Олександр

Alex Usachev
Head of Recruitment, Talent Acquisition Manager

Contact Details

E-MAIL ADDRESS: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
TELEPHONE NUMBER: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
Telegram: @merc_alex

Personal Statement

As an TA Manager and Recruiter, I am very enthusiastic and hard working. As I am naturally a very
positive and outgoing person, I do not find it hard to inspire and encourage other team members to
work to the best of their ability. I have also gained experience developing relationships with various
clients. I have joined already existing teams and created fresh ones on my own.
Key Skills

● Executive Search
● Leadership
● Team Management
● Recruiting
● Problem Solving
● Critical Thinking
● Passionate team leader with great people management skills
● Managed small to large teams of Recruiters/Sourcers: numbering 3 to 12

Employment History

Talent Acquisition Manager, Dragons Lake, Remote
May 2022 – present

Responsibilities:
● Update current and design new recruiting procedures and policies
● Closely cooperate with HRD and with department managers to forecast future hiring needs
● Supervise and provide overall guidance to the international recruitment team (10 ppl).
● Work with recruitment agencies
● Monitoring key recruitment metrics to identify and resolve issues affecting recruiting
procedures.

Achievements:
● Created Candidate Journey policy
● Lead the TA team.
● Maintained a high level of morale during expanding the team to a new market.
● Simplified cooperation with external vendors
● Created updated Recruitment policy for day-to-day recruitment lifecycle.
Head of Recruitment, Gunzilla Games, Ukraine
May 2020 - May 2022

Responsibilities:
● Design and implementation of all Operations process from scratch
● Closely cooperate with Co-founders and with department managers to forecast future hiring
needs
● Monitoring key recruitment metrics to identify and resolve issues affecting recruiting
procedures.

Achievements:
● Launched Recruitment and HR process from scratch
● Created HR and Recruitment Team
● Hired Board Directors team
● Hired for all core roles in the company (Art, Design, Development) worldwide

Talent Acquisition Lead, EPAM Systems, Ukraine
Oct 2019 - Apr 2020

Responsibilities:

● Joined fresh Anywhere start-up inside of EPAM as Talent Acquisition Lead
● Leaded distributed Recruitment team (10 recruiters from 5 countries)
● Regular working with Hiring Managers and Delivery Directors from Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia

Art Talent Acquisition Lead, Room 8 Studio, Ukraine
Jul 2019 - Oct 2019

Responsibilities:

● Leading Art Talent Acquisition team (3 recruiters)
● Working closely with Art Hiring Manager
● Hiring for all Art roles across Room 8 studio

Recruitment Lead, Wargaming, Ukraine
Apr 2019 - Jun 2019

Responsibilities:
● Leading Recruitment team (2 recruiters)
● Working closely with Hiring Managers for all Wargaming projects
● Hiring for Art roles

Recruitment Lead, Snap Inc., Ukraine
Oct 2017 - Mar 2019

Responsibilities:
● Leading recruitment team (2 recruiters)
● Created recruitment KPIs
● Created onboarding process
● Hiring for all roles across the Snap Inc, (Ukraine) such as Art, Game Design, Software Development
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, Lohika Systems Inc. (part of Altran group), Ukraine
Nov 2012 - Oct 2017

Responsibilities:
● Searching for potential candidates
● HR Interviews
● Providing HR feedbacks and making job offers
● Database Updating
● Workforce Planning & Job Description Writing/Editing
● Market research and analysis conducting
● Doing internal and external PR
● Partly leaded recruitment and searching team

HR Manager, PLS Logistics Services, Ukraine
Apr 2012 - Nov 2012

Responsibilities:
● Manage recruiting activities such as sourcing appropriate candidates, conducting screening interviews,
and communicating job offers to, and negotiating with successful
● Manage agreements with private entrepreneurs or other workers, ensuring these are accurate and
up-to-date
● Determinate market compensation and benefits for representative office staff and private
entrepreneurs
● Discuss any HR issues that may arise with representative office staff or private entrepreneurs and
discusses these with the staff of the US company, and manage the resolution of this issue

IT Recruiter, Lohika Systems Inc., Ukraine
Sep 2009 - Apr 2012

Responsibilities:
● Searching for potential candidates
● HR Interviews
● Providing HR feedbacks and making job offers
● Database Updating
● Workforce Planning & Job Description Writing/Editing
● Market research and analysis conducting
● Doing internal and external PR
● Partly leaded recruitment and searching team

Education & Qualifications

Odessa National Telecommunication Academy, Ukraine
Economics
September 2004 – June 2009
Master Degree
Languages

English – Fluent
Ukrainian – Fluent/Native
Russian – Fluent/Native
Interests & Hobbies

Playing video games, running, spending time with family

References

upon request