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Hi, I’m
Ahmed Khalfan Al-Sabahi
Team Lead Recruitment & On-boarding
Muscat
Summary
Professional Recruiter with proven skills in using diverse traditional and online methods for finding top candidates for business openings. Adept at collecting data and analyzing metrics to make proactive decisions about recruiting strategies. Experienced in handling onboarding, training and registration of new employees. Results-oriented with experience in talent acquisition. Success in leading effective strategies to improve recruitment and retention, foster relationships with educational partners, and create new recruitment pipelines.
Overview
6
years of professional experience
5
years of post-secondary education
4
Certificates
Work History
Bank MuscatMuscat
Team Lead Recruitment & On-boarding
05.2023 - Current
Job overview
- Manage and develop a team of recruitment professionals to meet the recruitment needs of the organization.
- Develop and maintain recruitment budget and monitor expenses
- Develop recruiting strategies to identify qualified candidates and build network.
- Manage the full cycle recruitment process, including job postings, candidate screening, interviewing, and selection.
- Work with hiring managers to develop job descriptions and identify the skills and qualifications needed for each job role
- Build and maintain relationships with external recruitment agencies, colleges, and universities to increase visibility and attract a diverse pool of candidates.
- Develop and implement recruitment metrics to track progress and improve the effectiveness of recruitment strategies.
- Evaluated strengths and weaknesses of candidates through effective screening processes.
- Placed advertisements, evaluated applicant credentials, conducted initial interviews and pre-screening assessments.
- Collaborated with hiring managers to understand job requirements and expectations.
- Operated and maintained applicant tracking and candidate management systems.
- Advertised job opportunities on social media platforms and job boards.
- Collaborated with internal teams to continuously improve recruitment processes and execute as efficiently as possible.
- Developed and implemented plans to improve recruitment process.
- Developed and implemented onboarding and orientation programs for new employees.
- Partnered with departmental managers to ascertain hiring needs and subsequently provide candidate recommendations.
- Pre-screened resumes prior to sending to corporate hiring managers for consideration.
- Support the development and implementation of a comprehensive succession planning strategy.
- Develop and maintain succession plans for each critical position, including identifying skills and competencies required, and potential internal and external candidates.
- Analyze employee turnover data and identify trends and root causes of high turnover rates.
- Manage employee retention programs.
Bank MuscatMuscat
Senior Associate-Recruitment &On-boarding
02.2019 - 05.2023
Job overview
- Worked with recruiting teams and human resources representatives to accomplish hiring objectives.
- Generated specific candidate pool for career opportunities through strategic placement of advertisements, evaluation of applicant credentials, and conducting initial interviews and pre-screening assessments.
- Partnering with hiring managers to determine staffing requirements/replacements on a regular basis.
- Extract available / sourced applicants through databases, social media etc.
- Screening and filtering resumes and phone screening interviews for assigned vacancies.
- Coordinate interviews with the hiring manager and follow up with the interview process status with the team.
- Draft approval memos and obtain a comparable salary fitment keeping in mind internal parity.
- Maintain relationships with both internal and external client to ensure the staffing goals are achieved and maintain relationship with employment agencies, universities and colleges. Additionally manage / attend job fairs and other brand related activities.
- Coordinate and conduct the administrative arrangements pertaining to testing/ interviewing of potential candidates.
- Assist in managing the HIPO graduates program including administrating the personality test.
- Assist in Managing all recruitment/ joining formalities of new recruits as per the established polices.
- Partnered with departmental managers to ascertain hiring needs and subsequently provide candidate recommendations.
- Coordinates the essential travel and accommodation arrangements for newly hired employees
- Working closely with the HR general managers and other management members to prepare and plan the yearly budget.
- Conducts regular follow-up with managers to determine the effectiveness of recruiting plan and implementation.
- Prepares and sends offer packages
- Conducting orientation sessions and providing new employees with an overview of the organization's policies, procedures and culture.
- Managing the new employee feedback process to improve onboarding programs and employee satisfaction.
- Providing guidance and support to new employees to ensure a positive onboarding experience.
Bank MuscatMuscat
Senior Associate- Staff Banking
04.2018 - 02.2019
Job overview
- Process Banking Documents
- Special account instructions preparing pay orders , fixed deposit , standing orders.
- Perform administrative duties, like recording new staff information and documentation,entering data into proprietary software, and other similar tasks.
- Assist staff daily in closing accounts, and opening different types of accounts&activation of accounts cards and replacement
- Manage staff bank accounts and following statement And verifying signature of staff.
- Loan Posting (Personal , Housing ,Baitna).
Education
Sultan Qaboos UniversityOman,Muscat
Bachelor of Science from Business Management
01.2013 - 12.2018
Skills
Technical Acumen
Certification
Certified [CIPD Level3]
Timeline
Team Lead Recruitment & On-boarding
Bank Muscat
05.2023 - Current
Certified [CIPD Level3]
01-2022
HIPO High Potential Graduates Program
01-2021
Senior Associate-Recruitment &On-boarding
Bank Muscat
02.2019 - 05.2023
X-Culture Global Collaboration Certificat(University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
12-2018
Senior Associate- Staff Banking
Bank Muscat
04.2018 - 02.2019
Pearl Initiative
07-2017
Sultan Qaboos University
Bachelor of Science from Business Management
01.2013 - 12.2018
Software
Oracle ERP
Koran Ferry
T24
Mala’a
Accomplishments
- Successfully recruited a total of 136 new candidates in 2022, including fresh candidates, experienced candidates, and expat candidates.
- Selected as one of the top fresh graduates out of a pool of hundreds of employees to participate in the prestigious Bank Muscat High Potential Program for a two-year period in 2018
- Successfully introduced and implemented automation for the testing of fresh candidates, resulting in the conversion of paper-based tests to computer-based tests. Utilizing the korn ferry platform, effectively streamlined the testing process and improved overall efficiency and accuracy.
- Successfully introduced and implemented the cutting-edge recruitment system Taleo after thorough online research, deemed the best option for our organization. The new system allowed for streamlined tracking of applicant data and improved communication between HR and recruitment teams. The efficiency and efficacy of the new system resulted in higher quality hires and a more seamless recruitment process.
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