PETROVA YULIIA

Recruiter/HR

Minsk, BY.

About

Highly experienced HR specialist and IT recruiter with strong expertise in full-cycle hiring, team development, and building efficient HR and recruitment processes. Proven ability to identify and secure rare specialists, optimize end-to-end recruitment systems, and significantly improve hiring quality, leveraging a structured, results-oriented approach to enhance organizational effectiveness and employee engagement. Seeking an HR role where strong leadership and strategic talent acquisition skills can drive measurable impact.

Work

Unimatch

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Recruiter

Minsk, Minsk Region, Belarus

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Summary

Managed end-to-end recruitment across diverse business functions, overseeing sourcing, screening, interview coordination, and stakeholder communication to secure top talent.

Highlights

Successfully closed niche and urgent roles within tight deadlines, consistently maintaining high candidate quality.

Developed and implemented a structured sourcing funnel leveraging LinkedIn, social media, and referral networks.

Enhanced hiring manager satisfaction by establishing clear communication, proactive expectation management, and consistent status updates.

Recruitment Agency

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Head of Recruitment Department

Minsk, Minsk Region, Belarus

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Summary

Led the recruitment department, developing hiring processes, and ensuring high-quality team performance through strategic oversight, people management, and client relations.

Highlights

Implemented systematic management, establishing planning, performance control, and individual development plans for each recruiter.

Optimized workload distribution across three recruitment teams, accelerating vacancy closure and reducing project downtime.

Improved departmental quality through training programs in IT market basics, communication, and candidate scoring.

Built a comprehensive knowledge base including structured pipelines, sourcing guides, and checklists to enhance recruitment quality.

Strengthened client collaboration by introducing a unified briefing format, increasing match accuracy and reducing off-profile candidates.

Recruitment Agency

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Lead Recruiter

Minsk, Minsk Region, Belarus

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Summary

Led complex recruitment projects and supervised a team of recruiters, focusing on team leadership, training, and client communication to drive successful placements.

Highlights

Mentored and guided a team of recruiters, enabling them to close complex roles and increase conversion rates at each hiring stage.

Conducted client briefings to gather precise requirements and develop realistic hiring plans, improving deadline predictability.

Delivered regular training sessions on sourcing, search techniques, and funnel management, enhancing team efficiency and communication.

Streamlined collaboration between recruiters and clients, minimizing repeated requests and misunderstandings regarding candidate profiles.

NDA

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HR Specialist

Minsk, Minsk Region, Belarus

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Summary

Managed the full HR cycle within an IT company, encompassing recruitment, onboarding, employee adaptation, corporate culture initiatives, and HR analytics.

Highlights

Successfully closed complex technical roles, including DevOps, Network, Infrastructure, TechOps, and TL Support, reducing workload on key teams.

Conducted regular 1:1s, identifying team issues and implementing improvements that contributed to reduced employee turnover.

Launched a systematic exit-interview process, providing management with key metrics on reasons for employee departures.

Organized corporate events, team buildings, and traditions, significantly boosting overall employee engagement.

Established comprehensive onboarding and HR support processes, accelerating the adaptation of new hires into the organization.

ROYAL CAPITAL

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Head of Recruitment Department

Minsk, Minsk Region, Belarus

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Summary

Promoted to lead and scale the recruitment department, managing a team, optimizing processes, and collaborating with business leaders to achieve strategic hiring goals.

Highlights

Built the recruitment department from scratch, designing its structure, processes, pipelines, and regulatory frameworks.

Formed and trained a high-performing team of recruiters capable of handling significant hiring volumes.

Reduced time-to-hire through funnel optimization, metrics implementation, and process standardization.

Developed an adaptation system and training-group process specifically for new hires, enhancing their integration and productivity.

Increased final-stage conversion rates by improving screening quality and optimizing the incoming candidate flow.

ROYAL CAPITAL

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Recruiter

Minsk, Minsk Region, Belarus

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Summary

Managed high-volume recruitment, ensuring a stable hiring funnel and timely staffing to support the smooth operation of the operational unit.

Highlights

Consistently closed high-volume roles, effectively meeting staffing needs for the operational unit.

Maintained a stable and efficient hiring funnel, ensuring a continuous flow of qualified candidates.

Ensured the smooth operation of the operational unit by providing timely and effective staffing solutions.

Education

Belarusian State University

Minsk, Minsk Region, Belarus
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Degree Human Resources

Skills

Recruitment & Sourcing

Full-cycle recruitment (IT and non-IT), Leading complex and senior-level vacancies, Sourcing hard-to-find candidates, Conducting interviews (screening, in-depth, competency-based), Recruitment analytics, Funnel management, Resource planning.

Team Leadership & Development

Managing a team of recruiters, Mentoring and talent development, Building recruitment processes from scratch, Onboarding and adaptation of employees, Training and developing recruiters.

HR Strategy & Operations

Building recruitment processes from scratch, HR analytics, Process optimization, Time management and prioritisation, Corporate culture, Employee engagement, Exit-interview processes.

Stakeholder Management

Communication with stakeholders and hiring managers, Conflict management and resolution, Client relations.