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Work History
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Manpreet Kaur

Manpreet Kaur

Summary

Experienced HR professional with 15+ years in recruitment, employer branding, stakeholder engagement, administration, and team support in architecture, real estate, and engineering services in UAE & India. Proven track record in building top-performing teams, developing proactive sourcing pipelines, and overseeing diverse talent pools. Actively pursuing CIPD Level 5 certification to further enhance strategic talent management skills. Expertise in aligning hiring goals with business objectives and fostering a collaborative and inclusive recruitment atmosphere.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Talent Acquisition Partner

MARYA GROUP
02.2025 - 04.2025
  • Collaborate with Project Manager & Department Heads to understand the company's staffing needs and workforce strategy.
  • Utilize multiple sourcing methods, including job boards, LinkedIn, and direct outreach, to attract diverse candidates.
  • Write compelling and accurate job descriptions and job postings that reflect the company's culture and the position's responsibilities.
  • Proactively identify and source active & passive candidates using various channels such as LinkedIn and professional networks.
  • Review and screen resumes and applications to identify candidates who meet qualification and experience required for the role.
  • Conduct initial phone screenings or interviews to assess the candidate's fit, skills and motivation.
  • Organize and schedule interviews with hiring managers and key stakeholders.
  • Provide candidates with seamless interview experience by preparing them for interviews, explaining the process, and managing communication.
  • Coordinate feedback from interviewers and make decisions in collaboration with hiring managers on the next steps for each candidate.
  • Extend job offers to select candidates, ensuring clarity about compensation, benefits, and job expectations.
  • Negotiate salary and benefits packages within the company's guidelines while ensuring the offer is competitive and attractive to the candidate.
  • Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with candidates and hire managers.

Human Resource Officer

NAGA ARCHITECTS & DESIGNERS & PLANNERS
07.2018 - 05.2024
  • Company Overview: DUBAI
  • Conducted candidate sourcing through job portals ensuring the selection of qualified candidates.
  • Develop job descriptions once confirmed roles and responsibilities from hiring manager and posting of job openings.
  • Screening and interviewing candidates by evaluating various assessment methods.
  • Conduct interview process with hiring managers & company head.
  • Employee references check completion and follow-ups with the management post final round of an interview.
  • Negotiate job offers and its preparation after mutual agreement.
  • Facilitate this induction program to familiarize new joiners with the company's culture, policies, procedures, and key departments.
  • Ensure new employees' enrolment is aligned with compliance & UAE employment laws and regulations.
  • Assist new joiners in navigating the Oracle-based Employee Self-Service System, ensuring timely completion and upload of required documents.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for new joiners during their initial days, addressing queries and supporting them in adjusting to new work culture.
  • Complete handling of new employee visas and labour contracts by initiating process until visa stamping.
  • Ensuring all Joining forms with relevant documents are completed to ensure smooth transition of new joiners.
  • Probation Evaluation of new hires in coordination with reporting manager and company head.
  • Arrange interns' program in coordination with HOD's, following a similar process of new joining.
  • Employees learning and development program conduction in coordination with Team Managers.
  • Handling employees benefits like medical insurance and annual air tickets entitlements and maintaining a record in the HRIS System.
  • Preparation of official letters including salary certificates, probation completion letter, experience certificates, NOC's, Referral Letters etc. required by employees.
  • DUBAI

Executive

SIEMENS LTD
12.2010 - 12.2017
  • Company Overview: INDIA
  • Provided comprehensive business support to the CFO, Head of Dept.& executive team, assisting with administrative tasks, scheduling, and travel arrangements.
  • Prepared reports, presentations, and correspondence using Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Coordinated internal and external meetings, ensuring efficient communication and smooth operations.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to support project management and organizational initiatives.
  • Managed and maintained office supplies and equipment, ensuring the smooth functioning of daily operations.
  • Mass email correspondence within departments, organizing meeting and conference calls, corporate agendas.
  • Schedules of appointments and meetings and writes respective minutes and protocols.
  • Processing travel bookings and claims, follow-up and approvals with all supporting documents and cost centers index.
  • Liaison between internal department and overseas employees.
  • Procuring IT Assets and peripherals for the entire department. Stock and data maintenance including ordering, receiving, and delivery in coordination with IT dept.
  • Handling queries of department team members related to HR and other administrative depts.
  • Coordinating in-house training activities and track training sessions.
  • On boarding, car, hotel and flight booking arrangements of new joining's and Expats coming to India.
  • INDIA

Sr. Customer Service Executive

Intelenet Impact
09.2007 - 11.2010

• Update employees with company information.
• Handled documentation part of recruitment and basic formalities like filling forms and
applications etc.
• Assisted junior agents regarding the process with proper instructions and the steps to be
taken for handling a Query.
• Provided assistance to new trainees regarding the updates and other information provided by
clients.
• Work on Emails forwarded from Account Manager regarding travel agencies authorization.


Education

CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma - People Management

Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development
01.2025

Certification - AI For Everyone

Coursera
01.2025

Certification - Talent Sourcing

SHRM-CP
01.2025

MBA - Business Management

Institute of Management Technology (IMT)
01-2010

Bachelors - English literature and psychology

Kanpur University
01.2007

Skills

  • Talent Sourcing
  • 360-Degree Recruitment
  • Active and Passive Recruitment
  • Onboarding
  • Employee Relations
  • Time Management
  • Strong Organizational Skills
  • UAE Labour Law knowledge
  • Negotiation Skills
  • Employee Learning & Development
  • HR Operations
  • Candidate assessment
  • Social media recruiting

Attributes

  • Confidentiality
  • Professionalism
  • Handling Sensitive Information
  • Passionate for work

Software Application Packages

  • HRMS - Gulf HR
  • Deltek
  • Oracle
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Nexus
  • Philos
  • One SRM Tool

Languages

Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Timeline

Talent Acquisition Partner

MARYA GROUP
02.2025 - 04.2025

Human Resource Officer

NAGA ARCHITECTS & DESIGNERS & PLANNERS
07.2018 - 05.2024

Executive

SIEMENS LTD
12.2010 - 12.2017

Sr. Customer Service Executive

Intelenet Impact
09.2007 - 11.2010

Certification - AI For Everyone

Coursera

Certification - Talent Sourcing

SHRM-CP

Bachelors - English literature and psychology

Kanpur University

CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma - People Management

Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development

MBA - Business Management

Institute of Management Technology (IMT)
Manpreet Kaur