Goran Kalajdziski, HR manager and recruitment

About

Recruitment, People Management, Leadership, Communication and negotiations, Time management / Project Scheduling, Risk Management, Cost Management, Task Management, Quality Management, Agile Methodologies, Traditional Project Management, Requirement gathering and analysis, Managing vendor, customer and stakeholder relationships, Consultative approach: provide recommendations for solution strategies, Big picture thinking, Strong communication and negotiation skills, Teamwork, Problem-solving, Critical thinking, Automation of business processes, Optimization of processes to result in cost reduction and directly contribute to customer satisfaction. I have strong experience, 15 years in recruitment and talent acquisition. Many IT companies used my skills and methods of recruitment with huge success in growing their teams. I trust that I will bring added value to the organization by engaging in this role.

Experience

ISG Macedonia

Jan 2016 – Present

Skopje, Macedonia

HR and Recruitment

Business development, Sales, Recruitment, Consulting, Project Management, HR Management, Outsourcing, and Nearshore. Professional approach in determining clients' needs, providing the most appropriate and acceptable solutions. Helping companies fast growth and scaling their teams. Implementation of Software Development projects (references available upon request) for various clients (Trucking industry, Marketing, OSCE, etc.).

Backbase

Feb 2022 – Aug 2022

Skopje/Amsterdam

Senior Business Analyst

Involved as a team member in implementing a new way of working (digital transformation). Responsible for screening and describing the project management process. Writing project user stories.

ITGMA

Nov 2020 – Aug 2022

Skopje, Macedonia

HR manager

Responsible for people retention and company growth. Facing and resolving issues related to a pandemic new way of working (work from home). Implementation of HRM systems. Talent acquisition and recruitment. Obtaining growth of 20% in people workforce.

Digital Dreams Team

Jun 2008 – Jan 2016

Skopje, Macedonia

COO and HR executive

By addressing clients' expectations I'm responding against tight resource limits and operational deadlines. High responsibility for people screening and selection, communication, dedication, motivation, and performance. My efforts ensure that the client's strategies and goals will quickly become an operational reality. Specialties: • Strategic planning • Staff Management & Development • Budget Development & Management • Cash-flow management • Sourcing and finding the most appropriate talents

FSAM

Dec 2011 – Jun 2013

Skopje, Macedonia

General manager

Developing of wholesale strategy for commodities (food staff) widely used by people. Responsible for business development in Macedonia, Serbia, Albania and Kosovo. Business planning, sales strategy development, branch establishing and branding of the company on a global level. Manager with hand-on experience in management, business leadership and working with wide variety of people. Developing and implementing P&L scenario. Demonstrated organizational and negotiation skills and ability to prioritize multiple and complex tasks. Exercise a high degree of discretion, mature judgment and tact in handling issues of sensitive nature. Strong leadership, problem-solving, team building and project management skills. Specialties: • Strategic planning • Staff Management & Development • Budget Development & Management • Cash-flow management • Sourcing and finding the most appropriate solutions

Seavus

Jun 2008 – Apr 2012

Skopje, Macedonia

Recruitment and resource manager

Acting as a “Single point of contact” for demands for resources – internal (Resource necessity plan) and “commercial” direct sales demands. Building skills matrix of the company, monitoring resource allocation, and optimizing costs resource costs by prioritizing and suggesting optimal resource assignments. •Participates in the creation of Resource Necessity Plan and performs its activities •Participates in resource allocation by setting priorities with Sales and other responsible managers •Create and update the Seavus skills matrix for all technical resources in the HR software •Creates a geographical map of the employees and skills •Receives and responds to sales demands for resources •Synchronizes sales demands, actual situation, and recruitment activities •Performs skills mapping (combination of technical skills) •Enforce update of employee and contractor CVs in the Seavus HRM SW and other Social Networks •Monitors contractor's arrangements and agreements •Empower team collaboration

Pexim (Asseco ASEE)

Jan 2005 – Jun 2008

Skopje, Macedonia

Project and Resource manager

As a Project Manager: •Implementing CMS (Card Management System) in Ohridska Banka Ohrid (Shparkasse now) Project Manager •Implementing CMS (Card Management System) in IK Banka Skopje (HalkBank now) Project Manager •Project management and coordination. Creating Gantt charts and project plans in MS Project As a Resource Manager: •Leading Internal Projects •Implementing new reorganization in PEXIM •Working on the implementation of MS Project Server and Share Point portal (integrated tool) •Daily use of the implemented tool for managing the CR (change requests) and team management •Creating Gantt charts and project plans in MS Project

GDi (GISDATA)

Mar 2002 – Dec 2004

Skopje, Macedonia

GIS specialist

• working under ARCGis Desktop, ARC Info Workstation, ARC IMS • application developer under Visual Basic and Map Objects LT2, and VB.NET • creating application for cadastre for municipality Karpos - Skopje • ArcObjects programming with VBA creating SDETOOLS tool for Makedonski Telekomunikacii • Building WEB application for turistic pressentation for city Ohrid with GIS (IMS)

Education

University of Ss. Cyril and Methodious

Oct 1998 – Apr 2004

Bachelor degree, Computer science and technology

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