Selin Songur

Technical Recruiter

Berlin, Berlin, Germany10 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To Switch

Key Highlights

Expert in building equitable people practices.
Proven track record in talent acquisition and coaching.
Strong advocate for diversity and inclusion in workplaces.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a People & Culture strategist with expertise in talent acquisition and coaching within the tech industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

CoachingCareer DevelopmentTalent AcquisitionPeople ManagementRecruiting

Other Skills

AnthropologyCareer Development CoachingCoaching & MentoringContract RecruitmentDevelopment CoachingDirect SearchEmployee RelationsEmployer BrandingEnglishEvent PlanningFundraisingHR PoliciesHRISHuman ResourcesHuman Resources (HR)

About

🧿 turkish migrant, berlinerin for a decade, 👩🏽‍💻 sociologist, certified systemic coach, people & culture strategist, ✨ values driven: kind, authentic, fair, inclusive, and (human & animals) rights focused, 💭 music, cats, animal rights, and socio-cultural issues are what occupy my mind outside of work, 🤝🏼 helping organizations build more equitable people practices as the right structural changes in the workplaces should be the foundations for a positive change in society. currently my work time is divided into three main areas, 🙌🏼 part of AVOW's people team on a full-time capacity, 🚀 career specialist for students at CareerFoundry, ❤️‍🔥 independent coaching and l&d practice (specialty: people managers, career changers / starters, and, overall, folx coming from historically excluded backgrounds).

Experience

Careerfoundry

Career Specialist

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Berlin, Germany · Remote

CareerFoundry offers online learners the chance to kick-start or advance their tech careers and supports students in finding a job that matches their professional goals. Career Specialists use their industry experience to work alongside a world-class tech curriculum to provide hands-on practice, real-world advice, and one-on-one mentoring to students.
In my role:
Provide motivational feedback and advice to students both in writing and via video calls on creating an industry-ready portfolio of project work in line with current standards and best practices.
Craft individualized video reviews of student resumes/cover letters/applications, highlighting creative successes and areas for improvement to showcase in-demand skills and design processes.
Apply extensive industry experience to guide students on potential career paths within their field of study (data analytics, fullstack development, digital marketing, product marketing, UX / UI design) .

Coaching & MentoringCareer Development CoachingCoachingCareer Development

Avow

Senior People and Talent Manager

Sep 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos · Berlin, Germany · Hybrid

AVOW is an award-winning, global app growth company specializing in mobile OEM advertising.
In my role:
I own the full cycle global TA
HR business partnering with Sales and CSM functions
Help set up people & culture foundations for the org through strategic projects.

Talent DevelopmentRecruitingLeadership DevelopmentTalent AcquisitionPeople Management

Self-employed

Personal Coach

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos · Berlin, Germany · Remote

As a systemic and social systems coach, I am here to champion your journey, to empower you with the tools and insights needed to navigate the private, professional, and societal challenges that await.

Development CoachingLife CoachingCareer Development CoachingJob CoachingCoachingCareer Development

Freelance

Freelance Recruiter

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos · Berlin, Germany

Freelance Talent Partnership on selected recruiting projects (currently via Juucy), supporting companies with niche tech and leadership hiring on a limited project basis.

Multi-Location RecruitmentIT RecruitmentRecruiting

Frauenloop

Career Coach

Jun 2023 – Feb 2024 · 8 mos · Berlin, Germany · Remote

I am offering career coaching to FrauenLoopers who are navigating through tough work and career situations.

Coaching & MentoringCareer Development CoachingCoachingCareer Development

Career break

2 roles

Professional development

Apr 2023 – Sep 2023 · 5 mos · Berlin, Germany

Weiterbildung (further education) on ‘Systemic Coaching and Organisational Development’ at VfTC to allow me to gain more theoretical skills on HRBP and business coaching with leaders.

Health and well-being

Jun 2022 – Mar 2023 · 9 mos · Berlin, Germany

Took time to rest, recharge, spend time with the family, and learn new skills.
During this period, I’ve put my time into:
music mixing
adopting a rescue 🐶 from Ukraine
improving my professional 🇩🇪 to the B2 level
and co-writting an article on ‘Cultural Genocide in Ukraine’ for a political magazine.

Lokalise | hiring remotely

Senior People Partner

Oct 2021 – May 2022 · 7 mos · Remote

Co-created the infrastructure for people partnering
Designed and proposed the first ever DEI strategy for Lokalise
Led recruiting efforts for the new People team members and hired 4 employees in a month
Supported the people managers with the salary benchmarking requests in various geographies (tools used: Radford, Pave, open source platforms)
Conducted research and proposed a 4 day-workweek initiative

Talent DevelopmentRecruitingCoaching & MentoringLeadership DevelopmentTalent AcquisitionPeople Management

Soundcloud

2 roles

Senior People Partner

Promoted

Oct 2019 – Oct 2021 · 2 yrs

Provided strategic HRBP support for 6 leaders in Engineering team (managing ~200 employees under), addressing key people related issues
Designed and implemented a new people manager onboarding programme
Focus area in compensation and DEI - led and implemented the global compensation strategy revamp
Authored and published SoundCloud’s first pay gap report demonstrating organisation’s commitment to transparency
Developed the global philosophy and framework
Bought and implemented data from survey providers (Radford, ERI, Pave)
People managed EU People Ops team (1 team lead + 2 admins)
Collaborated with (newly formed) Works Council to establish working processes and build trust for an effective partnership through regular check-ins, feedback exchange
Successfully recruited for tech, product management, product design roles in Berlin (mid to VP level)
Key hires in this role: VP Product Design, VP People, VP Engineering, Head of Security, Director of Product Design

Talent DevelopmentCoaching & MentoringLeadership DevelopmentTalent AcquisitionPeople Management

Senior Recruiting Partner

Nov 2017 – Sep 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

Started off with Tech Recruiting Partner and got promoted to Senior Recruiting Partner after 7 months of supporting the Engineering org with full-cycle recruiting
Expanded recruiting from Engineering to also Product Management & Product Design with a focus on senior leadership roles

Recruiting

Wild mission

Co-Founder

Jan 2019 – Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Berlin Metropolitan Area

Recruiting

Glispa global group

2 roles

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Feb 2016 – Nov 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · On-site

Gave end to end recruitment support for technology, product and global business hires for all levels
Implemented 'Performance Based Interviewing'
Designed an intake document
Developed and documented job descriptions
Coordinated training and evangelised the methodology to the wider organisation