Jaya Harjai

Recruiter

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs experience

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Key Highlights

Revamped hiring processes, reducing TAT significantly.
Increased joining ratio by 42% through engagement initiatives.
Led tech hiring growth from 8 to 100+ members.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with expertise in Agrotech and Health Tech industries.

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Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitmentEmployer BrandingTechnology HiringTeam Management

Other Skills

Behavioral InterviewingBudget ManagementBudgetingBusiness AnalysisBusiness StrategyCampus PlacementCandidate EngagementCandidate engagementDiversity & InclusionEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsHiringHuman ResourcesIT RecruitmentInterviewing

About

A growth catalyst bridging the gap between organizations and talent!! I have an overall experience of 9+ years working in Talent Acquisition. While working with various startups in multiple domains like Agrotech, health tech, e-commerce, etc have acquired knowledge on the complete recruitment lifecycle. Focusing upon a growth mindset and data-oriented approach, have worked on real-time challenges like "offer to drop ratio, "TAT improvements, D&I. In my last role as Talent Acquisition Manager at nurture.farm I was the owner of technology and product hiring where I revamped & set up multiple processes alongside my stakeholders. I am a passionate talent acquisition professional, being hands-on in managing a team, sourcing and leveraging different channels to engage active and passive talent available in the market. I have experience in handling a team and driving end-to-end recruitment strategy, campus recruitment drives, employer branding, stakeholder management, and vendor management.Growth

Experience

Codemudra

Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant

Mar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Self-Employed: Working as a freelance TA Consultant with different startups.
Consultant - CodeMudra (Oct 23 – March 25) - Collaborated closely with the founder to design and execute talent acquisition strategies, hiring tech talent aligned with business needs and budget for partner companies. Owner of the complete recruitment lifecycle—from sourcing to onboarding.
Consultant - Atlys Visa (March 23 – Sep 23) - Collaborated with founders and Peak XV (Sequoia Capital Ind) to fulfill the tech and non-tech hiring needs for Atlys Visa.

Talent AcquisitionRecruitmentSourcingOnboarding

Nurture.farm

Manager - TA

Dec 2021 – Nov 2022 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Worked on revamping the hiring processes and challenges with stakeholders (ex: decreased the TAT of the interview to offer release process from 30 days to 12 days)
Managed a team of 3 recruiters and closed 85 positions in 10 months with source mix: self-sourced: 56.5%, Campus: 23.5%, Referral: 15%, Vendor: 20%
Started post offer engagement on Jira platform with technology team and increased the joining ratio by ~ 42% and worked with marketing team on employer branding initiatives.
Responsible for sharing weekly reports with CTO to check the pulse on progress and for quarterly manpower planning.

Team ManagementStakeholder ManagementEmployer BrandingDiversity & InclusionTalent Acquisition

Healthifyme

Talent Acquisition Manager

Sep 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Custodian of Technology and product hiring, campus drives, employer branding through Recruiter box as ATS
Revamped Candidate Engagement Plan resulting in candidate dropout rate to 18% from 33% and closed 65 positions including Head of Infra, Senior Product Managers, Software developers (Backend, Frontend, Android, iOS and SRE)
Leading a team of 2 members to drive the requirements

Candidate EngagementEmployer BrandingTechnology HiringTalent Acquisition

Gomechanic.in

Deputy Manager - Talent Acquisition

Jul 2017 – Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Led the growth of the tech & product team from 8 to 100+ members with a high offer to joiner ratio of ~78%
Developed a talent acquisition playbook, an Interviewer capability platform, and revamped referral engagement program to increase efficiency by 25%
Optimised sourcing pipelines, reducing vendor utilisation from 35% to 19%
Collaborated closely with founders and investors to meet hiring needs quarterly

Talent Acquisition PlaybookSourcing PipelinesReferral EngagementTalent AcquisitionTeam Management