Juho Toivola. Professional Profile. Key Skills and Abilities

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1 Juho Toivola Majauslahdentie 6 A 1 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/juhotoivola Lempäälä, FINLAND T: Skype: juhotoivola E: juho@juhotoivola.fi Website: Professional Profile I'm interested in the strategic aspects of leading people and developing organizations. I work best and stand out positively in complex environments with high analytical workload. I'm highly ambitious and always interested in new challenges that take my professional skills and self-leadership ability to the next level. My never-ending quest is to find smart ways of working that deliver great results. My skills and input will probably be most useful in leading experts, talent strategy, digital psychometrics, organizational design, process development, project management, people analytics, behavioral modeling, HR vendor management and operational leadership. Although I currently work in HR role, I don't consider myself a "HR person", but rather a versatile and analytical business generalist with broad interests and a modern skill set. Key Skills and Abilities Recruitment, assessments and psychometrics Extensive experience of sourcing, assessing and hiring high-performing individuals by implementing a thorough selection process. Wide knowledge on modern psychometrics and its application on organizational development in work life context. Skilled in designing and developing processes. International project management Experience of leading large-scale international projects with multicultural teams. Ability to leverage cultural diversity and individual strengths for successful project delivery. Structured and systematic approach to setting goals and following up on progress. Able to identify and use relevant software. Coaching and leadership skills As a leader and a coach my mission is to bring out the best in people. I want to know what personal dreams and goals people have, and help in achieving them. The key of successful leadership in a business context is to combine individual interests with business metrics. It s all about dialogue, always. All things digital, social and mobile Extensive experience of using online tools, social media and mobile-friendly solutions to streamline and modernize several HR processes, using gamification and personalization as drivers. I m a seasoned designer of campaigns for social media and a champion of modern approach to talent acquisition. The future of work lies in utilizing the social nature of human mind and the rapid advances in digital technology to make better decisions in less time.

2 Education 2011 Master s degree in Psychology (University of Turku, Finland) In the university I studied a wide variety of subjects including economics, organizational psychology, philosophy, linguistics, gender studies and adult education. During my studies I participated in two different academic research projects as research assistant, working mainly with EEG and psychometric measurement. I was also active in the psychology students associations on local and national level. Professional Development 2016 Certified user of Leadership Judgement Indicator, LJI (Hogrefe International) 2014 Certified professional in psychological assessment (Finnish Psychologist Association) 2014 Certified user of EASI psychometric typology (Master International A/S) 2013 International Coaching Certificate (WeCreate) 2011 Licensed psychologist (Finnish Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health Valvira) 2010 Value-based Leadership Certificate (King s foundation for young leadership, Sweden) 2010 Certified user of Cut-e psychometric tests (Cut-e Finland) Employment History May Recruitment & HR Manager / Elisa As Recruitment Manager I'm responsible for development of recruitment process and related practices, implementation of talent strategy, development of employer branding strategy, and vendor management of recruitment and employer branding partners. I'm also working as HR Manager for earlystage businesses in Elisa's consumer business unit, supporting managers in all people matters throughout employee lifecycle. Development of employer branding strategy and subsequent action plans to boost employer brand Introduced new Applicant Tracking System leading to better candidate and manager experience Provided advice on recruitment and employer branding matters to HR and Managers, company-wide Speeding to background check process and enabling new employees to begin their work sooner

3 February 2015 May 2016 HR Manager, Recruitment / Finnair Group Vantaa, Finland Leading a team of recruitment and outplacement experts, I m responsible for all recruitment, employer branding and outplacement activities in Finnair Group globally. I coordinated over 300 recruitment processes annually and had dozens of individuals enrolled in different kinds of outplacement services. Finnair Recruitment Services also provides internal advisory regarding talent management and talent mobility, and acts as the guardian vendor for all assessment, outplacement and psychometrics service providers. I was also taking care of university relations and cooperation with student organisations. Updated and heavily modernized the recruitment processes for pilots and cabin crew Initiated a number of new partnerships with universities and student organisations Re-organized the vendor management in assessments and psychometric tests across Finnair Group Personally planned, run and finalized several successful recruitments for senior-level positions Supported subsidiaries and partner companies in implementing a more rigorous assessment process March 2013 January 2015 HR Consultant, Recruitment / Finnair Group Vantaa, Finland In this role I was ensuring the smooth functioning of our world-class talent pipeline and advising hiring managers throughout the whole recruitment process. I cooperated globally with external partners such as recruitment agencies and assessment companies to ensure optimal candidate experience and, most importantly, made sure that our various business units got the talent they deserve. Sourced and placed over 100 people for highly specialized expert and managerial roles Organized over 500 online assessments for various customer service roles globally Introduced a number of modern online tools and platforms to optimize candidate experience Continuously exceeded the targets set for my work and was promoted to manager in 1,5 years September 2011 March 2013 Consultant Psychologist / Alumni Harvey Nash Nordic EE I worked as Consultant in the Nordic leadership services team of Alumni. Delivering value to international client organisations mostly as a psychologist consultant, I conducted assessments to ensure the organisational fit and personal suitability of candidates in the final steps of the recruitment process. This required not only deep expertise in work psychology and business, but also constant balancing between the short-term technical needs and more long-term strategic talent needs of the client organisations.

4 Completed over 500 thorough assessment days for candidates to managerial roles in client companies Developed the use of psychometric testing as part of executive search and management audits Participated in expert role in the update of Alumni s Nordic leadership assessment product Organized and conducted a B2B sales campaign for Nordic Private Equity (PE) investors September 2009 September 2011 Recruitment Consultant / Intersearch Finland I worked together with more senior assessment consultants in delivering top quality recruitment consulting to different international client organisations. I mainly worked with psychometric testing, assessment interviews and report writing. I also contributed to the IT and test method development of the company, and managed several operational processes in the office, such as finances, customer service and invoicing Lead the transformation of assessment process from traditional pen-and-paper testing to fully digital and online psychometric testing environment Significantly improved the vocabulary and grammar of assessment reports and other written material that were in English Considerable volunteering roles (non-paid) Educational Methods Coordinator, Europe / WOSM ( November 2013 June 2016 I lead an international team of volunteers responsible for planning, implementing and evaluation the Educational Methods activities of the Regional Scout Plan This involves weekly communication with different stakeholders, monitoring the progress of various activities and working together with employees at the regional office to deliver first-class service and real value to national scout organisations. Project Director, Roverway 2012 / The Guides and Scouts of Finland ( May 2010 December 2012 I was the leading volunteer and Project Director responsible for large triennial European youth event, with 3000 participants, 300 volunteers and a project office with 2 full-time employees. The role included leading the project organization, cooperating with several international partner organizations, and carrying the overall responsibility for the financial and operational success of the event. The project was evaluated a success by both internal and external stakeholders.

5 IT Skills Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Advanced Social media platforms LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Expert Recruitment software SAP HR, Taleo, RecruiterBox, CATSone, etc Expert HTML5, CSS and Wordpress - Competent References Mr. Matti Jaakkola (former manager at Intersearch) CEO / Cut-e Finland Mr. Ville Salo (former project manager in a project I lead: Roverway 2012) Finance Manager / Capital Area Scouts and Guides (Finland) More references available upon request.