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YULIIA POTAPENKO
Senior Technical Recruiter
Full-Cycle IT Talent Acquisition · Lead & Operational Recruiting
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Open to Remote (EU / US / MENA time zones) · Relocation open to discussion

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Senior Technical Recruiter with 7+ years in full-cycle IT talent acquisition and 10+ years in operational and
people management. Closed tech and leadership roles across EU, US, and MENA markets, with time-to-hire as
fast as 7 days by pairing rigorous screening with AI-driven sourcing (Claude, Gemini, n8n). Experienced hiring
across C-level, marketing, management, backend, and frontend roles, with a proven record of building
recruitment functions and automation from the ground up.

CORE SKILLS
Recruitment: Full-Cycle IT Recruiting · Technical & Non-Technical Hiring · Product & Operational Recruiting ·
International Hiring (EU, US, MENA) · Interviewing & Assessment · Candidate Pipelining · Employer Branding ·
Offer Negotiation · HR Process Optimization
Tools & AI: Claude · Gemini · ChatGPT (Prompt Engineering & AI Agents) · n8n · Grinfi · LinkedIn Recruiter ·
Boolean & X-Ray Search · GitHub Sourcing · ATS / CRM platforms
Hiring Stack Coverage: .NET · Java · Golang · PHP · Laravel · React · Vue.js · Node.js · Magento · Shopify ·
WooCommerce · Product & Delivery Management
Certifications: School of IT Recruiting — Certification in Tech Hiring
Languages: Ukrainian (Native) · English (B2, Upper-Intermediate)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Senior Technical Recruiter Sep 2025 – Present
Kozak-Group — E-commerce & Web Development, AI & Military Tech
• Closed roles — including Growth Marketing Lead, Lead Generation, Developer, and Design positions — at a
30-day average time-to-hire while building the recruitment function from the ground up.
• Built Claude- and Gemini-powered AI agents for automated sourcing and personalized outreach (scaled via
Grinfi), lifting reply rates by 20% and cutting manual sourcing time by ~4 hours per week.
• Engineered Technical Interview Matrices across 6 role families, standardizing candidate evaluation across
hiring managers and reducing redundant interview rounds.
• Implemented n8n workflows to synchronize LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS, and CRM data — automating manual
reporting and improving pipeline data integrity.

Talent Acquisition & Development Consultant Feb 2020 – Jun 2025
Andersen — Global IT Outsourcing, 3,500+ employees
• Managed end-to-end hiring across .NET, Java, Golang, and React engineering roles plus PM and Delivery
Manager positions for EU, US, and MENA clients — consistently delivering 3–4 hires per quarter (60+ over
five years).
• Reduced internal time-to-hire to 7 days by redesigning the screening funnel and eliminating redundant
technical rounds.

• Leveraged ChatGPT to automate Boolean strings, outreach copy, and technical assessment checklists, scaling
outbound sourcing volume while sustaining a strong reply rate.
• Built and maintained deep talent pipelines via LinkedIn, GitHub, and direct sourcing across multiple
engineering stacks.
• Owned employer-branding deliverables — job descriptions, outbound templates, and candidate collateral —
strengthening qualified applicant flow.

IT Recruiter Jun 2019 – Feb 2020
HR Network Club — EU & UAE Tech Staffing Agency
• Closed 10 tech roles across 4–5 simultaneous searches at a 20-day average fill time for EU and UAE clients.
• Partnered with hiring managers and tech leads to calibrate requirements and improve first-interview-to-
offer conversion.

Director / Catering & Restaurant Manager Jul 2008 – May 2019
Gurmania Restaurant Group
• Led multi-venue operations and full-cycle hiring, training, and retention of teams — foundational people-
management and candidate-experience expertise later applied to IT recruitment.

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s in Heat Power Engineering 2003 – 2008
Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology