Lucia Papa
Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Expert
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 monthsInterim Project Management
Friedrichstadt-Palast
- Implementation of Personio as an applicant management system
Apr 2024 - Aug 2024
5 monthsSenior Consultant
AOK Bundesverband
- Analysis of the recruiting processes of AOKs across Germany
Mar 2024 - May 2024
3 monthsRecruiting Consultancy
Stadtwerke Delmenhorst
- Requirements analysis / candidate persona for energy consultants & development of a general channel strategy for employer branding
Feb 2024 - Mar 2024
2 monthsRecruiting Consultancy
Dr. Neumann Wolff AG
- Requirements analysis / candidate personas for sales
Jan 2024 - Jul 2024
7 monthsInterim 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 monthsInterim 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
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