İLKNUR GERDAN SİYALAR
BIOGRAPHYAN EXPERT WHO TRANSFORMS CROSS-INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE INTO SUSTAINABLE HR SYSTEMS
AT A GLANCE
WHO IS İLKNUR?
İlknur Gerdan Siyalar is the HR Manager at BLUFORES HR’s Istanbul office, where she also manages HR projects. Drawing on experience across different sectors, she develops HR systems tailored to each organisation’s needs and leads work in organisational development and change management.
BIOGRAPHY
İLKNUR GERDAN SİYALAR
İlknur Gerdan Siyalar is an HR professional whose expertise draws on experience across a range of sectors and hands-on work. She completed her undergraduate degree in Public Finance at Anadolu University’s Faculty of Economics and her master’s degree in Career Psychological Counselling at Sakarya University’s Institute of Educational Sciences. Her final project focused on the impact of organisational change on human resources and on change management.
She began her career in tourism, working across various HR processes. She also spent a period working in the family business in the education sector, contributing to its organisational development. She gained experience in outdoor advertising, manufacturing, engineering, the medical sector, environmental laboratories and digital textile printing technologies.
This breadth of experience has given her a close understanding of different business models and organisational cultures. She uses her observations and experience to design HR systems suited to each organisation.
As an HR manager and project manager, she has helped establish HR departments from the ground up and worked on organisational development and structures aligned with company culture. She has developed sustainable systems for workforce planning, competency-based recruitment, performance management and career development.
Today, she serves as HR Manager at BLUFORES HR’s Istanbul office and manages HR projects. She analyses organisations’ existing structures, identifies areas for improvement and develops solutions tailored to their needs. She focuses on helping organisations adopt these systems and embed them for the long term.
Since 2015, her articles on human resources have appeared on various career platforms. She draws on ICF-approved professional coaching training, as well as executive and career coaching training, in her mentoring work. She shares her knowledge of interview techniques and career management and contributes to the wider adoption of people-centred approaches through her volunteer work.