Resham Akhtar

Achievements:

• Streamlined recruitment process to allow quicker placement of candidates into roles.
• Redesigned job role adverts to appeal to the best candidates for the role
• Assisted in redesign of reporting and progress tracking to allow for an easier view of sites with multiple/frequent vacancies.
• Reviewed and created a more user-friendly reporting system highlighting the progress on priority roles to the SLT weekly and monthly.
• Quickly built relationships with leaders across the business.

Responsibilities:

• Developing and implementing strategies to acquire the best talent at a variety of levels and roles across the business.
• Ensuring the recruitment process is consistent for head hunting, recruiting, interviewing, and hiring ensuring a positive candidate experience.
• Manage the end to end recruitment process for between 10 – 30 vacancies at any one time.
• Manage the end-to-end recruitment for senior roles within the business.
• Partnering with hiring managers and leaders across the business to track ongoing needs and discuss potential future vacancies across my regions.
• Ensure recruitment strategies and processes align with the company values, culture, and actively seek to diversify the talent pool.
• Use data to track vacancies and to measure the effectiveness of advertisements.
• Keep track and report to senior leadership team on recruitment progress both weekly and monthly.
• Collaborate closely with external suppliers.

Senior Recruitment Consultant - working at 154% target.

Providing end-to-end recruitment services to clients across various industries, from candidate sourcing to onboarding.

• 360 Recruitment Consultant across contract and permanent billing £25K in 3 months.
• Developed a new division and market area for the business.
• Briefing candidates on potential job opportunities and guiding them through the process
• Actively sourcing new clients and leads
• Managing all administrative duties
• To develop, build and maintain new and existing client and candidate relationships.

Recruitment Consultant for the creative industries my role manifested into a dynamic and multifaceted one. As well as doing my day-to-day recruiter responsibilities, I am well-versed in the pressures of office management, client management as well as business development activities.

Further responsibilities include:

• 360 Recruiter managing my own desk.

• Identifying and interviewing prospective candidates.

• Briefing candidates on potential job opportunities and guiding them through the process.

• Actively sourcing new clients and leads

• Managing all administrative duties.

• To develop, build and maintain new and existing client and candidate relationships.

As an Account Executive at Hogarth WW, I have taken on a hybrid role encompassing transcreation and account management.

My responsibilities include:

• Project management duties with regards to new and existing campaigns. Involving budget planning, timelines, resource management and administration. Working on advertising campaigns, apps and eDetailers.

• Working on primary production campaigns for pharmaceutical brands and their Middle East and European markets

Elected Women’s Officer during my time at University. Ran a winning campaign and refined interpersonal skills, and ability to organize others, as well as gaining invaluable leadership skills. Organised events, and societies and dealt with solving problems on a day-to-day basis.

Office of Khalid Mahmood MP, Westminster

Carried out an internship in the Westminster office of local MP. Worked front of house, and dealt specifically with the administration for casework regarding immigration.