Helen Ivanova

🤝Hi! I’m Olena - a tech & non-tech recruiter who believes recruitment is first and foremost about honesty, empathy, and real connection. Over the past 3+ years, I’ve been running research and full-cycle recruitment at Softermii, scaling product and outsourcing teams across various domains, including Healthcare, Fintech, Real Estate, Logistics, AI, and iGaming. 📌 Positions I work with: 🔹 Tech: DevOps (my favorite), Fullstack & Backend Developers (.NET, Node.js, Python), Frontend Developers (React, Angular), Mobile Developers (iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter), PHP, Webflow, QA Engineers, UI/UX Designers, AI/ML Engineers, Game Developers (Unity)🔹 Non-Tech: Delivery Managers, PMs, Lawyers, Sales Teams, Marketing Teams, Product Owners, Game Designers, Retention Specialists, Customer Support. 📅 My Approach: I don’t just close positions - I help both sides meet their true goals. For me, quality hiring is about:- Transparency with candidates and hiring managers; - Asking the right questions to get meaningful answers; - Valuing long-term relationships over one-time placements. I treat every conversation as an opportunity to learn. I believe that people are not checkboxes - they are stories. 🌟 Highlights & Wins: - Closed a Senior DevOps role in 3 days from job intake to hire; - Reached KPI of 5 hires/month 3 times, even with limited vacancies; - Hired a DevOps engineer 2.5 years after our first conversation; - Successfully mentored a junior recruiter who closed all their targets early; - Convinced a hesitant client to rehire a previously rejected top candidate; - Found rare specialists through non-obvious channels (e.g., Discord servers, LinkedIn influencers). 🚀 My Style: I'm a communicator at heart. Whether it’s messaging candidates, running interviews, or syncing with hiring managers - that’s where I shine. I ask, listen, and remember. I follow up when the time is right, and never let a good connection go to waste. I stay curious and courageous: taking on hard-to-fill roles is how I grow. I believe in results, but not at the cost of trust. 📚 What’s Next: I’m passionate about recruitment strategy and people management. My long-term goal? To rebuild trust in the recruiter role and help grow a new generation of specialists who care deeply about people, not just IT trends. ✅ Let’s connect if: You're building a team and value true recruitment partnership; You're a candidate looking for clarity, not just offers; You believe that recruitment should feel human again. 💥Tech stacks change. People matter.💥