Damla Kılıçkaplan

People Partner & Technical Recruitment Specialist | People Operations, Employee Experience & Startup Hiring | Founder at FineHire HR

Ankara, Türkiye

About

Experience

  • Founder at FineHire HR
    Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

    FineHire HR provides specialized technical recruitment and people-focused hiring support for startups and technology companies. I help companies identify, attract, and hire niche technical talent by combining targeted sourcing, structured recruitment processes, and a strong understanding of startup hiring needs. My Role: - Provided specialized IT recruitment services for technology companies including iMerit Technologies, Permify, Filemap, and Oculera, supporting hiring needs across different business models, product contexts, engineering teams, and technical stacks. - Closed niche technical roles such as frontend, backend, full-stack, DevOps-oriented, and product-driven engineering positions, completing most processes within an average of one month and achieving a 100% post-placement retention rate to date. - Built targeted candidate pipelines using LinkedIn Recruiter, Apollo.io, Boolean Search, Google X-Ray Search, Clay, Juicebox / PeopleGPT, hireEZ, and SeekOut-style sourcing methods to identify and engage passive technical talent. - Leveraged ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Notion AI, and Fireflies AI for Boolean search optimization, candidate profile analysis, outreach personalization, interview transcription, structured evaluation notes, and client-facing candidate summaries. - Managed recruitment tracking, interview feedback, and client reporting through Notion, Airtable, Google Sheets, Slack, and ATS/CRM-style workflows. - Customized each search through technical intake, competency-based screening, motivation assessment, and client-specific evaluation criteria to improve long-term candidate-role-company fit.

  • Talent Acquisition Consultant at Talent Ventures
    Oct 2024 - Jan 2025 · 4 mos

    Worked as a freelance Talent Acquisition Consultant, supporting special hiring projects through targeted sourcing, candidate screening, and recruitment process coordination. My Role: - Supported project-based talent acquisition processes by identifying, screening, and shortlisting qualified candidates according to role-specific requirements. - Assisted with candidate pipeline management, recruitment tracking, and communication between candidates and hiring stakeholders. - Contributed to special recruitment projects by applying structured sourcing, CV screening, and candidate evaluation methods.

  • HR & Community Executive at Ango AI
    Aug 2021 - Jul 2023 · 2 yrs

    - Ango has been acquired by iMerit. Ango AI is the quality-first data labeling platform for AI training. Our mission is to accelerate knowledge transfer from experts to AI. Ango Hub combines the best of automation & collaboration features into a plugin-based architecture. Annotate and manage all of your unstructured data with AI assistance, custom plugin and workflows. The company is funded by 500 Emerging Europe and QNBeyond Ventures. My Role: - Managed end-to-end recruitment and employee lifecycle operations, including job posting, candidate screening, interview coordination, onboarding, performance tracking, and offboarding. Supported high-volume project-based hiring needs, successfully hiring 30+ candidates within one month for operational and technical project requirements. - Managed HR records, employee contracts, payroll files, salary calculations, salary notifications, payment coordination, invoice issuance, tax exemption arrangements, and administrative documentation. - Coordinated compliance and reporting processes, including Technopark reporting, TÜBİTAK/KOSGEB documentation, tax-related follow-ups, and communication with finance and legal stakeholders. - Led internal community and employee experience initiatives by organizing company events, team gatherings, celebration moments, and feedback activities to strengthen motivation, belonging, and company culture. - Acted as a people-facing contact point for employees, maintaining regular one-on-one communication, listening to employee needs, supporting daily workplace concerns, and improving internal communication flow. - Managed company-wide communication channels through Slack, Notion, and Google Workspace, ensuring clear announcements, smooth coordination, and transparent information sharing across teams. - Partnered closely with the executive team to coordinate HR, finance, administrative, and culture-related priorities during a fast-growing startup period.