Jo Cichocka, HR Professional

About

• A highly enthusiastic individual looking to work in a dynamic and creative environment. • Passionate about improving processes, enhancing business efficiencies, and developing professional skills. • Always striving to create an exceptionally positive stakeholder experience.

Experience

WCI

Sep 2023 – Present

Wroclaw

Language and integration specialist

● Working on a government project aimed at integrating foreigners in Poland ● Providing voluntary support for foreigners coming to Wroclaw (language, integration and employment advice)

L.E.K. Consulting

Oct 2022 – Apr 2023

Wroclaw

Recruiting Specialist

● Managing end-to-end recruitment process for all European offices: Wroclaw, London, Munich, Paris and Madrid (experienced hires) ● Issuing offers of employment (negotiating remuneration and employment terms and conditions) ● Carrying out reference checks and onboarding ● Providing advice on benefits, holidays and Polish employment law for candidates and new employees ● Achievement: organised first ever career fair for the company

Infor

Oct 2018 – Mar 2023

Wroclaw

Resource Manager

● Staffing IT projects with suitable resources, matching consultants’ skills and experience to clients’ requirements ● Training and onboarding new Resource Managers and consultants (monthly) ● Advising on Infor procedures, products and best practice ● Working with project managers, sales, consultants and operations department globally ● Assisting with career planning and development of assigned teams of consultants ● Resource planning, updating consultants' schedules in Polaris and analysing their utilisation in Birst ● Demand planning and minimising bench, reviewing upcoming project opportunities and assessing availability of suitable consultants ● Identifying skill gaps, helping managers to develop or train their staff ● Contributing to business growth and implementing ideas and action plans to improve planning and scheduling processes

Capgemini

Apr 2022 – Sep 2022

Wroclaw

Resource Manager

● Staffing IT projects for clients in North America, matching consultants’ skills and experience to clients’ requirements ● Weekly reporting in Excel (completed resource requests, utilisation of consultants) ● Reviewing upcoming projects and bench management ● Scheduling consultants’ time/projects in Retain ● Testing ServiceNow as a tool for submitting and receiving resource requests ● Modifying and improving administration processes to speed up registering new projects/resource requests ● Achievement: Modified and improved administration processes to speed up registering new projects/resource requests

AMS (for Credit Suisse)

Jun 2017 – Sep 2018

Wroclaw

Senior Onboarding & Recruitment Specialist

● Coordinating onboarding process and initiating background screening procedure for new starts ● Conducting ‘Interviewing Skills for Hiring Managers’ training ● Processing HR documentation (medicals, contracts, certification) according to Polish law and VISA/work permit process ● Sourcing candidates on Taleo and LinkedIn ● Coordinating interview process on HireVue (online interview platform) ● Preparing Market Intelligence reports in PowerPoint (market data research and analysis) ● Achievement: filled about 15 vacancies a month / winner of the AMS Investment Banking Sector 2018 Quarter 1 Recruiter & Sourcer Incentive Award programme

Elan Languages

Jun 2016 – Apr 2017

Wroclaw

Vendor Manager

● Updating an internal HR database with accuracy and in a timely manner (personal information, rate increases, promotions, performance reviews, exit interviews) ● Assisting with communication between vendors (translators) and project managers ● Providing monthly reports in Excel (new starts, leavers) ● Identifying and recruiting suitable resources for projects and tenders within given budget and time frames Achievement: created HR policies and documented recruitment processes

AC-SS

Apr 2013 – Nov 2014

Aberdeen

HR Assistant/Advisor

● Hiring, onboarding, absence management, employee transfers, advising on company benefits ● Verifying qualifications and employment – carrying out background screening ● Processing offers of employment, contracts, promotions, salary reviews, exit interviews ● Providing various reports in Excel (headcount, leavers, attrition) ● Updating Oracle database with accuracy and in a timely manner (personal information, rate increases, promotions) ● End-to-end recruitment ● Achievement: improved recruitment process by implementing direct sourcing; modified onboarding procedure and updated HR policies

NMMS - Stena

Sep 2011 – Apr 2013

Aberdeen

HR/Recruitment Coordinator

● End-to-end recruitment and onboarding of mariners and offshore personnel ● Verifying copies of certificates or diplomas; updating candidate database, preparing contracts of employment

Michael Page

Mar 2010 – Sep 2011

Aberdeen

HR Assistant

● Working with SAP and Taleo – providing various reports in Excel (headcount, leavers, attrition) ● Processing new starts’ and leavers’ paperwork, processing timesheets ● Arranging pre-employment or review medicals, providing advice on company benefits

Raeburn

Jul 2007 – Jul 2009

Aberdeen

Recruitment Consultant

● Business development, working with various clients in order to fill their vacancies

New European Ltd

Jul 2006 – Jul 2007

Aberdeen

Candidate Liaison Officer

Sourcing

Education

Robert Gordon University

Jul 2009 – Apr 2010

Postgrad Certificate, Human Resource Management CIPD accredited