Kate Pachkovskaya
About Kate Pachkovskaya
Kate Pachkovskaya is a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Criteo and IPONWEB, with a background in IT recruitment, consulting, and legal assistance.
Current Role and Responsibilities
Kate Pachkovskaya is a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Criteo. In this role, she focuses on enhancing the hiring process and improving the overall candidate experience. She leads initiatives to build Tech Interview guides for SDE, SRE, and QA roles, which have significantly improved candidate experience and conversion rates. Additionally, she has built a Knowledge Management Hub for the R&D Talent Acquisition team to enhance collaboration and optimize teamwork.
Professional Experience in Talent Acquisition
Before joining Criteo, Kate Pachkovskaya served as a Senior Recruiter at IPONWEB from 2022. She has a strong background in IT recruitment, having worked at Hays as an IT Recruiter from 2018 to 2022 in Санкт-Петербург, Россия. Her responsibilities at Hays included sourcing and recruiting IT professionals, conducting market research, and targeting diverse and underrepresented candidates. She also mentored team members to develop effective hiring solutions.
Early Career and Consulting Experience
Kate began her career as a Junior Consultant at AVRIO Group Consulting from 2017 to 2018, following a year as a Researcher at the same company. These roles gave her foundational experience in market research and consulting. Prior to this, she worked as a Legal Assistant at MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company in 2015, and earlier in her career, she taught English at English Isle (ООО Инглиш Айл) in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, in 2014.
Educational Background in International Relations
Kate Pachkovskaya earned her Bachelor's degree in International Relations and Affairs from Saint Petersburg State University, where she studied from 2011 to 2015. This academic background has equipped her with a strong understanding of global relations, which she leverages in her role, especially in managing relocation and immigration cases for international hires.
Key Projects and Leadership Initiatives
One of Kate's significant contributions includes leading a Global Hires Workshop for hiring managers, focusing on interviewing principles, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and bias mitigation. She has also managed over 30 relocation and immigration cases for countries including Cyprus, Armenia, Spain, and France. Her proactive approach in these initiatives highlights her leadership and strategic planning capabilities.