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Abdul Ravoof, Recruitment Manager

Abdul Ravoof

Recruitment Manager·Reach Employment Services (Gulf Capital Group)

United Arab Emirates

Master's degree, Computer

Work experience

Total years of experience: 25 years, 9 months

Recruitment Manager

May 2013 - Present

Reach Employment Services (Gulf Capital Group)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

May 2013 - Present

Joined as Recruitment Manager

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

Recruitment Manager

April 2012 - April 2013

Quest on the Frontier

Singapore

April 2012 - April 2013

• Client servicing which includes co-ordination with assigned clients for their manpower requirements, meeting them and understanding their needs and corporate culture
• Sourcing the profile through Job Portals, Postings, Personal Network, Social Network Sites, References, Shuffling the available database and validating them accurately.
• Responsible for 'End to End' service delivery Process management for Talent Acquisition \[recruiting, staffing\] for our Clients & Employment Process Outsourcing projects as per given Budget.
• Responsible for adhering to Critical to Quality (CTQ) parameters for the operations i.e. the Efficiency, Turn Around Time (TAT), Average Handling Time (AHT) & Quality of the resumes.
• Team Management & Delivery perspective
• Capable of handling recruitments for all levels from an Associate level to HOD level whether of Technical or Non Technical nature
• Setup and continuously monitored the recruitment related systems and processes by introducing weekly team meetings and review of monthly scorecard. This helped in building a system discipline, process efficiency and reporting matrices
• Build an effective and strong MIS system to keep the record flowing.
• Coaching & mentoring team members

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

Recruitment Manager

September 2009 - December 2011

KRH - KUWAIT RESOURCES HOUSE

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

September 2009 - December 2011

• Planning the manpower requirement and creating a budget for the coming year based on Management requirements.
• Ensure to implement robust streamlined talent acquisition process
• Monitoring the day to day requirements by short listing, interviewing and selecting the right and suitable candidates for filling vacant positions.
• Comprehensively Manage End-to- end total talent acquisition process as per the business requirements within the agreed SOWs
• Benchmark and establish the best sourcing sources for the business talent acquisition
• Negotiating and communicating with various local and International recruiting agencies for fulfilling the organization manpower needs.
• Managing & ensuring the proper implementation of ISO 9001:2000 & OHSAS 18001:2007 within the organization & acting as a liaison between QHSE & all other departments/units.
• Managing & being a project leader for KRH offices established abroad in India, Lebanon, and Qatar etc. Understanding the necessary formalities, financial projections and business strategies for the same.
• Attend conferences/seminars in related field and improve/gather new ideas on Project management, Recruitment methodologies followed Internationally, Feasibility studies about the market, developing effective recruitment tools/instruments.
• ISO Internal Trainee Auditor - conducted in-house auditing and training.
• Proposed the KPI for year 2010 and covering the recruitment department objectives.
• Following SMART objective in the departments.
• Advise & support business managers on best of the talent acquisition practices and help sound hiring decisions
• Ensure compliance of HR & OD Policies and Procedures
• Developing creative recruitment solutions if the organization is experiencing difficulties in attracting the appropriate level and quality of staff;
• Maintaining a calendar for participating in major Job fairs conducted in universities and colleges in the region.
• Redefine existing job specifications as required to ensure correct information matching skills set recruited
• Developing an attraction strategy through situation analysis



HR Functionalities:

 Plan, develop and implement strategy for HR management and development (including recruitment and selection policy/practices, discipline, grievance, counseling, pay and conditions, contracts, training and development, succession planning, moral and motivation)
 Advises management and employees on questions or problems relating to human resource. Handle HR policies and implementation

Company industry:
Human Resources Outsourcing
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

Recruitment Manager reporting directly to Managing Director / Executive Manager

October 2005 - August 2009

Reach Consulting

United Arab Emirates

October 2005 - August 2009

October 2005 till August 2009
Reach Management Consulting Company - Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Job Profile: Recruitment Manager reporting directly to Managing Director / Executive Manager

Scope of Responsibilities:
✓ Overseeing the recruitment functions and performance.
✓ Organization Development, Manpower Planning, Training, High profile client relation, Technical Recruitment, Project Management, Tender and Contracts, Outsourcing, Overseas Recruitment Campaign
✓ Partnering with hiring managers to select competent candidates, contributing specialist recruitment expertise as required.
✓ Handling a team of 4 Recruitment Consultants, 2 Business Development Executives and 2 outsourcing agents
✓ Manpower planning for the organization
✓ Business Forecasting and Business module development
✓ Organize weekly Meetings with the team, for the ways to improvise.
✓ Excellent experience in Training. Prepared Training Manual for the Business Development Department
✓ Excellent experience in overseas recruitment Campaigns: India/ Sri Lanka / Nepal / Egypt/ Philippine/ Jordan/ Bangladesh/ etc

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

Senior Recruitment Consultant reporting directly to the Recruitment Manager / Branch Manager

February 2004 - October 2005

SOS Recruitment Consultants - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

February 2004 - October 2005

Feb 2004 till Oct 2005
SOS Recruitment Consultants - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
Branches: Abu Dhabi/ Dubai/ Kuwait

Job Profile: Senior Recruitment Consultant reporting directly to the Recruitment Manager / Branch Manager

Scope of Responsibilities: ✓ Job analysis, preparing job description and specification
✓ To provide quality service to existing clients, by advising them of availability, applicability of candidates, help them to fine tune their jobs specifications to conform to market availability.
✓ Arrangement of interviews and co-interview with the clients.
✓ Interview In-depth Analysis and Report Preparation
✓ Database Search/Advertised search/ referral/contract/head-hunt/internet Search
✓ To secure new business through a concerted and regular business development approach, identify new clients, revitalize old clients, and make presentations
✓ To project a professional image in front of clients by explaining the systematic search process

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

Recruitment/ HR Assistant reporting directly to the Recruitment Manager

September 2001 - February 2004

PAN Emirates Engineering Limited

United Arab Emirates

September 2001 - February 2004

Sept 2001 till Mar 2003
PAN Emirates Engineering Limited (Now- LITWIN PEL) - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
Job Profile: Recruitment/ HR Assistant reporting directly to the Recruitment Manager

Scope of Responsibilities:
✓ Perform searches to identify and qualify candidates according to job criteria using computer databases, networking, Internet resources, cold calls, head hunting and employee referrals.
✓ Interview applicants to obtain information on work history, training, education, and job skills Evaluate recruitment and selection criteria to ensure conformance to professional, statistical and testing standards
✓ Conduct reference and background checks on candidates.
✓ Establish and maintain relationships with hiring managers of various organizations to stay abreast of current and future hiring requirements.
✓ Screen and refer applicants/candidates according to the client requirements, making recommendations when appropriate.
✓ Maintain positive work relations with the clients and candidates.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

Programmer / Instructor reporting directly to Training Manager

June 2000 - September 2001

Object Technologies Integrated Limited

India

June 2000 - September 2001

June 2000 till Sept 2001
Object Technologies Integrated Limited - Chennai - India
Job Profile: Programmer / Instructor reporting directly to Training Manager

Scope of Responsibilities: ✓ 1-year experience in the field of System analysis and coding. Previously worked in SRM System & Software. Good experience in System Analysis, Design, Development and coding of projects involving skills in VB, SERVLETS, JDBC, HTML, Java Scripts Swings and Applets. Excellent communication and interpersonal

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Education

University of Madras

January 2000

January 2000

Master's degree, Computer

India

MCA Masters in Computer Application - University of Madras - Chennai - 2000

University of Madras

January 1997

January 1997

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

India

BSC Degree in Computer Science - University of Madras - Chennai - 1997

Skills

Organizational Development
Expert
Organizational Development
Expert
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
LOGISTICS
Expert
LOGISTICS
Expert
RECRUITMENT
Expert
RECRUITMENT
Expert
TRAINING
Intermediate
TRAINING
Intermediate
Organizational Development
Expert
Organizational Development
Expert

Languages

Hindi
Beginner
English
Expert
Tamil
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Internal Auditor
ISO Internal Auditor Trainee
Mar 2011 - Apr 2011