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Farah Guesmi

Recruitment / IT Talent Acquisition Specialist

€450/day
Paris, FR
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Farah

Senior IT Recruiter, I support companies, IT service providers, and scale-ups in their technical and functional talent acquisition challenges.
After 7 years of experience with major players (Softeam, Sopra Steria, Thales, SOAT…), I handle the entire recruitment cycle and RPO or HR projects.

💼 What I do:

🎯 Sourcing & headhunting of IT profiles (software engineers, systems, DevOps, data, AMOA, functional profiles, banking, etc.)

🧭 Conducting phone & in-person interviews: soft skills assessment + technical pre-qualification

✍️ Full process management: reports, job offers, salary negotiations

🚀 Onboarding, trial period follow-up, validation / renewal / termination


🔧 My tools

Job boards: LinkedIn Recruiter, Monster, Lesjeudis, Welovedevs, Talent.io, Regionsjob, Welcome to the Jungle, Indeed, APEC…


💬 What characterizes me

- Ultra-targeted direct approach
- Strong knowledge of technical professions (IT & engineering)
- Excellent candidate / manager relationship
- Efficiency & responsiveness
- Professionalism, transparency, and service orientation

🎯 For what needs?

✔ IT headhunting and sourcing
✔ Full recruitment process
✔ High-volume or specialized recruitment

📍 Location & modalities

Based in Île-de-France – exclusively remote work.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Conversational

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • SOFTEAM
    IT Talent Acquisition Specialist
    January 2023 - November 2025 (2 years and 10 months)
    Courbevoie, France
    • Direct approach: identification and headhunting of profiles matching our needs (technical and functional);
    • Conducting phone and in-person interviews and writing reports;
    • Job offers and salary negotiations;
    • Writing job offers and managing the contractual part;
    • Onboarding new hires and following up with employees during the trial period;
    • Leading trial period review meetings (validation, renewal, or termination);
    • Ancillary projects (managed co-optation, salary grids, etc.).
    Headhunting Understanding Needs Skills Assessment Interpersonal Skills
  • SOPRA STERIA
    IT Talent Acquisition Specialist & Banking Referent
    August 2021 - January 2023 (1 year and 5 months)
    Courbevoie, France
    • Direct approach: identification and "headhunting" of profiles matching our needs (technical and functional) in 2 sectors: Insurance & Social Protection and Banking; Conducting phone and in-person interviews and writing reports;
    • Managing negotiations between different agencies in my scope and candidates; Writing job offers and managing the contractual part;
    • Administrative procedures related to foreign employees (Work permits, status changes, Talent Passport);
    • Onboarding new hires and following up with employees during the trial period;
    • School relations: Participation in career fairs and recruitment of interns and apprentices;
    • Weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting to the management of the different agencies in the banking BU;
    • Managing the activity of 2 RPO recruitment officers;
    • Trainer in recruitment & non-discrimination for banking operational staff;
    Headhunting Understanding Needs Interpersonal Skills Skills Assessment
  • Thales
    IT Talent Acquisition Specialist
    September 2020 - September 2021 (1 year)
    Gennevilliers, France
    • Identifying and clarifying needs with managers;
    • Direct approach: identification and "headhunting" of profiles in systems engineering, software engineering, and hardware.
    • Conducting phone and in-person interviews,
    • Performing qualitative debriefing and scheduling technical interviews;
    • Writing and submitting job offers;
    • Writing employment contracts and organizing signatures;
    • Cross-functional projects (talent acquisition videos, interview templates, etc.).
    Understanding Needs Headhunting Interpersonal Skills Skills Assessment

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Education

  • Master's in Engineering
    Catholic University of the West (UCO)
    2021
    Master Ingénierie

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