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Thais Cacador

Talent Partner

Thais Cacador
United Kingdom

Experience

Jan 2025 - Present
1 year 1 month

Talent Partner

Tech Tree via Talent Centric

  • Leading hands-on high-volume multi-function hiring projects for start-ups, scale-ups and global businesses.
  • Managing full recruitment across Tech, AI, GTM, Finance, Media, IT, Animal industry and others.
  • Reducing the business’s hiring costs by up to 52% through better processes, advertising strategy, early careers and advanced AI tools.
  • improving hiring efficiency by 30–40% by introducing structured processes.
  • Recruiting, training, mentoring and managing Talent Partners and freelance recruiters.
  • Advising and mentoring individuals on job search, CVs, interview techniques, career plans, sponsorship, and providing full career advancement support.
  • Improving professionals’ progression and transitions into the UK job market, achieving over 200% increase in application response rates and interview success across all stages.
Jan 2021 - Dec 2025
5 years

Multilingual Recruitment Consultant

BL Recruitment

  • Managed full 360 multilingual recruitment across GTM, Tech, AI, Investment, Finance, Media, IT and others.
  • Delivered strong shortlists using ATS pipelines, networking, advertising and headhunting.
  • Advised hiring managers and executives on recruitment best practices.
  • Maintained interview rate consistently above 85% for multilingual roles, leading to great placement results.
  • Reduced hiring time by 25% by developing proactive pipelines.
  • Assisted the business in building a successful internal team of recruiters through internal recruitment.
  • Managed full recruitment cycle including negotiating terms and fees, advertising jobs, headhunting, screening, interview preparation, interviewing, running assessments and negotiating offers.
  • Managed key accounts and brought in new business.
Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
2 years

Business & Talent Acquisition Manager

Simply Winch

  • Partnered with the CEO on business and hiring strategy.
  • Managed the company’s talent acquisition, sales, strategic planning, customer service and property management services.
  • Managed full-cycle recruitment, onboarding and performance.
  • Improved team productivity by up to 24% through structured onboarding.
  • Reduced early turnover with new L&D processes and better sales strategies.
  • Contributed to initiatives to drive efficiency in the company's sales and recruitment processes.
  • Exceeded the company’s goals even during the pandemic.
  • Provided motivational and supportive team management during challenging times, bringing great results.
Jan 2016 - Dec 2020
5 years

Talent Acquisition Manager

Sawala

  • Led new hiring strategy for an organisation of 250 agents.
  • Implemented early careers hiring model, reducing recruitment costs by 48%.
  • Restructured training, onboarding and mentoring frameworks, increasing employee retention by 62%.
  • Increased new agents’ performance by 20–36% through improved hiring practices, onboarding, training and compatible company culture.
  • Managed team management, L&D (real estate), product management and international sales.
  • Partnered with HR business partners, business leaders and hiring managers to advise on the best hiring strategy.
  • Planned and led training, events, online campaigns, websites, cold-calling BD shifts for internal team of 250 agents, clients and international developers.
  • Committed to team productivity and an excellent work environment, resulting in impressive sales growth.
Jan 2012 - Dec 2016
5 years

Junior Talent Partner

T. Hunter Consultancy & RPO

  • Designed and implemented end-to-end business and talent solutions, including hiring, onboarding, employer brand and people operations.
  • Delivered consultancy projects and improved processes across e-commerce, retail and services.
  • Managed talent management, employee retention, recruitment, onboarding, recruitment audit, L&D and training.
  • Handled career path planning, employer branding, consumer behaviour analysis, marketing planning and websites.
  • Organised events to increase sales and managed financial planning, pricing and restructuring routines.
  • Focused on organisational climate and productivity and established bases for franchise.
Jan 2011 - Dec 2012
2 years

Junior Business Manager

  • Managed business operations, recruitment, onboarding, training and mentoring of teams in animal nutrition field sales, pet shop, pet B2B/B2C sales, logistics, veterinary clinic, vet specialists and surgeons.
  • Increased wholesale revenue by 200% by restructuring routines.
  • Led expansion into new HQ and launched four new stores.

Summary

A commercially minded Talent Acquisition Partner & Career Coach with extensive experience supporting start-ups, scale-ups, SME’s and global organisations. Skilled in end-to-end hiring and business strategy, while reducing hiring costs, improving recruitment operations, elevating candidate experience and DE&I.

Specialised in Talent Transformation, selecting, training and implementing AI tools to streamline workflows and build high-performing teams.

On the coaching side, I’m passionate about mentoring professionals to clarify career direction, increase confidence, and land roles that are both successful and fulfilling.

I am also passionate about sports, DIY and gardening

Skills

  • Talent Acquisition
  • Recruitment Strategy
  • Talent Transformation
  • Ai Training
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Employee Retention
  • Global Hiring
  • Talent Pipelining
  • Employer Branding
  • De&i
  • Ats Implementation
  • Recruitment Audit
  • Coaching And Mentoring
  • People Ops
  • Onboarding
  • L&d
  • Early Careers
  • Company Culture

Languages

English
Native
Portuguese
Native
Spanish
Intermediate
Italian
Intermediate

Education

University C. Mendes

Bachelor's Degree, Business Administration · Business Administration · Brazil

Université François Rabelais Tours

Master's Degree, Business Management & Marketing applied to Services (Consumer Behaviour) · Business Management & Marketing applied to Services (Consumer Behaviour) · Tours, France

University C. Mendes

MBA, Business Management & Marketing · Business Management & Marketing · Brazil

Certifications & licenses

CIPD Level 5 - D&I - EXP 2026

Coding Fundamentals

She Codes Express Workshop

Digital Marketing For Business

Employment Law Level 5

CPD

Empretec

UN/Sebrae

Holistic Career Coaching

HCC Academy

Strategic Planning, Leadership, Financial Control, Customer Service Excellence

Talent Acquisition C.

CPD

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