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Catalina Tarabuta

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Talent Acquisition Manager | CEE Engineering at Microsoft
📍 Bucharest, Romania

Catalina is a Talent Acquisition Manager at Microsoft with over 15 years of experience, currently focused on CEE Engineering. With a Masters degree from SNSPA and certifications in assessment, she shapes hiring strategies across Europe. Colleagues describe her as professional, dedicated, and an inspirational leader.

She is passionate about making the hiring process more human, emphasizing empathy, trust, and ensuring people feel seen and respected. Her approach is rooted in her background in Sociology and Social Work, and she is driven by a desire to connect people with purposeful careers.

Unique fact: While at Ericsson, Catalina managed talent acquisition for the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa during a stretch assignment.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Talent Acquisition Manager | CEE Engineering
Job Level
Middle
Location
Bucharest, Romania
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Human-centric Hiring
Her personal introduction emphasizes leading with heart, empathy, and building trust to "make hiring human. "
Engineering Recruitment
Her current role focuses on CEE Engineering for Microsoft's Hyperscale and Azure teams, actively posting jobs for software engineers.
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Career

Work history

8-2023
Talent Acquisition Manager | CEE Engineering
Microsoft
10-2021 - 7-2023
Talent Acquisition Manager | EMEA Customer Experience and Success
Microsoft
3-2020 - 10-2021
Talent Acquisition Manager | Business Processes Services & Corporate Functions
Accenture
9-2018 - 2-2020
Sr. Talent Acquisition Manager | Southern Europe
Ericsson
11-2015 - 9-2018
Talent Acquisition Manager | Mediterranean Region
Ericsson
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Education
2004 - 2006
Master Degree
Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative (SNSPA)
1999 - 2003
Sociology and Social Work
University of Bucharest
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