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Certification
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Anca Virzob

Anca Virzob

Bucharest

Summary

With over 7 years of experience in HR areas and a solid Psychology background, I am focused on translating business strategy into effective human resources practices and initiatives. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and business acumen.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding Manager

METRO Romania
Bucharest
07.2022 - Current

Purpose: Coordinate external and internal recruitment processes, including personnel leasing for 2 entities (METRO Cash & Carry, METRO Convenience), Headquarter, >50 Stores and Logistics Platform; Develop and implement employer branding strategy and projects.

Talent Attraction & Acquisition:

  • Managing the full life cycle recruiting process from screening, candidate interviews and assessment, onboarding and offboarding, using specific and customized methodology
  • Developing and implementing creative sourcing strategies in order to attract suitable talent within the organization
  • Direct responsible for managing of annual tenders for blue, white collar and leasing personnel services
  • Creating monthly/ quaterly and annually KPIs reports and presenting to senior management
  • Budgeting and forecasting of personnel costs
  • Training national recruitment team and hiring managers in order to improve their interviewing skills

Employer Branding:

  • Developing a global employer branding strategy, adapting and implementing it locally
  • Designing and implementing 2 youth programme: Internship Programme, METRO Business School and continue improving "METRO Potential" global programme
  • Establishing University Partnerships by offering apprenticeships, workshop sessions, open days and other opportunities for students/ young graduate.

Project Management:

  • Certifications: Top Employer, Best Internship Programme
  • Surveys: Engagement
  • student programme: Apprenticeships, Internship Programme, METRO Potential
  • Digitalization: ATS, Chatbot, CATIL
  • Events: Job-fairs, Internal Competitions, Photoshoots

Key achievements:

  • Second place "Best Internship Programme in Romania" - 2023 edition with 77% retention
  • Improving offer acceptance rate from 80% to 88% for white collar and from 66% to 71% for blue collars and reducing overall time to hire for mid-level and senior roles
  • Redesigning the employer brand by various actions: new career page, increasing local&national events participation, dedicated social media recruitment campaigns
  • Leading different HR projects simultaneously accurately and on time
  • Digitalization of processes of employee life-cycle, from onboarding to offboarding exit interview

Senior Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding Specialist

METRO Romania
Bucharest
12.2021 - 07.2022
  • Responsabile for end to end recruitment of white collar positions
  • Ensuring participation in local and national job fairs and increasing necessary visibility of the vacancies in the market
  • Creating and facilitating trainings for new hires on the company's procedures, policies structure
  • Mantaining up-to-date recruitment records and databases, organization charts and the renewal of HR services contracts

Key achievements:

  • Coordinating social media national recruitment campaigns from end to end
  • Recruiting, onboarding and retaining of 16 trainees in 6 months
  • Organizing of apprenticeships in partnership with Universities, as project manager lead
  • expanding recruitment channels and improving direct searches results

Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding Specialist

METRO Romania
Bucharest
09.2021 - 12.2021

Recruitment & Employer Branding Lead

ELICOM
Bucharest
03.2020 - 09.2021
  • Planning, implementing and supervising staffing strategy for existing and new business structures
  • Setting hiring goals along with HR and operational management
  • Building asessments in order to identify future organization leaders
  • Designing and implementing effective recruitment marketing campaigns specific to the job opening;
  • Creating business cases and commercial proposals for new business line: recruitment services

Key achievements:

  • Successful implementation of ATS
  • Reducing turnover rate (>70%) and improving employees satisfaction (20%)
  • Developing recruitment team in skills, competence mix and customer service mindset
  • Building a employer branding team and coordinating the company's presence on external channels
  • Implementing cantitative assessments tools and consolidate sthe uccession planning process

Human Resources Business Partner

ELICOM
Bucharest
11.2018 - 03.2020
  • Redesigning of internal HR Policies (compensation & benefits, recruitment staffing, performance management)
  • Proposing and supporting in implementation of short & long term strategies to enhance performance and employee engagement
  • Assessing company culture and climate, employee satisfaction and engagement
  • Providing consistent statistics and recommendations related to recruitment trends and challenges

Recruitment Specialist

ELICOM
Bucharest
03.2018 - 10.2018
  • Responsible for end-to-end recruitment projects from entry to executive level roles
  • Collaborating with hiring managers to understand job requirements and develop effective sourcing strategies
  • Conducting exit interviews and periodical one-to-one sessions/meetings
  • Managing different recruitment databases, tools and channels
  • Organizing onboarding sessions for new hires and following the performance trend of each new hire

Education

Master's degree, Psychotraumatology and Psychological Assistance -

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest, Bucharest (Romania)
01.2020

Bachelor's degree, Psychology -

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest, Bucharest (Romania)
01.2017

Skills

  • HR Project Management
  • Onboarding and Offboarding
  • Employer Branding Strategy
  • Internal and External Communication
  • Policy and Procedure Writing
  • Budgeting and Forecasting
  • Digitalization & Tool Implementation
  • Stakeholders Management

Languages

Romanian
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1

Certification

Employer Branding Professional

Employer Branding Academy

Issued April 2023, Expired April 2033

Certified Talent Acquisition Specialist

AIHR | Academy to Innovate HR

Issued Feb 2023

Credential ID AIHR-6oxyxnvtcs

Certified Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist

The Institute for the Study and Treatment of Trauma

Issued 2021

Certified Teacher

The Teacher Training Departament, University of Bucharest

Graduate Certificate of the Psycho-Pedagogical Training Program

Issued 2017

Member of Romanian College of Psychologist

Issued 2017

Internships

 Psychotherapy Assistant, Individual Psychotherapy and Counselling Office ""Stefan Maria”  - 11/ 2014 - 04/ 2015 

 Staffing Recruiter, ASPSE - 10/ 2014 - 10/ 2015

Industrial-Organisational Psychologist, Ministry of Internal Affairs, 03 - 06/ 2016

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding Manager

METRO Romania
07.2022 - Current

Senior Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding Specialist

METRO Romania
12.2021 - 07.2022

Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding Specialist

METRO Romania
09.2021 - 12.2021

Recruitment & Employer Branding Lead

ELICOM
03.2020 - 09.2021

Human Resources Business Partner

ELICOM
11.2018 - 03.2020

Recruitment Specialist

ELICOM
03.2018 - 10.2018

Master's degree, Psychotraumatology and Psychological Assistance -

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest, Bucharest (Romania)

Bachelor's degree, Psychology -

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest, Bucharest (Romania)
Anca Virzob