Hira Ranjha
Calgary,Alberta
Summary
Talent recruitment and acquisition professional with experience developing and executing all phases of full-cycle recruiting, from initial sourcing and screening through offer negotiations, placement and onboarding. Creatively source high-caliber candidates by leveraging recruiting software, social media, cold calling and employee referrals.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Employment Analyst
City of Calgary (Calgary Transit)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
09.2023 - Current
- Full internal recruitment process
- This involves creating job postings, verifying qualifications, short-listing, determining seniority order by applying applicable clauses from Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) agreement, employee movement forms, offer letters, and closing job posting file
- Approx
- 200+ postings a year
- Also required to communicate to ATU union and Calgary Transit (CT) staff the successful candidates on internal job postings.
- Act as a resource for CT Management, Calgary Transit staff, as well as other stakeholders like ATU union reps, Payroll, HR Service center and especially Transit HR Business Partners.
- Advise on the interpretation of and application of various union collective agreements (mostly ATU); City of Calgary admin processes; Exempt Staff policy, and Relief Acting Exempt process and ensure said policies are adhered to.
- Provide various HR queries and reports using PeopleSoft HCM and internal data spreadsheets.
- Tracking position vacancies using PeopleSoft HCM and internal data spreadsheets.
- Detailed data entry into spreadsheets on daily basis.
- Initiates pay increases for employees graduating from Operator classes.
- Create seniority lists for signups on quarterly basis for 4 different CT work areas
- Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for ATU seniority.
- Coordinate Relief Acting Exempt List
- This includes pay calculations, adding and removing employees from list, advising payroll, and annual Pay for Performance.
- Assists in a variety of related special project assignments as required.
Recruitment Specialist
Bow Valley Collage
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
01.2022 - 09.2023
- Manage full-cycle recruitment process while maintaining all compliance requirements, including sourcing, pre-screening, verifying references, administering testing, and preparing offers for technical and non-technical positions.
- Posting Job openings to various job boards
- Making preliminary screening of the resumes and cover letter.
- Forwarding the shortlisted resumes to hiring manager.
- Conducting the group interview and participating career fair etc.
- Sending out the offer packages to successful applicants and ensuring to receive the signed copies back and helping backend payroll process.
- Attended various job or career fair
- Creating strong network among candidates.
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Calgary Airport Authority
Calgary, Alberta, Canada Q
qq - 12.2021
- Responsible for the recruitment of salary/ hourly positions, involving pre-screening, the creation of behavioral-based interview guides, participating in panel interviews and coaching hiring managers throughout the recruitment process.
- Created and presented the new recruitment policy and staffing requisition forms to streamline and fast-track staffing procedures.
- Conducted the Human Resources orientation meetings with new hires and administered the benefits and pension plans.
- Responsible for accurate administration of HRIS to update employee records including, but not limited to salary and status changes
- Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines effectively.
Recruitment Consultant
Western Financial Group
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
02.2021 - 08.2021
- Responsible for the pre-screening, the creation of behavioral-based interview guides, Job Ad, reference check, offer letter and onboarding of new employees.
- Responsible for the recruitment initiatives: targeted advertisements, proactive networking and career fair planning to ensure a positive presence in the labor market
- Conducted the Human Resources orientation meetings with new hires.
- Responsible for accurate administration of HRIS to update employee records including, but not limited to salary and status changes
- Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines effectively
Recruitment Specialist
Spartan Controls
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
10.2019 - 12.2020
- Lead recruiter of technical, professional and executive level candidates, incl
- Project Management, Estimators, Safety Advisors, Operations Managers and all admin, finance, corporate and project support services.
- Provided full cycle recruitment expertise across the Canadian Operations; partnering with hiring managers to establish staffing and recruitment strategies to ensure business staffing requirements were met.
- Built strong, professional partnerships, and worked closely with hiring leaders, HR Advisors and others to attract and hire high-quality candidates.
- Coached hiring leaders on the recruitment process and behavior based interviewing techniques.
- Built strong relationships with potential candidates to ensure a viable talent pipeline; maintained an easy rapport with candidates during all stages of the recruitment and selection process.
Recruitment Consultant
Hydro One
04.2017 - 07.2019
- Lead and support recruiting initiatives to creatively source candidates.
- Consult and partner with hiring and senior management to create recruitment strategies.
- Worked on special projects such as Career Fairs and Campus recruitment.
- Attended external events for networking and scouting of potential talent.
- Screen, interview and provide sound candidate recommendations to hiring managers.
- Good understanding of an Applicant Tracking System.
- Performs other related duties as required and assigned.
Education
Certificate Human Resources Management - Human Resources Management
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)
Edmonton, AB03.2014
Bachelor of Arts - Education
Punjab Univerity
Lahore, Pakistan 03.2009
Certificate, Business Analysis - Business Analysis
Harvard Business School
United States Of America 04.2024
Certificate, Equity, Diversity And Inclusion - Equity, Diversity And Inclusion
Southern Alberta Institute Of Technology
Calgary, AB03.2024
Certificate, Project Management Essentials - Project Management Essentials
Southern Alberta Institute Of Technology
Calgary, AB03.2024
Certificate, Human Resource Policy Design - Human Resource Policy Design
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB03.2017
Skills
- Root Cause Analysis
- InfoSec
- Report Preparation
- Data Analysis
- Policy Design
- Process Mapping
- Resiliant
- Adaptable
- Communication
- HRIS and ATS knowledge
Recruitment Skills
- Locating Hard to Find Talent
- Full Lifecycle Recruiting
- Data Analysis/Metrics Reporting
- Advanced Boolean Searches
- Strong in HRIS, ATS & CRM
- Social Media Recruiting Tools
- Amazing Closing Skills
- Strong in Offer Negotiation
- Employment Law & HR Policy
Diverse Placements
- Data Analyst
- Engineering
- Customer Success
- R&D
- Communication
- Technical Support
- Professional Services
- Insurance Services
- Account Management
- Sales Operations
- IT Infrastructure
- HR, Finance & Legal
References
References Available Upon Request
Timeline
Employment Analyst
City of Calgary (Calgary Transit)
09.2023 - Current
Recruitment Specialist
Bow Valley Collage
01.2022 - 09.2023
Recruitment Consultant
Western Financial Group
02.2021 - 08.2021
Recruitment Specialist
Spartan Controls
10.2019 - 12.2020
Recruitment Consultant
Hydro One
04.2017 - 07.2019
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Calgary Airport Authority
qq - 12.2021
Certificate Human Resources Management - Human Resources Management
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)
Bachelor of Arts - Education
Punjab Univerity
Certificate, Business Analysis - Business Analysis
Harvard Business School
Certificate, Equity, Diversity And Inclusion - Equity, Diversity And Inclusion
Southern Alberta Institute Of Technology
Certificate, Project Management Essentials - Project Management Essentials
Southern Alberta Institute Of Technology
Certificate, Human Resource Policy Design - Human Resource Policy Design
University of Calgary