San Martino
San Martino
San Martino works since over 30 years in the areas of immigration and selection of personnel.
Our experience in the sector allows us to assist the agencies that are willing to hire foreign professionnals or to host staff on secondment from the Headquarter or affiliated foreign branches.
We are accredited by the Police Headquarters and the Prefecttura of Milan: this allows us to manage even the most complicated cases, working in synergy with the institutions.
Research and Selection of personnel
We are also specialized in the research for personnel.
We support families and companies at every stage of the selection process, taking care of everything related to the hiring and the administrative management of established employment relationships.
A history that goes beyond 30 years
San Martino Servizi was found and operates to provide agencies and universities with useful services to host and manage foreign workers and students; in addition to accompagnying the families in the process of selecting foreign workers.
Year 2022
San Martino collaborates in the management of the Ukrainian emergency and stipulates a specific MOU with the POLICE HEADQUARTERS and the PREFECTURE of Milan. In light of this protocol, San Martino has implemented information and assistance interventions for Ukrainian citizens to request their “”temporary protection””.
Year 2021
Started the collaboration with POLIMI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGAMENT (GSOM). Today, San Martino offers different services, from consultancy on themes related to the immigration rights dedicated to the personel of the Graduate School, to the online desk dedicated to international students.
Year 2021
San Martino is accredited by ANPAL (National Agency for Active Labor Policies) as a personnel selection agency. With the collaboration of the High School of Psychology of the Università Cattolica, San Martino develops further the activities of recruitment and selection of personnel mainly linked to home care. In the same period, the Ricercabadantimilano website was born and an APP was developed through which we are now in contact with more than 600 candidates already interviewed.
Year 2020
During the COVID emergency, new online Help Desk services were being developed for Humanitas international students. Collaborations are established with other universities. The website dedicated to international students ItalyforStudents is born.
Year 2017
Started the collaboration with Humanitas University which currently represents one of our most important partners.
Year 2016
San Martino created a social enterprise to make the professional skills acquired through the work of the Association available to companies, universities and higher education schools.
Year 1989
The San Martino Association was founded with the aim of promoting the integration processes of foreign citizens through the support for immigration procedures and job orientation.
Over the years, the Association assisted countless foreign citizens in projects financed and implemented in collaboration with the Region, the Municipality and other third sector bodies. Among the many foreign citizens assisted, there are also several young people whom the Association supported when entering Italy up until they entered the world of work.
Our Team
Mario Porcelli
Manager Director San Martino
Mario Porcelli
Manager Director San Martino
Mario graduated in Philosophy in 1979 from the Catholic University with a thesis in Work Psychology.
He is the author of many publications on work psychology and in particular on the interview technique.
As a consultant and a member of Gabriella Borsatti’s group, he worked in Hay Italiana on issues related to the evaluation system in the organization, with particular attention to the evaluation of the potential, the performance and the analysis of the organizational climate.
Furthermore, he collaborated with the Human Resources Departments of industrial companies, in particular in the chemical and oil sector such as: ENI Group, Total, 3M, and Montedison.
From 1991 to 1998 he held the position of Human Resources Director of the European Vynils Corporation Italy, taking on, among other things, responsibility for managing the resources of an international team with activities in Italy, England and Germany.
From October 1998 to December 2016 he was appointed as the Human Resources Director and member of the Board of Directors of the SAATI Group, an Italian multinational that operates in China, the United States, Korea, India and several European countries, in the field of composite materials and industrial technical fabrics.
Since May 2018 he has been President of the San Martino Association in which San Martino Servizi deals with job orientation and management of the integration processes of third-country nationals.
Margherita Vitali
Personnel Recruitment and Selection Manager
Margherita Vitali
Personnel Recruitment and Selection Manager
After Graduating in Jurisprudence in 2012 from the Università degli Studi di Milano, Margherita passed the bar and became a lawyer in 2015.
From 2012 till 2017, she worked as a lawyer at Studio Legale Penalisti Associati Zanconi & Zingari, where she took care of many problems related to the penal law, with a particular attention to themes related to the social, fiscal, medical responsibility and safety and security at the place of work.
Throughout her work at the Studio, Margherita consolidated her capacities for mediation and negotiations, and listening to the client, as a naturale way to keep the problems proportionate and in context, in order to solve them faster.
These competences were fondamental also for her role that she occupies since 2018 at San Martino. In her new position, she in charge of the research and selection of personnel, using a specific methodology for managing cultural differences for the foreign worker.
Vera Di Domenicantonio
Personnel Recruitment and Selection
Vera Di Domenicantonio
Personnel Recruitment and Selection
Vera graduated in philosophy from the Università degli Studi di Padova in 2014.
In 2018, she enrolled for a Master diploma in human resources at the 24 ore Business School, which was concluded with a 6 months training at the Area Selezione di ATM Azienda Trasporti Milanesi S.p.A.
From october 2018 until july 2023, she was in charge of the research and selection of domestic personnel in Santa Rosa assistenza Franchising. In the offices of Trezzo sull’Adda, she was able to grow her capacities of the research and selection of personnel, the management of domestic workers and the mode of implementation with the maximum contingency that may be verified by the initial analysis of the wealth, and the cessation of the work relationship.
As of July 2023, she joined San Martino Servizi S.R.L., where she is in charge of the research and selection of personnel.
Antonio Vitale
Personnel Recruitment and Selection
Antonio Vitale
Personnel Recruitment and Selection
Son of an italian father and an american mother, Antonio find himself dealing with 2 different cultures from an early age.
His university path led him to further delve into the theme of cultural differences: in fact, he moved to Venice where he studied oriental language and literature (Arabic and Persian) at Ca’ Foscari. In 2017 he spent an exchange period at the Bourgiba Institute in Tunis.
Culture and encounter are now the common thread in Antonio’s story: after his studies, he joined in 2019 the Monserrate Foundation in Milan as a teacher of Italian L2, within the Polo Start project of Milan 9. This project was born with the objective of improving the integration of minors from third countries and avoiding school dropout.
He arrived in San Martino in 2020 as an intern and initially managed a project that the focus on the domestic training of fragile and vulnerable women.
Since 2022 he has worked permanently in San Martino dealing with personnel research and selection, with particular attention to the profiles to be included in the field of business services and catering services.
At the same time he carried out the activity of Professional Orientator within funded projects, in collaboration with the AVSI Foundation. Through continuous training he enrolled in the course for Professional Orientators provided by Asnor, in order to refine the techniques and methodologies of the profession.
Giulia Colaluce
Immigration Manager
Laureata magistrale nel 2017 in Relazioni Internazionali e Lingua Araba, ha trascorso diversi periodi di training all’estero (Giordania e Regno Unito).
Dopo una breve esperienza presso la Venice International University, dove si è occupata di gestire programmi di internship di studenti stranieri, ha lavorato presso Fondazione AVSI all’interno dell’Ufficio progetti.
Approda in San Martino nel 2019, dove assiste aziende e università partner offrendo consulenza e supporto per tutte le tipologie di ingressi in Italia e successivamente lungo il percorso di inserimento nel nuovo contesto italiano del personale comunitario ed extra-comunitario.
Oggi è Responsabile del team Immigration San Martino. Si occupa del coordinamento delle attività, cura i rapporti con i nostri partner aziendali ed universitari cercando di rispondere al meglio alle nuove esigenze che costantemente emergono e continua a seguire in prima persona HR e cittadini stranieri.
Iryna Yuriv
Immigration Expert
Iryna Yuriv
Immigration Expert
Of Ukrainian origins, at the age of six Iryna moved to Italy with her parents. Her migratory experience allowes her to immediately experience the related difficulties and cultural differences involved.
Despite this, she manages to take advantage of her experience and, taken by curiosity to learn about more cultures, she spends the fourth year of high school in Germany, in Dresden. After obtaining her diploma in Mantua, she moved to Milan to continue her studies at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. She returns to Germany, this time to Freiburg for a six-month Erasmus and to perfect her German language.
After obtaining a degree in Languages for International Relations, Iryna began working as an intern in Human Resources in a multinational company where she worked exclusively in German. This first experience allows her to better focus her interest in exploring international relations issues in the practical field as well.
In December 2021 she joined San Martino team as a Junior Immigration Expert. Within the team, Iryna assists companies and universities in all bureaucratic procedures for EU and non-EU citizens. In particular, she is responsible for the help desks that San Martino offers to partner universities and for the consultancy activities aimed at the international offices of the latter.
Marina Levi
Senior Immigration consultant
Marina Levi
Senior Immigration consultant
Marina graduated in Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Milan, and then obtained further linguistic specializations at the Universities of Lausanne and Grenoble.
After some teaching experiences at qualified linguistic high schools and professional training institutions, in 1991 Marina joined San Martino and therefore actively participated in the foundation and growth of the Association.
In 1993 she became Head of the Business Work Desk, aimed at professional and training orientation and accompaniment in the employment placement of non-EU citizens with medium-high level profiles.
She collaborated in the implementation of numerous projects financed by European Funds for the Integration of Third Countries (EIF) and the Ministry of Interior, with local authorities, and banking foundations; she participated in the coordination tables promoted by the Department of Social Policies of the Municipality of Milan.
From 2010 to 2016 she also collaborated with the Monserrate Foundation, an organization that in Italy operates mainly for the benefit of Chinese migrants, where she coordinated activities and services aimed at promoting the inclusion processes of foreign minors and families, actively collaborating with the educational and school system and health and social care of Milan and its province.
As Head of the Document Desk of the San Martino Association, for many years she has been involved in orientation and accompaniment for carrying out all the bureaucratic procedures for foreign citizens.
Marina is accredited at the Immigration Office of the Police Headquarters and at the Sportello Unico of the Prefecture of Milan; she collaborates regularly with the network of local, public and private services.
Mario Corbella
Responsible for the Administration and Management of domestic staff.
Mario Corbella
Responsible for the Administration and Management of domestic staff.
After obtaining his high school diploma at the Liceo Peano di Cinisello Balsamo in 1992, Mario continued his studies at the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutics of the National University of Milan.
In 1997, he joined the Association C.d.S. San Martino as responsible for the infrastructure and for taking care of the different organizational aspects related to the activities of hospitality and orientation for foreign citizens, all within the framework of the convention with the network of social services for adults of the municipality of Milan – Labor mediation centre.
In the framework of this activity, Mario has developed his own capacities for assistance, attention to others, analysis of the situation and resolution of problems.
Starting in 2008, Mario became the administrative manager of the “”Work Desk”” project, a project in agreement with the municipality of Milan- Family Policies Sector. In this atmosphere, his skills in the management of human resources, particularly for the domestic work, were developed: the management of the work contract, the administration and management of personnel, the advantages of contributions and taxes, the relationships with the Institutions.
After 2017 at San Martino Servizi, Mario became responsible for the administration and management of domestic personnel, for the cost of family assistance, and all aspects related to the contracting of domestic collaborators from the recruitment until the end of the work contract.
Maria Panniati
Immigration Expert
Maria Panniati
Immigration Expert
Maria obtained her Diploma of Interpreter and Translator at the former Institut for Interpreters and Translators of Florence, now the “Carlo Bo” Institut of studies for Linguistic Mediators, and subsequently the Certificate of International Relations at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley – MA – USA, holding an Italian lectureship at the same university.
From 1991 to 1999 Maria worked in Milan in the communications field, first for Principe Congress Service and later in IMC, dealing with marketing communications, managing clients portfolio for the organization of incentive trips, corporate events, meetings, conventions and conferences.
Subsequently she had numerous experiences related, albeit in different fields, to training and organisation, easily adapting to the different contexts encountered in over fifteen years of life abroad, between Greece and Egypt. These experiences have allowed her to gain in-depth knowledge and experience first-hand the typical problems of expatriates.
The very diverse international environments in which Maria operated have also contributed to developing relational skills with subjects of different origins, allowing her to acquire flexibility, adaptability and the ability to enhance the positive.
In San Martino Maria deals in particular with services to businesses and universities for the management of expatriates, documentary procedures for foreign citizens and collaborates with the Search and Selection service for the selection of foreign personnel.
Work with us!
Choosing San Martino can put your professional experience at the service of the agencies and the organizations that contribute into the development of our country by recruit foreign professionals.
Open Vacancies
There are no open vacancies at the moment. If you want to sent us a spontaneous application, write us to: info@sanmartinoservizi.it
