YEN (Zoey) NGUYEN

• Spearheaded international recruitment initiatives across Vietnam, Southeast Asia, the broader Asia-Pacific, and Africa, with a focus on mid-to-senior level positions across various industries.
• Specialized in talent acquisition within the renewable energy, commercial industrial, manufacturing, defense and security, supply chain, etc., supporting clients in building high-performing teams across multiple markets.
• Managed a diverse portfolio of roles, including expatriate positions, sourcing qualified candidates from Europe and the United States for placements in Asia.
• Conducted comprehensive market mapping, talent pipelining, and executive search activities to identify and engage top-tier candidates in highly competitive talent markets.
• Collaborated with global HR teams and business leaders to tailor sourcing strategies that meet complex regional hiring needs.

• Conducted in-depth market research and talent mapping across the APAC region for niche and senior-level positions.
• Utilized advanced sourcing techniques to identify and build pipelines of passive candidates.
• Reached out to and engaged directly with candidates; conducted behavioral and competency-based assessments.
• Screened and evaluated candidates’ qualifications, including skills, experience, motivation, and cultural fit.
• Presented shortlists to clients with structured candidate reports and insights to support decision-making.
• Coordinated and scheduled interviews; facilitated client-candidate communication and feedback exchange.
• Followed up consistently with both clients and candidates throughout the hiring process to ensure alignment, engagement, and successful closure.
• Maintained and updated internal CRM and talent databases; provided data analytics for internal KPI reporting.
• Mentored offshore sourcing teams and implemented standardized SOPs to ensure consistent delivery quality.

Achievements:

• Delivered high-impact placements for regional and expatriate roles across Asia and Africa, contributing directly to client expansion strategies and internal hiring success for EV Search, Vietnam, and Singapore.

• Developed and implemented recruitment strategies aligned with corporate goals across multiple business units.
• Managed full-cycle recruitment for mid-level and executive roles in project development, finance, hospitality, and corporate functions.
• Led a team of four recruiters, providing training, performance reviews, and daily operational support.
• Strengthened employer branding via digital campaigns, internal referrals, and external partnerships.
• Enhanced internal recruitment processes by introducing structured interview guides, scorecards, and hiring dashboards.
• Provided regular talent acquisition reports and insights to senior leadership, contributing to headcount planning and workforce strategies.

Achievements:

• Challenging Hires: Successfully filled hard-to-fill, niche roles under tight timelines and competitive markets.
• Top 1 Revenue: Highest billing consultant, H1 2023.
• Team leadership: mentored and developed a top-performing recruitment team, consistently achieving targeted KPIs.

• Handled the full recruitment lifecycle for mid-to-senior roles in the construction, manufacturing, back-office, finance, trading, and hospitality sectors.
• Collaborated closely with Japanese and multinational clients to understand talent needs, and tailor search strategies.
• Conducted candidate sourcing, pre-screening, in-depth interviews, and cultural fit assessments.
• Maintained candidate pipelines, market maps, and competitive intelligence reports.
• Supported training for new recruiters, and implemented search best practices across the team.
• Diversified sectors and roles specialization:
• Construction & Real Estate: Engineers, Architecture, Leasing, Investment, Asset Management, Finance Manager, HRGA Manager, Interpreter, Back Office Staff, etc.
• Manufacturing/Industrials: Quality management, purchasing, production engineering, logistics, plant manager, production manager, sales manager, general director, etc.
• Back Office: Administrative, Human Resources, Legal, etc.
• Banking & Finance: Accounting, Audit, Banking, Investment, Insurance, etc.
• Trading & Service: Sales representative, customer care, consulting, marketing, logistics, import, and export, etc.
• Tourism & Hospitality: Travel, Restaurants, Food, Hotels, etc.

Achievements:

• Sales engagement: Won an exclusive executive search contract. Bring high and sustainable revenue to the company during COVID-19 (2019-2020).

• Build relationships with members, customers, suppliers, and potential partners.
• Search for potential corporate customers to introduce golf membership and register for golf events.
• Regularly contact the members to maintain a good relationship and update them about new services or golf tournaments.
• Finalize marketing materials such as catalogs, websites, brochures, packaging, print/online advertising, and in-store displays.
• Working with designers and publishers, and arranging for the effective distribution of marketing materials.
• Closely work with other departments to set up a plan and organize golf tournaments, and make sure that the event runs smoothly.
• Training English for front desk staffs.
• Be an assistant to the CEO by supporting the Chairman of the meeting with interpretation, administrative work, and communication with partners.

Achievements:

• Successfully organize prestigious golf tournaments such as the National Golf Club Championship 2014, the National Amateur Golf Championship 2015, the Sky Lake Club Championship with 150 members, the Mercedes Trophy Qualifier 2014, and many other golf tournaments of organizations.

• Develop and implement project activities that align with plans.
• Keep relationships with local governments (province and district level), communities, and private sectors to support program/project implementation.
• Strengthen partnerships with different donors and development agencies operating at the local or regional level.
• Provide professional training for local people.
• Innovate and develop local products to improve design and packaging.
• Participate in seminars, workshops, and organizing the annual trade fair OVOP to promote and support trade connections for handicraft villages in Vietnam.
• Connect and send invitations to stakeholders to experience and evaluate the project.
• Support delegations who are leaders from the central provinces of Vietnam to visit China to learn about growing mulberry trees and raising silkworms.
• Compile reviews, reports, regional midterm review, final review, lessons learned, and submit to the Project Manager.
• Support preparing proposals for joining new projects.

Achievements:

• Successfully built and transferred a community-based tourism program in Bac Ninh, supporting three craft villages to improve products and bringing tourists to visit, commended by the Asia Foundation and other travel companies.
• Promotion of One Village, One Product (OVOP) in Vietnam, sponsored by OVOP Oita, Japan.
• Eco-town in Hoi An, sponsored by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
• Improve women’s rights through the improvement of economic power in Sapa District, Lao Cai Province, sponsored by UPS.