Brunel Canada adds Sarah Irshad to Life Sciences Team
2022-04-11T11:51:00Z
life sciences
Introduction
Brunel Americas has experienced tremendous growth throughout Q1 of 2022, bringing on a total of 16 new team members across the United States, Canada, and Brazil already this year. Among those new faces at Brunel is Sarah Irshad. Based out of our Toronto office, Sarah is now a part of our Canadian team as a Recruitment Coordinator for the Life Sciences team.
Meet Sarah Irshad
Sarah, born and raised in Pakistan, speaks 4 languages fluently including: English, Urdu, Pashto, and Hindi. She knows some basic Arabic as well. Sarah has always been passionate about helping connect people to opportunities and preparing them to succeed. That’s exactly what she’ll be doing now as part of Brunel.
Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn
After receiving an MBA in HR from the University of Peshawar and experiencing some roles in Marketing & HR in Pakistan, Sarah found herself and her husband moving to the UAE where she worked as a faculty member for a university. In her faculty role, Sarah focused on supporting students looking to find careers after graduation. As one of very few international teachers working for the university, Sarah says she learned as much from her students as they did from her. She loves to learn about cultures different from her own, and the university she worked for was incredibly diverse, especially compared to her hometown.
That experience of living and working in the UAE prepared Sarah for her and her husband’s move to Toronto in 2017. Expecting her first child at the time of their move, Sarah took a break from the workforce for a bit before returning to work. Sarah described the challenge saying, “when you move to a new country and don’t know anyone, it emphasizes the importance of networking. Trying to do that during COVID especially was very difficult but I was able to do it successfully.”
Lending a Helping Hand
