Yousef Qawass

Currently working on the NEOM RPO project.
Main Job Duties:
• Managing the recruitment department teams effectively and ensuring the
client receives a best-in-class service throughout the recruitment process,
whilst encouraging focus on delivery and results.
• Leading a recruitment teams across different geographical locations: UAE,
KSA, UK, Lebanon, Poland, Sweden and Egypt. (Team size: 8 Recruiters)
• Closely collaborating with hiring managers on site to understand hiring
needs, and offer strategic hiring solutions to enhance operational
effectiveness and candidate experience.
• Involved in annual recruiting plans, managing the full recruitment life cycle
from market analysis, sourcing to contractual engagement ensuring all
phases are completed according to policies.
• Taking charge of planning, developing, managing, and overseeing
employer branding activities.
• Performing employee satisfaction assessments and workshops and
recommend measures to improve employee retention.
• Act as an advisor to hiring managers through the industry knowledge and
market intelligence.
• Set team performance goals and metrics, timelines and a formal tracking
process to measure and manage progress.

Worked on the following RPO projects:
Commercial Bank International Dubai Holding Entertainment
MBZUAI ADNOC Distribution Mondia Group
Main Job Duties:
• Managing the recruitment department teams effectively and ensuring the
client receives a best-in-class service throughout the recruitment process,
whilst encouraging focus on delivery and results. (Team size 2 to 15
employees)
• Managing the recruitment process of direct hire, 3rd party hire and
recruitment campaigns by attracting, selecting, and recruiting the
candidates based on requirements and recruitment polices.
• Closely collaborating with hiring managers on site to understand hiring
needs, and offer strategic hiring solutions to enhance operational
effectiveness and candidate experience.
• Manage the relationship with recruitment agencies and ensuring good
quality and quantity of the CVs sent by these agencies.
• Direct annual recruiting plans, managing the full recruitment life cycle from
market analysis, sourcing to contractual engagement ensuring all phases
are completed according to policies.
• Taking charge of planning, developing, managing, and overseeing
employer branding activities.
• Designing, planning and executing recruitment and selection processes.
• Performing employee satisfaction assessments and workshops and
recommend measures to improve employee retention.
• Set team performance goals and metrics, timelines and a formal tracking
process to measure and manage progress.

• Working with the leadership team to develop best recruiting process for
each position.
• Managing the talent recruitment process including sourcing, candidate
screens, interview logistics for interviews and candidate communications.
• Support the process of gathering and analyzing recruitment data; and
creating goals and metrics for ensuring success.
• Managing the onboarding and offboarding of employees including
fingerprinting/ background checks processing, certification review, benefits
enrollment and administration; and employee exit interview.
• Assisting in development and implementation of human resource policies.
• Providing support to employees in various HR related topics such as leaves,
compensation etc.

Main Job Duties:
• Managing a team of Recruiters/Resourcing Specialists across multiple
locations in the EMEA region effectively and ensuring the hiring managers
and candidates are receiving a best-in-class service throughout the
recruitment process.
• Closely collaborating with hiring managers on site to understand hiring
needs, and offer strategic hiring solutions to enhance operational
effectiveness and candidate experience.
• Manage and monitor internal and external applicant tracking system,
ensuring that all candidates and applicants are properly tracked.
• Manage the relationship with recruitment agencies and ensuring good
quality and quantity of the CVs sent by these agencies.

• Successfully sourcing, identifying, interviewing, and placing technical
personnel for clients such as: Abu Dhabi Polymers Co. Ltd (BOROUGE), Saudi
Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), Dow Chemical, Dolphin Energy, Al
Khafji Joint Operations (KJO), ADGAS, ADCO, Qatar Petroleum, RasGas,
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), Total and Honeywell.
• Screening candidates from Hays database and external websites.
• Conducting telephonic and face to face interviews with the shortlisted
candidates.
• Managing and handling exclusive recruitment campaigns; targeting specific
Oil & Gas experts at specific locations worldwide.
• Exclusively managing and successfully placing UAE nationals for our clients
across the UAE in various departments/positions, such as: Sales, Marketing,
Admin Support, Legal, Finance, Human Resources and other functions.
• Client and vacancy management, KPI delivery, conversion and placement
tracking, business analysis, trends, and forecasts.
• Attending recruitment and Oil & Gas related exhibitions and conferences.