Helena Faria

Helena faria

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Head of Career Services at ISEG | Sénior Career Advisor at Upper Side

  • Education

    • Faculdade de psicologia da universidade de lisboa

      1986 - 1991
      Bachelor degree in psychology (5 years programme)
    • Universidade católica portuguesa

      2002 - 2002
      Post-graduate diploma in human resources management
    • Iseg - lisbon school of economics & management

      1995 - 1997
      Master degree socio-organisational systems of the economic activity (corporate sociology)
  • Experience

    • Shl portugal

      Jan 1991 - Jan 1995
      Hr consultant and behavioural trainer
    • Prologica

      Apr 1999 - Dec 2007
      Hr manager

      Launched the Human Resources Department in 1999 and lead it until 2007. Conception and implementation of Human Resources development processes and systems. Responsible for the following areas:• Recruitment, Assessment and Retention.• Career Management.• Performance Evaluation.• Organisational Culture and Job-Satisfaction Diagnostics.• Training Management.• Talent Management.• Internal Communication.• Management of training programs with European funding.Main Results:• HR processes were successfully implemented according to ISO 9001 requirements. Transformed HR from administrative role to strategic partner. • Retention increased by 25 per cent.• Trainee programme were successfully implemented.• Training plans were implemented, contributing successfully to strategic goals. Developed training programmes resulting in approximately €100,000 training cost savings. • Conducted extensive recruiting as sole recruiter accountable for filling 80 management, technical, sales and administrative positions in two years. Show less

    • Transitar - arbora career partners

      Jan 2008 - Dec 2019
      Outplacement consultant

      • Managing and conducting outplacement programs with 80 per cent success rate in last four years.• Career Coaching. • Couselling and training on labor untying.• Project development & management: organisational climate and culture analysis, potential assessment, talent management

    • Iseg - lisbon school of economics & management

      Jan 2014 - now
      Head of career services

      Main responsabilities: - Team Management - Partnerships Management. - Relashionship with Corporate Career Partners. - Career Events. - Career Advisor and Trainer for Bachelors, Masters, PhD, Posgraduate and MBA students. - Design, implementation and management of Career Programmes for BSc and MSc students. - Project Management.

    • Upper side - career management & advisory

      Jan 2020 - now
      Independent senior career advisor

      Upper Side - Career Management & Advisory provides highly specialized services of career management to young talents, middle managers and senior executives:• Ad hoc career counselling• Strategic career assessment and way forward advisory• Active career management for an effective job search• Long term career mentoring• Highly customized services upon request

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Coaching

    • Disc by inscape plublishing

    • Lumina spark by lumina learning

    • Outplacement

    • Personal assessment techniques in vocational orientation

    • Shl opq – occupational personality questionnaire; shl professional skills tests; shl motivation questionnaire.

    • Training of trainers