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Joanna Paulser

Recruiter

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa10 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Over 15 years of experience in executive search.
  • Expert in business development across multiple sectors.
  • Proven track record in strategic talent acquisition.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned expert in Talent Acquisition and Business Development across diverse industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Global RecruitingCorporate Recruiting

Other Skills

Recruitment-to-RecruitmentIT RecruitmentHiring CrewRecruitmentAccount ManagementBusiness DevelopmentManagementBusiness StrategySourcingExecutive Search

About

Joanna has over fifteen years professional experience in the following categories: Management, Executive Search, Sales & Marketing, Recruitment, Report Writing, understanding of the stock broking market, Business Development and currently as a Business Development Mananger and Operations Manager for a succesfull Executive Search firm in South Africa. she is well rounded, has the ability to approach business from a holistic perspective, due to her extensive experience and personal career successes. Joanna’s wide variety of expertise includes Business Development of various company sectors in the industry which include, (Banking, Investment, Parastatels, IT industry, Property and Pharmeceuticals) and Management of Stakeholder Relationships including market Research. She is very apt at taking on various challenges, whether businesses, Sales & Marketing and implementing solutions and turnaround sales strategies to improve increased sales and overall long-term success.

Experience

10 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 4 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Microsoft

Global Talent Partner - via Join Talent

Oct 2025Present · 6 mos · City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa · Remote

Join talent

Global Talent Partner

Sep 2025Present · 7 mos · City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa · Remote

  • Join Talent is a ‘talent acquisition as a service’ (TAaaS) business - dedicated to driving business scale up growth performance.
  • As leaders in the Talent Acquisition space we provide strategic consultancy and delivery support to founders & business leaders on designing & implementing highly effective recruitment models for your company, as well as on how to build a unique & compelling employer brand to attract top talent.
  • Our business is a 100% founder-owned British start-up/scale-up that has successfully supported 250+ clients in their growth plans, earning us recognition as one of EMEA's stand-out scale-up success stories of the last 3 years in our own right.
  • Today Join Talent employs over 250 professionals across 21 countries and has an enviable roster of clients from start-ups to Unicorns and through to FTSE 30 household names.
  • As the 12th fastest growing company in Europe in Financial Times 1,000 2023 ‘Fastest Growing Companies in Europe’ list, we are no stranger to scale up success first hand. Join Talent have also been winners of the Scotland & NI region of Great British Entrepreneur Awards for Start-up (2021) and Scale-Up (2022), as well as 2nd place in the Top 100 UK SMEs 2023. We were included in the Times & LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders 2022 list and individual winners of their Disruptor of the Year award for 2022. We are also a registered diversity vendor as a female majority owned and run business.
  • Proudly registered as an ISO accredited organisation.
Global RecruitingRecruitment-to-RecruitmentCorporate RecruitingIT Recruitment

Netsurit

Technical Talent Acquisition Specialist /US & SA Market

Jun 2025Sep 2025 · 3 mos · South Africa · Remote

Microsoft

Internal Recruiter via Join Talent

Jan 2024Mar 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos · EMEA · Remote

Join talent

Talent Partner

Jan 2024Mar 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos · South Africa · Remote

  • Join Talent is a ‘talent acquisition as a service’ (TAaaS) business - dedicated to driving business scale up growth performance. As leaders in the Talent Acquisition space we provide strategic consultancy and delivery support to founders & business leaders on designing & implementing highly effective recruitment models for your company, as well as on how to build a unique & compelling employer brand to attract top talent.
  • Our business is a 100% founder-owned British start-up/scale-up that has successfully supported 250+ clients in their growth plans, earning us recognition as one of EMEA's stand-out scale-up success stories of the last 3 years in our own right. Today Join Talent employs over 250 professionals across 21 countries and has an enviable roster of clients from start-ups to Unicorns and through to FTSE 30 household names.
  • As the 13th fastest growing company in Europe in Financial Times 1,000 2023 ‘Fastest Growing Companies in Europe’ list, we are no stranger to scale up success first hand. Join Talent have also been winners of the Scotland & NI region of Great British Entrepreneur Awards for Start-up (2021) and Scale-Up (2022), as well as 2nd place in the Top 100 UK SMEs 2023. We were included in the Times & LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders 2022 list and individual winners of their Disruptor of the Year award for 2022.

Apropos business solutions

Sales Business Development Manager

Sep 2023Jan 2024 · 4 mos · City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Amazon

Snr Recruiter Sub Saharan Africa

Jan 2022May 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos · City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Paulser consulting (pty) ltd

Managing Director

Feb 2016Jan 2022 · 5 yrs 11 mos · Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Executive Recruitment in the IT, Engineering, Telecom and Financial space. Talent acquisition consulting and assisting corporate organizations identify specialized talent within Africa and the Middle East.

Accenture

Digital Talent Acquisition Consultant

Jun 2015Mar 2016 · 9 mos

  • Recruitment within Technology and Digital space. Seasoned head hunter for Executive and Senior positions as well as Specialized skills.

Jca associates

Recruitment Consultant

Jun 2014May 2015 · 11 mos · Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Business development and Recruitment within the Information Technology and Telecommunications space for permanent roles within Africa.

Rize consulting

Senior Business development Manager

Sep 2013May 2014 · 8 mos

  • Business Development & Recruitment within the ITC and Telecommunications sector for contract and permanent employment in Africa.

Intoto executive resourcing

Senior Business Development Manager

Jan 2010Jan 2013 · 3 yrs

  • Appointed within the organisation to develop relationships with clients bring in new business development and coordination of resources, liaison with various stakeholders and management of clients. Focus on various assignments within the organisation across various clients to improve business deliverables and asure placements are done.
  • Responsible for client development meetings within different industry sectors, Market Research and client development within the IT industry, Public Sector, Investment, banking, property and Pharmaceuticals. Responsible for client liaison at all levels, presentations for Search assignments and providing clients with proven, professional solutions to get the right candidates by headhunting Executive individuals. Conducting interviews on all Senior and Executive levels, networking, sourcing CV’s in line with the job spec from the client. Negotiation of fee structures with clients and client liaison on critical part to the position.

Search specifics

Business Development Consultant

Jul 2009Aug 2010 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Appointed within the organisation to bring increase business, develop relationships with clients, cold calling bring in new business development, reaching quarterly targets, ects and coordination of resources, liaison with various stakeholders and management of clients. Focus on various assignments within the organisation across various clients to improve business deliverables and asure placements are done.
  • Responsible for client development meetings within my industry sectors, Market Research and client development within the IT industry, Public Sector, Investment, banking, property and Pharmaceuticals. Responsible for client liaison at all levels, presentations for tender proposals and providing clients with proven, professional solutions to get the right candidates by headhunting Executive individuals. Conducting interviews on all Senior and Executive levels, networking, sourcing CV’s in line with the job spec from the client. Negotiation of fee structures with clients and client liaison a critical part to the position.
  • Key Deliverables
  •  Responsible for reaching my target every quarter which I have done since I’ve been with the company.
  •  Oversee the delivery of all job assignments that I receive.
  •  Marketing of service line to external clients
  •  To ensure that candidates are appointed in line with the job spec requirements and equities.
  •  Responsible for maintaining good communications between all my clients including entertaining clients.
  •  Key successes: Achieved sales and profit targets within first year of the position.

Watermark securities

Account Executive

Sep 2005Oct 2008 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Education

Queen Elizabeth High

Jan 1994Jan 1997

Mutare Junior school

Mutare Junior school

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