Iryna Chechet
Summary
Seasoned recruiting professional with forward-thinking, adaptable and detail-oriented approach to meeting employer requirements. Well-versed in job boards and online recruiting techniques. Successful training, supervising and motivating high-performance recruitment teams. Dedicated work ethic to consistently strive to improve applicable skills that will benefit the company.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
VP of Talent Acquisition
Forte Group
01.2022 - Current
- Build, manage, coach, empower, and develop high-performing geographically dispersed teams across global locations
- Evaluate the current hiring process and enhance the candidate experience
- Govern the existing and design new recruiting procedures
- Create, steer, and evolve a talent strategy that aligns with Forte's priorities and anticipates the needs of the business's global growth
- Generate creative hiring strategies and work closely with the team leads to adopt them
- Create, project, and communicate annual budgeting
- Calculate, communicate, and present department effectiveness every quarter to the C-suite
- Review deliverables and team objectives on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis to ensure the team is set up for success
- Anticipate and minimize risks in all facets of the recruitment process and operating model
- Work cross-functionally to effectively develop plans and drive projects from root cause analysis through to deployment, effectively & on time
- Work successfully with global teams in different regions, cultures, and time zones, including LATAM, EEU, Canada, and the USA
- Create pricing and rate cards for internal and external stakeholders in collaboration with the other departments
- Make sure to promote diversity and inclusion within the teams and the company culture.
Director of Talent Acquisition
Forte Group
03.2019 - 01.2022
- Oversaw the end-to-end recruitment process
- Successfully filled 500+ positions, reducing the time-to-fill by 30%
- Implemented targeted sourcing strategies resulting in a 20% increase in the quality of hires
- Led a team of recruiters, conducting performance evaluations and career development planning
- Collaborated with clients to understand their needs and expectations, delivering exceptional recruitment services
- Established and maintained relationships with various job boards, optimizing the candidate pool
- Streamlined the applicant tracking system, improving efficiency and data accuracy by 25%.
Sr IT Recruiter/Team Lead
Forte Group
07.2016 - 03.2019
- Spearheaded recruitment across multiple departments, including the US, Ukraine, and Belarus
- Identified client staffing needs and posted compelling job advertisements on various platforms resulting in a 40% increase in candidate applications
- Screened and selected suitable candidates, doubling team performance and revenue for the company
- Head-hunted passive IT talent on LinkedIn, Dice, StackOverflow, and other platforms, resulting in 300+ successful placements
- Trained and mentored junior IT Recruiters and Sources, enhancing their sourcing skills
- Managed relationships with vendors and sub-contractors (W2, 1099, Corp-to-Corp) to ensure smooth operations
- Maintained accurate and well-ordered documentation on all candidates, searches, client interactions, and other recruiting activities in our ATS database, Excel documents, Word documents, Trello, etc
- Led a team of 11 people, distributed workload between team members; participated in performance evaluation, career road map planning, job description creation, 1-to-1 meetings
- Increased the performance of the team by doubling the placements and growing the revenue for the company.
Technical IT Recruiter
Forte Group
01.2014 - 06.2016
- Responsible for the full recruitment life cycle
- Reviewed resumes, pre-qualified candidates, created job postings, scheduled interviews with managers, conducted interviews, administered salary negotiation and reference checks, and made official offers
- Maintained a database of active and potential candidates, as well as active job requisitions
- Experience recruiting for various technical and non-technical roles, Engineering, and Supply Chain positions such as Application Developers, Software Developers, Mobile/App Developers, Architects, Web Developers, Project Managers, Program Managers, Graphic Designers, Business Analyst, Quality Assurance Testers/Analyst, Java Developers, etc
- Successfully handled high requisition workload, utilizing full desk recruiting strategies and proactive, passive sourcing techniques
- Actively searched on LinkedIn, LinkedIn Recruiter, Dice, Career Builder, Bull Horn, and The Ladders for potential candidates
- Pipeline building and talent acquisition
- Maintained contact with existing IT professionals for potential future cooperation.
Education
MS - Business Administration
TNEU
01.2014
BS - English and German
TEIPE
01.2007
Skills
- Client Engagement
- Adaptable and Flexible
- Global recruitment
- Compensation analysis
- Training development
- Employee Engagement Strategies
- Social Media Recruiting
- Applicant tracking systems proficient
- Statistical Data Analysis
- Analytical and Critical Thinker
- Recruitment strategy development
- Staff Management
Certification
- ICAgile - Fundamentals Online Workshop, 2020
- Management 3.0, Mike Pritula Academy, 2020
- People Management, Laba, 2021
Languages
Ukrainian
Native language
English
Advanced
C1
Polish
Intermediate
B1
Russian
Proficient
C2
Timeline
VP of Talent Acquisition
Forte Group
01.2022 - Current
Director of Talent Acquisition
Forte Group
03.2019 - 01.2022
Sr IT Recruiter/Team Lead
Forte Group
07.2016 - 03.2019
Technical IT Recruiter
Forte Group
01.2014 - 06.2016
MS - Business Administration
TNEU
BS - English and German
TEIPE
- ICAgile - Fundamentals Online Workshop, 2020
- Management 3.0, Mike Pritula Academy, 2020
- People Management, Laba, 2021
Similar Profiles
Olindo AloOlindo Alo
Senior Product Owner at Forte GroupSenior Product Owner at Forte Group
Eugene PallaEugene Palla
Full Stack Wordpress Web Developer at FORTE GroupFull Stack Wordpress Web Developer at FORTE Group
Ugo NwanojuoUgo Nwanojuo
Accounts Payable Specialist at FORTE GROUPAccounts Payable Specialist at FORTE GROUP