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Rahul Jayakar

Recruiter

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India23 yrs 1 mo experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 14+ years of recruitment experience
  • Expert in end-to-end recruitment processes
  • Proven track record in closing high-profile positions
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with expertise in SaaS recruitment.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitment StrategyBusiness DevelopmentTeam Leadership

Other Skills

ATS toolsMIS maintenancebusiness strategycandidate sourcingclient acquisitionend to end recruitmentjob specification gatheringoperations managementrecruitment managementrecruitment process trainingreport generationsalary negotiationstakeholder managementstrategic recruitment initiativesteam management

About

I am a recruiter with 14+ years of experience in scaling tech and non tech functions. Most recently I am a part of a strong recruitment function for 2 business units at Zeta as an Individual Contributor as a RPO. My expertise lies in delivering on ambitious hiring road maps, business understanding and end to end recruitment. Personal Traits ● Drive for results with high energy and speed of execution. ● Strong team player with high spirit of cooperation and collaboration *********** Excellent problem solving, analytical, written and communication skills with the ability to work both as an Individual Contributor as well as a Lead. Showed positive results under demanding situations.

Experience

Confidential

Talent Acquisition

Nov 2021Present · 4 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Zeta suite

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Apr 2019Oct 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Responsible for end to end recruitment processes in (two or more) multiple business units for their tech and
  • non-tech functions.
  • Maintaining strong relationships with the stakeholders and developing a deep understanding on business
  • requirements
  • Gather job specifications from technical managers with detailed job descriptions and skill requirements.
  • Successfully identified, sourced high profile candidates and closed positions at different levels and job families
  • which include Software Engineers ( Backend & Front End), Program Managers, Technical Program Managers,
  • Project Managers, Business Analysts, Solution Architects and Mobile Engineers ( Android , iOS and
  • Reactnative).
  • Extending and explaining offers to the candidates. Handling salary negotiations, salary closures, and issuance
  • of Offer Letters, and follow-up with candidates for their DOJ. Manage to meet the agreed service level
  • agreement (SLA) throughout the process.
  • Generate weekly and quarterly reports for the Recruitment sync-ups, including updates against all Key
  • Performance Indicators.
  • Hands-on experience in hiring crucial in tight hiring deadlines. Sourced profiles through Individual search Job
  • Boards (Naukri, Linked In, Instahire), Head hunting and professional networking sites, Employee referrals,
  • Lead Generation campaign, Internal Database search.
  • Closely worked on Interviewers’ calibration, set the right expectation and increased the pool of Interviewers.
  • Hands on working experience on ATS tools like Lever for candidate pipeline
end to end recruitmentstakeholder managementjob specification gatheringcandidate sourcingsalary negotiationreport generation+3

Mint international

Consultant

Apr 2017Mar 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Worked with Technology assignments in hiring across multiple clients.
  • Successfully closed mid to senior level tech requirements during this period.

Zeta suite

Talent Acquisition Consultant

Sep 2016Mar 2017 · 6 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Was deputed at Zeta ( Directi Group company) as a part of RPO responsible for Sales hiring for Zeta Express, Alliances, Corporate Sales and SME Corporate Sales & Merchant sales teams for Zeta.
  • During this assignment I have independently successfully closed 25+ lateral positions across sales teams.

Self-employed

Consultant

Sep 2014Aug 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Successful and selective acquisition of new clients as per business plan to tie up with technology start up companies in India.
  • Identified, acquired and delivered exclusive mandates from a few clients for their senior technology needs.
  • Recruitment Delivery
  • Successfully hired 4 senior level and 7 junior to mid level roles across multiple clients in 2015-2016

Partnerzz hr solutions

Founder

Jun 2011Jul 2014 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • New Initiatives, Business Strategy.
  • Responsible for Senior Appointments and senior level hiring & Business Development.
  • Account Management, Client Acquisition, Client Interaction, Operations, Team Management, Recruitment Process Training.
  • Working on IT and Non-IT Recruitment across Middle and Senior Levels.
  • Invoice Management
  • Franchise Development
business strategyclient acquisitionoperations managementteam managementrecruitment process trainingBusiness Development+1

Zycus

2 roles

Talent Acquisition Lead

Promoted

May 2006Jun 2011 · 5 yrs 1 mo

  • Manage all aspects of recruitment: Campus (fresher hiring) / lateral hiring / parallel hiring / market hiring/etc. for all locations (India, US, Europe & UK).
  • Managing and Leading a team of 8 recruitment executives at peak strength for tech and non-tech hiring..
  • Advise, develop & Implement Strategic Recruitment initiatives, programs and activities for specific
  • assignments
  • Interacting with department heads & CEO for requirement gathering
  • Identify problems. Significantly improve, change or adapt existing methods and techniques drawing from personal experiences and feedback.
  • Maintaining MIS and daily reports
  • Salary negotiation & closing positions by coordinating with candidates.
  • Devise and implement innovative methods for recruitment
  • Meeting recruitment targets within defined timelines.
  • Responsible for requirement gathering, planning, work allocation among the team members, setting and achieving targets , Individual sourcing and ensuring successful implementation.
  • Works towards achieving Recruitment MBO on parameters like Cost, Quantity and Quality.
  • Develop internal communication platforms/dashboards for improved stakeholder management
  • Key Achievements
  • Closures: 400 + closures as Individual Contributor and 700+ closures (including own contribution) as a
  • Manager in 5 years ( 2006 - 2011.
  • MBO achievements on Quantity: 166% of targets met for Junior level hiring and 82% of targets met for Senior level hiring for financial year 2010-2011.
  • Awards / Nominations: Nominated for “Innovator of the Year” at the Zycus Annual awards for the year 2010.
  • Partner to Business Objectives: 2010-2011 year was very critical for surge in Sales hiring in US and Europe in order to meet corporate MBO. Successfully achieved 90% of Global sales hiring to enable the Sales team to focus on their annual sales quota for the 2011-2012. ( 21 Sales Reps including SM, SSM ad Directors hired against a target of 24)
recruitment managementstrategic recruitment initiativesteam leadershipsalary negotiationMIS maintenanceTalent Acquisition+1

Senior Executive- Administration

Aug 2002May 2006 · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • Responsibilities:
  • Independently manned the Travel Desk for employees across India, US, Europe & UK locations
  • Provide 24/6 support for travel related activities
  • Booking of Air Tickets via portals, agencies and airlines counters.
  • Hotel and Car Rentals for Zycus’ Global travel
  • Application of Business Visas for over 30 different countries.
  • Maintaining a contact program with various embassies.
  • Look after general administration activities
  • Purchase of IT and Non-IT equipment.
  • Key Achievements
  • Business Executive Program (BEP): Earlier known as Business Express Program, completed enrollment to enable easy approvals for US Business visas in 2002.
  • Travel Cost: Used low cost airlines in the US and Europe to cut down travel costs. As it was a start up it was extremely important to keep the travel cost under check. Also prepared and implemented the corporate travel policy.
  • IT Purchase: Got IBM overseas agreement done and started purchase directly from IBM. Earlier done via GSA. TCO ( total cost of operations was reduced considerably)

Education

University of Mumbai

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) — Accounting

Jan 1996Jan 1998

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