Karolina Makowiec (She/Her/Hers)

Key responsibilities: Leading and mentoring a team of recruiters, ensuring high-quality delivery and continuous development. Partnering with senior stakeholders and hiring managers to understand business needs and translate them into recruitment strategies. Driving full-cycle recruitment processes, focusing on efficiency, candidate experience, and quality of hire. Developing and optimizing sourcing strategies, leveraging market insights and data-driven approaches. Managing recruitment KPIs and reporting, ensuring transparency and alignment with business goals. Supporting employer branding initiatives and representing the company on the talent market. Implementing process improvements and recruitment tools (ATS, sourcing platforms) to streamline hiring operations.

Team Leadership and Project Management: Successfully led and managed a high-performing Sourcing Team, demonstrating strong team management and project management skills. Responsible for the performance delivery of the sourcing team and continuously achieving/exceeding hiring targets. Collaboration with Hiring Managers: Managing relationships with Hiring Managers as well as coordinating position requirements, providing recommendations about candidates after screening stage, proving ongoing feedback about hiring process. Knowledge Sharing and Training: Shared sourcing expertise by leading training sessions for the Global Talent Acquisition Team (50+people) about “Sourcing on Linkedin, Boolean search and X-ray search methods” achieving excellent score (5.5/6). Coaching: Delivering internal trainings for my sourcing team, providing shadowing during screenings and interviews to improve the sourcer's skills so that they can work independently and efficiently. Proactive Candidate Engagement: Leveraged professional networks and social media to interact with potential candidates, fostering relationships with top- notch talents in the industry. Strategic Candidate Sourcing: Actively sourced for high-caliber candidates, specializing in identifying, screening, and interviewing candidates for challenging and niche senior roles. Efficient Recruitment Processes: Conducted online interviews and organized seamless recruitment processes, optimizing the candidate experience and ensuring a high level of engagement. Interview Facilitation: Orchestrated candidate interviews with Hiring Managers, coordinating logistics and ensuring a streamlined interview process. Innovative Sourcing Methods: Utilized cutting-edge methods and tools (e.g., LinkedIn Recruiter, Otta, Boolean, Xray) to source and recruit candidates, staying at the forefront of innovative recruitment strategies.

Utilizing advanced search techniques to identify candidates on databases, networking tools, through networking/recommendations or via the Internet within agreed SLA timescales. Building relationships with the candidates in our network and make sure they think of us as first choice when considering a career change. Working effectively with recruiters and hiring managers to understand talent needs and translate them into effective sourcing strategies. Helping hiring teams to understand the sourcing process, metrics and successes by building intelligent reports to keep everyone in the loop.