LYDIA ALSOUD
AMMAN
Summary
Seasoned recruitment professional with 9 years of experience. Find best candidates that meet job needs and enhance company operations. Knowledgeable about wide range of traditional and digital recruitment strategies, include centralizing recruitment operations, improving applicant tracking, and reducing processing times. Complex problem-solver with a superior work ethic and excellent organizational abilities.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
2
2
Languages
Work History
Recruitment Specialist
Nexus Mena Advisory
4 2022 - Current
- Headhunting matching CVS through LinkedIn and ATS to meet the required positions such as consultant full-time and freelancers
- Interview candidates (via phone, video and in-person)
- Interviewing and assessing prospective applicants and matching them with vacancies at client companies
- Screening candidates and drawing up shortlists of candidates for clients to interview
- Increase engagement of key business stakeholders across the service line by building and developing network and relationships
- Provide shortlists of qualified candidates to hiring managers
- Plan, monitor, and appraise HR activities by scheduling management conferences, resolving employee grievances, training managers in how to coach and discipline, and counseling employees and supervisors
- Support departments in developing and delivering strategic HR plans that fit with the overall business direction
- Organizing interviews and selection events
- Responsible for maintaining candidate pipelines and ensuring a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process
- Working with big 4 partner companies and top-tier consultancy firms such as BCG and Kearny to fill certain vacancies with the right candidates across the world
- Create relationships with job seekers and provide advice
- Finalize and finalize agreements between candidate and employer
- Preparing recruitment plans on an annual and quarterly basis
- Prepare the contracts and job descriptions for the employees internally
- Prepare all the employee's new employees' internal employee files
- Worked on a project in the UAE for the governmental entity as learning and development
- Prepare monthly salaries and timesheets on the company platform
- Offering advice to both clients and candidates on pay rates, training, and career progression
- Working towards and exceeding targets that may relate to the number of candidates placed, a value to be billed to clients, or business leads generated
- Reviewing recruitment policies to ensure the effectiveness of selection techniques and recruitment programs.
- Guided leaders and employees on company policies, programs, benefits and salary administration.
- Implemented innovative sourcing techniques to identify passive candidates and expand talent pipelines for hard-to-fill roles.
Freelance Recruiter
01.2020 - 04.2022
- Maintain a consistent inflow of candidates across different industries and geographical areas
- Present qualified candidates in the Staff Shop format in a timely manner in response to open requisitions
- Manage day-to-day client and candidate communication (in person, phone, email, and other), ensuring timely response rates to all stakeholders to ensure satisfaction
- Conduct quality calls and check-ins to assess needs on site, replace and react if needed.
Human Resources Coordinator
Questscope
08.2015 - 11.2019
- Performance management/ Lead the implementation of the performance management system and employee development/training programs
- Preparing social security, taxes, and health insurance
- Appraisal ZenHR system
- Weekly meetings with all employees and monthly training
- Recruiting, screening, interviewing, and placing workers
- Provides general HR and administrative support (updating staff files and contracts, handling correspondence, registration and filing, etc.)
- Conduct and organize Interviews & Organize tests if required for the position Prepare the summary of the interview results to be shared with the interview panel
- Provides administrative follow-up for recruitment and training activities
- Keeps records (e.g
- Absences) and ensures that HR data is of good quality and kept up to date, particularly regarding salary
- Carries out procedures related to local HR practice, taxes, and social security
- Assist and give Work collaboratively with the heads of departments, HR team, HR HQ, and other stakeholders to maintain an organizational culture in line with the organization's values and goals
- Administration HR Assistant.
Human Resources Officer
Blumont
05.2018 - 07.2019
- Assist in the administering recruitment process by receiving and opening application letters/emails, and filing by the title of positions for shortlisting by the HR Officer
- Headhunting candidates to fill certain vacancies such as IT, Social worker, M&E, Public information, etc
- Recruited and screened qualified potential employees
- Verified and investigated employment claims and data
- Assisted with meetings and presentations within the company
- Prepared monthly termination lists to be added to permanent records.
HR & Administration Assistant
Tetra Pak
02.2014 - 07.2015
- Collaborated with management to build and implement effective, modern employment policies
- Instituted systems and procedures for general accounting and human resource functions, which brought more consistency and reduced mistakes
- Promoted company and increased sales by coordinating and attending Trade shows
- Assisted and arranged meetings between departmental employees
- Maintaining current HR files and databases
- Updating and maintaining employee benefits and employment status
- Ensured the planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee work results by training managers to coach and discipline employees
- Improved customer service rankings by quickly resolving issues to improve overall satisfaction
- Completed human resource operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees
- Improved office efficiency by effectively managing internal communications and correspondence
- Coordinate office activities and operations to secure efficiency and compliance with company policies
- Support budgeting and bookkeeping procedures
- Create and update records and databases with personnel, financial, and other data.
Education
Bachelor of Interior design -
SAE
08.2012 - 02.2014
Skills
Adaptability
Decision Making
Teamwork
Microsoft Office
Leadership
Time Management
Communication
Analytical Thinking
Onboarding
Strategic thinking
Training and developmental skills
Recruitment
Conflict resolution
Empathy
Applicant Tracking Systems
Certification
Project Management Professional - PMP, Metanoia Training and Consulting
Timeline
Freelance Recruiter
01.2020 - 04.2022
Human Resources Officer
Blumont
05.2018 - 07.2019
Human Resources Coordinator
Questscope
08.2015 - 11.2019
HR & Administration Assistant
Tetra Pak
02.2014 - 07.2015
Bachelor of Interior design -
SAE
08.2012 - 02.2014
Recruitment Specialist
Nexus Mena Advisory
4 2022 - Current
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