RECRUITMENT SKILLS

Full lifecycle recruitment experience from pre-screening to offer management across different industry sectors private & public – IT/Technical, Finance, Public Utilities, Healthcare, Engineering/Petrochemical

Competency/Behavioral based interviewing experience

Administration of psychometric tests – McQuaig and Thomas International

Graduate recruitment Designing and Facilitating Assessment Centers

Management of E-Recruitment from implementation to operation

Volume recruitment – on average have recruited 10-15 roles per month

Recruitment of permanent, temporary and contract staff

Relationship management with external recruitment agencies, third parties, negotiating fees and maintaining PSL’s

Ability to liaise at all levels of management up to director level to establish recruitment needs

Ensure recruitment process meets legislative and best practice requirements

Marketing the company brand by attending job fairs at Universities, Colleges

Able to work both collaboratively and independently

Sourcing both active and passive candidates for potential positions

Strong presentation and communication skills, as well as the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with both internal and external vendors

Successfully developing and executing action plans

ACHIEVEMENTS

Successfully achieved candidate response rate by 30% by Introducing, implementing and managing e-recruitment strategy at Fluor. As a result ensured company had a strong online presence

Successfully redesigned and upgraded the careers website in conjunction with IT at Fluor.

Built strong relations with local Universities, external agencies and career centers for talent acquisition

Successfully managed an assessment/development center to recruit Graduates and Team Leaders at Thames Water

Designed an HR Manual to be used by employees at Misys

Designed and implemented the Induction program at Misys for new employees

WORK HISTORY

Recruitment Specialist (resigned - relocated to the USA)

Fluor Ltd, UK Headquarters (Engineering, Procurement and Petrochemical)

Oct 05 to June 2007

Responsible for managing Fluor’s e-recruitment process

Recruited technical, software, engineering, managerial as well as administration staff

Liaised with line managers to ascertain their recruitment requirements

Worked with managers in devising Job Descriptions

Liaised with external recruitment agencies to negotiate fees and source candidates both

contract and staff

Responsible for redesigning and upgrading the careers website

Promoted Company Brand through networking with Universities, Technical Colleges, Job Centers

IT/Technical Recruiter

Clearswift Ltd, UK (Development of Internet security software – MIME Sweeper)

May 2005 – October 2005

Sole responsibility for managing the entire recruitment process (including, screening, selection, interviewing through to offer management)

Recruited IT, software, technical as well as, general administration staff

Collaborated with a cross sectional set of stakeholders, from the IT department, recruiting

Manager’s, to external agencies

IT Recruitment Officer

Misys International Banking Systems, UK (IT-Software provider to the Banking Industry)

Sept 2003-Aug 2004

Recruitment – managed the entire recruitment process life cycle

Recruited IT, technical and software personnel

General staff/HR processes, advising staff and updating policies and procedures

Employer references for former employees

Maintenance of employee data on HR database and ad-hoc database reports

Introduced and administered the new induction program for new employees

Senior Recruitment Co-coordinator

Amec Facilities Management, UK (Subsidiary of Amec Engineering/Construction)

Apr 2003 Aug 2003 (Temporary Contract),

Managed the full life cycle recruitment process from advertising, pre-screening, interviews and selection

Administrative and contract support

Liaised with both internal and external stakeholders at all levels

HR Assistant

Stryker Medical, UK Headquarters, (Medical Sales Company) and London Probation Service

Sep 2001 Dec 2002 (Temporary Contracts),

Managed all aspects of generalist HR activity such as offers, contract management, pension

claims, absence management

Assisting in the recruitment process

First point of contact for general queries on holiday entitlements, sickness, company policies, benefits

Managing Long Service Awards

Maintained the HR database

Meeting payroll deadlines

Updating policies/procedures in line with current legislation

Recruitment Officer

Thames Water Utilities, UK

Sep 2000 Aug 2001 (Contract)

Managed the entire recruitment process from initial advertising, screening, short listing, interviewing and final selection

Liaised with middle and senior business managers to identify and define recruitment needs Organized and implemented Assessment/Development center for recruiting Graduates and Team Leaders

Liaised with external recruitment agencies, universities and colleges to source candidates, as well as online websites

Performed exit interviews

HR Assistant

Yellow Pages,UK. 1990-1993

Responsible for all administrative HR processes

Updating policies and procedures

Employer references for former employees

Sourcing and booking training courses

Maintenance of employee data on HR database

Ad-hoc database reports

Monthly payroll input

Updating monthly headcount

Maintaining global information for Retail

EDUCATION

MSc; Human Resource Management and Business Administration

University of Aston, Birmingham - UK

BSc; Psychology, Sociology and Social Anthropology

University of Keele - UK

Microsoft Packages – Word, Excel, Power Point, Front Page, Publisher

HR Databases – Oracle, ADP, Snowdrop, Compel

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)- UK

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