MS Office
Louise Botha
Recruitment And Talent Acquisition
Umhlanga Rocks
Summary
Adding value in a position where I can utilise my experience and skillset to the fullest and living out my goals to develop even more. SUMMARY Seasoned Generalist Recruitment Professional with end-to-end Recruitment experience, in various job sectors, throughout all industries. Completed Bachelor’s degree in English and Communication Science. Driven by commitment to offering high standard service delivery. Trained and registered at MIE in 2018 for AFSwitch Experience in processing MIE verifications checks. Talent sourcing training: workshops, courses, and online. Sourcing and Research to market map: Creating and upkeep of talent pools and pipelines – Sourcing, networking and building a brand in targeted communities and keeping it active. Sources: LinkedIn, Career Junction, Pnet, Facebook, social media, Industry-specific community groups, Referrals, Head-hunting. Current Areas: IT, Technical and Digital Developers, Programmers, Business Analysts, Business Architects, Quality Engineers, Product owners/ managers, Program managers, Data Analysts / Scientists, Automation Engineers etc.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
2
2
Languages
Work History
Nationwide Generalist Recruiter
LOUISE BOTHA
- Sectors include Technical/ Information Technology, Sales & Marketing, Human Resources, Finance, Manufacturing & Engineering, Executive and more
- My position requires me to run my own home-office desk
- From the administration, recruitment operations and overall management of my desk
- Including full cycle recruitment, assisting clients with recruitment processes and dealing with all stakeholders involved
- Junior to Executive Level Recruitment
- Permanent Recruitment, with some contract and temporary recruitment projects
- High-volume recruiting
- Responsibilities include:
- Managing full-cycle recruitment across a broad range of industries and job sectors
- Develop and research sourcing strategies and extensive networking
- Matching industry preference, cultures, and skillsets
- Working closely with hiring managers
- Tracking and Reporting system management
- Managing interviews, de-briefs, manage recruitment process according to client policies
- Skills includes extensive sourcing techniques, social media, building talent pipeline and network
- Manage offer process and finalising employment
- Assist HR with the preparing for the on boarding / start date, and Skills include:
- All administration of recruitment process from A-Z: including preparing and submitting CVs
- Sourcing, screening, and shortlisting candidate profiles
- Headhunting
- Relationship-management
- MIE Verification Checks
- Reference checks
- Interviewing, offers and Negotiations
- Extensive knowledge of sourcing strategies, tools, and techniques and recruiting systems and platforms
- Business writing, articles published in various platforms
- Collaborate with businesses on the Talent Acquisition Process
- Invoice forms and Accounting schedules and reconciliations
- Database management
- Assist clients and candidates throughout the process: arranging and booking interviews, follow ups, negotiation offers and concluding placements
- Weekly reports and analysis
- Designing and posting of Job Adverts
- Marketing for New specs and generate new business leads
- Social Media marketing
- Marketing mail merges to clients and candidates, duties included:
- Sourcing candidates: including headhunting, screening applications, and running searches
- Handling CV
TRISSENTIAL USA – EXPLEO
10.2021 - Current
- GOUP
- Recruitment – Talent Acquisition USA Team
- Joined In, Seeking work hours within the South African time zone
- Ideally, an opportunity in line with my last salary bracket at HR Company solutions.
Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Specialist
LOUISE BOTHA, HR COMPANY SOLUTIONS
07.2017 - 08.2021
- Business was retrenching and slowly closing down and I had to secure a more stable income
- Salary: Commission only (Current structure is 30% commission on all invoicing from R1
- No targets and no desk costs)
- R500 monthly phone/connection allowance
- Majority Average per month R30 000.00
ADMIN & OFFICE MANAGER
ARMSTRONG APPOINTMENTS
12.2010 - 06.2017
- Recruitment
- Assisting with new client calls and emails to land
- Including tenders, proposals, and service agreement
- And supplier forms
- Signing, negotiating, and obtaining service agreements/terms
- Research and understanding of clients and industries and studying of job specifications to match the right profiles
- Creating job templates and advertising listings on the job boards.
Accounts Clerk/Operations and Reservations
Udemy
05.2007 - 09.2010
- Optimized Interview: For Hiring Managers & Recruiters
- Udemy - Top Recruiter
- Various workshops and training attended for Front Desk, Reception and Telephone etiquette, Pastel (used at Sanlameer last), Firefighting, First Aid Level 1 (expired), How to deal with Difficult customers, SA Host Workshop
- EAAB – I have completed the board exam while at Sanlameer, however it was not renewed again when I left
- MIE AFSwitch training for fingerprint scans
- ACHIEVEMENTS
- Top Achiever for Incentive Goal reached: June 2019 at HR Company Solutions o Reaching double of the goal for incentive achievement - first employee to reach this
- Incentive award for achievement (R25 000)
- Top Incentive Reward: Feb 2018 at HR Company Solutions o Award for reaching and exceeding the incentive goal for our top incentive reward
- This only within the first 6 months of my employment
- A Trip to Mauritius! And an added bonus for the first person to reach this
- Extra R5000, Accounting duties
- Cashbook entries, monthly bank reconciliation
- Verifying the accuracy of invoices and other accounting documents or records
- Providing accounting and clerical support to the accounting department – Financial Manager
- Typing accurately, preparing, and maintaining accounting documents and records
- Preparing bank deposits, cashbook postings, statements
- Preparing payment requisitions for Finance department
- Reconcile business accounts in a timely manner
- Daily entering of key data of financial transactions in database
- Provide assistance and support to finance manager
- Research, track and restore accounting or documentation problems and discrepancies
- Schedule meetings with owners, tenants, contractors when required
- Greet and welcome customers to build strong relationship
- Manage operations and maintenance of villas
- Reservations
- Excellent telephone etiquette
- Answer telephone and enter guest reservations onto the Reservations tracking system – record bookings – while assigning reservations to the appropriate rates 6
- LOUISE BOTHA
- Change and cancel reservations as pre guest requests
- Process accurate records for coding and tracking reservations and advanced deposits
- Ensure all payments are up to date
- Maintain good relations with all guests and implement procedures
SAN LAMEER, VILLA RENTALS & MHOA
06.2004 - 09.2010
- Screening, interviewing, and short-listing potential candidates
- Verification and Reference checks
- Section: Administration
- Full support to Office and Recruiting Team
- Capturing CV’s onto our database and Formatting CV’s
- Database management
- Conducting HR confirmations and Reference checks
- Obtaining of documentation and processing verification checks, booking criminal checks – Submission of relevant documents for Credit and Criminal Checks
- Investigating any discrepancies and handling correspondence between all parties, including clients
- Assist clients and candidates throughout the process: arranging and booking interviews, follow ups, negotiation offers and concluding placements
- Answering, Screening, Transferring Calls
- Customer and client relations: Messages, E-mailing, phone calls
- Courier bookings and packaging
- Weekly reports and analysis
- Assist with recruitment process where needed
- MIE verification checks
- Process, run and analyse telephone call lists for productivity management
- Attend to advert responses, communicating with candidates and clients
- Management:
- General office administration, reception, adhoc duties
- Document management and updating of information on systems and platforms, including creating and upkeep of training and operations manuals – training of new staff
- Data management, reports and record keeping, database capturing, audit reports and analysis, Filing,
- Scanning, Emailing 5
- LOUISE BOTHA
- Provide support to staff on IT and Telecommunications issues
- Accounting duties: creating invoice forms/requisitions, cross check to invoices
- Creating credit notes and statements
- Submission of invoices and follow ups and debt collection, record and upkeep of incoming funds and expected funds.
Operations Administrator/ Reservations
05.2006 - 05.2007
- Maintain business contact database owners, contractors
- Provide administrative and support services to maintenance staff and rental office staff, including management and financial manager
- Answer phone calls and customer queries in a professional manner
- Sort and distribute correspondence between contractors, owners, finance to upkeep maintenance and breakages
- Manage stock: stock take, stock keep, stock distribution, stock control, invoicing, payment remittance advices
- Management of refundable deposits and stock supply taken from deposits
Estate Receptionist
LOUISE
06.2004 - 05.2006
- Welcoming of all guests, owners, contractors, visitors
- Answer phone calls and customer queries
- Issuing permits and working with daily cash ups and recons
- Administration: filing, emails 7
Recruitment Business Partner
GLOBAL TALENT AGENCY
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- The business was a start-up and work hours were linked to Sydney, being 9 hours ahead of South Africa, with extra overtime, it made it difficult to operate
- Salary discrepancies
- I was offered another position with Expleo at the same time, and they were still interested to take me on board
- However, their hours are 1-10pm in line with USA Time zones, but the company is more stable.
Education
BA DEGREE - English and Communication Science
UNISA
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KUSWAG HIGH SCHOOL
Skills
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Accomplishments
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Software
LinkedIn Recruiter
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Certification
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Timeline
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05-2022
TRISSENTIAL USA – EXPLEO
10.2021 - Current
Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Specialist
LOUISE BOTHA, HR COMPANY SOLUTIONS
07.2017 - 08.2021
ADMIN & OFFICE MANAGER
ARMSTRONG APPOINTMENTS
12.2010 - 06.2017
Accounts Clerk/Operations and Reservations
Udemy
05.2007 - 09.2010
Operations Administrator/ Reservations
05.2006 - 05.2007
SAN LAMEER, VILLA RENTALS & MHOA
06.2004 - 09.2010
Estate Receptionist
LOUISE
06.2004 - 05.2006
Nationwide Generalist Recruiter
LOUISE BOTHA
BA DEGREE - English and Communication Science
UNISA
MATRIC - undefined
KUSWAG HIGH SCHOOL
Recruitment Business Partner
GLOBAL TALENT AGENCY
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