Recruitment experience: 17 years.After 10 years in the profession, Julia realised that recruiting is the part of the HR function that inspires her the most. In 2014 she founded the recruiting agency IT Talent.<ul><li>One of the first certified sourcers in Estonia (Social Talent Black Belt in Internet Recruitment, 2016).</li><li>Recruiter of the year, Estonia 2022. The nomination is received because of the positive impact on the recruiting market in general and the training of young recruiters.</li><li>Speaker at international conferences: HRU Tallinn 2018, HRAPI St Petersburg 2019, SOSU Amsterdam 2019, SOSU TECH 2022,&nbsp;The Global HR &amp; Recruitment Forum 2022, and Annual recruitment conferences and meetups in Estonia.</li><li>Master's degree in Communications (Tallinn University, 2004).</li><li>I believe in candidate-centric recruitment, lifelong learning and taking small but regular steps towards big life-changing goals.</li></ul>

Julia Jolkin is a top IT recruiter, founder of IT Talent and IT Talent Academy, and a mentor. With over 17 years of recruitment experience, she was named Recruiter of the Year in Estonia 2022.

Julia Jolkin – IT Talent Academy lector.

Woo-hoo! 🎉 I'm beyond thrilled to share that I've successfully completed my final course with IT Talent!💃I'm so grateful for the invaluable knowledge and skills I gained, and can't wait to put them into practice to take my career to the next level. Huge thanks to my amazing teachers Julia Jolkin 👠👠 and Alina Kutlugalina, who were there every step of the way. Special kudos to Kaidi Räsu🌱 and Natalie G., who set the bar high! Great to be among TOP3 with you! Let's crush it, ladies! 💪

I'm thrilled to announce that I've recently received my certification in the Advanced Recruitment Course. Productivity and automation hosted by IT Talent. The course provided me with insights into the latest trends in recruitment, and I gained practical experience in using different AI tools to streamline the hiring process.🚀 Thank you to the course instructors Julia Jolkin 👠👠and Alina Kutlugalina for a fantastic learning experience, and I can't wait to see what's next in the world of recruitment! I'm grateful to be part of a company that values ongoing learning and development, and that supports its employees in their professional growth. Thank you, Fontes Talent Advisory, for investing in my education and helping me to become an even more valuable member of our team🧡

I'm excited to announce that I'm nearly finished with the Technical Competence course from IT Talent! Over the past several weeks, I've gained invaluable knowledge about software development life cycle (SDLC), including different methodologies, team structures, front and back end fundamentals, programming languages, and database design. Thanks to the excellent guidance of my instructors, Julia Jolkin 👠👠 and Ekaterina👋 Krivich, I now feel confident in my ability to source and interview specialists involved in the first four stages of SDLC. They have a unique talent for explaining complex technical concepts in simple, human terms.

I’m very  happy to share that I’ve graduated from the Modern recruitment course from IT Talent ! 🥳 I enjoy the course a lot. Julia Jolkin 👠👠 and Alina Kutlugalina are just wonderful, their teachings skills and willingness to help is something to admire! 🤩 A huge thank you to the both of you! 😊

Yay! 🎉 I'm over the moon to share with you that I aced my final course with IT Talent!💃 It feels amazing to have gained all these skills and knowledge, and I'm excited to start using them to level up my career. A huge shoutout to my awesome teachers, Julia Jolkin 👠👠 and Alina Kutlugalina, for being by my side every step of the way.

One of the highlights of the course was learning about the importance of creating a more humane candidate experience through the use of automation. Although automation is becoming more prevalent in recruitment, it's essential to maintain the human touch and develop soft skills like communication and empathy. 🤗🫂  I'm grateful for the excellent guidance provided by Julia Jolkin 👠👠 and Alina Kutlugalina. Their teaching will enable me to create a better candidate experience and succeed as a recruiter.

Firstly, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to Julia Jolkin 👠👠 and the IT Talent Team for their support and guidance throughout the course. They truly have a gift for explaining complex concepts in simple terms, and their wisdom has been invaluable to me. I also want to thank Ekaterina👋 Krivich for being an amazing and brilliant teacher. She has a unique talent for explaining anything, and I'm so grateful for all that she has taught. I feel blessed to have had such wonderful professionals to help me understand and fall in love with the complex world of IT. Thanks to this course, I now have a deeper understanding of how everything is connected, why there are so many languages, stages, and value of the frameworks.  Although no bugs were detected during the course, I now understand how many hats one specialist can wear and why. I believe that I can now be a valuable asset in helping to set up the strategy for IT companies' roles.

I actually DID IT and truly changed the direction of my career from sales and management to recruiting. The fact is, all my previous experience will come in handy in my new role. Throughout the course, in each module, I found and reinforced what I already knew and, of course, learned new things.  Oh, this amazing world of IT recruiting. When you're just a user of the software and only indirectly familiar with the product development life cycle, everything seems so simple, so clear. But digging deeper, you discover a wonderful, magical sea of SMALL tasks that really BIG people accomplish. And the result of this work becomes something big and flawless.  And how fascinating it all is :)  Thanks to the teachers ( Alina Sarossi (Kutlugalina), Julia Jolkin 👠👠, Ekaterina👋 Krivich ) and IT Talent for the knowledge and the ability to explain complex things so clearly and comprehensibly. I'm certain that only a person who can explain the essence of their work in a way that a five-year-old can understand is a true professional. And the wonderful ladies from IT Talent are professionals.

15 years of hands-on programming experience in various languages. Started as a developer and throughout her career held positions of Lead Developer and Developer Team Leader.﻿<ul><li>Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction (Tallinn University, 2022).</li><li>Master's degree in Applied Mathematics (Kuban State University, Russia, 2006).</li><li>The organiser of training for non-developers and seminars for dev-juniors, also known as Django Girls Tallinn.</li><li>I believe in robots who will rule the world, biohacking and lifelong learning.</li><li>What energises me: reading science fiction, dark ambient music and zombie movies.</li><li>My favourite quote: “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards”.</li></ul>

Ekaterina Krivich is a leading software engineer and mentor at IT Talent. With 15 years of practical programming experience, she has worked as a developer and a team lead.

Ekaterina Krivich – IT Talent Academy lector.

It was amazing experience 🙌🏼 100% better recruiter and my knowledge about IT - I’M A PRO NOW 💪🏼🤓  Really- this training gave me so much knowledge, skills … I am much more aware of the subs of every IT field and I know exactly which role fits where! #talent #recruiter  Thank You Julia Jolkin 👠👠 and Ekaterina👋 Krivich - you are awesome mentors! I am honored to learn from you 🥰

Have you ever had the feeling when talking to IT people that you don't actually always quite understand what they are talking about? 😀  I decided to fix it. 😊 I have got my certificate of graduation the IT Talent Recruiter’s course: Part 2. Technical Competence. Warm thanks to my teachers - Julia Jolkin 👠👠 and Ekaterina👋 Krivich! All is well implemented to my brain. Now I understand! Now I am open to real communication.

I’m happy to share that I have successfully completed the IT Recruiter: Technical Competence course by IT Talent.  Thank you Julia Jolkin 👠👠 and Ekaterina👋 Krivich for your knowledge and inspiration, your courses are always very exciting! 💥

I, as an ex-Food Technologist, declare that it is equally difficult to understand the various chemistry subdisciplines ☠ as it is to understand the software development life cycle a.k.a SDLC, IN DETAILS! 💻 😀  Thank God, Ekaterina👋 Krivich knows everything about choosing good examples and breathes humanity into a technical vocabulary: comparing API with a waiter or containerization (the first lesson should be just about the pronunciation of that word 🤔 ) with"installing" fish to the apartment 🐡 Julia Jolkin 👠👠 and IT Talent this course is absolutely game-changing, bet you know that! ❤

I am thrilled to share that I have completed the It Recruiter Technical Competence course with Julia Jolkin 👠👠 and Ekaterina👋 Krivich What a ride it has been! 🚀 Julia and Ekaterina have done an amazing job in wrapping the full SDLC in one with a ribbon on it 📚🎁  This has been one of the most fun and challenging courses I have ever attended but totally worth it. If you are looking into gaining more knowledge and confidence in IT recruitment, then this is the first step you should take 📝📌

Our speakers

Julia Jolkin

Top IT Recruiter, Founder of IT Talent and IT Talent Academy, Mentor

Ekaterina Krivich

Lead Software Engineer, Mentor

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WHAT YOU WILL GET FROM OUR COURSES:

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