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Email samueldealmeida1997@gmail.com

Phone +351 928 020 529 OR +270647914048

(Whatshapp)
Date of birth 1997-12-30
Nationality Portuguese

OBJECTIVE

Samuel I'm an Internationalist with lots of experience in all areas

of recruitment and several profiles. (From EU vacancies ,

Mendes ONG to IT)

I would love to dedicate my HR knowledge to my

Recruiter
original field (International politics).

EXPERIENCE

Lisbon Lisbon
Sep 2018 - May 2019 May 2019 - Nov 2020
Intern International Recruiter Sourcer and Recruiter
Arcadia Pipedrive

-As a Human Resource Recruiter at Arcadia, I was L1:Served as a Sparring partner for Hiring
responsible for using LinkedIn to post job ads, Managers regarding sourcing channels, tools, and
screen candidates, communicate with potential specific market insights in an agile environment
hires, and maintain data related to candidates and(weekly sprints) and worked with external
other recruitment needs. recruiters and employment agencies to identify
additional candidates.
-Recruiting for ONG profiles in all areas.

-Responsible for the sourcing and screening using 2: Covering the sourcing (longlisting) and
specific ONG interview structures
assessment (Skill-based or Behavioral) stages for:
I.Senior and Medium-Level professionals related
to Desktop Software Development SDLC & SQA;
Front-End Development / UI Design / User
Experience; Databases & Data Services; Web
Application Platforms; Networking Network
Storage; Mobile Software Development; Systems
Engineering / IT Infrastructure; Virtualization /
Cloud Computing
II. Additional profiles such as Senior or Medium-
level Sales or Finance (30-20 % of my time)
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1.1:Creation of a "candidate persona" with project
managers, CTOs; and other hiring managers by
setting up soft and hard skills to find the most
suitable candidates at the right time after the
analysis of several metrics like the salaries in the
market vs. expectations (Keeping abreast of market
trends for battlecards or benchmarking); Offer
acceptance and rejection rates and time-to-fill for
each job category.

2.2:Talent Mining and Talent mapping across

countries and regions to uncover the best available
talent was my bread and butter.
I.Devise correct search strings with Boolean and X-
Ray was often used as a solution to a cross-channel
sourcing approach (Twitter; Stackoverflow;
Github; Meetup; Pipedrive ATS).

II.I got the opportunity to launch new automation

methods (inspired by previously used Sales and
lead generation methods) like data extraction from
the Internet and candidate contact enrichment
methods that allowed my team to streamline our
daily work charge, which impacted the offer
acceptance (30% increase) ,the cost-per-hire and a
significant reduction of time-to-fill (from 30 to 90
days) , explained by a new personalized kind of
outreach and the exponential growth of a cross-
channel database in the internal ATS , that helped
us contact our talents pools right after the
discussion and breakdown of the job req.
III.Secondly the preparation of tech and non-tech
interviews templates and then the udpate and
creation of the Interview Preparation Guidelines
for great candidates was always frequent .
Average of 20 interviews and 8-11 positions opened
on a weekly basis.

2.3:Execute diversity & Inclusion activities related

to Talent Attraction & Acquisition

ATS: Pipedrive
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Cape Town
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Talent Attraction and Acquisition Agent
Maersk
I was part of a newly established European and
African TAA Team tasked with, engaging, and
developing Senior Talent.

2 Missions:

1. Focal for the Employee Advocacy Program and

assisting with the launch of our Brand Ambassador
Network in Med-Africa.(Attendance of organized
alumni job fairs / Hackatons and conferences and
recruitment martech.)

1.1Crafting the employer branding strategy for the

sake of awareness increase during recruitment
campaigns and guaranteeing a good candidate
experience.

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2.Full ownership of the full recruitment lifecycle

for the whole new Talent area (Region West and
Southern Africa)
Use of outbound techniques (ATS firstly and then
as second option: LinkedIn Recruiter; as third one:
headhunting,Costumer Search Engines, People
and Email searches,cold calling) and inbound
(social media management, copywriting ) to
reduce cost-per-hire, having my team achieve an
increase in the brand presence of 200% on
Instragam and the growth of reach in our
concerned geographical region

2.1.Handling the outreach to the candidates

through compelling copywriting ,the design of the
of EVP (Employee Value Proposition) and the
creation of specific IT-related personas with the
collaboration of the Sales and Marketing team.

I.Use of Copernic tool for the acceleration of the

search of candidates within Workday (part of the
low-hanging policy)

II.Created visuals for social media posts with

Canva and Jobteaser for the very first campus
management iniatives in Zambia

III.Launched a new referral campaign through

FirstBird software(gamification)

IV.Created talent pipelines for current and future

hires, automated the outreach, and nurtured our
candidates through Email Sequencing
(Mailchimp) resulting in a gradual increase in the
opening rate of the emails

V.Talent mapping and market research for future

needs with HRBP.

VI.Use of Textio for engaging personalized

message pitches and SEO principles, keeping in
mind the augmentation of the response rate and
the decrease of bounced emails/messages

VII.Management of the interview lifecycle

(Intake,Resume pre-screen, candidate
presentation,Interview frameworks and question
types) and the preparation of mock interviews.

ATS: Workday integrated with Mailchimp,

LinkedIn Leads Campaigns OR Hashtagify for
other purposes

EDUCATION

Lisbon Madrid
Sep 2016 - Jan 2020 Oct 2020 - Dec 2021
bachelors degree in Lisbon University Master in International Relations
ISCSP CEU San Pablo Madrid

SKILLS LANGUAGES

• Job ads and online postings French Portuguese

Native Native
• Human resource management
Spanish English
Advanced Advanced

Afrikaans IsiXhosa
Elementary Elementary

PROJECTS

Crafted a whole thesis that I'm still developing for my future PhD on the position of Portugal vis-a-vis the
technological power struggle between China and the US

CERTIFICATIONS & COURSES

Instituto do Oriente - I joined a project regarding the new geopolitics of high-tech in Asia