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Ana Simoes

Senior IT Recruiter

€200/day
Lisbon, PT
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Ana

I am a Licensed Psychologist and Senior IT Recruiter with over a decade of experience in recruitment, talent acquisition and people development, working with companies in the tech, finance and consulting sectors across European markets.

Throughout my career, I’ve led end-to-end recruitment processes for technical and non-technical roles, collaborating closely with hiring managers and leadership teams to deeply understand business needs, team dynamics and organisational culture. My approach to recruitment is structured, strategic and human-centred — balancing speed and efficiency with quality and long-term fit.

My background in psychology allows me to go beyond traditional recruitment methods, integrating behavioural assessment, motivation analysis and soft skills evaluation into every hiring process. I also support companies with employer branding, candidate experience and recruitment process optimisation.

As a freelance consultant, I position myself as a trusted partner rather than a service provider — helping organisations make informed, people-focused hiring decisions that support sustainable growth.
  • Portuguese

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • askblue
    Talent-related Partnerships Manager
    DIGITAL AND IT
    October 2022 - Today (3 years and 8 months)
    Lisbon, Portugal
    • Contact with national consultancy and recruitment agencies for strategic placements;
    • Sharing askblue's hiring needs with partners;
    • Consultant profile assessment, screening and selection of consultants for askblue's hiring needs;
    • Distributing the selected consultants' profiles with the hiring managers of askblue's different Business Units according to their hiring needs;
    • Stakeholder management (including, but not limited to, conducting meetings with partners and hiring managers; scheduling interviews with partners and hiring managers; organising the starting date of the outsourced consultant by facilitating the process (requesting equipment preparation; making sure the consultants have access to the necessary tools; coordinating with partners, hiring managers and HR team; conducting onboardings for the consultants); requesting and providing feedback to partners and hiring managers regarding the consultants' statuses in the pipeline; etc);
    • Maintaining the available documentation up-to-date.

    Technologies used: MS Office, MS Teams, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, SharePoint
    Recruitment LinkedIn Talent Partnerships Management Talent acquisition Tech Recruitment
  • askblue
    Senior IT Recruiter
    DIGITAL AND IT
    September 2022 - Today (3 years and 9 months)
    Lisbon, Portugal
    • Full cycle recruitment process (end-to-end) of IT professionals for different projects/vacancies (different languages, technologies & positions)
    • Contact with the various hiring managers to understand projects, teams and hiring needs and to deliver the best candidates
    • Creation & development of job descriptions & online publishing (ATS, company website, work-related sites & platforms, as well as social media)

    Technologies used: Microsoft Suite, WhatsApp, Social Media, LinkedIn Recruiter, LinkedIn Talent Solutions, GitHub, Stack Overflow, CATS Software, Lusha
    Tech Recruitment LinkedIn Talent acquisition CATS One ATS Sourcing
  • Freelancer
    Organisational Psychologist / Recruiter / Training & Career Development Consultant
    July 2014 - Today (11 years and 11 months)
    OPP (Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses) Certified Member

    Career & Organisational Psychology
    - Psychological assessment in Career & Organisational setting
    - Psychological assessment reports
    - Career consulting (CV writing and LinkedIn makeovers, interview preparation, job application assistance, assistance in career plan development, etc)
    - HR consulting (acting as an HRBP; helping companies defining their corporate strategies, mission, vision and values; creation of onboarding processes, procedures and manuals; etc)
    - Recruitment & Selection for clients of different business sectors
    - Corporate/employer branding development for clients
    - Management consulting (diagnosis and intervention in order to reduce the turnover and absenteeism, increase the employees' motivation, and optimisation of the organisational communication)
    - Mental health and wellbeing in the workplace
    - Workshops

    Technologies used: Atlassian Trello, SmartRecruiters, Dover, MailChimp, Social Media (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter), Canva, HubSpot, HootSuite, Google Suite, Microsoft Suite, Adobe Lightroom, Videocall Platforms (Zoom, Skype, WhatsApp, Google Meet, among others).

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Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Psychology
    Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
    2005
  • Specialization course, Social & Organisations Psychology
    Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
    2020

Certifications

  • Basic Life Support with Automated External Defibrillator
    Associação Humanitária dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Alcabideche/INEM
    2025
  • Professional & Personal Marketing
    Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses
    2024

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