Ebru Meric Akgul, Founder, Talent Miner

Ebru Meric Akgul had her BSc. degree from Industrial Engineering in Istanbul Technical University and completed her MSc. degree in Industrial Engineering at Bosphorus University. Having known German culture since her high school years at Istanbul Erkek Lisesi had an impact on shaping her life. In 2003, Ebru started working in Siemens San. ve Tic. A.Ş. where she found a chance to use her mathematical and systematical skills, analytical approach and optimization techniques. As a project engineer in Industrial IT group, she managed various software projects while working in different countries such as Germany, Austria and Slovakia and getting familiar with international project management models and software development processes.

In 2007, Ebru Meric Akgul pioneered in founding evoline TR to develop and sell software projects from Turkey to the USA and Germany. Knowing that “human” is the most important asset in the software market, she took over “Human Resources” responsibility in evoline TR believing that “successful software companies must understand and manage “human” properly”. Her involvement with the software quality, design & development processes, and team formation made evoline TR the 5th biggest software exporter of Turkey in evoline TR’s 3rd year after foundation.

In 2012, Ebru Meric Akgul founded sHR. Consultancy, which is specialized in Human Resources in IT and two-way-recruitment between Turkey and Germany. sHR. is a boutique HR Consultancy House providing IT recruitment services on an international scope, especially with software focus, and professional coaching. sHR. also has the specialty of its consultants having technical backgrounds which is a “first” in Turkey.

Contact via Linkedin: /ebrumericakgul

sHR. has professionals in its staff who have different expertises in their background. In sHR., we believe that understanding the needs of both our customers and candidates is essential for a successful match that creates value add for all parties.

sHR. Perspective on IT and the “Human”

The most important asset of IT industry is “human”. Therefore, in order to maintain a sustainable productive recruitment process in IT, it’s essential to have below conditions:

Correct analysis of open demand/position and understanding the real need.
Understanding the “human”
- Being able to speak the same terminology with IT candidates
  - Knowing technical language
  - Following recent developments in technologies
  - Having experience in IT projects
  - Knowing the sector inside out

Since its foundation, sHR. is a big family with the candidates. What does it mean to be a member of sHR. family? What are the values of this family?

Here is the answer: