Paula Alejandra Castaneda Talent Acquisition, recruiting, Human Resources,

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Business and People Operations.

Altimetrik Corp

Jul 2024 - Current (2 years)

• Lead people operations and business strategy for the Digital Engineering team, collaborating closely with leadership, engineering, finance, and HR functions. • To support strategic decisions, maintain and analyze workforce planning, resource and capacity allocations, and performance KPIs. • Developed dashboards and insights with Power BI-Excel to improve efficiency and decision-making. • Supported implementation ofOKRs, budgeting, resource allocation, and employee well-being. • Staffing, onboarding, and offboarding processes. • Reviewed established procedures to assess areas in need ofimprovement. • Financial planning and provided data-driven recommendations to promote business profitability. • Recommended solutions based on data

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Human Resources Business Partner

Altimetrik Corp

May 2023 - Nov 2023 (7 months)

• Acted as strategic HRBP for Digital Engineering teams across LATAM and North America. • Provided coaching to leaders and employees on performance, development, retention, and cultural initiatives. • Drove internal mobility, succession planning, and engagement efforts with data-backed strategies. • Implemented HR initiatives in alignment with business goals and global HR practices. • On-boarding and Off-boarding programs. • Rewards and recognition program. • 1-1 with employees and other stakeholders to address business needs effectively. • Organized team-building activities designed to promote collaboration among employees across departments. • Maintained accurate records related to personnel activities such as hiring, term

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Talent Acquisition.

Altimetrik Corp

Oct 2022 - Jul 2024 (1 year 10 months)

• Worked with the global team to hire people in many locations such as LATAM and the U.S. • Local POC LATAM in Colombia: Logistics, HR duties such as labor laws, payroll. • Full cycle recruitment process (end to end), recruiting and hiring the best talent. • Sourcing process for (IT) technical and corporate-staff roles, identifying, creating, and reporting potential niches to target while working closely with the client and hiring managers, and producing pipelines. • Interviewed candidates to set expectations between the candidates, the client, and the company, highlighting and identifying the match (intake and HR calls). • Presented candidates to move forward through the hiring process, and coordinated/scheduled interviews accord

Career and Talent Advisor Coach (Freelance).

Torre.ai

Jun 2022 - Jul 2023 (1 year 2 months)

• Freelancer coach for different industries across the world (APAC, EMEA, LATAM, US, CA). • Preparing, supporting, and mentoring people to get the best opportunity to work. • Providing feedback for CVs, profiles, social media, and elevator speeches. • Working with mock interviews to prepare people to get effective interviews. • Leveraged business development insights to enhance coaching strategies, helping clients achieve their career goals across various industries. The understanding of business dynamics played a crucial role in tailoring coaching approaches, particularly in software engineering, where industry-specific nuances are significant. Our coaching system was designed to incentivize success, with a payment structure b

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Senior Recruiter.

Intel Corp (Cielo Talent)

Apr 2022 - Oct 2022 (7 months)

• Recruiting for the North American market according to the requirements specified by the government and the company. • Identify customers' needs and put them in action plans to build strong relations and meet the requirements according to an end-to-end recruitment process. • Delivering a supreme candidate experience with high engagement to the company and process. • Responsible for the HR interviews. • Supporting talent attraction activities such as meetups, conferences, and study circles, among others. • Intake calls with Hiring Managers. • Sourcing and headhunting candidates according to the Hiring Managers' requirements. • Pre-screening of resumes, tests, and profiles before sending them to the company's hiring managers for cons

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Coaching

Freelance -

Jan 2022 - Current (4 years 6 months)

Coaching and mentoring to develop people to get a career path, a new job opportunity and achieve new goals.

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Talent Acquisition Specialist.

BairesDev LLC

Dec 2021 - May 2022 (6 months)

• Shared services with North America and LATAM. • Recruitment Specialist - Recruiter for the TOP 1% IT talent in the world. • Following up on remarkable candidates in the pipelines according to the Hiring Manager and client's requirements. • Responsible interviewer in the HR Interview and selecting the vacancy and the following steps. • Pre-screening of resumes, tests, and profiles before sending them to the company's hiring managers for consideration. • Intake and cold calls. • Following up on candidates for feedback on disqualifications, and expectations in the job profile. • Leveraged a business development mindset to align Talent Acquisition with strategic growth objectives, ensuring the recruitment of high-impact,

People Services and Onboarding Specialist

Sitel Group

Jun 2021 - Feb 2022 (9 months)

• Shared services with Canada and the United States. • Applicant Tracking System (ATS) management. • Intake calls and HR interviews. • Follow-up with notable candidates sourced through the industry-specific pipelines in the US and Canada. • Specialist responsible for hiring up to 150 candidates each month according to client requirements and local laws. • Follow up with candidates to obtain feedback on disqualifications and expectations in the job profile. • Rejection of candidates and use of strategies to have them as a backup for positions where they could apply as a good fit. • Follow-up on checks and audits for the hiring process such as background checks, medical screening, etc. • Responsible for legal forms fo

Senior Engagement and Culture Officer

Accedo Technologies

Nov 2020 - Jun 2021 (8 months)

– HRBP. • Applicant Tracking System (ATS) management for Human Resources. • Responsible for the Employee Experience and Benefits Plan according to the company's corporate values. • Manage and create the wellness plan and budget for a BPO company with more than 700 employees (monthly). • Tracking and creation strategies to reduce and maintain attrition at 5% per month and employee satisfaction. • Invention of a reward and recognition plan for top-performing employees under the company's pillars and GPTW. • Follow-up of new hires in the Orientation-OnBoarding process under company policies. • Creation of engagement strategies for companies with 70% of employees working at home (Hybrid). • Negotiation with external suppliers to obtain

Talent Acquisition Officer.

Accedo Technologies

Feb 2020 - Nov 2021 (1 year 10 months)

• Applicant Tracking System (ATS) management. • Sourcing the job posting process with job portals such as CompuTrabajo and Social Media with database management and distribution. • Follow-up with notable applicants sourced via industry-specific pipelines under The Hiring Managers, Account Managers, and Clients' requirements. • Hiring up to 150 candidates every month for the BPO massive industry. • Pre-screened resumes, tests, and profiles before sending them to corporate hiring managers for consideration interview, and next steps. • Follow-up of candidates and work for feedback on disqualifications, and expectations in the profile. • Follow-up of verifications and audits for the hiring process under the company's policies and complia

Human Resources Assistant

El Puerto de Liverpool

Jun 2019 - Jan 2020 (8 months)

• Applicant Tracking System (ATS) management. • In charge of job posting with job portals such as CompuTrabajo, Indeed, and Social Media. • Follow-up with the selection and hiring process for Mexican Profiles. • Interviewer for seasonal and staff positions. • Benefits plan management and negotiation with vendors. • Creation of strategies for the rewards plan with the negotiation process with new suppliers and vendors. • In charge of the On-boarding process for new hires under Mexican Laws (Social Security, Contracts, Benefits) • Follow-up and recruiter for internal vacancies and promotions according to the career path of the company.

People Experience and Wellbeing Intern

Universidad Santo Tómas

Jan 2017 - Nov 2018 (1 year 11 months)

• Intern in charge of the Student Experience and Benefits Plan at Universidad Santo Tomás. • Follow up on new students at Orientation and first day at the University. • Follow up with parents on the special Orientation day. • Creating engagement strategies to attract students to participate in wellness activities, clubs, etc. • Negotiating with external vendors to create internal fairs with discounts as well as benefits for the community. • Responsible for culture and identity and expansion of the same at the University. • Assist with all the tasks assigned by the coordinator of the area. • As an intern, I received the opportunity of a % scholarship on my bachelor's degree.

Commercial and Labor Laws Monitor

Universidad Santo Tómas

Jan 2017 - Nov 2018 (1 year 11 months)

• Intern and assistant of the Official Professor/Attorney for Commercial and Labor Laws class in the International Business Bachelor at Santo Tomas University. • In charge of the extra classes program to support students with low performance in the subject. • Providing feedback and increasing programs to reduce attrition in the class. • Updating the material of the class to share with the faculty. • Top Student in the subject. • As a Monitor, I received a % discount in my Bachelor's degree.

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