Workday
Mohammed Wasif Zariwala
Talent Acquisition Partner
Dubai
Summary
Dedicated Talent Acquisition Specialist successful at managing full recruitment life cycle. Develops and implements customized strategies to meet specific position requirements and source qualified candidates. Offering 8 years of recruitment strategy development.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Master Field
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
04.2023 - Current
- Lead end-to-end recruitment processes, including job posting, sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with hiring managers to understand their staffing needs and objectives
- Create and execute recruitment strategies to attract high-quality candidates, including both active and passive candidates
- Manage candidate pipelines and provide regular updates to hiring managers
- Conduct reference checks and ensure seamless onboarding experience for new hires
- Serve as trusted HR advisor to business units, offering guidance on various HR matters
- Managed to hire team of 50 personnel for SAP team in 10 months from scratch
- Address employee relations issues, provide conflict resolution, and maintain positive work environment
- Implement and monitor HR policies, procedures, and compliance with relevant laws and regulations
- Facilitate employee development and engagement initiatives
- Utilize HR analytics to assess recruitment and HR-related metrics, providing insights to drive improvements and informed decision-making
- Generate regular HR reports and dashboards for management and stakeholders.
- Streamlined onboarding processes for new hires, ensuring smooth transition into organization.
- Developed strong relationships with universities, professional associations, and other external partners to enhance organization's visibility among prospective candidates.
- Reduced time-to-fill for open positions by implementing efficient recruitment strategies and effective collaboration with hiring managers
Specialist, Global Talent Acquisition
Kroll
Mumbai
05.2021 - 05.2023
- Sourcing and screening new and existing candidates for open requisitions
- Assisting Talent Acquisition recruitment team on requisitions that do not have existing pipeline
- Assisting Talent Acquisition team on 'market mapping' projects
- Actively source candidates utilizing resume databases, networks, social media and other relevant resources
- Conduct initial interviews, sell organization, and present candidate qualifications to recruiting partners for review
- Work towards ensuring that all talent acquisition and staffing metrics are met, as well as other team goals.
- Developed strong relationships with universities, professional associations, and other external partners to enhance organization's visibility among prospective candidates
- Conducted multiple Job fairs at Universities, Colleges in multiple countries which resulted in hiring of around 90 management consultants
Recruitment Sourcing Partner
Capita
Mumbai
11.2019 - 05.2021
- Partner with Recruiting Business Partner & Hiring Manager across Europe for recruitment
- Managed end-to-end recruitment cycle right from identifying right candidate till on-boarding for varied positions in Technology, Functional & Support roles
- Hands on experience of sourcing candidates from job boards (Reed, Jobsite, CW jobs) Universal Searching method (Boolean Search, X-ray search, Git Hub, Stackflow, LinkedIn)
- Ensure stakeholder involved are kept updated of progress & strategy used to fill role with reports on excel
- Act as point of contact and build influential candidate relationships during selection process
- Successfully completed various recruitment pilot projects for multiple locations across EMEA which resulted in cost efficiency and less reliability on Vendors
- Managed over 5 Social Talent Project and imparted training to colleagues
- Trained & mentored new joiners on process
- Involved in allocation of job boards, running utilization report, error report, communicating updates.
- Mentored junior recruiters on effective communication techniques, increasing overall team effectiveness in working with diverse clientele.
- Organized and attended international job fairs, showcasing company offerings and attracting top talent into network.
Recruitment Consultant
WhiteCrow Research
Mumbai
04.2016 - 11.2019
- Global Recruitment specialist for Oil and Gas industry
- Handling clients based in countries / Regions: APAC - Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Brunei, China, Thailand, Philippines & Singapore, Europe - UK (London), Gulf - Dubai, Oman & USA
- Sourcing relevant candidates through available resources
- Recommending client for deserving candidate
- Maintaining Database of candidates
- Handling mandates for mid to senior level
- Coordinated interviews between clients and candidates to ensure seamless scheduling and communication throughout process.
- Expanded company's talent pool by actively sourcing candidates through networking events, job boards, and social media platforms.
- Conducted multiple recruiting events to grow passive talent pipeline to prepare for future hiring needs
Education
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) - Business/Commerce
S.M. Shetty College- Degree Section
Mumbai 01.2012 - 04.2016
Skills
Recruitment planning
Candidate pipeline management
Applicant Tracking Systems
Social Media Recruiting
Talent management
Global recruitment
Strategic Sourcing
Workforce Planning
Websites
Certification
Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certification, Datamatics Business Solutions
Software
Taleo
SAP
Oracle
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Master Field
04.2023 - Current
Specialist, Global Talent Acquisition
Kroll
05.2021 - 05.2023
Recruitment Sourcing Partner
Capita
11.2019 - 05.2021
Recruitment Consultant
WhiteCrow Research
04.2016 - 11.2019
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) - Business/Commerce
S.M. Shetty College- Degree Section
01.2012 - 04.2016