Hi, I’m
Afiffa Batool
Munich
Summary
Experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist with a track record of success in diverse industries. Proven expertise in full-cycle recruiting, candidate sourcing, and building talent pipelines. Skilled in developing effective sourcing strategies, partnering with hiring managers, and closing top candidates. Strong communication skills and commitment to diversity and inclusion. Always keen to discuss new innovative ideas.
Overview
11
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
arculus GmbH
Technical Recruiter & Partner
01.2021 - Current
Job overview
- Responsible for full-cycle recruiting
- Identifying relevant passive candidates via variety of channels
- Building and maintaining candidate pipelines, and partnering with hiring managers to build effective sourcing strategies and closing approaches
- Building learning and development program with Parent company
- Analyzing and assessing recruiting process, recommending ideas and strategies on their elimination and implementing the measures where possible
- Together with HR Team taking care of onboarding process
- Planning and organizing job fairs and other recruiting events
- Coordinating employer branding activities
- Providing delightful experience regardless of hiring outcome
- Achievements: Established and maintained strong relationships with business leaders and hiring managers resulting in timely and efficient recruitment processes and successful employee hires with more than 85% candidate and Hiring manager satisfaction rate.
- Led diversity and inclusion recruitment initiatives that resulted in 20% growth in diverse hires, ensuring diverse and inclusive work environment
- Successfully maintained hiring rate of 90% for company over past 2 years.
SolaVieve Holding SA
Human Resources Generalist
06.2020 - 09.2020
Job overview
- Assisting the Head of People & Operation
- Overseeing hiring process, including coordinating, job posting, reviewing resumes, and performing job interviews
- Ensuring new hire paperwork is completed and processed
- Monitoring staff performance and attendance
- Conducting research and analyzing needs for people operation department
Dawood Global Foundation
Project Coordinator & Associate
08.2015 - 03.2017
Job overview
- Liaison globally with scholars and Donors
- Recruit candidates for participation in project
- Planning, managing & coordinating program and a team of volunteers
- Manage communications through media relations and social media
- Scheduling and organizing meetings/events
- Maintain agenda, creating reports and proposals
- Wrote press releases and pitched proposal for new entrepreneurial projects, which resulted in achieving success in getting other international projects
British Council
Assistant Supervisor
06.2012 - 08.2016
Job overview
- Assisted British Council staff with following tasks
- Recruit seasonal invigilating staff for various internal (British Council) and external (UK Exam Boards)
- To ensure integrity and security of compliance
- To develop favorable working environment for other staff members and candidates
Sui Southern Gas Company
Human Resource and Administration- Intern
06.2014 - 08.2014
Job overview
- Learned all the routine operations of Admin & HR service and facilitate their employees in following departments on rotation to learn and develop theoretical knowledge into corporate real-life experience
- Event Protocol Facilitation
- Management Information System (MIS)
- Operation & Leave Management
- Recruitment &Selection
- HRIS and Organization Development
Education
University of Cologne
Master of Arts from North American Studies
2022
University of Karachi
Post-Graduate Diploma from Human Resources Management
2016
University of Karachi
Master of Arts from Sociology
2014
University of Karachi
Bachelor of Science from Sociology
2012
Skills
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, good team player, passionate, solution-driven strong analytical and conceptual skill
- Talent assessment
- Candidate Sourcing
- Sourcing Channels & Tools: LinkedIn recruiter Github, Stackoverflow, AngelList, Amazing hiring and Honeypot, and Xing
- Talent management
- Organizational Development
Certification
- Talent Acquisition Partner – Social Talent
- International Leadership & Organizational behavior –Coursera
- Recruiting, Hiring, and On-boarding Employees. –Coursera
- Data Management & Report writing - University of Karachi
- Feature Writing and News Reporting - Institute of Journalism
- Educate a girl climate summit- United Nation Development Program
- Project Management Professional
Additional Information
- Voluntary work at World Business Dialog, Cologne-2018
- Press Captain & Event Catalyst at LADIESFUND & Educate a Girl (Non- governmental organization)
- Event Manager at the LADIESFUND-Pakistan at various events.
- Volunteer and member of South Asian Association at the University of Cologne
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
German
Upper intermediate (B2)
Urdu
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Technical Recruiter & Partner
arculus GmbH
01.2021 - Current
Human Resources Generalist
SolaVieve Holding SA
06.2020 - 09.2020
Project Coordinator & Associate
Dawood Global Foundation
08.2015 - 03.2017
Human Resource and Administration- Intern
Sui Southern Gas Company
06.2014 - 08.2014
Assistant Supervisor
British Council
06.2012 - 08.2016
University of Cologne
Master of Arts from North American Studies
University of Karachi
Post-Graduate Diploma from Human Resources Management
University of Karachi
Master of Arts from Sociology
University of Karachi
Bachelor of Science from Sociology
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