Lucia Papa

Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Expert

Berlin, Germany

Experience

Jan 2025 - Present
7 months
Switzerland

Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Expert

SEIRO (Personalvermittlung)

  • Active sourcing & direct outreach to MRI specialists and nursing staff via LinkedIn, Facebook groups & specialized job portals
Aug 2024 - Nov 2024
4 months

Interim Project Management

Friedrichstadt-Palast

  • Implementation of Personio as an applicant management system
Apr 2024 - Aug 2024
5 months

Senior Consultant

AOK Bundesverband

  • Analysis of the recruiting processes of AOKs across Germany
Mar 2024 - May 2024
3 months

Recruiting Consultancy

Stadtwerke Delmenhorst

  • Requirements analysis / candidate persona for energy consultants & development of a general channel strategy for employer branding
Feb 2024 - Mar 2024
2 months

Recruiting Consultancy

Dr. Neumann Wolff AG

  • Requirements analysis / candidate personas for sales
Jan 2024 - Jul 2024
7 months

Interim HR Project Management

BDO

  • Introduction of new career levels
Oct 2022 - Jul 2023
10 months
Karlsruhe, Germany

Head of HR Team

M-A-U-S Seminare gGmbH

  • Establishment, development, and leadership of the HR department
  • Conducting feedback, development, and separation interviews
  • Advising management and leadership on change management, organizational structure, role profiles, workforce planning
  • Building and structuring HR administration and HR development
  • Designing a company-wide compensation structure model
  • Implementing internal HR processes (onboarding & offboarding)
Jun 2022 - Sep 2022
4 months

Interim Recruitment Team Lead

M-A-U-S Seminare gGmbH

  • Team building and leadership
  • Process and workflow optimizations
  • Realignment of recruitment
  • Workforce planning, and planning and management of company-wide recruitment (high volume & internal)
Oct 2019 - Feb 2022
2 years 5 months
Berlin, Germany

Sr. HR Business Partner – Advisory Services

Arup Deutschland GmbH (Engineering)

Jan 2019 - Sep 2019
9 months
Berlin, Germany

HR Business Partner - Architects, Specialists & Marketing

Arup Deutschland GmbH (Engineering)

  • Advising leadership & supporting employees on all HR matters
  • 360° recruitment for the above areas
  • Managing the entire employee lifecycle including onboarding & offboarding
  • Drafting employment contracts
  • L&D: training & appraisals
  • Workforce planning and salary reviews with leadership
  • Preparing statistics and HR-related reports
  • Conducting resilience workshops
  • Intern coordination
  • Defining & implementing a new communication system for the HR team and other interfaces (Admin, IT, H&S) for onboarding & offboarding
  • Digitalization: introducing and managing Trello
  • Cross-departmental management of recruitment
May 2017 - Dec 2019
1 year 8 months
Berlin, Germany

Recruitment / HR

Arup Deutschland GmbH (Engineering)

  • Structuring recruitment across four locations
  • Managing and coordinating all recruitment activities
  • Workforce planning & defining recruitment strategy
  • Direct search and agency coordination
  • Digitalizing recruitment (Recruitee)
Jan 2013 - Apr 2017
4 years 4 months
Berlin, Germany

Manager Recruiting Controlling & Processes

McFit GmbH (Fitness)

  • Analyzing recruiting processes and strategies
  • Developing and implementing a controlling tool for application and ad management
  • Coordinating media planners and recruiters
Apr 2012 - Dec 2013
9 months
Berlin, Germany

Project Manager & Deputy Project Lead Recruitment Digitalization

McFit GmbH (Fitness)

  • Designing & implementing a standardized recruitment process
  • Designing and implementing a centralized ad management process for two headquarters and over 170 branches in Germany
  • Implementing and introducing a new applicant management system (Job Router)
  • Designing the website
  • Coordinating the image campaign (supplement in Der Spiegel, banner ads)
Jun 2010 - Mar 2012
1 year 10 months
Berlin, Germany

Recruiter

McFit GmbH (Fitness)

  • Crafting demand-driven job advertisements (multilingual)
  • Ad management (online and print)
  • International recruitment
  • Applicant management (CEO, CFO, and other senior roles)
  • Conducting interviews
Sep 2009 - Mar 2010
7 months
Berlin, Germany

Assistant to the Financial Attaché

Italian Embassy, Financial Attaché

  • Preparing and conducting interviews with German authorities
  • Analyzing and processing data
  • Producing regular economic and financial reports
Feb 2009 - Apr 2009
3 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Intern

Italian Chamber of Commerce Munich e.V.

  • Supporting Italian and German companies in researching and matching business partners
Oct 2004 - Aug 2008
3 years 11 months
Heidelberg, Germany

Student Assistant & Tutor

Ethnological Institute, Ruprecht-Karls-University

Jan 2001 - Dec 2003
2 years
Bellinzona, Switzerland

Office Assistant, Commercial Department, Accounting

AET (Electricity Trading Company)

Jan 2001 - Dec 2002
1 year
Cadempino, Switzerland

Commercial Office Assistant

Premec (International Pen Trade)

Jan 1997 - Dec 2000
4 years
Lugano, Switzerland

Tax Officer

Tax Office

Summary

Experienced HR and interim recruiter with over 15 years of professional experience in recruitment, including 2 years in an interim capacity. I offer comprehensive expertise in developing and implementing tailored recruiting strategies based on requirements analyses and candidate personas.

My strength lies in optimizing recruiting processes and integrating digital tools and AI to enhance efficiency and precision in filling positions. I take a hands-on approach and actively manage the operational execution, from active sourcing and direct outreach to overseeing the entire end-to-end recruiting process.

I have extensive experience in filling specialist and leadership roles across various industries, including healthcare, engineering, IT, construction, and commercial functions. Through my practice-oriented working style, I can quickly and purposefully identify, engage, and successfully place talent.

Languages

German
Native
Italian
Native
English
Advanced
French
Intermediate

Education

Oct 2002 - Jun 2008

Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg

Magister Artium · Behavioral and Empirical Cultural Studies · Heidelberg, Germany

Oct 1993 - Jun 1997

ICEC

Matura · Commercial High School Diploma · Bellinzona, Switzerland

Certifications & licenses

Prompt Design Specialist - AI Masterclass

Die Körtings

Systemic Coach Practitioner

Competence on Top

Resilience Trainer

Resilience Academy

Successful Personnel Selection

Quadriga Berlin

Active Sourcing

Quadriga Berlin

Certified Business Administrator

IHK Berlin