Alex Usachov
Head of Talent Acquisition
Contact Details
E-MAIL ADDRESS:-TELEPHONE NUMBER: - / -
Telegram: @merc_alex
Personal Statement
As a Head of Talent Acquisition and Recruiter, I am very enthusiastic and hard-working. As I am
naturally a very positive and outgoing person, I do not find it hard to inspire and encourage other
team members to work to the best of their ability. I have also gained experience developing
relationships with various clients. I have joined already existing teams and created fresh ones on my
own.
Key Skills
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Executive Search
Leadership
Team Management
Recruiting
Problem-Solving
Critical Thinking
Passionate team leader with great people management skills
Managed small to large teams of Recruiters/Sourcers: numbering 3 to 17
Employment History
Recruitment Lead, Study.ua (800+ employees), Remote
May 2024 - recent
Responsibilities:
● Provided strategic leadership for a global Recruitment function
● Updated existing recruitment process
● Reorganized 4 separate recruitment teams into one global Recruitment Department (8
teammates)
● Closely cooperate with the founder and with other stakeholders to forecast future hiring
needs
● Owned hiring process for all opened roles (Academic, Marketing, development)
● Work with recruitment agencies
● Monitoring key recruitment metrics to identify and resolve issues affecting recruiting
procedures and find a more effective hiring platform for each department.
Achievements:
● ATS implementation finished;
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Successfully passed high load hiring season (180+ hires during 3 summer months);
Recruitment processes and policies updated;
Talent Acquisition Manager, Speedway Games (30+ employees), Remote
June 2023 - March 2024
Responsibilities:
● Design new recruiting procedures and policies from scratch
● Closely cooperate with the founder and with department managers to forecast future hiring
needs
● Own hiring process for all opened roles (Artists, Designers, Developers and Production)
● Work with recruitment agencies
● Monitoring key recruitment metrics to identify and resolve issues affecting recruiting
procedures.
Achievements:
● ATS implemented;
● Successfully double-sized company during first 5 months;
● Recruitment processes and policies implemented;
Talent Acquisition Manager, Dragons Lake (200+ employees), Remote
May 2022 – June 2023
Responsibilities:
● Update current and design new recruiting procedures and policies
● Closely cooperate with HRD and with department managers to forecast future hiring needs
● Supervise and provide overall guidance to the international recruitment team (10 ppl).
● Work with recruitment agencies
● Monitoring key recruitment metrics to identify and resolve issues affecting recruiting
procedures.
Achievements:
● Created Candidate Journey policy
● Lead the TA team (from 9 to 17).
● Maintained a high level of morale while expanding the team to a new market.
● Simplified cooperation with external vendors
● Created updated Recruitment policy for day-to-day recruitment lifecycle
● Prepared plan for growing in LATAM region (expanded team, performed research for local
specifics and market situation).
Head of Recruitment, Gunzilla Games (2 to 190 employees), Ukraine
May 2020 - May 2022
Responsibilities:
● Design and implementation of all Operations processes from scratch
● Closely cooperate with Co-founders and department managers to forecast future hiring
needs
● Monitoring key recruitment metrics to identify and resolve issues affecting recruiting
procedures.
Achievements:
● Launched Recruitment and HR process from scratch
● Created HR and Recruitment Team
● Hired Board Directors team
● Hired for all core roles in the company (Art, Design, Development) worldwide
Talent Acquisition Lead, EPAM Systems (1000+ employees at Anywhere Platform), Ukraine
Oct 2019 - Apr 2020
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Joined fresh Anywhere start-up inside of EPAM as Talent Acquisition Lead
Leaded distributed Recruitment team (10 recruiters from 5 countries)
Regular working with Hiring Managers and Delivery Directors from Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia
Art Talent Acquisition Lead, Room 8 Studio (200+ employees), Ukraine
Jul 2019 - Oct 2019
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Leading Art Talent Acquisition team (3 recruiters)
Working closely with Art Hiring Manager
Hiring for all Art roles across Room 8 studio
Recruitment Lead, Wargaming (700+ employees), Ukraine
Apr 2019 - Jun 2019
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Leading Recruitment team (2 recruiters)
Working closely with Hiring Managers for all Wargaming projects
Hiring for Art roles
Recruitment Lead, Snap Inc., Ukraine
Oct 2017 - Mar 2019
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Leading recruitment team (2 recruiters)
Created recruitment KPIs
Created onboarding process
Hiring for all roles across Snap Inc, (Ukraine) such as Art, Game Design, Software Development
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, Lohika Systems Inc. (part of Altran group), Ukraine
Nov 2012 - Oct 2017
Responsibilities:
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Searching for potential candidates
HR Interviews
Providing HR feedback and making job offers
Database Updating
Workforce Planning & Job Description Writing/Editing
Market research and analysis conducting
Doing internal and external PR
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Partly leaded recruitment and searching team
HR Manager, PLS Logistics Services, Ukraine
Apr 2012 - Nov 2012
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Manage recruiting activities such as sourcing appropriate candidates, conducting screening interviews,
communicating job offers, and negotiating with successful
Manage agreements with private entrepreneurs or other workers, ensuring these are accurate and
up-to-date
Determinate market compensation and benefits for representative office staff and private
entrepreneurs
Discuss any HR issues that may arise with representative office staff or private entrepreneurs and
discuss these with the staff of the US company, and manage the resolution of this issue
IT Recruiter, Lohika Systems Inc., Ukraine
Sep 2009 - Apr 2012
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Searching for potential candidates
HR Interviews
Providing HR feedback and making job offers
Database Updating
Workforce Planning & Job Description Writing/Editing
Market research and analysis conducting
Doing internal and external PR
Partly leaded recruitment and searching team
Education & Qualifications
Odessa National Telecommunication Academy, Ukraine
Economics
September 2004 – June 2009
Master Degree
Languages
English – Upper-intermediate
Ukrainian – Fluent/Native
Russian – Fluent/Native
Interests & Hobbies
Playing video games, running, spending time with family
References
upon request
