Hanzala Bewnak
Dubai,UAE
Summary
- Dynamic HR professional with extensive experience in recruitment, administration, and end-to-end HR processes for both UAE and USA-based clients. Adept at sourcing and placing top talent across industries, including E-Commerce, IT, Pharmaceuticals, Hospitality, Media, and Real Estate.
- Proficient in assessing business needs to forecast and prepare for future staffing requirements, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
- Skilled in candidate qualification, professional assessments, company/client needs analysis, and fostering long-term partnerships built on integrity and transparency.
- Well-versed in utilizing diverse recruitment methods, including job boards, applicant tracking systems (ATS), internet searches, and professional referrals.
- Successfully manages sourcing for full-time (FTE), contract-to-hire, contract, and temporary roles, delivering tailored talent solutions.
- Strong understanding of the full recruitment cycle, from identifying potential candidates to closing placements and onboarding.
- Maintains meticulous records of employee credentials to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
- Coordinates and oversees background checks, drug testing, and other pre-employment screenings, collaborating with vendors to ensure timely and thorough completion.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
2018
2018
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
HR Specialist
Urban Town Real Estate L.L.C
Dubai, UAE
11.2024 - 02.2025
- Manages the full life cycle of recruitment through onboarding, contributing to the company's success by hiring the right talent
- Also oversees external recruitment agency partnerships to source candidates
- Works with department heads to understand their talent needs and reduce time-to-hire
- Creates and posts job ads, schedules interviews, and manages pre-employment screening and background checks
- Offered strategic guidance and support to employees on HR policies, workplace concerns, and professional development
- Stays current on employment laws and company policies
- Handles workplace investigations, conducts one-on-one meetings with employees to resolve issues, and shares essential information with managers to improve their supervisory effectiveness and prevent problems
- Assists managers in determining training needs and finding the best solutions to meet those needs
- Acts as the point of contact between PRO/Typist and employees to ensure all aspects of work permits and employment visas are completed
- Administers payroll in compliance with UAE regulations and maintains an up-to-date employee database
- Organizes employee engagement activities, including birthday and festival celebrations
- Supports CRM implementation for the sales team, suggesting improvements to integrate software and optimize performance reporting for managers
Senior Recruiter
ApTask
Pune, India
07.2023 - 06.2024
- Company Overview: Global Staffing Firm
- Recruit and place candidates for IT & Non-IT domains
- Responsible for the full life cycle of recruiting, including sourcing candidates from job boards, social media, and cold calling
- Pre-screening, qualifying, interviewing, and assessing candidates' technical abilities and soft skills
- Scheduling and coordinating phone and onsite interviews, following up with candidates, and managing offer extensions, closing, and rate/benefits negotiations
- Worked with ATS JobDiva, which involved getting requirements, sourcing, email merge, sending submittals, and maintaining databases
- Utilized job boards such as Dice, LinkedIn Recruiter, CareerBuilder, ZipRecruiter, Monster, and Indeed
- Maintained strong client relationships, directly communicating with Hiring Managers and Technical Leads to better understand requirements and provide top candidates
- Worked on various requirements such as Finance / HR / CSR / Support reqs, and Project Managers, Program Managers, Business Analyst, Software Developers, Cloud Engineer/Architect, DevOps/DevSecOps Engineer, Java Developers, .Net Developers, Python Developers, Network Engineer, System Administration, SQL/oracle DBA/ Developers, Solution Architects, etc
- Assisted candidates in formatting resumes to highlight relevant skills, increasing their chances of selection
- Conducted interview preparations and post-interview debriefings
- Collaborated with HR and Onboarding teams to ensure timely completion of paperwork and screenings
- Built strong relationships with active and placed candidates
- Contributed to the Applications Testing teams of Ace5 and GPTVoice by providing valuable suggestions for app enhancements
- Global Staffing Firm
Senior Recruitment Executive
Mindlance Inc.
Remote
05.2021 - 06.2023
- Recruiting candidates for various positions ranging from entry level to senior management in Marketing, Finance, IT, and Customer Service
- Conducting full lifecycle recruiting activities such as understanding the job order, sourcing, and qualifying the right candidates, scheduling the interviews, managing negotiations, and closing deals
- Conducted exit interviews to capture insightful feedback, driving continuous organizational improvement
- Provide clerical support to the HR department
- Kept the workforce planning tool current, providing reliable workforce insights for managers
- Regularly updated and maintained employees’ digital and physical records
- Conducting bulk hiring and taking Zoom video interviews before submitting the candidates to the client
- Maintaining close contact with candidates to ensure timely and helpful feedback is provided to them
- Communicating with candidates throughout the hiring process to keep them informed about the progress
- Assisting in payroll processing, including verifying employee timesheets
- Awarded Bronze Medal 2022 & Team Gold
HR Recruiter
Akraya Inc.
Pune, India
09.2018 - 04.2021
- Involved in full-cycle recruitment of Non-IT and IT
- Worked with requirements in the Vendor Management System
- Identifies and refers only to qualified candidates to Account Director and Account Managers
- HR point of contact for all employees; addressing insurance questions, policies, procedures, and any other employee concerns
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date human resource employee files, records and documentation
- Provide clerical support to the HR department
- Conduct or assist with onboarding process and new hire orientations
- Coordinates and initiates background checks, drug testing, and other pre-employment screenings; collaborate with vendors to ensure completion on time
- Edited and reformatted resumes as necessary, adding relevant keywords increasing candidate match with client positions, coached candidates on improved resume verbiage
- Staying current on the company’s organization structure, personnel policy, and federal and state laws regarding employment practices
- Completing timely reports on employment activity
- Awarded 2019 President Club (Family Trip), Productive Champion & Best Performer 2020
Intern
BSE Ltd. (Bombay Stock Exchange)
Mumbai
05.2017 - 07.2017
- Completed project – Awareness of Mutual Fund in South Mumbai
Education
Master of Management Studies (MMS/MBA) -
University of Mumbai
Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS/BBA) - undefined
University of Mumbai
Skills
- Full-Cycle Recruitment
- ATS: JobDiva, SAP, Beeline
- Boolean Searches
- Job Boards: Indeed, Naukri, CareerBuilder, Monster, LinkedIn
- HR Documentation & Compliance
- Onboarding & Orientation
- Employee Engagement
- MS Office Suite
- Payroll administration
- Supportive approach
Certification
- Onboarding New Hires
- Diversity Recruiting
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Human Resources: Payroll
Languages
English
Fluent
Urdu
Native
Hindi
Native
Arabic
Elementary
Affiliations
- Travelling, Cricket, Football
Timeline
HR Specialist
Urban Town Real Estate L.L.C
11.2024 - 02.2025
Senior Recruiter
ApTask
07.2023 - 06.2024
Senior Recruitment Executive
Mindlance Inc.
05.2021 - 06.2023
HR Recruiter
Akraya Inc.
09.2018 - 04.2021
Intern
BSE Ltd. (Bombay Stock Exchange)
05.2017 - 07.2017
Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS/BBA) - undefined
University of Mumbai
Master of Management Studies (MMS/MBA) -
University of Mumbai
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