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Full-Cycle Recruiter & RPO Consultant | SaaS & Tech Hiring | Talent Acquisition

Nicosia, Cyprus
Worldwide
B.Sc. Social Work
Nicosia, Cyprus
Worldwide
B.Sc. Social Work

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Full-Cycle Recruitment & RPO
End-to-end recruitment management for SaaS, technology, and e-commerce clients, covering roles from specialist to C-level. Expertise in running structured intake meetings, defining role scorecards, and managing the full hiring process from sourcing through offer, achieving a 95% offer-acceptance rate and reducing average time-to-fill significantly.

Headhunting & Talent Sourcing
Building pipelines of 500+ qualified candidates for hard-to-fill SaaS and tech roles using Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Juicebox, and XING. Skilled in passive talent identification and personalizing outreach messaging with AI-supported workflows including Claude and ChatGPT.

Structured Interviews & Candidate Assessment
Design and execution of structured, competency-based interview processes and candidate assessments. Advisory to hiring managers on interview design, team fit evaluation, and selection decisions, resulting in 86% of placements remaining with their employers.

Executive Search & C-Level Hiring
Experience filling senior leadership and C-level positions for startups and scale-ups, partnering closely with founders and hiring managers to define needs and run data-driven selection processes.

ATS & CRM Tools
Proficient use of applicant tracking and CRM systems including Recruitee and HubSpot to manage recruitment workflows and candidate pipelines efficiently.

AI-Supported Recruitment Workflows
Application of AI tools such as Claude (Cowork) and ChatGPT for market research, outreach drafting, and improving candidate response rates through personalized messaging.

Workshop Facilitation & Coaching
Design and delivery of workshops for 30+ participants on team building, leadership, and professional development. Coaching and mentoring of professionals through career challenges using structured coaching methods combined with counselling expertise.

Project Management & Collaboration Tools
Management of projects, sales, and operations end to end. Experienced with collaboration tools including Jira, Confluence, and Google Workspace.

Talent Pipelining & Offer Management
Building and maintaining long-term talent pipelines and managing the full offer process, including negotiation and candidate-centered communication to ensure high acceptance rates.

Experience

Professional experience0 - 5 years
Freelancer since2020

Languages

GermanNative speakerEnglishFluent

Project history

RPO Consultant - Full-Cycle Recruitment

MRP My Recruitment Partners Ltd.
Full-cycle recruitment for SaaS, technology and e-commerce clients across IT, marketing, HR, management and office roles. Filled 36 positions for 8 client companies including 8 senior leadership roles. Reduced average time-to-fill to 75 days from 120 days. Achieved a 95% offer-acceptance rate. Built pipelines of 500+ qualified candidates using Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, Sales Navigator, and Juicebox. Used AI-supported workflows for outreach and market research.

Founder & People Development Consultant

Yuj Cooperations Ltd.
Self-employed, part-time. Designed and delivered 12 workshops for 30+ participants on team building, leadership, and professional development. Coached and mentored 8 professionals through change and career challenges. Grew the business by building long-term relationships, developing new service offerings, and managing projects, sales, and operations end to end.

Community Manager - Career Development

KEY2BE.ME
Freelance. Built a career community of 2500 young adults through targeted outreach, events, and team-building activities. Guided young adults to identify strengths and suitable career paths through one-to-one career conversations and strengths-based coaching. Expanded the partner network by 200 employer and education contacts.

Social Worker

District Government Ortenaukreis
Germany. Managed a caseload of 1200 families and young adults, resolving complex situations by assessing individual needs and coordinating solutions with schools, parents, and professional networks. Coordinated multi-stakeholder projects improving collaboration between families, schools, and agencies.

Social Worker

Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital
Germany. Supported 25 patients with acute and complex mental health needs within a multidisciplinary team through crisis intervention, individual care planning, and decision-making under pressure. Contributed to service-improvement projects by helping develop and refine mental health care plans.

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