Amelia Wong

Talent Acquisition Manager

Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia7 yrs 10 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in closing hard-to-fill positions quickly.
  • Strong background in technical recruitment and client advisory.
  • Proven track record in driving revenue growth and client satisfaction.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition and Business Development expert in the SaaS and Recruitment industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitment ManagementBusiness DevelopmentClient EngagementClient Relationship ManagementAccount ManagementSales StrategyMedia PlanningIt RecruitmentCandidate SourcingExecutive SearchClient Management

Other Skills

Recruitment KPIsEmployer BrandingBudget ManagementData AnalysisSaaSTalent ManagementTender ManagementClient SatisfactionRecruitmentSales GrowthCandidate ManagementGlobal Talent AcquisitionCorporate RecruitingBusiness Growth StrategiesRevenue & Profit Growth

About

People often ask me about my strengths and how my achievements create real impact. Coming from a technical recruitment background has given me a unique advantage — the ability to deeply understand my clients’ pain points beyond the surface. That insight allows me to propose practical, relevant solutions rather than one-size-fits-all offerings. By consistently going the extra mile to solve real problems, I’ve been able to build strong, trusted relationships with clients. This trust naturally opens opportunities to introduce additional services that add value to their business — while contributing to a healthy revenue pipeline and sustainable, long-term growth for the company. For me, impact isn’t just about closing deals; it’s about creating partnerships that grow over time. My name is Amelia Wong, you can consider me your Talent Advisor with strong focus on solving hard-to-fill positions. By deeply understanding the gaps in hiring processes and market challenges, I help companies close roles that truly matter to their growth - from spending 1 month to closing roles in 1 week, the key here is be open to listen of your gap against your market competitors. Besides, I bring strong content and communication skills that drive engagement and deliver high-impact employer branding through social media, particularly through writing, I journal a lot :)

Experience

City university malaysia

Talent Acquisition Manager

Feb 2026Present · 2 mos · Петалинг-Джая · On-site

  • Responsibilities
  • Lead, coach and manage a team of Talent Acquisition to achieve recruitment KPIs and service standards
  • Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from budgeting, manpower planning, sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation to onboarding
  • Partner with Deans, Head of Department, and hiring managers to understand staffing needs and provide advisory in getting the best suited candidates
  • Develop and implement effective talent acquisition strategies, including employer branding initiatives
  • Oversee and coordinate internal and external recruitment advertising, ensuring optimal visibility and outreach
  • Oversee recruitment budgets, agency management and vendor negotiations to ensure cost efficiency
  • Utilize recruitment data and market insights to improve hiring effectiveness and time-to-fill
  • Ensure all recruitment activities comply with university policies, labour laws, and audit requirements
  • Drive continuous improvement of recruitment processes and systems
  • Keen to explore your career in both Academic & Non-Academic roles with City University?
  • Feel free to drop me an email with your updated CV at amelia.wong@city.edu.my
Talent AcquisitionRecruitment KPIsEmployer BrandingBudget ManagementData AnalysisRecruitment Management

Foundit

Senior Business Development Manager

Apr 2025Nov 2025 · 7 mos · Selangor, Malaysia · Hybrid

  • Proactively generate new business opportunities across various industries through cold calling, referrals, and strategic networking.
  • Manage and nurture relationships with existing clients, including re-engaging lapsed customers and onboarding new ones, by effectively upselling and cross-selling the company’s core and complementary products.
  • Serve as a brand ambassador by promoting the new "Foundit 2.0" platform and highlighting its enhanced features as part of the transition from Monster.com
  • Proactively engage clients by demonstrating the platform’s features and showcasing how it can support their upcoming recruitment efforts.
  • Engage with clients to understand their recruitment challenges and provide tailored, effective solutions to address their hiring needs.
Business DevelopmentClient ManagementSaaSTalent ManagementClient Engagement

Exsto

Business Development Manager

Jun 2024Apr 2025 · 10 mos · Greater Kuala Lumpur · On-site

  • Actively involve in Exsto Malaysia’s business development strategies that aligns with the
  • management direction.
  • Be the company’s ambassador in various design and sustainability events, workshop and launching.
  • Ensure company’s branding, full capabilities and product information being well delivered and
  • known to the market including end client, interior designer, project management consultancy and
  • contractors involved.
  • Ensure business development team being updated with latest leads, to target the correct person in
  • charge for that particular project by walking them through our full range of products, showroom
  • visitation, lunch and learn session and presentations.
  • Actively involve in Project Tendering, Request For Quotation, Tender Interview and Clarification,
  • Tender Submission, Site Visitation, Mock-Up Presentation and Field Sales Report.
  • Manage client's satisfaction index and expectations in a timely manner.
  • Closely liaise with all concerned parties to ensure smooth project deliverables with top notch
  • standards.
Business DevelopmentTender ManagementClient SatisfactionClient Relationship Management

Freelance (self employed)

Headhunter & Care Taker

Apr 2023May 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo · Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia · Remote

  • I work remotely supporting my client's requirements from various industries and specializations in Engineering, IT, Project Management, Architectural Design, R&D, Quantity Survey, Finance and HR roles dealing with HR and Company Owners directly.
  • Actively involved as a 270 degree consultant

Jobstreet malaysia

2 roles

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Jul 2022Mar 2023 · 8 mos

  • Transferred from Corporate Sales department to new department, the Recruitment department “Seek
  • Select” recruitment arm under Jobstreet.
  • Kickstart the recruitment arm of Jobstreet also known as SEEK Select by Jobstreet together with my
  • Head of Department from scratch.
  • Involve in 360 recruitment process inclusive of Business Development, Client Management,
  • Candidate Sourcing, Candidate Management and Bulk Hiring.
  • Focusing mainly managerial and above role, concurrently with some executive roles, in various
  • industry
RecruitmentClient ManagementCandidate SourcingRecruitment ManagementBusiness Development

Corporate Account Manager

Feb 2021Jun 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Key Achievement in Q4, FY21 (Feb - June 2021)
  • 1. Early confirmation and increment of 25% salary in 4 months, over achieved target.
  • 2. Successfully grew a few SME and MNC accounts up to 80 - 100 % spending.
  • 3. Wrapped up the financial year with 112% against given target by the management.
  • Key Achievements in Q1-Q4 FY22 (Jul 2021 - June 2022)
  • 1. Wrapped up the financial year with 143% (Target of RM 3.6 million against RM 2.5 million)
  • against given target by the management.
  • 2. Top Performer in the APAC Region.
  • 3. Consistently met my monthly target.
  • Responsibilities
  • Manage the 300+ key accounts portfolio consists of SME, PLC and MNC companies.
  • Analyse the customer's needs through data driven methods and structured planning sessions, and
  • then propose the most effective solutions
  • Identify opportunities to upsell and cross sell our products and services in the form of total sourcing
  • solutions
  • Design and execute the account plan to build deeper relationships and grow sales for each key
  • customer
  • Design engagements and build relationships with top management/ decision makers of each key
  • customer
Account ManagementSales GrowthClient EngagementSales Strategy

Skyboard media sdn. bhd.

Lead, Media Planner

Aug 2020Feb 2021 · 6 mos · Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

  • Key Responsibilities
  • Key Account Management
  • Manage key accounts and maintain a good
  • relationship with clients.
  • Follow-up closely with clients on their
  • needs for upcoming plans and marketing
  • campaign.
  • Propose suitable billboard sites and other
  • media services according to their budget
  • and marketing initiative.
  • Prepare media proposal and suggest ideas
  • to clients for their upcoming marketing
  • strategy.
  • Prepare media quotation and invoice
  • according to client's need.
  • Manage and participate in tendering
  • process on behalf of the company.
  • Work hand-in-hand with development team
  • on the estimated time to install client's
  • billboard
  • Business Development & Sales
  • Led a team of 3 media planners.
  • Identify targeted clients through social
  • media and brands with new products and
  • services to market.
  • Plan and recommend media strategies to
  • attract and retain customers, increase
  • the client's brand recognition, and maintain
  • and increase customer satisfaction and
  • loyalty.
  • Help client to optimize the exposure of ads
  • and ensure ads reaches the target
  • audiences through different channels.
  • Actively cross-selling our products and
  • services such as billboards, digital
  • marketing, video production, virtual event,
  • mobile apps and event management
  • Actively meet clients and to establish trust
  • and build rapport with clients and media
  • professionals.
  • Compare and negotiate rates and ad space
  • best suit client's goals.
  • Actively update to clients and build
  • long-term relationships.
Media PlanningClient Relationship ManagementClient Engagement

Triple e resources

Freelance Recruiter

Aug 2019Aug 2020 · 1 yr · Shah Alam

  • Freelance and partnership with a Director of HR and act as a 360 degree consultant managing
  • recruitment and outsource HR Services, we work hand in hand.
  • Clients who have engaged with my services are mainly SMEs and Corporate companies mainly in
  • Recruitment
  • During this period, I was very active in Business Network International (BNI) on a weekly basis, the clientele industry focus was in Manufacturing, Distribution and Telecommunication industry

Hunters international

2 roles

Senior Search Consultant

Jan 2019May 2019 · 4 mos · Petaling Jaya

  • IT Recruitment Consultant
  • Mainly involved in 360 recruitment process which involves business development, client
  • management, candidate management and sourcing of talents of various industries.
  • Actively involved in hiring IT, Engineering and various talents for my clients.

Executive Search Consultant

Jan 2016May 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Petaling Jaya

  • IT Recruitment Consultant
  • Employee Number 4 with both Directors
  • Mainly involved in 270 - 360 degree recruitment process which involves business development, client
  • management, candidate management and sourcing of talents of various industries.
  • Highlighting partial list of Successful Placements:-
  • Placements done for Malaysia, China and Philippines
  • Assistant Purchasing Manager
  • Warehouse Manager
  • Infrastructure Manager
  • Senior Manager, Contract Logistics
  • Credit Control Manager
  • Company Secretary
  • Assistant IT Manager
  • Leasing Manager
  • Head of Finance (Philippines)
  • Software Developer/Engineer
  • IT Project Manager
  • Software Designer
  • Full Stack Developer
  • Key Achievements
  • Consistently meet my target and with a good increment and early confirmation
  • Effectively managed new job orders and ensure close engagement with them.
Recruitment ManagementClient EngagementExecutive SearchClient Management

My e.g. services berhad

Recruitment Executive

May 2018Dec 2018 · 7 mos · Damansara Perdana

  • IT Recruitment
  • In-charge of end to end group level recruitment process
  • Act as the main IT Recruiter in the team
  • In-charge of other positions from company's subsidiary for (Non-IT roles)
  • Liaise with hiring managers from different departments for any hiring requirements needed
  • Prepare documents needed for hiring approval
  • Successful Placements
  • IT Positions:
  • Software Developers, Team Lead, Manager for ( PHP, C#. NET, Front-End, Mobile, Arduino)
  • Business Analyst & Designers
  • NON-IT Positions:
  • Corporate Finance Executive
  • Internal Courier Officer
  • Credit Control Officer
  • Operation Officer
  • Logisitics Officer
IT RecruitmentCandidate ManagementCandidate Sourcing

Vxcel consulting sdn bhd

Recruitment Consultant

Jun 2015Dec 2015 · 6 mos · 10 Boulevard, PJ

  • IT Recruitment Consultant
  • This is my first entry level job after completion of Degree, a pure IT Recruitment Firm.
  • I was hired in as an IT recruiter and given a chance to do Business Development on my 2nd
  • month onwards
  • Managed to bring in a new client with a few job orders on my own
IT RecruitmentBusiness DevelopmentClient Engagement

Education

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)

Bachelor's Degree in Psychology (Hons) — Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Jan 2011Jan 2014

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