Maria Batcheva

Experience

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  Bulwork Bulgaria Ltd.

  Nov 2006 - May 2008

  Senior HR Consultant / Team Lead

  Leading team of experienced Technical Recruiters and monitoring the localadministration and office activities. Candidate soursing and talent hunting.Performing and rating different kind of tests (psychological, IQ , technical skills and language skills tests);Communication with employers, clients of the Agency and coordinating interviewsbetween employers and applying candidates.Organizing company presentations in front of potential clients of the Agency and managing the participation in different local University career campaigns; Collaborating with the other branches of the agency in conducting different market researches. Show less

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  Quality House Ltd.

  Jun 2008 - Mar 2009

  Human Resoures Expert

  I worked on the development and implementation of the company HR activities such as recruitment, trainings and career development.Consulting the employees regarding labor, legal and social insurance-related issues.Preparation of projects for partnership with external recruitment and training institutions, Practical connections with the government institutions (National Revenue Agency, National Social Security Institute, National Statistical Institute, General Labor Inspectorate etc.),Preparation of employee's labor records and company's internal disciplinary rules.Participation in the organization of the annual South East European Software Testing Conference – SEETEST 2008 (http://www.seetest.org/) Show less

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  ASIC Depot

  Mar 2009 - May 2011

  HR Manager

  I was responsible for managing the HR activities in both Sofia and Plovdiv offices such as recruitment, talent management and employee relations.Directly collaborating with the executive managers in terms of strategic planning and developing of social benefits policy and employee retention. Coordinating the participation in career events and building partnership with higher education institutions and different student voluntary and non-profit organizations.Organizing team building and community events; Show less

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  Infragistics

  May 2011 - Oct 2013

  HR Representative / Talent Acquisition Lead

  My responsibilities included coordinating the Infragistics Bulgaria HR activities in terms of recruitment; talent management and career development; Internship campaigns planning and organization; Collaborating with the global HR team in terms of developing the organization's local social benefits policy; Leading the local training and on boarding process; Developing collaboration and partnership with Universities, Voluntary Student’s and Non-profit Organizations; Participated in the organization of company sponsored community events, such as conferences, workshops, contests; Team Building events organization; Reporting directly to the General Manager of IG Bulgaria, VP of HR & Talent Management of Infragistics Inc. and working closely with the Product Managers regarding the implementation of the global HR policies and procedures. Show less

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  Pragmatic LLC

  Nov 2013 - Sept 2014

  Guest Lector

  Development of "Teamwork & Collaboration" training course included in the academy portfolio as well as career development consulting.

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  SoftServe

  Oct 2014 - now

  *Consulted and coached Business Leaders on best practices in people management and partnered in creating sustainable talent development and succession planning strategy.*Built an efficient HR environment hand in hand with EVP and VP-level team members to achieve business objectives locally in Bulgaria and for the global organization.*Coordinated and facilitated Geo-based Talent and Team Management activities such as: onboarding setup, benefits and recognition, performance management, emergency response and crisis management*Acted as a strategic partner and change agent, an employee champion, and subject matter expert for Bulgaria*Lead Geo-based HRBP team distributed in 8 locations. Show less

  • People Experience Associate Director

    Jun 2021 - now

  • Country HR Business Partner, Lead of Global DevCenter HRBP Team

    Aug 2016 - now

  • Career Advisor

    Oct 2014 - Aug 2016