A Diversity and Inclusion advocate skilled in recruitment, selection, training and development, analytical and strategic planning. Developed recruitment, selection, analytical and project mnagement skills in a promotional company through a management trainee program. Developed recruitment, selection, and new hire orientation skills at Tetra Tech. Developed new hire orientation, file maintenance, training, and diversity and inclusion skills at Georgetown University. Developing instructional designer, consultant and facilitation skills at Cook Ross Inc. Gained experience in screening, recruitment, selection, transportation management, organization development and training at CureMD. Gained event management, project management and client interaction experience at HR Metrics.
Responsible for screening, sourcing, interviewing and hiring all executive and managerial positions.
Exploring different sourcing forums to create and maintain a pipeline.
Creating job descriptions and job advertisements related to each post.
Conducting new hire orientation to ensure that employees are quickly integrated into the organization.
Ensure that new hire documentations are complete.
Responsible for co-development, implementation and evaluation of D&I programs.
Managed the day-to-day activities of all the diversity and inclusion programs of HR Metrics such as GDIB seminars/webinars, Surveys, Women for Board Coaching Program, GDIB Awards and so on.
Managed the D&I content on the HR Metrics website that includes updating events and conferences, surveys, awards, magazine and so on.
Worked with web designer to create content for website and social media.
Helped develop the 2019 D&I Benchmarking Best Practices Survey questions and findings report.
Was responsible for hiring Web Designer-starting from writing job description to posting job on different social media forums, screening and scheduling interviews of suitable candidates. Was also responsible for onboarding process.
Headhunted, screened and recruited for various positions in development team such as CRM, QA, Technical Writers, Graphic Designers, Business Analysts and Developers.
Updated job descriptions.
Gathered information on different departments to understand the function of each department.
Created a presentation on CureMD teams to be presented as an awareness session for students at recruitment drives.
Researched different ways of headhunting for potential candidates through different platforms such as Facebook Groups, LinkedIn and so on.
Managed transport for female employees.
Conducted new hire orientation.
Conducted probation and quarterly meetings.
Conducted exit interviews.
Represented CureMD at different job fairs.
• Generated and managed Cook Ross’ content, subject matter expertise, collateral development, and curricula as well as provided support for the internal professional development of the Cook Ross team.
• Created and edited PowerPoint and Word training and marketing materials for use with the clients.
• Provided expert copy editing and desktop publishing support.
• Researched and subsequently presented findings on the topics of diversity & inclusion, cultural competency, unconscious bias, and experiential learning approaches.
• Created and implemented the onboarding plan for new hires.
• Conducted needs assessment and designed training materials per client specifications.
• Presented a Brown Bag on “Being a Muslim in U.S” to educate Cook Ross employees about Islamophobia.
• Maintained faculty member’s files to ensure accuracy and timely decision making related to appointments, promotions, terminations, tenure and other employment actions.
• Conducted specialized workshops for Georgetown Mini Medical School for 200 participants related to medicine.
• Assisted in coordinating new faculty orientations by organizing the events, providing information to new faculty about the office and providing a platform for new faculty to discuss their concerns with the office and department chairs.
• Developed web content by posting and updating information about Grants and Awards for the office webpage.
• Assisted in gathering and providing diversity data (ethnicity and gender) to Faculty Development Committee for decision making.
• Conducted phone interviews for candidates (5 per requisition) and 3 reference checks on final candidate.
• Organized the schedule for new hire orientations and compile new hire orientation packets.
• Ensured recruiting documentation (interview notes, reference checks, etc.) is uploaded into Taleo.
• Responded to written employment verification requests.
• Ran monthly demographics report.
• Created and maintaining new employee files for more than 50 new hires
• Conducted phone interviews for candidates (5 per requisition)
• Conducted 3 reference checks on each final candidate
• Organized the schedule for new hire orientations and compiled new hire orientation packets
• Ensured that recruiting documentation (interview notes, reference checks, etc.) were uploaded into Taleo
• Responded to written employment verification requests
• Created and maintained employee folder for 50 plus new hires
• Ran monthly demographics report
• Human Resources Department. Conducted the recruitment and selection process for the position of Information Technology Manager. Conducted performance appraisals and edited job descriptions of different positions throughout the company. Created the organizational chart by interviewing the head of the departments. Interviewed production workers regarding job satisfaction and presented findings and recommendations to the Executives. Conducted training programs on skills improvement for sales employees.
• Sales. Was successful in bringing P&G as a client for the company by understanding the client requirements of a product, communicating the requirements to the company and creating samples to be entered in the vendor fair. Ensured timely product delivery to clients like Nestle, Coca-Cola, Tapal and Walls Ice Cream.
• Development. Helped design and create the prototypes of the products based on the requirements communicated by Sales. Ordered raw materials for prototypes and ensured that the prototypes were delivered to clients on time.
• Supply Chain. Ensured that the right quantity of material was available at the right time to the production department. Negotiated price with the vendors.
• Production: Helped relay the concerns of production workers to the senior managers. Created and maintained daily production schedules.