Mohamed Alshirawi has over 8 years of experience in human resources. He currently works as the Manager of Human Resources and Administration at 2Connect W.L.L. in Bahrain, where he is responsible for aligning HR strategies with corporate goals, managing change initiatives, and evaluating organizational processes. Previously, he held roles as Assistant Manager and Officer of Human Resources at 2Connect, where he handled recruitment, performance management, and training. Alshirawi has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Glamorgan in the UK. He is proficient in administering psychometric assessments and has received several certificates in areas like recruitment and testing.

1. MOHAMED ALSHIRAWI
CURRICULUMVITAE
+973 39610101
malshirawi@gmail.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
May 2014 – August 2016
House 36 . Road 34 .
East Riffa 933 .
Kingdom of Bahrain
Male
4 October, 1987
Bahraini
Data-driven decision
maker, self- motivated,
dedicated, autonomous,
and analytical.
Fluent in both the Arabic
and English languages.
Proficient in the
administration and
assessment of CEB
psychometric tests (i.e.
OPQ 32i, and their ability
tests).
2ConnectW.L.L. - Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain
Manager, Human Resources and Administration
• Aligned departmental strategies with the overall corporate strategy.
• Conducted Annual HR – Audit.
• Managed incremental change (and transformational
change when necessary).
• Evaluated and re-engineering organizational processes in order to
ensure continual development.
• Managed the HR & Admin function (team of seven) efficiently and
effectively, all the while ensuring that it met all legal, governmental and
corporate obligations.
• Formulated strategies to attract, select, and retain the “best-fit”
employees for the roles within the organization.
• Trained and coached managers to proactively manage the
performance of their people in line with the company culture,
policies and procedures.
• Provided and developed performance appraisal systems and tools to
and for managers to enable them to review their staff in a timely
manner and support them in appraising performance and building
capability in their teams.
• Continually monitored HR processes and capitalized on
opportunities to improve. Monitored organizational performance
to identify and address areas/issues for performance enhancement
through the utilization of HR-metrics.
• Designed and presented programs to address the issues identified for
senior management consideration and approval.
• Carried out projects and activities as required in order to support
business plans and priorities.
• Guided the organization’s focus away from being cost-centric
towards being a cost-optimization oriented culture.
PROFILE

2. MOHAMED ALSHIRAWI | CV
February2010 – May 2014
2ConnectW.L.L. - Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain
Assistant Manager, Human Resources
• Managed the HR function efficiently and effectively while ensuring that it met all
legal, governmental and corporate obligations.
• Maintained the company’s Policy & Procedures Manual and provided advice to
managers and employees on application.
• Drafted policies that provide employees with clear guidance on expectations,
practices and processes and ensured consistency and fairness of practices across
the organization.
• Provided guidance to managers on managing and resolving staff issues, performance
matters, grievances, as well as having conducted investigations and disciplinary
meetings.
• Ensured that all processes were followed, sound, and fair as well as ensured that
informed decisions are made in order to reach a resolution.
• Provided an efficient, effective recruitment service to business units in line with
recruitment and selection best-practices, as well as administered and assessed
psychometric assessments.
• Assessed and agreed on manpower needs for each department and work with the
managers to create plans for meeting needs through recruitment, training, and
changing work conditions, etc.
• Trained and coached managers to proactively manage the performance of their
people in line with the company culture, policies and procedures.
• Provided performance appraisal systems and tools to managers to enable them to
review their staff in a timely manner and supported them in appraising
performance and building the required competencies and capabilities in their
teams.
• Assisted in handling disciplinary issues fairly, objectively and ethically while
having ensured that little or no risk to the business.
• Identified and implemented government sponsored training programs that could
add value and build employee capability.
• Managed the development of compensation and benefits policies and
practices to support existing and future business strategies.
• Ensured the maintenance of data and records required to meet regulatory
requirements through the effective management of the HR team, and ensure the
provision of accurate and timely data as required.
• Prepared reports for senior management to support decision- making processes.
• Identified organizational training needs, determined training strategy in order to
invest the training budget which would ensure maximum return on expectation
while building strategic organizational capability and maximizing employee
WORK EXPERIENCE

3. MOHAMED ALSHIRAWI | CV
potential.

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• Established and utilized clear, meaningful, and objective metrics to drive superior
performance, e.g. service level agreements, KPIs etc.
• Continually monitored HR processes and capitalized on opportunities to improve.
Monitored organizational performance to identify and address areas/issues for
performance enhancement.
• Designed and presented programs to address the issues identified for senior
management consideration and approval.
• Carried out projects and activities as required in order to support business plans and
priorities.
October 2008 – February2010
2ConnectW.L.L. - Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain
Human Resources Officer
• Produced updated Staff Handbook.
• Recruitment (short listing CV’s, competency based interviewing, administering ability
tests, administering and interpreting the Occupational Personality Questionnaire,
writing up contracts, as well as performing the entry interview).
• Termination (liaising with lawyer to check legal details, arranging final
settlement, as well as performing the exit interview).
• Listening to employee grievances (taking a record of them and taking action based
on present policies).
• Managed Admin staff and their duties.
• Responsible for space planning.
• Responsible for selecting, purchasing, and managing HR systems.
• Responsible for maintaining Personnel Information Database.
• Responsible for preparing monthly payroll.
• Kept track of time attendance.
• Liaising with government bodies (LMRA, GOSI, Ministry of Labor).
August 2007
2ConnectW.L.L. - Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain
Trainee in Project Management
• Designed and executed office workspace plan for North Side Marketing
Division in 2Connect as well as reception area.
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May 2010
Wilson and Learning / BIRD, Bahrain
Training and development
Workshop: Covers the main areas behind identifying need for training as well as
arranging for the candidates to be trained on the skill they require.
General Skills: Performing a training needs analysis (TNA), distinguishing between the
need for an in-house training course or an outsourced one, setting up an in-house training
course.
April 2010
Wilson and Learning / BIRD, Bahrain
Recruitment & Selection
Workshop: Covers the modern practice in human resources for recruitment and selection
General Skills: Setting a fair recruitment and selection policy, performing a job analysis, identifying
need for an opening, setting up and administering a competency based interview.
April 2010
Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF), Bahrain
SHL Level B Occupational Personality Questionnaire
Level B - : SHL accreditation and British Psychological Society Level A eligibility.
Application: The use of Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ) and the Motivational Questionnaire
(MQ) for the purposes of recruitment and selection as well as training and development.
General Skills: Proficiency in the administration, interpretation and feedback of the OPQ and MQ,
capability of applying the OPQ in selection, development, and team building, relating OPQ scales to
competencies, becoming qualified to use SHL OPQ and MQ.
EDUCATION

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March 2010
Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF), Bahrain
SHL Level A Occupational Testing
SHL Level A Occupational Testing
Level A - : SHL accreditation and British Psychological Society Level A eligibility.
Application: The use of cognitive ability tests for the purposes of recruitment and
selection as well as training and development.
General Skills: Evaluating and selecting the appropriate ability tests for use
within an organization, the administering and scoring of ability tests, the
interpretation and feedback of ability test results, becoming qualified to use SHL ability
tests.
April 2010
Wilson and Learning / BIRD, Bahrain
Recruitment & Selection
Workshop: Covers the modern practice in human resources for recruitment and selection
General Skills: Setting a fair recruitment and selection policy, performing a job analysis, identifying
need for an opening, setting up and administering a competency based interview.
Sept 2005 – Jul 2008
University of Glamorgan, United Kingdom (Wales)
Psychology Single (Honors): 2ii
• 3rd Year Courses: Occupational Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Memory Function
Dysfunction, Psychology of the Identity.
• Dissertation: Tobacco Chippers: The Effect of Mood on Craving.
• A behavioral study on addiction investigating the degree of whether smoking is mainly
physically of behaviorally addictive.
• Partial scholarship: From the University of Glamorgan for the three year duration of BSc
degree.
EDUCATION

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• General Skills: Computing skills, Working on a team projects, coping with a High Workload,
Debating skills, utilizing SPSS for statistical analysis.

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Sept 2003 – Jun 2005
Ibn Khaldoon National School, Bahrain
International Baccalaureate (28 points) and High School Diploma (GPA 2.72)
• Courses: Mathematics SL, Economics SL, Arabic A1 HL, English A2 HL, Chemistry HL, Biology HL.
• Extended Essay in Literature, Theory of Knowledge, CAS Hours (Community, Action, and Service
Hours).
EDUCATION