Andreea Popescu

• Initiated proactive pipeline development efforts by cultivating long-term relationships with passive candidates in critical industries or functional areas.
• Established strong relationships with universities and industry organizations to attract top talent through on-campus events and internal events. Designed and acted as Project Manager for Campus Recruitment and internship programs (defined the strategy for campus recruitment and executed against goals, including managing budgets, event strategy, create an interview team and coaching on interviewing best practices, designed onboarding program, assigning mentors, buddies and managing their responsibilities and targets, etc)
• Identified skill gaps within the organization, recommending workforce planning initiatives to address future talent needs.
• Strengthened employer branding efforts, collaborating with marketing teams to create compelling recruitment materials and social media campaigns.
• Collaborated with Human Resources leadership on succession planning efforts to identify high-potential employees for key positions within the organization.
• Managed a team of regional recruiters and headhunting agencies to deliver timely results while maintaining a high level of customer service for both candidates and hiring managers.
• Provided data-driven insights on recruitment performance metrics, enabling continuous improvement in talent acquisition strategies across all departments.
• Oversaw the management of recruitment budgets and vendor relationships, ensuring cost-effective solutions for sourcing top talent.
• Collaborated with legal and compliance teams to review processes and implement best practices in the recruitment processes
• I was awarded ``Outstanding New Employee`` based on my performance in 2023

Leadership Recruiter for the Enterprise Engineering organization

• Managing a team of 3 recruiters (2 FTE's and 1
• CW)
• Partner with the leadership team to define the recruiting strategy and prioritization of HC for the Enterprise Engineering org
• Onboarded new hires in the recruitment team and set up training.
• Tooling Champion for my team
• Partner with the US and APAC teams to share best practices and ensure a consistent candidate experience across regions
• Technical Interviewer (sourcing and closing skills) for EMEA and APAC
• Partner with HR and Compensation teams on various topics such as: succession planning, competitive offers, market insights, etc.

2018 - 2020 Technical Recruiter Oculus (part of Facebook), Zurich

• Operated as trusted advisor and subject matter expert to build strong and credible relationships with senior leaders, hiring managers and critical
• stakeholders.
• 360 Recruiter on a variety of niche roles such as:
• Research Scientists, TPM, SWE, etc.
• Market mapping
• Organized a variety of recruiting events

2017-2018- Lead Recruiter AI&R

Working with the Research Leads to prioritize HC

and hiring needs across EMEA

Hired the first Research Science team in Zurich

2014-2017 Europe Technical Sourcer- Engineering

Coordinated with IT team leaders to forecast hiring needs and department goals.

Used Boolean searches to develop applicant portfolios for expected openings across Europer

sourced and selected applicants for technical roles

2012-2014 Recruiting Coordinator/Staffing Associate Microsoft, Bucharest

In charge of the Operational Excellence in terms of the tools, scheduling interviews for the Staffing Consultants, screening of applicants, head hunt

calls, delivering feedbacks for the candidates. organizing all recruitment events for Microsoft Romania such as Hiring Days, Open Days etc. Participated at Job Fairs and deliver company presentation in different environments

Handled recruitment end to end for entry level roles (junior Support Engineers, Reception, IT Helpdesk etc.)

• Posted roles on all internal and external job boards across EMEA
• Managed the response to candidates on designated vacancies
• Assisted recruiters with CV screening, scheduling interviews
• Maintained up-to-date and accurate candidate data on recruitment database

Assisted the HR department with various tasks

such as:

• participated at recruiting events and organized assessment centers for the recruiting teams
• organized and assisted employees with enrollment at various mandatory trainings for the L&D teams
• prepared various reports and documentation for the compensation and HR Admin teams