Recruiter speaks exclusively with a Ukrainian recruiter for an international recruitment firm.
Safe in Berlin as her home city of Kyiv explodes into a war zone, Ukrainian recruiter Vlada Liaschenko is busy co-ordinating essential supply support efforts for friends, family and colleagues in her country, filled with worry for their physical safety.
“I went to Berlin with my husband for vacation,” Liaschenko told Recruiter in a Zoom conversation. “On 24 February, my husband woke me up and said, ‘The war has started.’ We had tickets back to Kyiv – but the flight was cancelled.”
Liaschenko is the managing partner – business development for the international recruitment company CNA IT. Her operation of “all recruiters, researchers, marketing team and financial team” numbers about 35, with five currently looking after the business and others “hiding in shelters and underground”.
