Marco Abbate

Current

Chartered Occupational Psychologist at Idealpeople

Past

Sales Consultant at Gassan (www.gassandiamonds.com) HLR, London
Chartered Occupational Psychologist at Cnos-Fap (www.cnos-fap.it) Rome, Italy
Chartered Occupational Psychologist at SOS Ascolto (www.borgodonbosco.it ) Rome, Italy

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Education

British Psychological Society
Tiva: Research, Training, Consulting Rome (Italy)
Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'

Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'

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Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

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Marco Abbate’s Summary

I'm a Chartered Occupational Psychologist with a specialism in recruitment and selection, leveraging significant expertise in behavioral psychology to deliver excellent results in strategic and tactical recruitment.

I've good knowledge of the global market - with specific expertise in FMCG on the Italian and UK markets.

Marco Abbate’s Specialties:

•Recruitment and selection
•Behavioral psychology and strategic/tactical recruitment
•Training
•Design & Delivery of Management Training
•Team Development

Marco Abbate’s Experience

Chartered Occupational Psychologist

Idealpeople

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

My current role includes:
Recruitment and Selection
•CV screening and interviews
•Language and skills assessments
•Business Development
•Providing feedback to both clients and candidates
Training and Development
•Leading role in staff Training & Development
•Assist Senior Management Team with setting personnel strategy, objectives and guidelines
•Design and delivery of training course to improve the quality of employees’ work
Organisational Design
•Organisational development
•Personal Counseling
•Preparing & Presenting Reports to Senior Management
Sales Consultant

Gassan (www.gassandiamonds.com) HLR, London

(Luxury Goods & Jewelry industry)

June 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 4 months)

•Consistently exceeded demanding sales targets of diamonds & watches through rapport-based sales techniques
•Performance against key strategic targets recognised by business
•Management of after-sale administration, finance and record keeping
Chartered Occupational Psychologist

Cnos-Fap (www.cnos-fap.it) Rome, Italy

(Program Development industry)

September 2001 — August 2005 (4 years)

Recruitment and Selection
•Selection & Assessment
•Vocational guidance for candidates
•Training and Development
Business Development
•Business Intelligence and competitor profiling
•Italian market research
•Preparation of proposals tailored to achieve clients needs
•Producing business proposals providing client specific solutions
•360-degree feedback from client
Project Management
•Coordinated and managed up to three researchers for private Italian companies
•Management of teams of broadly understood research execution
•Conduct of trainings regarding methodology and preparation of research tools
•Budgeting, control and responsibility for research budgets execution
Chartered Occupational Psychologist

SOS Ascolto (www.borgodonbosco.it ) Rome, Italy

(Management Consulting industry)

August 2003 — August 2005 (2 years 1 month)

Trainer
•Training for companies to improve the quality of employees’ work
•Communication
•Conflict management
•Collaborative interpersonal relations to improve the individual-work context
•360-degree feedback from candidate and client

Marco Abbate’s Education

British Psychological Society

Chartered Occupational Psychologist , 2007 — 2008
Tiva: Research, Training, Consulting Rome (Italy)

MSc "Training for Trainer" 2003 — 2005
Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'

Chartered Occupational Psychologyst , 2001 — 2002
Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'

Laurea "BSc Occupational Psychology" , 1995 — 2001