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José Canales

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Talent Acquisition Director at CBTW APAC who built its AI division and oversees 300+ annual hires across APAC.

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At CBTW APAC, I oversee 300+ annual hires across APAC and coordinate recruitment strategies across four business lines. In 2025, I built the AI division from scratch, defining its technical requirements and hiring process.

I use Claude and Gemini for market research, salary benchmarking, and client proposals, and implemented Relevance AI and Lemlist to automate sourcing and outreach. That automation cut manual administrative time by 50%, while my work with Sales on rate cards and pricing models supports deal closure and margin profitability.

Before CBTW APAC, I built and scaled a regional recruitment team of 10+ consultants at Amaris Consulting and delivered 300+ hires annually across Vietnam, Singapore, and Thailand. Earlier, I worked across talent acquisition, executive search, and HR consulting, including co-founding Building Talents.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

CBTW APAC logoCA
Current

Talent Acquisition Director APAC

CBTW APAC

Dec 2023 - Present (2 years 11 months)

CBTW is a global tech company with a presence in 21 countries.

- Strategic Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of recruiters across 5 offices, managing performance, succession planning, and ensuring operational excellence across the APAC region.

- Commercial & Pre-Sales: Partner with the Sales team to prepare rate card proposals and pricing models, directly influencing margin profitability and de

Amaris Consulting logoAC

Recruitment Partner - South Asia

Jul 2021 - Dec 2023 (2 years 5 months)

Amaris Consulting is a global IT consulting firm.

- Built and scaled a regional recruitment team of 10+ consultants from scratch, establishing performance KPIs and training programs for IT, Life Sciences, Telecommunications, and Engineering specializations.
- Directed recruitment operations across Vietnam, Singapore, and Thailand, successfully delivering 300+ hires annually to support regional ex

Hello Health Group logoHG

Regional Talent Acquisition Manager

Hello Health Group

Jan 2021 - Jul 2021 (6 months)

Hello Health Group is a leading digital health company in Asia.

- Lead all talent acquisition activities across 10 Asian countries, including developing and implementing recruitment strategies, managing the full recruitment cycle, and ensuring a diverse and high-quality talent pool.
- Drive employer branding efforts, including creating and promoting a compelling employer value proposition and man

Monroe Consulting Group, Asia logoMA

Recruitment Manager

Monroe Consulting Group, Asia

Nov 2019 - Jan 2021 (1 year 2 months)

Monroe Consulting Group is an executive-level recruitment firm with a network of offices across Asia.

- Lead a team of recruiters specialized in the Healthcare and IT sectors.
- Implement a business development plan, resulting in the building and maintaining of long-term relationships with clients in the Healthcare and IT sectors.
- Recruit and train new agents.
- Analyze performance and develop

RGF Executive Search Japan logoRJ

Recruitment Consultant

RGF Executive Search Japan

Nov 2018 - Nov 2019 (1 year)

RGF Executive Search is an international brand of Recruit Group - The world’s fourth largest recruiting and information services company.

- Establish and strengthen relationships with new and existing clients and candidates as a specialist in the Healthcare sector.
- Engage in data-mining and proactively source suitable candidates.
- Conduct candidate interviews and manage the candidate/client in

Building Talents logoBT

Co-founder | HR Consultant

Building Talents

Jul 2016 - Nov 2018 (2 years 4 months)

Building Talents is an HR consulting startup with operations in Latin America and Taiwan.

- Lead all business development activities, including client meetings and presentations.
- Recruit and train employees both internally and externally.
- Create and monitor KPIs.
- Counsel and appraise employees.
- Define and execute strategies according to client needs and requirements.
- Update and create

SOS Children's Villages International logoSI

Project Manager

Jul 2011 - Sep 2014 (3 years 2 months)

- Identify potential sponsors and maintain relationships with existing sponsors.
- Monitor and report on the progress of sponsorship and fundraising initiatives.
- Collaborate with marketing and communications teams to promote sponsorship opportunities and fundraising events.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Universidad Iberoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología logoUT

Universidad Iberoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología

Bachelor’s Degree, International Relations and Affairs

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LinkedIn

Managing Stress

Jan 2017

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LinkedIn

Leading and Working in Teams

Jan 2017

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LinkedIn

How to Start a Business with Family and Friends

Jan 2017

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LinkedIn

Getting Started with Video Production and Editing

Jan 2017

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LinkedIn

Editing and Proofreading Made Simple

Jan 2017

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LinkedIn

Competitive Strategy

Jan 2017

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LinkedIn

Building Creative Organizations

Jan 2017

Taipei National University of the Arts logoTA

Taipei National University of the Arts

Master’s Degree, Cultural and Creative Industries

2014 - 2016

Completed an internship at the Taiwan Design Center and authored a dissertation on the impact of the Maker Movement on Taiwanese small and medium enterprises.

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LinkedIn

Agile Project Management

Jan 2017

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LinkedIn

Tech Recruiting Foundations: 4 Recruiting for the IT Department

Dec 2023

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LinkedIn

Tech Recruiting Foundations: 2 Understanding Hardware and Operating Systems

Dec 2023

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LinkedIn

Tech Recruiting Foundations: 1 Introduction

Dec 2023

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LinkedIn

Tech Recruiting Foundations: 3 Recruiting Software Developers

Dec 2023

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LinkedIn

Generative AI, Recruiting, and Talent Acquisition

Dec 2023

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LinkedIn

Tech Recruiting Foundations: 5 Waterfall, Agile, and DevOps for Recruiters

Dec 2023

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LinkedIn

Storytelling for Recruiting and Employee Retention

Dec 2023

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Google

Gen AI: Beyond the Chatbot

Oct 2025

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Google

Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere

Oct 2025

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Anthropic

Certificate of completion: Claude 101

Sep 2026

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Anthropic

Certificate of Completion: Al Fluency Framework & Foundations

Sep 2026

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CBTW APAC

CBTW AI Training – Foundation Phase

Jan 2026

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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