João Almeida

Experience

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  Adecco Group

  Feb 2012 - Aug 2012

  Trainee - Information Technology

  • Trained in Addeco IT permanent placement department (team of 6).• Wrote job adverts and managed its advertising.• Maintained and updated the consultants’ database.• Coordinated applications, candidates, job interviews and follow up steps.• Built and maintained a network of potential candidates through pro-active market research.

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  Certho Recursos Humanos, Lda

  May 2013 - Jul 2014

  HR Consultant

  • Responsible for developing IT permanent placement business, within a small national consulting human resources company (5px). • Negotiated agency and recruitment agreements with clients. • Analyzed recruitment requests to fully understand client's specific needs and requirements.• Managed full-cycle recruiting process for all areas of Information technology: needs & requirements, JD, ads, interviewing, selection and employment offers.

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  Manpower

  Jul 2014 - Dec 2014

  HR Consultant

  Manpower is the global leader in contingent and permanent recruitment workforce solutions. We provide the agility businesses need with a continuum of staffing solutions.• Part of Manpower Recruitment department (approx. 40 people), focused in IT&Telco • Responsible for managing the recruitment needs of a large telecommunications company (NOS), recruiting on average 10-15 new roles per month. • Onboarded new employees in order to become fully integrated.• Organized recruitment events. Show less

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  Affinity Portugal

  Dec 2014 - Nov 2015

  Business Manager

  Affinity Portugal is a consultancy firm, specialized in Technologies and Information Systems. It operates in three distinct business areas: Nearshoring, Outsourcing, Software and Product Development.• Business Manager of an IT outsourcing company (over 100px). • Responsible for developing new accounts, and continuously driving revenue within existing clients by selling additional consulting projects.• Negotiated agreements with IT managers and salary requirements with candidates.• Managed a very comprehensive full-cycle recruiting process for all areas of IT.• Scheduled and process employee performance evaluation; conducted training needs assessment. Show less

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  ITIL4G

  Oct 2015 - Nov 2016

  Business Manager

  ITIL4G provides Professional Services not only in Portugal, but also in several European Countries, plus Mozambique and Angola. From Systems Administrations (several platforms) till Middleware Support, along with DB Administration on ORACLE, DB2, MS-SQL Server, Storage on Mainframe and Distributed Platforms aswell as Production Support. • Responsible for developping from scratch a portfolio of clients in IT outsourcing bringing new clients as NOS, Novabase, Everis. • Responsible for career ladder development, job description creation and grading, and employee relations.• Assessed and identified new business opportunities.• Hired and managed over a year a total of 12 IT consultants.• Performed all activities related to sourcing, screening, interviewing, reference-checking, pre-employment validation and presenting offers.• Monitored and prepared business reports (invoicing, outstanding payments) and recruitment reports (open roles, recruitment stages, consultants in projects). • Managed clients’ billing, invoicing and commercial relationship with clients. Show less

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  Proefit Group

  Nov 2016 - Nov 2017

  IT Contracting Manager

  At Proef, we know that we’re living in an increasingly complex and dynamic world. The ability to adapt constantly has become a key competence for us to deliver services suitable to the needs of the future. In this process of transformation and progress, we are the trusted partner of our clients, we present innovative and tailored solutions to the challenges we face in the main sectors of activity - Telecom, Power, Cities & Territories and Corporate.• As part of the Outsourcing team (6 people), managed the relationship between Proef IT (Technology Infra-structure, aprox. 60 people) and clients from IT, telecommunications and media industries. • Negotiated outsourcing agreements with IT managers.• Gathered recruitment needs and carried the recruitment, selection and interviewing process.• Prepared and issued employment contracts to new employees. Show less

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  Stellaxius

  Dec 2017 - Aug 2020

  Human Resources Manager

  Stellaxius is a Portuguese company focused on Salesforce Consulting and Implementation. Our mission is to facilitate our customers’ digital transformation journey. We are based in Lisbon and operate mostly in the European market, where we aim to be an outstanding Salesforce partner.• Responsible for Human Resources for Stellaxious, a Salesforce consulting partner which provides services to clients mainly in UK and Portugal.• Reporting directly to the Managing Director, led the company workforce growth from 18 up to 35 people.• Negotiated salaries for new employees and carrying out salary and bonus reviews with employees in line with company’s budget and financial targets.• Developed and implement first internal employee satisfaction survey in 2019; based on results developed internal initiatives to promote continuous improvement of those results such as performance evaluation process review, onboarding process review for new employees; employees’ benefits review and introduction of new benefits and company perks.• Suggested and implemented (external) work climate assessments (Índice de Excelência – Excellence Index) from 2018, identifying issues and proposing action plans as appropriate to improve and promote external employee branding.• Led the implementation of a new and customized HR software tool, defining the requirements for its designing which covered: recruitment; holiday, sick leave and absence management, employees personal details, employees’ objectives and performance review; timesheet and working hours; project allocation; employees’ development plan and training plan and human resources KPI’s and metrics such as gender diversity, workforce qualifications, turnover rate, etc. Show less

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  Xpand IT

  Sept 2020 - Sept 2021

  Talent Acquisition Team Lead

  • Reporting to the Human Resources Director, responsible for the Talent Acquisition Team, leading and managing 5 team members.• Managing and delivering teams KPIs (sourcing and hiring).• Developing and implementing Talent Acquisition strategies.• Building relationship and partnering with other Xpand IT departments to identify business needs, opportunities and achieve business targets.• Working directly with the Marketing team to develop employee brand awareness strategies and recruitment initiatives.• Ensuring that the Talent Acquisition team provides a good recruitment experience to candidates and Business Unit Managers.• Liaising and giving feedback regarding the gathering of the recruitment requirements made by the team and collected from the Business Unit Managers.• Ensuring that the recruitment databases are kept up to date.• Ensuring Business Units Managers are up to date about ongoing recruitment processes. Show less

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  Neotalent

  Jan 2022 - Sept 2022

  IT Talent Acquisition Team Leader | Novabase Group

  • Leading and managing 3 team members• Lead internal meetings with managers to establish priorities;• Gathering of technical profiles with all details to start the recruitment process;• Research of potential candidates (on databases, social media and employee referrals);• Carrying out all the recruitment process through direct search or traditional methodologies (Job Interviews, Evaluation Reports, Technical and Psychological Tests);• Delivery of shortlisted candidates to customers needs (internal and external customers);• Follow-up with candidates;• Database update, and continuous improvement of our internal tools and processes; Show less

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  FOX IT

  Mar 2023 - now

  Senior Business Manager

  FOX IT is a Portuguese IT Consulting Company, born in 2018 with a huge desire to make a positive difference in the IT Industry. With a new approach, seeing the consultants as our biggest assets, we work to fullfil our clients needs with well adjusted solutions. Our Mission is to bring some fresh air to the IT Industry by promoting a fair trade between us, our consultants and our clients. We deeply believe in long-lasting partnerships where everyone wins.• Senior Business Manager of an IT outsourcing company. • Responsible for developing new accounts, and continuously driving revenue within existing clients by selling additional consulting projects.• Negotiated agreements with IT managers and salary requirements with candidates.• Managed a very comprehensive full-cycle recruiting process for all areas of IT.• Scheduled and process employee performance evaluation; conducted training needs assessment. Show less