Deauville, Normandy, France
A positive, resilient, and result-driven Talent Acquisition Lead with 10y of successful experience recruiting Tech & Product (from IC to C-Level) I am genuinely concerned about people's career paths and delighted to create the best match between candidates' professional expectations and companies' ambitions 🍀
Keep recruiting the best tech talents for amazing US and European-based start & scale up
Stakha is a recruitment agency matching Tech & Product folks with the best European start-ups, scale-ups, and unicorns 🚀 Missions: - Supported the best European startups (Qonto, Waldo, Salsify, Dataiku, Kpler, Defacto, Ankorstore, PhotoRoom, Withings, Yousign, Jellysmack...) into their most critical Tech recruitments - Aligned with CTOs & Engineering Managers to build relevant personas and efficient sourcing plans based on tech and non-tech requirements, budgets, roadmaps, locations, and company's values - Used performant sourcing tools and methods (Linkedin Recruiter, GitHub, CodePen, direct approach, referrals...) to reach the skillest Senior Engineers to fit into complex Lead, SW, Data, and DevOps positions - Interviewed and assessed candidates' tech & soft skills, coordinated interviews with Hiring Managers, and pre-closed candidates when receiving official offers - Built and maintained relationships with candidates, including providing feedback, answering questions, advising, coaching, and keeping them informed throughout the hiring process - Advised Founders and HRs to improve their recruitment processes, employer brand, job offers, and compensation policies - Implemented and shared recruitment best practices with my team (pair sourcing, GitRecruiter bible, closing workshops, mentorship sessions, personas design), and tracked recruitment metrics for continuous enhancement Achievements: 37 recruitments in 2 years / overachieved 2022 target by 129% / Top performer 2022 and 2023
Co-Founder & Co-Owner of one of the most successful Uruguayan restaurants 🌅 Missions: - Designed the “art-food-jazz” concept from scratch (menus, artistic program, suppliers, partners, and brand identity) - Welcomed clients, took orders, made cocktails, and swissknifed all day long (stock management, DIY...) - Negotiated budgets with suppliers and sponsors: Coca-Cola, HP, Corona, Pernod, Ricard, Jack Daniel's, Visa... - Established long term partnerships with high profile hotels, luxury condominiums, and local food guides to develop our brand awareness and attract new customers - Led a team of 14 employees (recruitment, contracts, weekly one-to-one meeting, planning, incentives, outplacement) - Develop new business opportunities to maximize revenue (art gallery commissions, private events, pop-up stores...) Achievements: Awarded "best parador" of the region in 2019 and 2020 / Kept growing staff and size (up to 80 guests attendance) / 4.5 stars on Google / Increased the restaurant revenue each year (cost-control measures, new menu items, inventory tracking system, cost-efficient vendor negotiations, e-reputation) Facebook: Parador Olaf - Punta Ballena Instagram: Olaf Parador - Punta Ballena
Managed the entire Sales recruitment process for the most successful European PropTech scale-ups 🏠 Missions: - Established candidate personas and built job offers closely with Hiring Managers - Identified competitors to source relevant Sales profiles and reviewed direct applications (carefully handled a big volume of daily applications bringing personalized feedbacks to each candidate) - Interviewed, coached, and presented candidates to Hiring Managers - Checked referrals, closed candidates, created contracts, onboarded new employees, and participated in first month evaluations and off-boarding meetings - Applied efficient sourcing methods (direct approach and profiling) for Middle & Top Management positions - Tracked and analyzed recruitment metrics to improve the effectiveness of our recruitment process (SoH, Time to fill, Time to hire, First-year attrition, Candidate job satisfaction, Offer acceptance rate...) - Led impactful projects for a better employer brand (job offers revamp, sales teams immersions, speed recruitment sessions, ATS customization, partnerships with schools) - Closely with Sales teams, defined best strategies to retain top talents (incentives, referrals program, career evolution schemes) and created sales business cases to structure our recruitment process Achievements: Turnover reduction from 36% to 23% / 120 recruitments/year / Managers satisfaction grade: 9,7/10 / Candidates satisfaction grade: 9,3/10 / Jury Member for the last step of new Sales employees admission