Gabriel Lee
Experienced Global Talent Acquisition Specialist
Petaling Jaya
Summary
Dynamic and results-driven recruiting professional with 9 years of full-cycle recruiting and talent acquisition experience across agency and in-house settings. Expertise in developing and executing recruitment strategies to meet unique position requirements.
Proficient in interview techniques, candidate sourcing, recruiting analysis, stakeholder and client relationship management) and demonstrated success in sourcing top talent across various industries, including (HR, Finance, Marketing, Product Management, Legal & Compliance, Art, Game Design, IT, Sales & BD).
Possessed extensive regional recruiting experience within the APAC region (Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia) and North America (US & Canada). Proficient in interview techniques, candidate sourcing, recruiting analysis, stakeholder and client relationship management)
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Technical Recruiter - Managed Services Recruitment (Independent Contractor)
Upwork
05.2024 - Current
- Focused on technical end-to-end recruitment role for Fortune 500 company
- Worked on Chinese language recruitment playbook to strategize and customize plans for niche language technical roles.
- Coordinated interview scheduling between candidates and hiring managers, ensuring a smooth selection process from start to finish.
- Developed strong rapport with candidates, providing support during interviews, offer negotiations, and onboarding process.
Recruitment Lead (Gaming & Tech)
JMI Recruit
10.2021 - 04.2024
- Lead regional recruiting for niche industry (gaming and tech) for multiple regions (Singapore, SEA, Europe and North America)
- Helped a few esteemed Chinese clients (Hoyoverse, NetEase, Tencent, FunPlus) in overseas market expansion.
- Consult clients in various functions within gaming and tech industries (Art/Ops/Publishing/IT/Sales and Marketing)
- Designed and executed targeted recruitment campaigns to attract top talent within specific industries or skill sets.
- Provided expertise and guidance to clients regarding market competition, compensation trends, and hiring practices in different regions.
- Headhunted talents from mid-career to director level across various business functions.
- Maintained proper procedures with an in-house Applicant Tracking System and offers documentation to track and record all candidates and requisitions.
- Improved time-to-fill rates by streamlining the recruitment process and implementing efficient applicant tracking systems.
- Mentored junior recruiters, providing guidance on best practices while fostering professional development opportunities within the team.
- Leveraged data analytics tools to assess recruitment metrics and identify trends for continuous improvement in processes, strategies, and overall performance.
Regional Recruitment Specialist
British American Tobacco (GBS)
10.2019 - 09.2021
- Lead end-to-end recruitment process from sourcing to hiring for all level of hiring across the Asia Pacific region (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia)
- Partner with senior stakeholders & hiring managers in different regions to advise on recruitment processes, sourcing strategies and the Top Talent needed to join the business while collaborating closely with our HR Business Partners in respective end markets to provide data driven insights and implement new talent strategies specifically tailored to their market
- Proactively manage recruitment technology solutions across multiple modules using the HR procedures and guidance
- Develop talent pools aligned with our talent needs and new capabilities to effectively hire for future roles
- Continuously improve our recruitment process and the BAT candidate experience through the successful implementation of global-scale recruitment automation projects (Pymetrics, SONRU, Offer optimization, Job Specific Question Library, Career site optimization, CV screening tools) resulting in a more efficient way of working and a significantly reduced SLA
- Resolves complex queries which involve a detailed explanation of recruitment processes, policy or procedures
- Nominated AIM (Achieve, Improve, Motivate) Champion- a global CI initiative, driving a people-focused and behavioral change approach that enables capability development and drives performance improvement based on lean six sigma principles
Recruitment Consultant
EPS Consultants Malaysia
08.2017 - 09.2019
- Headhunted, sourced and filtered candidates through various online systems/medias and match candidates with the client's job openings
- Screened resumes, conducted interviews with candidates and summarize resumes before profiling the suitable candidates
- Managed end-to-end recruitment activities.
- Talent Mapping - To provide latest data and information of various industry for client if required (average salary, market candidates pool)
Education
Bachelor of Science - Human Development
University Putra Malaysia
Selangor Malaysia05-2017
Skills
- Interview Techniques
- Candidate Screening/Sourcing/Headhunting
- Stakeholders/Clients relationship management
- Talent management
- Talent mapping
- Applicant tracking systems
- Recruitment analytics
- Offer management
Accomplishments
- Spearheaded the establishment of Hoyoverse's Singapore Operations and backend team, successfully building it from the ground up. (0-1)
- Played a key role in recruiting top talent for Hoyoverse’s (A top tier Game Designer/Publisher in the world) for Montreal-based team, focusing on the development of the game and tech functions.
- Lead recruitment efforts for Imagendary (a FunPlus subsidiary), successfully placed a diverse team of senior-to-director level artists, designers, operations, and programmers to over in North America from scratch.
Timeline
Technical Recruiter - Managed Services Recruitment (Independent Contractor)
Upwork
05.2024 - Current
Recruitment Lead (Gaming & Tech)
JMI Recruit
10.2021 - 04.2024
Regional Recruitment Specialist
British American Tobacco (GBS)
10.2019 - 09.2021
Recruitment Consultant
EPS Consultants Malaysia
08.2017 - 09.2019
Bachelor of Science - Human Development
University Putra Malaysia
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