Kaja ‎

Head of Talent

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India8 yrs experience

Key Highlights

  • 8+ years in Talent Acquisition across diverse industries.
  • Expert in data-driven recruitment strategies.
  • Successfully managed large-scale hiring initiatives.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Leader with expertise in BFSI and IT sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent Acquisition

Other Skills

Bulk HiringClient InteractionCold CallingCommunicationEmployee EngagementHR Business PartneringHR ConsultingHead HuntingHiringHuman Resources (HR)Interview Skills TrainingInterviewingLateral RecruitmentLinkedIn RecruiterNon IT Recruitment

About

Talent Acquisition Leader with 8+ years of experience across Telecom, BFSI, IT Services, FMCG and RPO environments, currently leading end-to-end hiring for large, multi-location businesses at Airtel. I bring a strong blend of execution and strategic intent, having progressed from high-volume recruitment and RPO consulting to owning TA delivery, stakeholder management and hiring strategy for critical business verticals. I'm particularly interested in the evolution of Talent Acquisition into a data-driven, business-aligned function and actively building capabilities in: - Workforce planning and demand forecasting - Hiring metrics and TA analytics - Scalable and tech-enabled recruitment models

Experience

Airtel

Talent Acquisition Lead

Jun 2025Present · 9 mos

Dbs bank

Talent Acquisition

Oct 2022May 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Responsible for hiring Financial Shared Services Group & Investment Banking operations business.
  • Handling a team of 2 recruiters and cater to business requirements across Chennai, Coimbatore & Bangalore.
  • Monthly/quarterly recruitment meets/reviews with stakeholders to understand future business and strategize prioritize hiring for the team.
  • Design and implement sourcing strategies to eliminate the use of outside contingent and retain searches to save on costs
  • Build and manage pipeline for other forecasted openings, resulting in increased quality of hires & on time hiring.
  • Significant Highlights:
  • Successfully fulfilled multiple ramp ups and single handedly organized & managed Walk in Interviews across India (Chennai, Bangalore, Vijayawada & Coimbatore)
Talent AcquisitionHead Hunting

Hcl technologies

Senior HR Executive

Feb 2021Oct 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

  • BFSI recruitment - handled both Lateral and Fresher hiring.
  • Responsible for Managed Service Program
  • Managing the entire TA cycle right from understanding the business requirements, screening & interviewing candidates, negotiating offers and closing the positions.
  • Managing vendors to get quality profiles against each mandate.
  • Addressing queries from Vendors, in terms of process guidance, SLAs, & requirement clarifications technically and functionally.
  • Handled Weekend and Campus drives for lateral & fresher hiring for quick closures and to create pipeline.
  • Interacting with Executive Directors, Hiring Managers, interviewing panel & aligning with them in regards with their requirements & delivering right fit candidates.
  • Significant Highlights:
  • Hired 600+ Freshers through Campus interview across Tamil Nadu between 2021 and 2022.
InterviewingTalent Acquisition

Persolkelly india

HR Consultant

Jan 2018Jan 2021 · 3 yrs · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Handled Volume & Lateral recruitment mainly from BFSI/Banking, FMCG, Energy, Technology & ITES domain.
  • Sourcing CV’s from Naukri, Indeed, LinkedIn & attending Job Fairs also Generating Employee References while Creating Talent Pool for buffer and future requirements
  • Client Relationship Management: Client Mapping, Revenue forecasting, Generating mandates and fulfilling the requirements with TAT.
  • Target Planning: Individual Contributor & Team player
  • MIS & ATS: Creating resume database and coordinating with Internal Operations team
  • Keeping systematic rapport with Associates who are active in system, ensuring low attrition
  • Significant Highlights:
  • Assigned as HR Nobel for Chennai Branch, also served as CFO for 30+ internal associates
InterviewingTalent Acquisition

Education

SRM IST Chennai

Master of Business Administration — HR & MARKETING

Jan 2015Jan 2017

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