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Paola P. Badia

Human Resources - Management

Professional experience

-2017present

Head of HR & Operations

Luxhabitat, Dubai - UAE
  • Rejoined the company as part of the executive team, taking full responsibility of business operations  and helping to grow the business by 20% yoy  
  • As the right hand of the CEO, I co-managed the sales and marketing team,  setting the right KPI and orchestrating among the different department 
  • Developed the channel by building strategic relationships with key business partners and developers,  earning us exclusive rights on projects.  
01/201507-2017

HR Business Partner

Engel & Völkers , Dubai - UAE
  • Opening of the Dubai MMC with CEO, successfully placing all corporate roles in marketing, finance, HR, Finance, IT, and sales organization.
  • Managing a team of 2 recruiters and one junior recruiter with aggressive targets of hiring 200 real estate agents withing the first year.
  • Actively participating in corporate meetings defining policies and procedures of Engel & Völkers and it's adaptation to the Dubai Market. 
  • Set targets and KPI's to achieve our recruitment goal based on brainstorming agent + staff acquisition sources, recruitment marketing campaigns.
  • Implementation of procedures to better candidate retention, lower recruitment costs, and aim for a better candidate profile in an aggressive and tough labour market.
  • Developed solid job specifications, competitive compensation packages, and assessed processes for candidate identification and tracking
01/201401/2015

HR Specialist, Headhunter & Recruiter

Luxhabitat, Dubai - UAE
  • Leading the HR dpt. with a focus on heavy recruiting/headhunting for all open positions, mostly Real Estate agents and any open vacancies in the corporate structure.
  • Reporting to the CEO, actively participated in the creation of the organizational structure of sales teams, reporting lines, team  member composition, and definition of profiles needed.
  • Planning and execution of the first official training program for new entrants, and on-going training needs.
  • Identified top talent in Real Estate in Dubai, and had a strict target of headhunting and bringing best agents on board based on areas of expertise in the RE market. 
  • Managing all HR functions including compensation and benefits, recruitment, team buidling activities and recruitment marketing needs.
11/201212/2013

Human Resources Recruiter

Engel & Völkers, Barcelona - Spain
  • Started as an HR intern and promoted within 3 months to aid the recruitment manager with high-volume recruitment targets for various positions including 150 real estate agents, managerial, and other corporate roles.
  • Creation of job descriptions, manage and post job offers through different recruitment portals, social networks and print media.
  • Pre-screening of candidates, telephone interviews and face-to-face interviews.
  • Interviewing based on competencies, behavioral incident interviews, implementing psychometric evaluations and planning of assessment centers.
  • Responsible for vacation controls, maintaining employee personnel files, candidate database management.
01/201209/2012

Human Resouces Assistant, Compensation & Benefits

CEMEX, Santo Domingo - Dom. Republic
  • Business relationship management with corporate providers, coordination of employee discounts, affiliations to arrange corporate benefits and packages.
  • Planning, launching and implementation of the exclusive benefits program "Mas Para Ti" and maximization of this program's benefit through events, internal communication and fairs.
  • Elaboration of salary survey, controlling vacation reports, creation of corporate organization charts and assisting in other HR admin tasks.

Studies

09/201209/2013

Masters Degree Human Resources Management

CEF - Centro de Estudios Financieros, Barcelona- Spain

Master's Degree in Human Resources and Personnel Management

09/200704/2011

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration

Western Michigan University, Michigan - USA

MAGNA CUM LAUDE - Member of the Lee Winfred HONORS College

Major: Business Management / Minor: Psychology and Communications

01/201108/2011

Study Abroad Exchange Program

John Cabot University, Rome - Italy

Exhange Programme in Rome, concentrating on psychology & corporate communication.

Early Experience

  • Sales Consultant - Chicago Business Strategies , Chicago - USA ( 8 months )
  • Senior Lab Coordinator, OIT Labs, Western Michigan University USA ( 3 years )
  • Membership and Sales Intern, Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce, USA ( 1 year )