Leen Khnouf

- Manage full-cycle recruitment for a variety of roles, including technical (e.g., AI Full Stack Developer) and non-technical positions (e.g., Marketing Manager), for on-site and remote teams across the Netherlands and Western Europe - Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies to build robust candidate pipelines, conducting in-depth screenings, and providing detailed reports to stakeholders on candidate qualifications and cultural fit

- Secured top-tier international IT and non-IT professionals for projects in the MENA/GCC region - Utilised a variety of methods for candidate souring; such as Social Media, Referrals, ATS, Job Boards (Naukri, GulfTalent, Bayt, Indeed, and LinkedIn) to build a strong talent pipeline - Conducted in-depth pre-screening interviews to assess technical skills and cultural fit, ensuring alignment with client business objectives

- Spearheaded end-to-end IT/technical and non-IT recruitment; from vacancy management, sourcing (ATS, Social Platforms, etc…), screening, interviewing and selection to offer management - By partnering with the Talent Acquisition team to develop and roll out programs to enhance hiring, onboarding, new hire orientation strategies, sourcing strategies, recruiting channel development, and referral programs, I reduced the average time-to-hire for fresh graduate roles by over two weeks

- Internship titled: JobFlow Market Research Project - Ag cartage/transport market potential. - Investigated the market to evaluate JobFlow's market potential (a NetValue cloud-based project management software) as a SaaS product, by performing valid and reliable market research and competitors analysis. - Compiled, analysed and interpreted collected research data into a report, and presented a few recommendations on how the software/business can acquire the market.

- Owned the full recruiting process, rapidly hiring top startup talent with exceptional agility for Jeeny (formerly Easy Taxi), Lamudi, and Carmudi - Partnered with the HR team to create, develop and manage: the HR Department, end to end Talent Acquisition practices; including, but not limited to: Sourcing, Recruiting, Branding, On-boarding - Governed HR Operations including, but not limited to; administrative services, recruitment, employee relationship management, ad-hoc HR projects for Jordan office

- Managed the regional recruiting process, hiring top startup talent for hellofood, Jeeny (formerly Easy Taxi), Lamudi, Carmudi, and Kaymu - Built and maintained strong relationships with hiring managers, to ensure consistent communication and feedback to best support the business needs, and provide a seamless recruitment and hiring process

- Recruited software development professionals for regional projects - Contributed to the full-cycle recruitment process as a key member of the HR team

- Introduced and sold bayt.com’s online recruitment products and services to employers. - Initiated and developed a strong relationship with assigned verified leads and customers. - Managed growth of new businesses by transitioning them to be loyal customers of bayt.com.

- Capstone Project: Dragons’ Den Competition. From strategy to human resources, operations to marketing, a new business venture plan was developed and pitched to a panel of expert real-world business judges - similar to the Dragons’ Den television series. - Business Research Project: Methodologies to Recover from Poor Employee Selection Processes. This project examined what leads to a poor recruitment and selection process, and offered a few recommendations to recover from them.