Episode 6

Hiring with Kindness with Ahmad Abdelaziz

Published on: 29th July, 2025

In this episode, Serena discuss the importance of authenticity and kindness in the professional world with Ahmad Abdelaziz, founder of Alien Talent Venture. Ahmad shares insights on how to navigate career changes, emphasizing the role of self-alignment and passion in career success. He introduces Alien Talents, a platform he created to support talents from the MENA region in finding global remote job opportunities. The conversation highlights the challenges of being an unseen talent and the importance of a supportive community in overcoming professional obstacles. This episode underlines the impact of empathy, peer support, and genuine human connections in achieving career fulfillment and personal growth.

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About the Podcast

I'm Back!
Returning to work after a life-changing experience can be tough. Whether due to illness, injury, maternity, or for any other reason, we can face a multitude of challenges.

Join Serena Savini as she shares her own struggles with returning to work, and explores ways we can navigate change with empathy, and emerge thriving.

Through conversations with guests, Serena uncovers stories from different perspectives on how we can create a warm environment with a human touch to come back to work.

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Serena Savini

HR Expert, Facilitator and Counselor, Serena Savini is the founder and host of the I'm Back! Podcast. For the past 15 years, she has been working in big organisations and in startups across Europe and US with a heart centric approach to Human Resources and Learning & Development.

She was born with a disability and she had an injury at work in 2016. Since then, she began to do a personal healing process and she became curious about other stories around coming back to work after a life changing experience.