• Conducted telephone and face to face interviews.
• Managing candidates through the recruitment process, verification of experience and salary from the previous company by telephone or via email.
• Conducting Tests.
• Sorting and Short-listing Resumes.
• Negotiation of offers and on-boarding.
GulfBankers, part of the Forum International Group of Companies is a highly specialized Search and Selection Recruitment Consultancy, focusing on the Banking and Finance sector within the Middle Eastern Marketplace.
Founded in 1997 with head office in Dubai-UAE and branch offices in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Lebanon.
Senior Search Consultant Sep. 2007 - Jan. 2009
Managing the executive search & selection function on Executive Director level positions in Finance and Banking sectors
Job responsibilities included:
• Handling all clients' enquiries for recruitments of executive level personnel.
• Interacting with clients to discuss the job descriptions, salary package, contract duration & value and recruitment plan.
• Sourcing the candidates from in-house database, head hunting, advertisement and overseas agencies as per client's requirement.
• Screening the CVs, interview and short-listing the candidates.
• Communicating with clients, conducting interviews and managing the offer process
• Preparing the weekly & monthly performance report.
Senior Research Associate Sep. 2005 - May 2007
Financial & Banking Markets
Managing the recruitment process from start to finish, at the levels of Executive Director and above across all regions in Finance & Banking Sectors. Sourcing, headhunting and placing candidates across the Globe of varied nationalities.
Job responsibilities include:
Candidate Focus:
• Sourcing candidates through networking, cold calling, internet searches and research and also through • contact lists, internal databases and referrals in Local & Multinational Banks and Finance firms
• Screening the potential candidates and Conducting preliminary telephone interviews
• Short listing suitable profiles, Interview them and formatting the presenting CVs.
• Providing candidates with Company profile, client background and advising on salaries and market trends
• Follow up with candidates, getting and giving feedback of their meeting
• Managing the offer / acceptance process
• Keeping in touch with candidates on a monthly, 6 monthly and yearly basis to ensure they were happy with our service
• Database management
Client Focus:
• Attending the client's brief session with the consultants, to get a clear vision of the client's requirement
• Preparing market analysis reports (Market Intelligence) from all related Banks and Finance firms
• Scheduling and organizing the interviews between Client and selected Candidates.
• Follow up with clients for further steps including offering process
• Maintaining and developing client relationships for new sales opportunities
Consultant Focus:
• Providing the consultants with the current report on each candidate or client twice a week
• Assistance in the completion of placement, ensured all contracts requirements, deadlines, quality of placements and target achievements were met
• Assisting the consultants with the Research and Marketing on sales opportunities
McArthur Murray - Formerly The ITP Consulting Group- Dubai, UAE Jan. 2005 - May 2007
Providing Consultancy, recruitment, Executive search and selection and headhunting services to major corporate’s in Iran
including multinational Oil & Gas, FMCG and Construction organizations
Job responsibilities include:
Client focus:
• Conducting functional feasibilities of the Iran market
• Acquiring potential clients in Iran or UAE
• Obtaining new client requirements (Vacancies)
• Advising clients on current market conditions, suitability of candidates, and recruitment method
• Preparing Agreement proposals
• Analyzing job description and producing a summary of required qualifications
• Preparing market analysis reports (Market Intelligence)
• Liaising between Clients & Candidates
• Finalizing placement process of Candidates
• Client invoicing
• Sending out questionnaires to clients after each placement made to ensure the highest quality service from their feedback
• Maintaining and developing relationships with existing clients as well as generating new business
Candidate Focus:
• Interviewing and assessing potential candidates (Interviewing process could be by telephone, located in Dubai or in Iran
• Providing candidates with Company profile, department structure, client background and advising on salaries, market trends and career path
• Providing feedback to candidates and offer management
• Keeping in touch with the placed candidates on a monthly, 6 monthly and yearly basis to ensure they' were happy with our service
The Human Angle - Media City, Dubai, UAE
The Human Angle is an international people consultancy, involved in the field of executive search and selection
Recruiter 2004 - 2005
Recruitment, Search and Selection
Job responsibilities included:
• Source passive candidates through networking, cold calling, complex internet searches and research.
• Source active candidates from contact lists, internal databases and referrals
• Screen candidates for availability, interest level, salary range, relocation needs and basic qualifications.
• Supporting the Recruitment Consultants throughout the recruitment process
• Provide administrative support i.e. formatting CVs, send out interview confirmation letters, assist with candidate management and arranging interviews, database management
• Preparing Consultants for client interviews, researching new companies and contacts as clients for the consultants
Middlesex University - Dubai, UAE MA Human Resource Management And Postgraduate Certificate CIPD Accredited Member of CIPD
B.Sc. of Computer Software Engineering