Alejandra García Recio

I'm a Business Administrator with a postgraduate degree in Organizational Human Development Management, I have an amazing passion for human Talent, and I have experience in IT selection and recruitment processes, happiness management, and human management indicators. With planning and strategic management skills, I love to do benchmarks and hear the candidates, what they need, and what kind of challenge they are looking for in their professional and personal lives. Also, I like to be involved in all recruitment cycles and help the candidates and the company grow together.

I have had to cover different Roles: Architects, Data Science, Big Data, Machine Learning, Python, .Net (.Net core, Sitecore), UX/UI), Java, Angular, React, Javascript, VUE, Android, iOS, Quality Control, ATQC, Project Manager, Business Analyst, Product Owners, and others

I love traveling and reading, especially fiction books with historical context.

Softserve May 2022 - August 2023 Position: Senior IT Recruiter
Responsibilities: I was part of a multicultural team where I interacted with great colleagues from different countries: Ukraine, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Mexico, Colombia, and Chile.

I managed the entire hiring lifecycle, from collaborating closely with lines of business to understand their unique needs and developing compelling job offers, to proactively sourcing and prescreening candidates, conducting interviews, administering tests on technical and English language skills, supervising background checks and offers, and negotiations. , facilitating the signing of contracts, and finally, I was part of the after-sales activities: Referral Program, articulating contracts with other areas according to needs, and supporting the employee's Branding area, to improve the experience before and after being part of the Softserve.

As an IT Recruitment Consultant, I excelled in sourcing IT top talent, specializing in roles such as Architects, Data Science, Big Data, Machine Learning, Python, .Net (.Net core, Sitecore), UX/UI), Java, Angular, React, Javascript, VUE, Android, iOS, Quality Control, ATQC, Project Manager, Business Analyst, Product Owners, and others.

Participating in recruitment marketing strategies. Participating and leading the market research in Colombia. Participating in Employee Relations with other areas.Participating in different processes for inclusion.

Avionos October 2021 - Abril 2022 Position: Senior IT Recruiter
Responsibilities: Recruiting lifecycle process for IT roles such as Front and Back-end Developers, Salesforce Developers, Salesforce Consultant, Technical Analyst, QA Engineer, AEM Developers, Project Managers, Business Analyst, Business Development Representative, among others, for Colombia and US region; this includes hunting of the candidates, scheduling screening, interview process with the technical team, hiring manager. Making the offer approval and onboarding schedule. Daily update the pipeline information regarding the contacted candidates for the hiring needs and difficulties.

Perficient February 2021 - October 2021 Position: Talent Acquisition Specialist
Responsibilities: Sourcing, recruiting, and managing the selection process for top Software Engineering profiles such as Delivery Leads (Senior Scrum Masters), DevOps and Cloud Engineers & Salesforce Developers and Architects. Sourcing and recruiting junior, intermediate, and senior developers for several technologies such as Java, .Net, NodeJS, Python, Angular, React, React Native, Swift, and Kotlin. As well as Data roles such as Data Visualization (BI), Data Engineer, Data Scientist, and Machine Learning; and people from product roles such as Product Owner and Business Analyst.

Managing the talent acquisition process for senior executives for the company’s expansion strategy. Leading the data obtention, analysis, improvements, and dashboards for the whole talent acquisition funnel, giving feedback, and participating in the talent acquisition strategy definition with the leaders of each process. Participating in and leading recruitment marketing strategies. Participating in and leading recruitment and sourcing strategies.

Huge Inc. October 2018 - February 2020 Position: IT Recruiter and Talent Coordinator
Responsibilities: Manage the full cycle of IT specialist recruitment. Cooperate with Hiring Managers to develop position profiles, and to understand overall needs and requirements. Develop and maintain strong working relationships with other team members to create a partnership that brings success, predictable results, and credibility. Proactively identify and recruit passive candidates, and continually build a pipeline of candidates. Work with various job sources.

Maintain HR systems and databases and develop strategies for loyalty and attraction of personnel. Create a positive candidate for candidates by moving them through the process quickly and professionally with clear communication. Participate in external/internal recruitment-related events. Help with other HR projects and activities (SG-SS, Events, development, inclusion, contracts, etc.

Almundo March 2018- October 2018 Position: HR Generalist
Responsibilities: I was in charge of the HR operations for the Medellin office for Almundo, among all my responsibilities I handled the recruiting process, finding and filtering candidates that might align with the company requirements after that I oversight the grading process of the code challenge with the development team, after that if everything goes well I set handle hiring logistics with an agency specialized in house visits and backgrounds checks and with another third party that handles the paperwork, and payroll.

On a day today, I was responsible for the HR indicators, petty cash, welfare, wellness, and health initiatives for the office, onboarding, and training processes, employment and compliance to regulatory concerns and reporting, employee relations, compensation and benefits administration, minor purchases, and relationship with the coworking space.

BairesDev

July 2017- February 2018

Position: IT Recruiter
Responsibilities: Currently responsible for successfully identifying, screening, and qualifying candidates for the different customers we handle in BairesDev for any industry. Accountable for conducting effective sourcing efforts working with multiple channels such as database mining, and web portals, to create a qualified candidate pool. Screen and process potential candidates and applicants. Weekly staffing/recruiting reports to the recruiter’s manager.

Technologies include .NET, Python, Ruby on Rails, Java, PHP, Mobile (iOS, Android), Angular, Node.js, JavaScript, QA Automation, Project Manager, DBA, Administrator del systems (Linux, Windows and Mac OSX).

Grupo Contacto June 2016 –April 2017 Position: Freelance Recruiter
Responsibilities: Provide support for the recruitment and selection process of positions in companies dedicated to technology and advertising. Advise managers and employees on staffing policies and procedures. Coordinate and participate in the selection and application of tests to evaluate candidates. Detect present and future staffing needs, communicate opportunities, and do follow-ups on the applicants. Inform the outcome of the selection process. Guide the aspirants about employment requirements. Prepare reports on available positions and staffing needs. Review documents and contact prospective candidates for interview.

Consultoría Integral Estratégica S.A.S October 2016 - April 2016 Position: Freelance Recruiter
Responsibilities: Identify recruitment and selection needs in processes with government entities to fulfill the needs stated on the RFPs. Analyze the requirements and submit observations to the contracting entities. Search and select the personnel according to the requirements described in the RFP. Create the HR section of the document to submit to the RF, and evaluate the proposal submitted by the other companies.

Huge Inc. February 2016 - April 2016 Position: Human resources contractor
Responsibilities: Help with the recruitment and selection of people for positions in the technology department, use LinkedIn and employment platforms to locate the right candidate for the position, telephone screening, assess the English level and technical knowledge according to the requested process, use Greenhouse to track the first stage on the selection process of the candidates, I also perform activities to promote welfare, safety, and Health at work.

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD) January 2014 –December 2015 Position: Contractor Planning Advisory Office
Responsibilities: Help with the consolidation of the University's Integrated Information and Business Intelligence System, providing support in the development of financial models for project evaluation, accounting management, and development plan that allow the manager to make decisions based on the latest information available, among other planning, financial, and public procurement activities of the institution.

Formal Studies_____________________________________

●  Postgraduate degree in Organizational Human Development Management, EAFIT University Jan 2019 to Sep 2022.

●  Bachelor ́s Degree in Business Administration, Santo Tomas University, Jan 2010 to Oct 2015.

●  Course on Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship– University of Barcelona, Jun 8 to 12, 2015.

●  Accounting and Financial Management Technician, SENA 2007 to 2008.

●  School with an emphasis on Accounting and Commercial, Andrés Fey Institute, 2006.

Languages_________________________________________________

●  Spanish -Native

●  English -Intermediate B2

Complementary studies_______________________________________

●  Private English Class, English – Ongoing

●  Hero Digital Bootcamp on Programming Principles, 2024

●  Certification course for the SG-SST, 2017

●  Wall Street Institute, English, 2016

●  Professional Writing Course, 2013

Licenses & Certifications _______________________________________

●  Tech Recruitment Certified Professional, DevSkiller, Issued Mar 2024 · Expires Mar 2034 - Credential ID 5QB8452BUx6zEf9NpwUiCy

●  Scrum Master Certification 2024 + Agile Scrum Certification, Udemy, Issued Apr 2024 · Expires Apr 2026. Credential ID UC-af57673a-edf9-4d04-8a13-5e2332cd3fb6/