HUMAN RESOURCES (more than 17 years)

HR Management & Training:

• producing HR policies, procedures, workflows and relevant forms (general and situation specific: GDPR compliance, COVID-19 crisis, etc.);
• revising work contracts and interpreting national Labour Laws in the EU Member States;
• organizing and performing Training and Learning Needs Analysis and organizing tailor made training activities, training individual staff as a part of induction process, conducting on job mentoring;
• providing recommendations for new classification of posts;
• managing Assessment Centre and creating on-line assessments based on various tests used for pre-employment and during employment assessments;

Outplacement: 

• consulting of Individuals and groups of employees (preparation/optimization of CVs, simulation of interviews, active job search ? training and advising)

Executive Search/Streamline Search/Recruitment

• searching various CV data-bases and websites of companies that employ people who could be match candidates;
• using screening techniques to maximize the chance of the possible interviewee being compatible with the clients? ?ideal candidate profile? (middle management, executive staff: CEO, CFO, COO);
• producing shortlists of candidates and establishing direct contacts with them;
• scheduling and conducting interviews;
• writing research and candidate reports for respective clients;
• organizing and managing live presentations of eligible candidates to the client; 

HR Business Consulting:

• advising on HR management and recruitment process improvements relative to current trends in the labour market;
• conducting comprehensive HR Audit procedures and recommending solutions to align HR with overall business processes
• collecting business intelligence in respect to individual industries and producing reports for management teams;

HR Sales: 

• acquisition of new clients; organization of meetings and presentation of services; drafting offers and negotiating conditions & prices;

MANAGERIAL EXPERIENCE (15 years):

Owner of Small Business (in charge of sales, legal and bookkeeping);

• Acting Managing Director in a Recruitment Agency with 40+ employees in the absence of Country Manager;
• Planned for the commitment of personnel (working schedules) and supervised work of 11 Language Assistants while working for international organizations in war affected areas;

INTERPRETATION/TRANSLATION (more than 25 years)

• Simultaneous interpreting (in-booth): Croatian/English; English/Croatian; Slovenian and Serbian;
• Consecutive interpreting: Croatian/English; Serbian/English; Slovenian/English;
• Translation: Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian, English, German;

EUROPEAN UNION FUNDED PROJECTS (3 years)

2012 ? 2014 - EU IPA Twinning Project: ?Enhancement of the CTA administrative and institutional capacity in the field of application of VAT EU common system? (project value: EUR 800.000; duration 24 months)

Assistant to Resident Twinning Adviser

• organized and conducted workshops and trainings of Croatian Tax Administration staff at all levels (local & regional tax offices; Central Office Management; Auditors & Tax Inspectors) ? 150 days for more than 230 people;
• produced comprehensive manual for understanding and applying provisions of EU Directives and EU Council Regulations in the field of Value Added Tax related to Intra-Community transactions for Croatian Tax Administration staff;

2011 ? EU IPA Project: ?Comprehensive Strengthening of Capacities of the Agency for Vocational Education and Training and Adult Education? (project value: EUR 1.600.000; duration 18 months)

Technical Assistant to Project Leader

• conducted Training and Learning Needs Analysis;
• wrote manual for introducing HR function (policies and processes) into a public institution;
• wrote, prepared and organized independently the content of project newsletters in English and Croatian (HTML on request)
• created database of the most prominent vocational education and training and adult education institutions in the EU;

ELECTION MONITORING (11 years)

• Parliamentary and Presidential Elections ? Chairman of the Election Committee, International Short-term 
• Observer & Technical & Administrative Support to Core Teams in OSCE/ODIHR Election Monitoring Missions
• Areas: Croatia, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan

Computer Skills:

Computer Literacy

• Advanced user of MS Office
• Advanced user of various talent tracking software - ATS ROMA by ManpowerGroup CareerHarmony, ZOHO Recruit, tailor made software MAGIC by IVENTA
• advanced user of Internet search engines, various applications and social networks;

Other relevant information:

Social skills and competences:

• Eloquent and outgoing personality
• Team builder and trend setter
• Motivating and encouraging others
• Personality type: ENTJ

Organizational skills and competences:

• Extremely well organized
• Thorough and accurate at all times; Highly committed to performing at a consistently high standard
• No supervision required
• Works well under - often high ? pressure
• Quickly adapts to often changing situations