Dan-Octavian Catana [LION]

Current

• Trainer at G4S

Past

• Recruitment Officer at Talent Stream
• Recruitment Specialist at RTC HOLDING

Education

• Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative din Bucuresti
• Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative din Bucuresti

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Industry

Human Resources

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company

Dan-Octavian Catana [LION]’s Summary

I'm looking for a fixer-upper with a solid foundation. I am willing to tear down walls, build bridges, and light fires. I'm not afraid to start from the beginning.

HR professional specialized in recruitment and selection.

I consider myself a self-motivated professional and problem solver with strong interpersonal skills.
I have the ability to interact and communicate effectively with people from various backgrounds.

Dan-Octavian Catana [LION]’s Specialties:

public relations, international relations, marketing, advertising, human resources, branding

Dan-Octavian Catana [LION]’s Experience

• Trainer

  G4S

  (Public Company; GFS; Security and Investigations industry)

  July 2009 — Present (6 months)

  G4S is the world's leading international security solutions group
  
  G4S:
  
  • specializes in assessing current and future risks and developing secure solutions to minimize their impact
  
  • works across a wide range of geographic markets and business sectors
  
  • is a major provider of risk management and protection to governments and major corporate customers around the world
  
  • is an expert in all aspects of local and international secure logistics
  
  Other facts about G4S
  
  G4S...
  
  • has operations in over 110 countries
  
  • was formed in 2004 from the merger between Securicor plc and Group 4 Falck A/S’s security business
  
  • is listed on the London Stock Exchange (stock symbol: GFS) with a secondary listing in Copenhagen
  
  • is the largest employer quoted on the London Stock Exchange, with over 585,000 employees
  
  Responsabilities:
  
  * elaborates induction programs for new employees and for those who are promoted
  * monitors exactly the attending professional development programs
  * designing training programs for the new positions
  * keep track of training contracts
  * responsible for recruitment and selection of vacancies
  * identify training needs for new employees
  * develop and update training programs
  * responsible for budgeting of his activity
  * administrative responsibility and material quality of the organization and delivery of training programs
  * supervises and monitors the way of solving complaints
  * solving the complaints sent directly to Human Resources Management Department

• Recruitment Officer

  Talent Stream

  (Human Resources industry)

  January 2009 — July 2009 (7 months)

  Talent Stream is a high growth specialty recruitment business focused on four Job Profile areas: Financial Professionals Recruitment, Accounting Specialists, IT Recruitment and Sales Professional recruitment. The company is based in Warsaw, Poland and Bucharest, Romania.
  
  Responsabilities:
  
  * creates new accounts in database – checks if the person already exists in system, creates new positions in system
  * press monitoring
  * answer e-mail/telephone
  * follow-up if the individual client access and updated personal data
  * searches on the internet information about client company
  * checks and updates short company description
  * assures that individual clients fill in their career details
  * creates standard folders
  * uploads position specification and resumes
  * makes sure that each folder contains all correct and necessary project information when a project is finalized
  * searches CVs in Linkedin, Bestjobs, Ejobs - validates CVs with HR consultants

• Recruitment Specialist

  RTC HOLDING

  (Privately Held; Retail industry)

  October 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 3 months)

  RTC Holding SA engages in business-to-business sales, retail, telecom, information technology and office equipment, books, office accessories, food and beverages, production, audio-video media, mass-media and advertising, transport and logistics, information technology solutions, and real estate and construction businesses. RTC Holding SA is based in Bucharest.
  
  Responsabilities:
  
  * Managing the recruitment process for various kind of jobs– entry level, specialists, middle management, top management
  * Analyzing the recruitment channels and purposing the best one for the recruitment process
  * Inform applicants of job openings and details such as duties and responsibilities, compensation, benefits, schedules, working conditions, and promotion opportunities.
  * Interview job applicants to match their qualifications with employers' needs, recording and evaluating applicant experience, education, training, and skills.
  * Job analysis for each position
  * Review employment applications and job orders to match applicants with job requirements, using manual or computerized file searches.
  * Select qualified applicants or refer them to employers, according to organization policy.
  * Perform reference and background checks on applicants.
  * Maintain records of applicants not selected for employment.
  * Instruct job applicants in presenting a positive image by providing help with resume writing, personal appearance, and interview techniques.
  * Contact employers to solicit orders for job vacancies, determining their requirements and recording relevant data such as job descriptions.
  * Psychological assesment in the selection process (Life Styles Inventory, Raven)
  * Conceiving and sending assesment reports for the candidates purposed for the final interview to hiring managers
  * Managing the employees’ database and reporting about recruitment activity.

Dan-Octavian Catana [LION]’s Education

• Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative din Bucuresti

  MA , Human Resources Management , 2007 — 2009

  Dissertation titled "Employees performance evaluation using the scale with behavioral anchors. Case study Diverta"
  
  Thesis evaluation: 10 (ten)
  
  Master of the Arts in communication degrees are offered in the following programs: Communication and Public Relations, Advertising, Political Communication, Human Resources Management, International Project Management, Broadcasting, Management and Communication in Business, Education Management.

• Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative din Bucuresti

  BA , Communication & Public Relations , 2003 — 2007

  Licensed with BA in 2007, dissertation titled "Performance evaluation. Sources of errors. Case study"
  
  Thesis evaluation: 10 (ten)
  
  Bachelor of the Arts in Communication degrees are offered in the following programs: Mass media and Advertising, Political Communication, Human Resources Management.
  
  
  "College of Communication & Public Relations has become a leader in communication education with a strong commitment to advancing theoretical knowledge and building up employment-related skills. It is a young college striving to find its place in contemporary environment, where the pace of change makes flexibility, adaptability and openness mandatory. Education at CC&PR is pragmatically oriented allowing its students' careers to gain momentum in an increasingly competitive field. Collaborative projects between faculty and students, between faculty and alumni are evidence that this college not only attracts but also retains the best. "( Remus Pricopie, Ph.D, Dean of CC&PR)

Additional Information

Dan-Octavian Catana [LION]’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company

Dan-Octavian Catana [LION]’s Interests:

training, recruitment, diplomacy, organizational psychology, organizational development

Dan-Octavian Catana [LION]’s Groups:

•    Networked Recruiter (34,197+ total network) 3rd Largest Recruiting and HR & 2nd Largest Agency Group
•    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
•    Online marketing
•    Professional and Amateur Mentoring Group
•    EMEA recruiters - knowledge sharing group
•    Recruiting Professionals Network
•    RecruitingBlogs
•    The Recruitment Network
•    Leading International Open Networkers (LION)
•    YoungHR
•    Human Resource Development
•    Human Resource Management
•    Mac Users
•    Recruitment Consultants and Staffing Professionals (30.000+)
•    Recruiter-Talk
•    biz ROMANIA
•    HUMAN RESOURCES BOOSTERS. ( HR HRD training & leadership innovators)
•    SNSPA Alumni
•    Romania Business and Professional Network
•    Onrec Online Recruitment Network
•    Public Relations and Communications Professionals
•    Corporate Recruiters. #1 Group for Corporate Recruiters.
•    LION500.com (Open Networkers)
•    HR & Talent Management Executive
•    European HR professionals
•    Public Diplomacy & Diplomatic Academy
•    HR-Professionals-Romania
•    AUTHENTIC PERSONAL BRANDING
•    linkedHRro | connecting HR & Change professionals in Romania
•    Dutch LIONs (Open Networkers)
•    Club HR Romania
•    Recruitment Community Europe
•    PICANT
•    Idei
•    Business Review
•    Resurse Umane
•    TalentStream Careers
•    CSR Romania
•    Gandeste Biz!
•    HR Professionals Network Russia, CIS countries and Eastern Europe
•    Recrutam pentru ROMANIA
•    HR Cafe
•    Jobs in Romania
•    Voluntari Online
•    Conferintele Antreprenor
•    Gifted Education Romania
•    Sunt in cautarea unui job!
•    CV.PL - CV in Poland
•    Intalniri de Networking
•    HR Management Club

Dan-Octavian Catana [LION]’s Honors:

* 2009 - Certified in LSI and OCI instruments (Human Synergistics)
* 2009 - Training in Professional Selling Skills (Achieve Global)
* 2005 - Gold medal and First prize - Romanian Olympics of Communication - Public Relations contest with PR campaign for Rexona for Men
* 2005 - Third Prize in Journalism competition Student of the year
* 2004 - Certified in External Communication offered by the French Institute in Bucharest

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