Jul 2024 – Oct 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos · Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates · Remote

• Dizzaract is the largest game development studio in the Middle East with 160+ people. We develop multiplayer online shooter 🔫 Farcana, focusing on tournament rewards.
• As a startup🚀, we constantly adapt and refine our strategies to stay ahead.

Sep 2022 – Nov 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Vilnius, Vilniaus, Lithuania · Remote

• Friendcruiter is a global talent acquisition service founded by Natallia Ermolina, dedicated to helping early-stage tech startups build their core teams from the ground up.
• We partner directly with founders, becoming an extension of their vision and working at their pace, whether it's rapid scaling or careful, strategic hiring. Our mission is to find the right people for the most critical roles: engineers, product builders, growth minds, and culture carriers.
• Our clients include early-stage startups and product-led companies in EdTech, MediaTech, Fintech & Banking, Interior Design Software, and other industries. With each collaboration, we’re not just filling roles - we’re building mission-aligned teams.

May 2022 – Sep 2022 · 4 mos · Vilnius, Vilniaus, Lithuania

• During this time, I was engaged in legalization and received a work permit.

Aug 2021 – May 2022 · 9 mos · Minsk, Belarus · Hybrid

• Global online game developer and publisher.
• ✔120% achievement of set KPIs (≈3.6 JO per month) for position closures through close collaboration with various product Hiring Teams, devising hiring strategies within teams, and resolving contentious issues to achieve desired outcomes.
• ✔Improved vacancy closure efficiency by 50% through refining the hiring process with ATS Greenhouse, maintaining high process transparency, minimizing system errors, tailoring the system to team needs, and fostering long-term relationships with the candidate market.
• ✔Conducted over 5 personal video interviews daily with candidates using the Teams platform to ensure a high-quality recruiting pipeline. This facilitated competency assessments and evaluated candidates for cultural alignment within the team.
• ✔Utilized LinkedIn Recruiter for independent sourcing as well as in collaboration with a Recruitment Sourcer to find candidates in niche specialties such as Unreal Engine, Atlassian Administrator, and others.
• ✔Boosted the team's rating on Candidate Experience from 6.4 to 6.8, according to a survey conducted by the Talenthub system, achieved through the delivery of high-quality recruitment services for all process participants.

Sep 2019 – Aug 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

• 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨, 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 8,000+ 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 50 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 & 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬, 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠.
• ✔Reduced average hiring time by 2 times (from 3 months to 1.5 months) in problem areas for the company (Ruby, Backend, Frontend, Data Engineering, DevOps, Delivery Management, etc.) by building relationships with hiring teams, building a portrait of the right candidate and the company's EVP for the right target audience, and building transparent hiring processes for each area.
• ✔Achieved monthly closing KPIs by 135% (≈2.7 positions per month, 65 people over 2 years) through quality job presentation to candidates and accompanying them through all stages of interaction with the company, enabling the company to realize its growth strategy and achieve its goals.
• ✔Increased the success rate of closing the probationary period with new employees from 70% to 92% by building and implementing a full cycle of onboarding in the company and carrying out activities to prepare presentation materials, holding kick-off meetings, holding regular 1-1 meetings with the manager and the new employee, resolving emerging issues, which allowed to build the loyalty of the new employee to the company and increase the satisfaction of hiring managers with the quality of HR service support of hired employees.

Jul 2018 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

• 𝐈𝐓 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞.
• ✔Rebuilt the recruiting department from scratch with a minimal budget by establishing processes within the department and expanding the team to include 2 recruiters and 1 sorcerer to meet the company's needs for both IT and non-IT specialists.
• ✔Archived personal KPIs by 120% (≈ 2.4 positions per month, closing 29 positions per year) by handling both sourcing and recruiting specialists, leading to a 26% increase in the company's staff within a year.
• ✔Organized and coordinated corporate activities both within the company's office and off-site (New Year celebrations, International Women's Day, Summer Corporate Event, Employee Birthday celebrations, and Friday Mafia game nights) to cultivate corporate values, foster employee loyalty, and elevate their satisfaction through collaboration.
• ✔Сonducted offboarding meetings with company employees, providing recommendations for finding new job placements in the labor market. This helped analyze the reasons for employees leaving, improve their emotional state, and positively impact the company's HR brand in the market.

May 2017 – Jul 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos · On-site

• 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 15 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬.
• ✔Successfully closed over 15 job vacancies across various departments of the company, as well as worked as part of a 30-member recruiting team spread across 10 different locations.
• ✔Collaborated within recruitment squads, coordinating with 3-4 colleagues per domain to ensure a consistent flow of resources to company projects.
• ✔Expertise in recruiting for domains including .Net, Java, Golang, iOS, Android, Dynamics CRM, Ruby, Scala, and C++, and Quality Assurance, Business Analysis, and Project Management Departments.
• ✔Сonducted over 30 onboarding events in the office for newcomers, which allowed for building trustful relationships with the employees and positively impacted the formation of the company's HR brand, leading to obtaining new referral program contacts.
• ✔Provided relocation support and assistance to 10 new employees, helping them find accommodation in the new location, which positively influenced their loyalty to the company and successful completion of the probationary period.
• ✔Сonducted exit interviews with employees in the company, which contributed to gathering information for improving company processes, reducing employee turnover, and increasing the satisfaction of current employees.

Nov 2016 – May 2017 · 6 mos · On-site

• ➤ Worked with partners of technology companies that hire embedded developers.

Aug 2014 – Aug 2016 · 2 yrs · On-site

• 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲.
• ✔Managed and oversaw the documentation process within the department, handling protocol duties during departmental meetings to address both problem-solving and strategic issues. Contributed significantly to enhancing and maintaining process quality within the department, resulting in a 20% increase in overall staff satisfaction.
• ✔Acted as an assistant for students' and postgraduates' scientific projects within the department. Responsible for procurement and preparation of necessary materials, resulting in improved quality of work and timely project completion.
• ✔Played an integral role in the University's Open Day by representing the department, preparing materials, and setting up displays to promote the department's products and latest developments. Engaged in student recruitment efforts, ensuring timely fulfillment of all paid and government-funded educational placements.
• ✔Participated in the university's admissions committee, ensuring adherence to regulations in student data entry for enrollment. This contribution streamlined the admissions process, significantly reducing the committee workload while meeting deadlines.