Inka Laakso (Née Helaniemi) Email & Phone Number

• Responsible for Group HR: People strategy and operations in all 8 countries• Leading a team of 4 talented HR- and TA-Specialists• Member of the management team, reporting to the Group CEOLeadDesk is a fast growing and internationalizing software company, listed on Nasdaq First North. The company has 12 offices around Europe and approximately 200 employees.[Interim director via Wise Consulting 01/2023 - 12/2023, after that in-house]

I worked as a consultant both in start-up and scale-up companies as well as in global corporations within various HR and Talent Acquisition topics. Wise Consulting is the leading HR consulting company in the Nordic countries. Our passion is people and business - we want to work for our customers' results, growth and success. Wise Group is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and employs about 1000 people.

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

HR Partner via Wise Consulting• Change management in two HR transformation projects (Payroll and HRIS)• Employee lifecycle support from onboarding to offboarding• Payroll & Benefits Partner

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Talent Partner via Wise Consulting• Sourcing highly sought-after talent• Discovering hard-to-find candidates from different channels

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist via Wise Consulting• Executing international senior level specialist and leader recruitments• Recruitments to Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Poland with high volume of recruitments• Developing the recruitment process

Helsinki Area, Finland

Learning & Development | HR Communication | HR Systems and Tools | Onboarding• Creating and implementing training programs• Facilitating leadership, mentoring and career programs• Support in Employee Pulse Surveys and annual Performance reviews• Overseeing HR communications in various channels• Key user of different HR systems, tools and e-learning platforms, training end-users• Organizing Induction and Developing the Onboarding process• Employer Branding activities and school collaboration

Talent Acquisition | In-House Recruiting | Employer branding | Trainee program• Finding and attracting talent• Managing the end-to-end recruitment processes • Conducting interviews and personality assessments (Cubiks PAPI)• Coordinating the International Trainee Program• Organizing events (recruitment events and fairs, Women In Tech network)• Student marketing and university cooperation• Updating Social Media channels

Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Catering company, Deli & Restaurant• HR Administration• Recruitments (e.g. restaurant crew, summer workers, managers, office personnel) • Managing the company’s social media accounts and creating content• Organizing Customer events and Marketing events.Bastion Catering Oy is now part of Restel Oy (05/2021).

Helsinki Area, Finland

Recruiting, Employer branding, HR Administration• Administrative HR tasks (e.g. visas, work permits, invoices, work well being systems)• Employer Branding, updating and creating content to social media channels and intranet• Support with recruitments• Coordinating all trainee activities (e.g. Induction Day for all the trainees in Finland)• University relations, cooperation with educational institutions

Helsinki Area, Finland

Talent Management & Renewal• Supporting employees and managers in HR related questions• Recruitments• Coordinating internal trainings and facilitations• Contributing to the EVP and employer branding work• HR Communication in e.g. social media channels• Promoting Orion as an employer for university students

Helsinki Area, Finland

• Preparing legal and financial documents• Creating agreements and Handling confidential information properly• Maintaining and modifying the electric archiving system M-Files• Overseeing the new archiving system's implementation and the required training sessions.

Helsinki

Helsinki

Master Of Science (M.Sc.) (Business Administration), Human Resources Management

Activities and Societies: Association of Economics Students in Turku - Turun KY ‣ Major: Management and Organization, specialization.

Business Administration And Management, General

Exchange semester in Paris. I studied Marketing, International Business and French.

Finnish Matriculation Examination, Eximia Cum Laude Approbatur