About

Mou Kazal is a highly skilled talent acquisition and recruitment professional with over 16 years of experience in developing and executing recruiting plans within both in-house corporate and agency settings. Currently, she is working as a Technical Talent Acquisition - Science Recruitment at Amazon, where she is responsible for recruiting Applied Scientists, Data Scientists, and Research Scientists for Amazon Prime Video. Mou has a proven track record of managing all phases of full-cycle recruiting, from initial sourcing and screening through offer negotiations, placement, and on-boarding. She is an expert in creatively sourcing qualified candidates by leveraging recruiting software, social media, cold calling, and employee referrals. Mou specializes in technical, executive, corporate, campus recruiting, internship, internal mobility, diversity & inclusion. At Amazon, Mou partners with hiring teams to build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches with an ability to manage customer/partner expectations through a deep understanding of return on investment. She recruits passive candidates and assesses candidates for fit and motivation. Mou builds and maintains a network of potential candidates through pro-active market research and on-going relationship management. She also recommends ideas and strategies related to recruitment of talent that will contribute to the long-range growth of the company, implementing new processes and fine-tuning current processes. Prior to Amazon, Mou worked as a Senior Talent Acquisition - Technology & Leadership Recruiting at Fiserv, where she handled all aspects of the full-cycle recruiting. She developed recruiting/sourcing strategy plans, advised on labor market data that impacts talent availability, conducted recruiting strategy sessions with hiring managers, pre-screened talent and submitted candidate slates. Mou recruited a wide range of functional areas including Software Development, Project Manager, Executive and Corporate C-Suite Leaders, Professional Services, Conversion - Implementation, Client Tech Support, Software & Data Architecture, Engineer, Cybersecurity, and more. Mou has also worked as a Staffing Manager at Randstad USA, where she managed the full-life cycle of recruitment, sourced, conducted virtual and face-to-face interviews, coached and pipelined top-tier Talent based on the needs of existing Clients, prospect accounts, and the local landscape. She sold Randstad's staffing services through effective phone calls, email communication, and face-to-face visits. Mou is highly skilled in Research Scientist, Search, and Software Engineer. She is a dedicated and results-driven professional with a deep understanding of traditional candidate sourcing methods such as Boolean search, name-generation, cold-calling, and database mining.