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Gurleen Kaur

Recruiter

Dubai, United Arab Emirates13 yrs 1 mo experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in full cycle recruitment for technical roles.
  • Passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion in hiring.
  • Proven track record in stakeholder management and candidate experience.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with a focus on E-commerce and Technology sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical RecruitingStakeholder ManagementTalent Acquisition

Other Skills

Benefits NegotiationCandidate ExperienceCold CallingCustomer ServiceDigital RecruitingEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsEnglishHuman ResourcesIT RecruitmentInterviewingInterviewing SkillsInterviewsMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office

About

My ethos is all around building professional long term relationships with my candidates, clients and colleagues - something I believe to be the most important attribute to the success of a recruiter. My goal is to hunt exceptional diverse talent and add value to the business. I am extremely passionate about diversity and inclusion in the workplace and involved in a number of activities and internal groups to drive these initiatives. Very passionate about Ecommerce & tech businesses. Areas of expertise include E-commerce; Digital; Product; Engineering & Technology; Marketing; Design; Logistics & Supply Chain; Banking, Financial Services etc. Please share your profiles at gurleen.kaur@emirates.com

Experience

Emirates

Technical Talent Acquisition Partner

Jul 2022Present · 3 yrs 8 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Provide a full cycle recruitment experience to Software Engineering department from sourcing, attracting, interviewing and hiring high calibre candidates capable and competent to perform the role and fit the Emirates Group Values.
  • Understand the assigned departments' manpower recruitment needs which outline candidate identification and attraction initiatives, including UAE National positions.
  • Support specific volume recruitment campaigns, i.e. CodeFest, Open Day Recruitment Drives for technical roles.
  • Agree with the hiring manager on the most appropriate recruitment approach using various channels to attract candidates and write quality digital adverts to attract candidates across global markets.
  • Utilise available databases and technology, i.e., ATS, LinkedIn and other databases, to shortlist potential candidates including UAE Nationals and recommend the top talent to the Hiring Managers.
  • Recommend appropriate recruitment and selection methodologies, i.e. digital assessment) to support talent identification against each position's technical and behavioural competencies and cultural fit requirements.
  • Guide Hiring Managers on the interpretation of behavioural evidence and influence selection decisions.
  • Build professional and open relationships with Hiring Managers and departments, providing a professional service and balancing process integrity issues versus the need to react to departmental pressures.
  • Proactively communicate (within specified time frames) with internal and external candidates to maintain a professional image and a quality candidate experience.
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge on best practice recruitment and selection techniques with specific attention to Diversity & Inclusion.
Stakeholder ManagementInterviewingCandidate ExperienceSocial RecruitingIT RecruitmentTechnical Recruiting

Swvl

Talent Acquisition Specialist (Tech/Non Tech/Product)

May 2022Jun 2022 · 1 mo · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Got affected by the mass layoff. was in complete talent acquisition roles in hiring for tech, non-tech, digital, product roles.

Northladder

Talent Acquisition Manager

Mar 2022May 2022 · 2 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Partnered with Business Heads to lead the recruitment for various positions across organization
  • Acted as Key point of contact for recruitment across organization
  • Coordinated with hiring manager to determine recruitment need
  • Developed and implemented talent acquisition policies and practices and ensured their execution in organization
  • Documented all hiring closed, metrics of employees and associated reports
  • Accountable for timely submission of pre and post joining documents from the new joiner
  • Sourced quality profiles proficiently within pre-defined turnaround time.
  • Participated actively in new employee onboarding, employee engagement activities, curricular activities team outings.
  • Market research and Social Media sourcing undertaken
  • Stakeholder management and reporting
  • Hiring for open roles in Dubai, Iraq and KSA - Account Managers, Sr. Accountant, Fullstack MERN Developers, Engineering Managers, Python ERPNext Developers, QA Engineers (Manual and Automation), Devops Engineer/Lead, Principle Architect, Product Managers, UX Designers, Digital marketing Executives.
Stakeholder ManagementCandidate ExperienceDigital RecruitingOnboardingTechnical RecruitingTalent Acquisition

Magicbricks

Manager - Talent Acquisition

Jan 2021Feb 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Hiring for Leadership, Technology, Non - Technology, Digital Marketing, Research and Product Management Roles for our B2C emerging business - MagicBricks.com.
  • Roles Hired– Financial Controller, Auditors, Financial Analyst, Corporate Strategy, Alliances Lead, Sales, SEO, Business Development Manager, Marketing Manager, Social Media Manager, Fullstack Software Developers, QA Automation Engineers, DevOps Engineer, Engineering Manager, Product Managers, Product Analyst, Category Managers, Strategy Head/Strategy Manager, Linux Administrators, Data Scientist, Data Analytics, Data Engineers, Data Scientist.
  • ATS Worked on: DarwinBox
  • Work closely with line managers and Client Stakeholders to identify critical roles to the business and develop a talent acquisition plan to attract and source quality talent.
  • Drive end-to-end talent acquisition/recruitment solutions in line with business plans.
  • Ensure Recruitment/Talent Acquisition Process is in compliance.
  • Ensure regular performance review with stakeholders to meet the business expectations
  • Offer Approvals, Negotiations and Release.
  • Candidate Onboarding
  • Used Hacker Rank for technical assessment.

Rategain

Manager - Talent Acquisition

Aug 2019Jan 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Worked on innovation projects that involved conducting live webinar sessions to
  • attract talent for critical roles.
  • Harmonized various SOP: Hiring/Candidate Onboarding/ Background Check.
  • Managed Behavioral Based Interviewing Process through Psychometric Survey:
  • Culture Index/ Thomas International.
  • Responsible for Tech & Product hiring as a part of the Talent Acquisition team for
  • various locations – India, US, Dubai (UAE), Spain, China
  • Developed and implemented key recruitment strategies for internal and external
  • candidate identification.
  • Supported many functions and sub functions for their need for technical and
  • functional roles globally (i.e Cloud, DataCenter, Network, Security, SD-WAN, LAN, Software,
  • Inormation Security, Python, FullStack, UI/UX, Product Managers and Digital space).
  • ATS Worked on: Greenhouse

Gartner

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Mar 2019Aug 2019 · 5 mos

  • Complete ownership of full cycle global recruitment for the Analytics/Product/Data Science &
  • Services business vertical(Tech/Non Tech) in India and Gulf(Dubai, AbuDhabi, Qatar).
  • Partnered with Leadership & Business Heads to formulate and execute
  • the hiring strategy for open requisitions.
  • Organized hiring Marathons/Recruitathons/Talent Cultivation to expedite
  • the hiring process and reduce the TAT.
  • Formulated and executed, post offer candidate engagement plan for offered
  • candidates in order to maximize joining ratio.
  • Worked on ATS - Workday

Eli research india pvt. ltd.

Assistant Manager-Talent Acquisition

Jan 2016Feb 2019 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Responsible for sourcing profiles from various job boards like Naukri, IIMJobs,
  • Monster (India & US), Indeed (for all global location-US, HongKong, China, Japan),
  • ZipRecruiter, Dice, CareerBuilder(US), LinkedIn, Hiretual (AI-driven sourcing and
  • recruiting solution provider)
  • Have managed global hiring-India, Hong Kong, China, US.
  • Hiring for technical skills like Core Java, C++, UI Development(javascript engineers,
  • UI designers), WPF, PHP, ReactJS, NodeJs, .NET, Cloud, NO SQL
  • Databases, SQL, technology hiring for skills such as SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, R, Python,
  • Hadoop, Big Data, SAS, Qlikview, IOS, Android, Ruby on Rails, PowerBuilder etc.
  • Networking: CISCO, L1/L2 Support, Network Administrator (Linux/Window)
  • Hiring for Analytics Roles like Business Analyst, Data Scientist, Data Architect with
  • following skill set: R, Python, Hadoop, Big Data, Machine Learning, SQL, Tableau etc.
  • Extensively worked with our business units in various domains in E-Commerce,
  • Healthcare, Financial Services, Banking, Research, Analytics, Media & Publications
  • ATS Worked on - Icims

Sopra steria recruitment limited

Senior Recruiter

Sep 2014Jan 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Responsibilities
  • 1. Understand the requirements from the hiring manager once the MRF is raised & approved. Hiring across Europe and UK market for both technical and non - technical roles in various sectors - IOT, Healthcare, Banking, Financial Services, Government Bodies,
  • 2. Source from various channels of sourcing available
  • 3. Ensure the ideal source mix is maintained to be cost effective
  • 4. Think out of the box to source & attract talent
  • 5. Pitch correctly to the candidates about the company & its policies
  • 6. Conduct interviews, administer tests, roll out offer etc. (end to end recruitment activity)

Artech l.l.c.

Sr Executive-Recruitment

Aug 2012Aug 2014 · 2 yrs

  • 1. Involved in full cycle Recruitment involving sourcing, identifying, and interviewing, screening and placing personnel in quick turnaround time in contract, contract with hire and permanent.
  • 2. Effectively recruited candidates through Internet research, internal database, referrals and other strategies.
  • 3. Understood the client requirements, coordinated for short listing and screening including preliminary interview of the candidates.
  • 4. Negotiated the rates on Contract, Contract to hire basis.
  • 5. Responsible to understand and analyze the requirements in different domain categories (specifically technical).
  • 6. Sourced, screened, evaluated and selected candidates through a structured recruitment process designed to obtain the best candidates. Informed applicants of job duties and responsibilities, compensation and benefits, work schedules and working conditions, company policies, promotional opportunities and other related information.
  • 7. Expertise in using job portals like Gem, Dice, Monster etc.
  • 8. Assigned the tasks of utilizing on-line database, candidate referrals, internet and networking to identify potential candidates.
  • 9. Screen consultants based on job description, checking consultant’s in depth knowledge of relevant technology, functional skills, behaviorally attributes, job history, geography, ability to travel, and other relevant qualities.
  • 10. Responsible for recruiting and maintaining good relationship with existing candidates of the organization.
  • 11. Managed the internal hiring in the organization also by coordinating walk-in interviews.

Education

Alagappa University, Alagappa Nagar, Karaikudi

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Human Resource Management

Jan 2015Jan 2017

MDU Rohtak

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Information Technology

Jan 2008Jan 2012

St Joseph's Convent School

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