Joel Azariah

• Designed and executed tailored recruitment strategies, engaging passive and active candidates to meet client needs for positions such as global head of data strategy, head of data science and CIO of South East Asia
• Collaborated with hiring managers to understand the role, advise them on talent availability, market mapping, sourcing and interviewing candidates, negotiating offers and ensuring a smooth onboarding process as well as after hire care and follow ups
• Developed and nurtured strong relationships with senior leaders, including Chief Data Officers (CDOs) and heads of analytics across diverse sectors, such as banking, logistics, and healthtech
• Led ideation, organization and moderation of panel events focused on Data and AI that were attended by 100+ professionals, expanded the client base and strengthened the practice's reputation as a thought leader
• Consistently engaging and building relationships with top talent by providing them with relevant market insights both in person and via LinkedIn thereby building a talent pool for future requirements

Achievements:

• 2nd highest revenue generator in 2023, my first full year in the organization and in Singapore
• Qualified for high performers incentive trip to South Africa in Nov 2023
• Achieved top performer ratings in all performance appraisals since August 2022
• Achieved one of the highest revenues in the first six months by a new starter in the history of the company

• Built strong partnerships with C-Level at Fortune 500 companies by using data and market intelligence to place hard to fill roles like head of AI CoE, program director for APAC, Software program manager for APAC
• Full cycle recruitment – led a process driven approach to recruitment that from taking the brief, talent mapping, interviewing candidates, negotiating offers while ensuring a great candidate and client experience even after onboarding
• Built long term relationships with C-level stakeholders by proactively identifying niche senior talent for roles that were vacant for more than 12 months
• Branding, Event and Project Management: brand awareness and improved client engagement by 250% by proactively organizing and hosting quarterly virtual thought leadership webinars with more than 100+ participants

• Built new process driven Tech Recruitment business: Grew annual revenue by 40% by proactively building new Fortune 500 client partnerships in Hong Kong, Singapore and India by placing software engineers, IT project managers and cyber security engineers
• Selected and Implemented New CRM System: Conducted an extensive selection process and implemented a CRM system for the business that was efficient, user friendly and within budget
• Created a niche high quality talent pool from scratch: Built a brand new talent pool of software engineers, network engineers, security engineers program and project managers
• Project managed high volume recruitment initiatives: Including budgeting, stakeholder management, sourcing, interviewing, negotiating offer, securing work permits and onboarding
• Branding, event and management Grew the company brand and increased revenue by 15% by organizing and hosting networking events for tech and digital professionals

• Boosted sales revenue by 22% by proactively establishing and training a new inside sales team of six and ensuring zero downtime

• Accelerated growth in India and Thailand by collaborating with 15 brokers and developing new partnerships with 18 landlords which resulted in the opening of the 1st serviced office with 40 new clients

• Generated new business that contributed 35% to annual revenue by establishing 4 new client relationships and improving existing client relationships
• Proactively reduced costs by 40% and ensured 0% attrition during a global management transition