Adam Elliott

Adam Elliott – Talent Acquisition Specialist Tel: - Email:-UK National, Native English Speaker, Location: Thailand Profile Adam is a highly experienced recruitment professional providing end-to-end recruitment solutions for an international client base. He has cultivated an extensive professional network and adopts a partnership-style approach to recruitment. Throughout his career, Adam has proactively placed some of the industry's most recognized talent in positions ranging from entry to executive levels. He specializes in diverse sectors, including legal, healthcare, information technology, e-commerce, relocation managed services, mining, aviation, manufacturing, and engineering. Skills Strong 360° recruitment (IT and non-IT experience) • Expertise in international recruitment • Sourcing, screening, and interviewing • Relationship building and networking with candidates and hiring managers • Stakeholder management • Recruiting analytics and metrics • Technical understanding • Communication skills • Time management • Research and market knowledge • Problem-solving and adaptability • Attention to detail • Team collaboration • Data analysis and reporting • Interviewing and recommendation reporting • Negotiation • Reference checking • Interviewing and leadership experience • Experience with CRM - ATS systems and LinkedIn recruiter • Dependability • Native English Speaker. Work and Leadership Experience Remote International Recruiter. Self-employed Jan 2020 – Present • Managed end-to-end recruitment processes, including advertising, candidate sourcing, interviewing, placement, offer negotiation, and onboarding. • Quickly identified client hiring needs, crafted compelling job descriptions, and developed innovative search strategies to attract appropriate talent. • Utilized diverse sourcing methods, including job boards, social media, networking, and headhunting, to attract top talent. • Successfully recruited diverse candidates in challenging markets, building strong relationships with candidates and hiring managers to create successful placements. Talent Acquisition Specialist (Full Desk - Remote) Alchemy Global Talent Solutions UK. Contract Jul 2023 - Jan 2024 • Alchemy is a global recruitment company, sourcing top-tier talent for MNCs, Fortune 500 companies, and boutique firms across various job disciplines, including relocation managed services, information technology, and executivelevel talent. I successfully managed and completed placements across the client base. International Recruiter (Full Desk - Remote) SIRVA Contract - fixed term May 2022 - Apr 2023 • Remote International Recruiter for the APAC region covering multiple disciplines including relocation managed services, legal, engineering, and information technology disciplines. Successfully placed candidates in multiple roles from entry-level, specialist, and executive levels. Senior Recruiter, Saudi Arabia AECOM Jan 2018 – Feb 2020 • Partnered with King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) management to create recruitment and training strategies, fulfilling airside and landside specialist, technical, and non-technical manpower requirements. • Cultivated contacts at top companies and collaborated with recruiting professionals and managers to attract talent. • Proactively reached out to qualified candidates using LinkedIn, government HR databases, and various media, resulting in 97 full-time management hires and over 500 other roles. • Oversaw forecasting for permanent and contractor recruitment needs by coordinating with stakeholders to fulfill future requirements. • • • Investigated gaps in the interview funnel, revised job ad content, and improved time-to-hire by 50%. Compiled feedback after interviews and developed comprehensive compensation packages for prospective hires. Collated job requirements, and created job descriptions ready for use and advertisement on the company site, social media, and job boards, leading to fast turnaround and successful hiring outcomes. Senior Recruiter Thailand PC Aviation 2015 – 2018 • Identified potential candidates through the use of Boolean searches, user groups, social networking, candidate referrals, networking, web sourcing, and utilizing ATS systems. • Collaborated with recruiting team and hiring managers to schedule screening interviews and in-person meetings, and implement new employee orientations. • Conducted applicant pre-screening, interviews, and onboarding. • Researched and wrote job descriptions for matching with best-fit candidates. • Assisted with applicant testing, skill set checks, and background and reference checks. • Increased retention rate of hired employees by an average of 20 percent, cultivated contacts at many top companies, and successfully recruited and inducted personnel. Global Growth Projects Senior Recruiter Saudi Arabia Tronox Jan 2011 - Feb 2015 • Managed recruitment and communication across 10 departments and 180 roles during my tenure. • Placed operators, supervisors, engineers, and managers to achieve the people requirement saving $450,000 in recruitment fees. • Proactively contacted qualified candidates using LinkedIn and the government HR database unit, reducing timeto-hire by 14 days. • Researched, wrote, and delivered job descriptions to create advertisements to attract qualified candidates to fill job roles across various disciplines, managing applicant testing, interviewing, and reference checks. Regional Recruiter Saudi Arabia Tronox Jan 2011 - Feb 2013 • Championed and managed 360/Inhouse recruitment cycle to keep the company fully staffed across 3 manufacturing sites and the head office. • Led a team of 7 recruiters to conduct market and talent trend research and review resumes, sourced, interviewed, and recommended candidates to determine expertise and fit for job roles. • Prepared compensation packages for prospective hires and led onboarding for new hires. • Wrote job descriptions and worked with the media team to create ads for social media, increasing the talent pool by 26%. Early Career Summary • Operations Manager, Asia International Direct, Thailand 2000 – 2006 • Training Manager, Makshaff Services Ltd, Saudi Arabia 1996 – 2000 • 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines Global Military Operations (Hostile - Benign Military Operations) 1976 – 199 • • • • Education MSc. Organization Studies & Human Resources Mgmt. University of Essex, England -) Associate Degree. Criminal Justice & Public Policy. ERASMUS Program -) MA. Criminology Middlesex University, England -) BA. (Hons) Sociology. University of Essex, England -) • • • • • Certification Employee Relations Certification, UK Advisory, Conciliation & Arbitration Service (2017) Certified ‘Master Train the Trainer’, UK Employers Engineering Federation (2012) Leading & Managing Change, Haward Technology Middle East (2011) Safety Process Management, Haward Technology Middle East (2011) NVQ Level 1-2-3 Information Technology, City & Guilds (1995)