Nora Jarjees
Toronto,Canada
Summary
Talent Acquisition Leader with 10+ years of experience designing and scaling recruitment strategies in high-growth and entrepreneurial environments. Proven success leading teams, optimizing systems, and aligning workforce planning with organizational goals to support rapid expansion. Skilled at building and mentoring recruitment teams, strengthening employer brand, and implementing data-driven practices that reduce time-to-fill, improve candidate quality, and elevate the overall hiring experience. Trusted partner to executives and senior leaders, with a reputation for driving results, fostering inclusivity, and shaping culture through talent strategy
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Talent Advisor
Nicola Wealth
09.2024 - Current
- Directed end-to-end recruitment for mid- and senior-level roles across asset management, private wealth, legal, and corporate functions, supporting 50+ annual hires nationally.
- Redesigned the Private Wealth recruitment strategy, building scalable candidate pipelines, enhancing processes, and delivering a strategic talent deck to senior leadership resulting in greater alignment, reduced time-to-fill by 20%, and improved hiring outcomes.
- Led talent acquisition projects focused on operational excellence, including standardizing interview guides, evaluation scorecards, and background check procedures to drive consistency and efficiency across the recruitment function.
- Implemented Topgrading methodology to standardize interview processes, ensuring structured, competency-based evaluations that improved hiring consistency and reduced bias.
- Partnered with executives and HR Business Partners on workforce planning, succession, and internal mobility initiatives, aligning hiring strategies with long-term growth.
- Owned and managed all external vendor relationships, negotiating contracts, optimizing agency spend, and ensuring vendor accountability.
- Facilitated hiring manager training on Prevue assessments and integrated assessment insights into decision-making, supporting unbiased, data-driven recruitment.
- Represented the firm at networking events and industry forums, strengthening employer brand visibility and supporting proactive talent attraction.
- Mentored and coached recruitment colleagues, fostering capability growth and consistent best practices across the team.
Talent Attraction Manager
KPMG Canada
03.2019 - 09.2024
- Partnered with business unit leaders and executives across audit, tax, advisory, and corporate functions to deliver national recruitment strategies supporting sustained firm growth.
- Coached and mentored two direct reports, providing regular feedback, career development planning, and creating a high-performance culture within the recruitment team.
- Built talent maps and proactive pipelines for hard-to-fill roles, reducing reliance on agencies and enabling faster, more cost-effective hiring.
- Delivered monthly presentations to executive leadership on market insights, pipeline health, and recruitment challenges, shaping workforce planning and talent priorities at the leadership level.
- Launched and led innovative talent programs, including the “Tax Test Drive” secondment initiative, which increased internal mobility and cross-functional collaboration.
- Oversaw multiple concurrent recruitment projects, ensuring strategic alignment, process consistency, and timely delivery across functions.
- Championed diversity hiring initiatives and leveraged creative sourcing channels (referral campaigns, social media outreach) to build a more inclusive candidate pipeline.
Senior Recruiter
KPMG Canada
03.2019 - 03.2021
- Recruited, screened, and interviewed qualified candidates for various positions.
- Collaborated with hiring managers to understand job requirements and develop recruitment plans.
- Developed recruiting strategies to attract a diverse pool of qualified applicants.
- Implemented creative sourcing strategies such through social media and referral campaigns.
- Tracked key metrics such as time-to-fill rate, source effectiveness, cost per hire.
Talent Acquisition Specialist
BDO
03.2018 - 03.2019
- Managed full-cycle recruitment and selection of potential candidates.
- Grew the outsourcing practice by 35% in the first six months by building a strong rapport with internal clients/managers to maintain trust and transparency for all recruitment engagements.
- Proactively pipelined candidates in advance to better support the Business Line Leaders during busy seasons.
- Set up bi-weekly meetings with hiring managers to problem-solve and strategize on how to continue attracting top talent.
- Negotiated compensation with hiring managers to ensure that the organization was market-competitive and equitable internally.
- Acted as a consultant and subject matter expert to candidates and clients, maintaining a strong online presence to market the BDO brand.
Recruiting Manager
Robert Half
03.2017 - 03.2018
- Developed a strong portfolio of clients and candidates; met and exceeded monthly sales goals month to month since the start date.
- Educated new clients and candidates on services and sister divisions, following up on leads and forwarding them to the appropriate divisions.
- Met a minimum of 15 candidates presented a week to help grow and diversify the candidate pool.
- Followed up with new and current clients to determine current hiring trends.
- Completed references and background checks.
- Set up 'Company In's' to build closer relationships with clients.
- Attended job fairs and events to build new relationships and network with both clients and candidates.
Talent Screener
TD Financial
09.2016 - 03.2017
Executive Assistant/Coordinator
TD Financial
02.2015 - 09.2016
Customer Service Representative
TD Financial
08.2011 - 02.2015
Education
Post Graduate Degree - Human Resource Management
Humber College
Bachelor of Arts - Humanities
York University
Skills
- Stakeholder Management
- Workforce planning
- Talent pipeline building
- People Management
- Candidate sourcing
- Job posting optimization
- Interviewing techniques
- Referral generation
- Onboarding strategies
- HR metrics and analytics
- Data-driven decision making
Timeline
Senior Talent Advisor
Nicola Wealth
09.2024 - Current
Talent Attraction Manager
KPMG Canada
03.2019 - 09.2024
Senior Recruiter
KPMG Canada
03.2019 - 03.2021
Talent Acquisition Specialist
BDO
03.2018 - 03.2019
Recruiting Manager
Robert Half
03.2017 - 03.2018
Talent Screener
TD Financial
09.2016 - 03.2017
Executive Assistant/Coordinator
TD Financial
02.2015 - 09.2016
Customer Service Representative
TD Financial
08.2011 - 02.2015
Bachelor of Arts - Humanities
York University
Post Graduate Degree - Human Resource Management
Humber College