Kate Matveeva

About the Candidate

KATE MATVEEVA

Ottawa, ON | katevmatveeva@gmail.com  | (613) 605-3636

Human Resources

PROFILE

• 8+ years of working  experience in HR field
• Masters’ degree in Psychology
• Proven experience in providing dedicated HR support for teams leads
• Expertise in assessing recruitment needs, onboarding new hires and employees engagements
• Design and updating  instruments, standards and tools for recruiting,
• Leading assessment skills and workshops
• Using best practice
• Consulted team leaders in developing, retaining and employees promoting
• Supportive team player able to build lasting relationships with stakeholders and ensure a trustful environment
• Demonstrated attention to detail, flexibility and initiative
• Result oriented
• LMS, CRM, Miro, Trello, Wrike, MS Teams, Zoom, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint DayForce, Sharepoint, LinkedIn, CharityVillage

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE

Recruitment and Talent Acquisition

• Recruited for all positions across the organization
• Performed internal and external recruiting
• Conducted full-cycle of recruitment including posting, sourcing strategy, screening, shortlisting, interviewing, testing, conducting reference checks
• Designed templates for interview guide, job ads, letters for communication with candidates
• Developed job ad templates and candidate profiles aligned with company goals
• Updated onboarding checklists for 4 different roles
• Established and launched an internal talent pool to fill future position openings, resulting in improved employee retention and development metrics.
• Tracking vacancies and employee movements

Administrative Support and Methodology

• Identify and create candidate profiles for vacancies, design job adds
• Standardized pre-screening call scripts, interview questions guide, forms for collecting reference checks
• Contributed in supporting and improvement of recruitment practices
• Design instruments, tools and standards for

WORKING EXPERIENCE

CARE Canada –  OTTAWA, ON

Non-profit organization leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty

HR Support and recruiter, People&Culture 01/2023 – Present

• Led full-cycle recruitment process, including posting job openings, developing sourcing strategies, screening resumes, shortlisting candidates, conducting interviews, administering tests, and preparing job offers
• Conducted background checks and reference checks for potential hires
• Maintained accurate and up-to-date records in HR information systems
• Provided administrative support to the HR team, including scheduling interviews and meetings, responding to inquiries, and processing paperwork
• Managed HR department documents, ensuring proper storage and organization for easy retrieval
• Updated domestic job contracts for 7 positions

E-COMMERCE ONLINE STORE – OTTAWA, ON

Clothing brand supporting women in their motherhood and breastfeeding journey.

Project Manager 10/2020 – 12/2022

Estimated market potential, developed a business plan, and launched a project from plan into action, recovering the cost within 1.5 years.

• Organized systematic recruitment of contractors for short and long term via social media groups, Linkedin and others.
• Implemented management instruments for information and document flow
• Designed templates for outreach with customers

SBERBANK – MOSCOW, RUSSIA

The largest commercial bank.

Talent Development  Specialist 07/2010 – 06/2016

Support a full cycle of talent journey from hiring and onboarding to strategic formation of personnel development, unlocking the potential of employees to achieve business goals.

• Recruited stuff, supporting hiring managers in identifying candidate profile, coaching in interview conducting
• Implemented a dashboard for consolidating and analyzing turnover, talent needs, KPIs, run rates, and learning requirements,  which became a visual reporting tool for senior directors.

ALFA-BANK – ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

The largest private bank in the country.

Training & Development Specialist 05/2008 – 06/2010

Trained and supervised the head of the department in acquiring 12 co-workers to build and develop a strong team and reduce staff turnover
Conducted 50+ individual coaching sessions for branch managers on team development and KPI fulfillment
Conducted knowledge and skills assessment of 150 branch associates in collaboration with managers.
Trained 400+ people using customized programs and provided post-training support, which helped to ensure a 300% increase in the loan portfolio

EOS CORPORATION – EKATERINBURG, RUSSIA

Wholesale furniture supplier, with 300+ employees.

Talent Acquisition Specialist / Recruiter 03/2007 – 04/2008

• Conducted 20+ interviews a week to address systematic and ad-hoc recruitment needs closing every position before the deadline.
• Initiated and created a handbook for sales specialists, which became a standard reference for training new employees.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION

CARLETON UNIVERSITY – OTTAWA, ON

Undergraduate Program in Cognitive Sciences 2020

COACHING UNIVERSITY – ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

Certified Coach, Integrative Coaching 2011

PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY – EKATERINBURG, RUSSIA

Master’s degree in Psychology 2008

VOLUNTEERING

 WORLDSKILLS – OTTAWA, CANADA 2023

Resume cleaning for job seekers, career coaching and  career goals buildings.

Contributing in organizing and leading job fair

SUPPORTING AND ASSISTING UKRAINIAN FAMILIES WITH RELOCATION – OTTAWA, CANADA 2022

Settlement, informational and emotional support.