Ferlin Hsieh

I partner with engineering companies across South Africa, the UAE, Europe, the US, and South America—connecting them with high-impact talent, often before roles hit the market. I specialize in leadership hiring (Contingency & Retained Executive Search) and niche, project-based roles, helping businesses build stronger teams while guiding professionals toward meaningful local and international opportunities. My approach is efficient, insight-driven and candidate-led, from entry level to executive.

Through in-depth conversations, I uncover motivations, market trends, and hidden talent pools—delivering precise, high-quality shortlists while identifying new opportunities and gaps.

Across

Matchtech and PeopleSolved, I manage ~90% of the hiring lifecycle, from briefing to onboarding, while actively contributing to business development and client growth. I focus on cross-functional hiring across engineering, commercial, and EPC, with a strong track record in placing hard-to-reach talent globally.

Senior Associate - The Green Recruitment Company

(2025-09 - 2026-04)

• Connecting and introducing the best talents to the clients in the following sectors - Wind Energy, Solar, Green Hydrogen, EV, Construction, Commercial and EPCM
• Candidate recruitment journey management
• Generate market insight
• Lead generation
• Regions: Asia-Pacific, Europe and South America

Senior Delivery Consultant/Account Manager - PeopleSolved

(2021-08 - 2025-08)

• Talent Mapping
• Executive search
• Lead generation
• Business development primarily focuses on marketing top talents into the business, including discussions about pain points in cold callings
• Recruitment process management sourcing, shortlisting, interviewing, offering and placement
• Interview preparation and training
• Local and international recruitment support, primarily focusing on South African businesses operating in Africa or international businesses with operations in South Africa and Africa
• Completing all background verification checks as requested i.e., Credit, Criminal, ID, Qualification and other

Delivery Consultant - Matchtech

(2018-01 - 2021-07)

• Oil and Gas Scarce Skill recruiting
• Renewable recruitment and headhunting
• Nuclear recruitment and headhunting
• Talent pool generation
• Monitoring recruitment process from sourcing, shortlisting, interviewing, offering and placement (candidate process)
• Local and international onboarding assistance
• Interview preparation and training
• Leads generation
• Candidates branding
• Salary negotiation
• Working closely with Key Account Managers to qualify roles
• Online research within existing network or expending network
• Candidate screening through phone calls, finalise CV and documents
• Interviewing candidates
• Qualify candidates for assigned roles
• Candidates' relationship management
• Qualifying roles and jobs with the key hired managers when the Key Account Managers are absent
• Capturing all candidate information onto the database
• Completing all background verification checks as requested i.e., Credit, Criminal, ID,Qualification and other
• Setting up and confirmation of all candidates' assessment under the clients' request
• Conducting references
• Weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting
• Marketing candidates into the new businesses
• Conducting scarce-skill headhunting mission into the Engineering industry
• Providing market insight (research result) to the Key Account Managers during search

Free Lanced Mandarin Consultant, Tourist Guide, Mandarin Educator - Mandarin Solutions

(2011-01 - 2017-12)

Language Programme Development

• Mandarin language teaching programme
• English and Mandarin translation/interpretation from individual level to Chinese official meetings with Cape Town government officials
• Design & Sales Tour packages
• Tourist guiding

Maternity break and relocated to South Africa

(2008-04 - 2010-12)

Head Teacher of English Department - Jordan's Language School

(2006-03 - 2008-05)

• Seasonal festive event / children performance
• Relationship management with parents and shareholders

English Educator - Joy Language School

(2004-03 - 2006-02)

• Seasonal festive event / children performance
• Relationship management with parents and shareholders

Employment Services Business Management - University of the Witwatersrand (2019-01 - 2019-12)

Bachelor's degree - Social Welfare - Hsuan Chuang University (2004-01 - 2004-12)