Ismail Ahmed

Results-driven US Recruitment professional with over 7 years of experience managing the full recruitment lifecycle for executive, mid-level, and entry-level positions. Dedicated in handling Direct Clients for their Non-IT roles in delivering high-quality talent solutions and driving successful placements in permanent and contract positions. Experienced supporting multiple roles in diverse industries including Legal Services, Real Estate, Construction Engineering, Architecture &

• Design, Tax &

• Accounting, Hospitality, Oil &

• Gas, Energy &

• Utilities, Environmental Services, Component Manufacturing, and Healthcare.

Recruitment Consultant (Freelance) - SMRT Employment Service

(2026-01)

Business Development Manager - SMRT Employment Service

(2023-07 - 2025-11)

• Research and develop expert knowledge about client organization, specialized services and structure to properly align qualified candidates.
• Primary focus on Legal, Construction, Accounting, Healthcare, and Manufacturing clients through a talent market research and a strategic focus on hard-to-fill and executive roles.
• Negotiated terms with the client's POC and secured a signed agreement covering the placement fee percentage, replacement warranty and payment timeline.
• Collaborated with hiring manager to identify their priority requirements and refine candidate profiles in their geographical regions.
• Guide candidate for interviews, retrieves employer feedback following interviews, ensuring a smooth and professional experience from interview to offer.
• Provided verbal offers to candidates and maintained continuous candidate engagement throughout the recruitment cycle.
• Managed candidates' status changes including hire/start dates and ensure all activity is updated in CEIPAL ATS.
• Lead a team of 5 members and guided them on recruitment strategies and fostering teamwork to achieve overall team goal.

Executive Recruiter - SMRT Employment Service

(2023-01 - 2023-06)

• Provided support to Process Head and multiple BDMs on their priority requirements of executive levels such as Directors, CEOs, Vice President, Area/Regional Manager, Managing Partner, General and Operations Manager.
• Revised detailed job descriptions by outlining role requirements, responsibilities, and qualifications to ensure accuracy, effectiveness and candidate engagement.
• Connecting to active and passive candidates on LinkedIn by sending them InMail's in a professional manner to attract top talent.
• Identifying candidates through a variety of methods that include sourcing resumes from multiple job portals and match candidates based on technical skills, experience, certifications, and client requirements.
• Advertised requirements on job boards and posted on LinkedIn and reviewed candidate resumes and analyzed applicants to determine suitability for the role.
• Build a diverse pool of applicants by maintaining database records of high potential candidate, including active and passive prospects for future hiring process.
• Support new recruiters by helping them with recruiting methods, second-level closures and worked together to improve work performance of team.

Senior Non-IT Recruiter (Remote) - CODEFORCE 360 - Remote

(2021-01 - 2022-12)

• Participating in daily huddle and collaborating with Account Manager and peers to ensure all the active requirements are covered and potential closers are managed successfully.
• Responsible for recruiting across a wide range of non-IT high volume roles, including Technicians, CSR's, Quality Assurance, Product Design, Project Management, Finance & Accounting, Manufacturing & Production and IT Support positions.
• Screening applicant's profile or migrate resumes from integrated search to Ceipal ATS and identify a perfect match profile.
• Coordinating with Portal admin and posting requisitions to appropriate job boards and email marketing the job to all candidates of internal database.
• Calling candidates to evaluate their fit & technical competence and provide information regarding position, including but not limited to pay rate, working hours, physical requirement, and detailed information on all duties they would perform.
• Taking email confirmation and a right to represent the candidate's profile to client, format the resume and submit to Accounts Manager.
• Set-up interviews across multiple time zones by utilizing virtual interview technology and ensure that applicant has successfully attended the interview.
• Follow up with applicant as needed to keep them apprised of the status of their application and notify them on anticipated start date and explaining onboarding process.
• Updating all activities related to candidate disposition, interview progress, feedback, confirmation, and job offer details in Ceipal ATS.
• Initiate On-boarding process after getting positive feedback and a job offer from the client and ensure that the candidate is fully acclimated to operations.
• Worked closely with On-boarding team members to ensure efficiency and overall quality in process and provided them all required details.
• Maintained a diverse talent pipeline by managing a database of candidates and tracked active and passive talent for current and future recruitment initiatives.

Non-IT Recruiter - W3 Global

(2019-10 - 2020-10)

• Proactively collaborated with Business Development Managers (BDMs) to clarify job requirements, ensure timely candidate submissions and meet client's expectation, discuss and develop recruiting strategies to meet the staffing goals.
• Utilized multiple resources such as job portals, social networking techniques for finding an exceptional candidate to fill the active requirement.
• Conducting quick research on clients and analyzing their previous projects to gather required information for understanding their needs.
• Broadcasting job to all the internal database candidates and posting the requisition in all the available job boards.
• Search and identify the right candidate who has the required qualification, experience & skills and email them job specification.
• Reaching prospective candidates through phone call to assess their relevant knowledge, soft skills, experience, and aptitudes.
• Briefed candidates on essential job information such as company policies, employment benefits, job duties, pay rate and closed the deal.
• Scheduled interviews of shortlisted applicants upon receipt of feedback from client and served as a liaison between Accounts Manager and candidate.
• Supported candidate through interview process, shared client's feedback and notified them of employment possibilities, consideration and updated the status in Talent Pathway ATS.
• Developed and managed a strong pipeline of qualified candidates and checked their eligibility and availability for rehiring.

Technical Recruiter/Sourcing Specialist - JNIT Technologies (Magellanic Cloud)

(2018-09 - 2019-07)

• Participating in meetings with Recruiting Manager, team leads, mentors and other team members to determine staffing needs and develop recruitment strategies.
• Attended trainings as scheduled to learn and enhance communication skills and to prepare for professional success through continuation.
• Utilized all resources available for sourcing resume and filtered according to job description to meet the client needs.
• Pre-screening resume and identifying potential applicants with the right skills and experience to match clients' criteria.
• Reached out to qualified candidates through a phone call, provided them job info and client's industry background detail.
• Finalizing salary and taking candidates acknowledgement through Right to Represent and rate confirmation email.
• Verifying candidates complete background check and submitting profile along with the required necessary documents to Accounts Manager.
• Worked closely with team leads and mentors to ensure productive efficient workflow and communicating with them to maximize effectiveness of recruiting process.