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Experienced Recruiter | Helping Companies Hire Top Talent Since 2019 Hi! I'm Rafaela, founder of Recruityard, where I’ve been helping startups and established companies across Europe build high-performing teams since 2019. I specialize in end-to-end recruitment, from job briefing and sourcing to interviews and offer management. Whether you're hiring for multilingual roles, tech profiles, or commercial positions, I bring a personalized, data-driven approach to every search. ✅ What I offer: -Talent sourcing (LinkedIn, job boards, referrals) -Screening & interviewing -ATS management -Employer branding support -Market mapping & salary benchmarking 💬 Fluent in Portuguese and English. Let’s connect and find the right people to grow your business!

💼 QA Tester | Product/Project Manager | Talent Acquisition Expert Versatile professional with real, hands-on experience across three areas: Software Quality Assurance, Product Ownership/Project Management, and Talent Acquisition/Recruiting. I've spent close to a decade working inside global companies (including Bosch Group) in roles that combined all three disciplines, so I bring genuine cross-functional experience rather than surface-level knowledge in any one of them. 🧪 Software QA & Testing ISTQB Foundation Level certified, with hands-on testing experience across web, mobile, and IoT/embedded systems. ✅ Manual & Functional Testing (Black Box, UAT, Regression) ✅ Test Planning, Test Case Design, Execution & Traceability ✅ Bug Tracking & Defect Lifecycle Management ✅ RESTful API Testing ✅ Jira + Xray and Azure DevOps Test Plans ✅ Tested Video Management Systems (Bosch Group) covering MQTT, IoT, and device management ✅ Mobile app QA (iOS/Android) for a large consumer-facing product on a global crowdsourced testing platform (Ubertesters) 📊 Product Ownership & Project Management Atlassian Agile Project Management certified, with practical experience supporting product owners and running Agile processes end-to-end. ✅ Coordinated a 2nd-level support team across India and Portugal (Bosch Group) ✅ Managed Change Requests, Release Management, and Incident Management processes ✅ Planned and supported sprint cycles directly alongside product owners ✅ Led User Acceptance Testing (UAT) cycles to confirm delivery met business requirements ✅ HRIS Project Management experience: SAP SuccessFactors, Digital Adoption Platforms (DAP), Identity & Access Management (IAM) ✅ Prior roles as Continuous Improvement Project Manager (Philippines) and Production Manager (Ireland) 🎯 Talent Acquisition, Sourcing & Recruiting Nearly 5 years of progressive recruiting experience, from HR Assistant to Global Senior Talent Acquisition Expert. ✅ Led the Talent Acquisition team at Bosch Portugal, defining recruiting KPIs and monthly reporting across multiple locations ✅ Partnered directly with HR and Engineering Directors to define and execute talent acquisition strategy ✅ Drove employer branding initiatives together with Communication and Corporate HR teams ✅ International tech, customer support, and BPO recruiting (Cross Border Talents) ✅ Freelance IT headhunting: Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, market mapping, and candidate screening across Europe and Portugal 🌍 International Experience Based in Porto, Portugal since 2019, with professional experience in Portugal, Germany, India, the Philippines, and Ireland. 🗣️ Languages Fluent in English and Portuguese, with working knowledge of Spanish, and extensive experience working in multicultural, cross-functional global teams. Whether you need rigorous software testing, a steady hand managing product delivery and Agile processes, or a recruiter who can find and qualify the right people quickly, I bring real operational experience to get it done reliably.

I am a creative person with a responsible approach to the tasks I undertake. Specialized in HR, International Recruitment, Career guidance and Education. I am fluent in Spanish, English, Portuguese.

PROFILE AND PERSONAL STATEMENT I am not just an excellent talent acquisition specialist and technical recruiter equipped with extensive background in talent sourcing, end-to-end and technical recruitment, but also a HR professional with over 6 years of extensive human resources management experience as well as business management experience. As a recruiter, I come equipped with sound talent attraction skills, sourcing candidates via talent communities, drafting compelling messages to persuade top talent, excellent interviewing skills, and the ability to ensure a seamless experience for both candidates and my clients. I have a LinkedIn Recruiter Lite account. My talent acquisition skills are evident in the results i've achieved over the years. I've placed candidates in both tech and non-tech roles such as Backend/data Engineers, Full Stack Engineers, DevOps/SRE, Data Scientists, Quality Engineers, Quality Management consultants (high level), Senior People Managers, Senior Finance Managers, Account Executives, Private Jet Brokers. I can independently or collaboratively navigate and manage your recruitment processes, as well as develop or fine-tune new processes, strategically aligning them to meet your company's organizational goals. My strengths include headhunting, sourcing candidates via LinkedIn and other tech communities (I have an eye for top talents). I’m tech-savvy and familiar with ATS' such as Workable, Factorial, Talentify, and Loxo. I communicate effectively and use tools such as Slack for internal communications, Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams for meetings. I’m a good team player. My human resources management skills include strategic workforce planning, developing competency frameworks, talent acquisition, learning and development management, employee engagement, compensation management, HR records and data analysis via the HRIS, HR policy development and legal compliance, employer branding, people operations, organizational structuring, and restructuring. I was a Country Manager at some point in my Career and developed business management skills which includes developing business plans, marketing plans, sales, and account management., ensuring business profitability managing the P&L. I have excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English at a native level, and I collaborate effectively. I also have strong organizational skills, and you can trust me to be committed and disciplined when it comes to work. Education-wise, I have a Master degree in Human Resources and Industrial Relations, and a second Master degree in Global Marketing Management. I am proficient in the Microsoft Office suite and Google Workspace (I work well with spreadsheets), notion, and Asana. In a nutshell, my proficiencies include: - Talent Sourcing and Recruitment - End-to end recruitment and selection - Tech Recruitment - Talent Acquisition & Management - Employer Branding - Performance Management and OKRs - Data Entry - Document proofreading - Research - Sales and Marketing - Business Development - Customer Service/Satisfaction - Key Account Management I have a global and international mindset in business management, and I am determined to succeed in any environment. So, if you think my skills are what you are looking for, please send me a message. I'll reply almost immediately.

With 15+ years of recruitment experience across Europe, I specialize in building high-performing teams within payments, fintech, and Web3. My expertise spans talent acquisition strategy, HR, executive search, and scaling commercial and technical teams for fast-growing, regulated, and innovation-driven businesses. TALENT ACQUISITION AI for sourcing and job description LinkedIn Lite expert ATS management Boolean Research Expert Scorecard Tech assessments & processes optimization Creating a seamless and frictionless candidate experience First round of interview Structured feedbacks HR PARTNER Contract activation Onboarding Employees & staff management Retention strategies EoR deployment GROWTH HIRING Automated messages and follow-up Growth processes, HR Data analysis Weekly Reporting with details CLOSING Proposal writing Salaries | Rate strategies Contract negotiation & deal structuring SOFT SKILLS Strong decision maker, risk analyst, creative thinker, independent, strong achiever mindset, intellectual humility, positive thinker - Building and developing a strong pool of leadership talent across the payments and Web3 sectors in Europe. ( + than 500 Experts) - Orchestrate processes and teams to provide a frictionless recruitment experience - Demonstrate ability to project manage, prioritize effectively, and work independently - Partner with stakeholders to drive excellence in customer service and a culture of consistent delivery Achievements: - Early-stage startups, Scale-ups, Enterprise, Global hirings - CryptoInfra, Web3, Fintech, Payments ecosystem - Time to hire employees : 4 weeks - Time to hire contractors : 2 weeks Skills CPO. VP of Engineering, GTM specialist, Head of Sales, Developers, Business developers, Products owners, product managers, Fraud manager

I work with founders who are navigating complexity, whether that's growing a business, entering a new market, repositioning a brand, or coordinating life across borders. Different ventures, different industries, but always the same thread underneath: language, communication, connecting worlds that don't always speak to each other easily. My role is rarely to execute the obvious request. It's to recognise the stronger opportunity that's already there. I connect patterns, identify overlooked possibilities, and help founders make better strategic decisions before they invest time and money in the wrong direction. It's an instinct built the way most useful instincts are: by building things myself, more than once, and learning what actually moves a business forward versus what just looks like progress. Depending on the challenge, that work takes different forms. Through Boldlab, I help founder-led businesses uncover the opportunity hiding inside what they've already built: strengthening positioning, offers, messaging, websites, and growth strategy. Through Pink Camel, a Continuity House, I help internationally mobile founders, executives and families navigate life and business across borders. We become one trusted relationship that carries business, international transitions, strategic coordination and long-term continuity. Different engagements. The same way of thinking. In English and French, with an eye for detail that comes naturally to a bilingual, dual-culture life. Whether I'm helping someone rethink a website, reshape a business, or coordinate an international expansion, the work always starts the same way: understanding the whole before focusing on the parts. It's the same instinct I bring to everything I build, and it always comes back to the same thing: the right words, in the right order, saying exactly what needs to be said.