Yira Pena
About Yira Pena
Yira Pena is a Senior Recruiter at MBTA with extensive experience in recruitment, event planning, and business management. She has held various roles in different industries, showcasing a diverse skill set in managing people and organizing events.
Title
Yira Pena currently holds the position of Senior Recruiter at MBTA. She began this role in Greater Boston in 2022.
Professional Experience at MBTA
Yira Pena has been working as a Senior Recruiter at MBTA since 2022. In this role, she is responsible for managing recruitment processes, overseeing candidate selection, and collaborating with departmental heads to fulfill staffing needs within the organization. Her work at MBTA underscores her expertise in recruitment within the public transportation sector.
Previous Roles in Recruitment
Before joining MBTA, Yira Pena worked as a Regional Recruitment Manager at DO & CO AG in 2022, where she managed and executed regional recruitment strategies across the United States for four months. Prior to this, she served as a Recruiter at ABM Industries from 2021 to 2022 in Greater Boston, focusing on equitable staffing solutions and recruitment strategies tailored to the specific needs of the industry.
Entrepreneurial Ventures
Yira Pena demonstrated entrepreneurial acumen as the CEO and Founder of En TV con Yira Ent y su team Sofoke, managing the business from 2014 to 2021 in the Greater Boston Area. She also owned and operated Di Modas Fashion over the same period, further showcasing her capability in business ownership and the fashion industry.
Education and Training
Yira Pena holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) and an Associate's degree in Business Administration and Management, General, from Sanford Brown College Boston. Her educational background in business administration provides her with foundational knowledge in business ethics, management practices, and strategic planning.
Experience in Event Planning
Currently, Yira Pena works as an Event Planner at Yira Ent in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, a role she has held since 2011. Her responsibilities include organizing and coordinating a wide range of events, showcasing her skills in event planning, management, and coordination.