Maria Sierra

Highly organized Human Resources Professional with experience in interviewed applicants, analyzed profiles, coordination of training, and facilizing onboarding process, oriented vocational procedures, career planning, and decision making, as well as provided feedback in alignment with professional standards.

Proven ability to support HR functions and processes while leading training and development efforts and up-skilling organizations. Excellent communication, problem-solving, and internal customer service skills combined with experience in employee engagement, change management, and diversity and inclusion policies.

Culture and Experience Coordinator, Micro Talent S.A.S, December 2021-December 2022.

Industry: Software Development

• Created and implemented an in-house employee career path program for succession achieving.
• Creation, design and launch of wellness plans.
• Worked with business leaders to evaluate and optimize human resources policies.
• Served as link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work-related problems.
• Planning and organizing company events and initiatives.
• Responsible for the offboarding process: Conduct exit interviews and provide management with analysis and recommendations
• Designed the onboarding process for the company.
• Perform onboarding processes, including conducting new hire orientation, coordinating and collaborating with other departments in planning and delivering tools and equipment for new hires.
• Maintain confidentiality of Human Resources files.

Industry: Software Development

• Planned and executed recruitment events at universities, onsite job fairs to attract local candidates, and on social media virtually to attract candidates in Latin America.
• Trained and mentored newer recruiters in successful strategies for interviewing and qualifying candidates.
• Promoting job opportunities and posting to appropriate social media channels.
• Contacted by email all job applicants to inform them of their application status.
• Hired more than 100 candidates annually, including those seeking highly-targeted leadership positions in IT.
• Communicated duties, compensation, benefits and working conditions to potential candidates, enabling solid understanding of job expectations.
• Brought in well-qualified, multifaceted job candidates to fill open positions.
• Reviewed referral candidates and contacted qualified individuals to request applications.

• Assessed and filtered resumes from potential job candidates to identify qualified individuals.
• Assessed organization's policies, making suggestions to improve work productivity, team collaboration, recruiting and hiring initiatives.
• Planned and executed recruitment events at universities, onsite job fairs to attract local candidates.
• Promoting job opportunities by creating content using tools like Canva and Adobe Suite and posting to appropriate social media channels
• Conducted background checks, reference checks and emploPsychology, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, June 2013 

• Completed onboarding and new hire orientation for employees.
• Supported employees per week with benefits enrollments by guiding processes and answering questions.

• Assessed organization's policies, making suggestions to improve work productivity, team collaboration, recruiting and hiring initiatives.
• Assessed and filtered 20 resumes per day from potential job candidates to identify qualified individuals.
• Perform onboarding processes, including conducting new hire orientation, coordinating and collaborating with other departments in planning and delivering tools and equipment for new hires.
• Planning and organizing company events and initiatives.
• Coordinate and manage events and office vendors.
• Supported employees with benefits enrollments by guiding process and answering questions.
• Created and modified job descriptions within all departments.
• Improved employee engagement and moral by developing wellness programs for employees.
• Assisted with the creation for career development plans.

Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, June 2013