Leena Narula

Recruiter

Gurgaon, Haryana, India15 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over a decade of experience in talent acquisition.
  • Expert in both tech and non-tech recruitment.
  • Strong focus on diversity and inclusion strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Human Resources professional specializing in talent acquisition across technology and non-technology sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitingOnboardingContinuous Process ImprovementTechnical Recruiting

Other Skills

Applicant Tracking SystemsBackground VerificationCold CallingConsultingContract NegotiationCybersecurityDiversity & InclusionEmployee Referral ProgramsEmployer BrandingGraduate RecruitmentHR Business PartneringHR ConsultingHR PoliciesHR TransformationHiring

About

A self-motivated, highly energetic Talent Acquisition professional with over a decade of experience in tech & non-tech niche skills for various domains. I am proficient in end-to-end recruitment of all technology and non-technology requirements across the organization which includes understanding the requisition needs, sourcing, screening, arranging interviews, salary fitments, offer rollouts, ATS management, onboarding, employer branding and background verification. I am an achievement driven professional with excellent communication skills, strong personal integrity and dedicated work ethics, possess the strategic vision and practical approach in achieving business goals.

Experience

Fidelity international

Assistant Manager - Talent Acquisition

Dec 2021Present · 4 yrs 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

  • Managing and leading the entire recruitment cycle from requirement gathering, screening, sourcing, scheduling interviews, following up with the candidates, salary fitments, compensation negotiations and, candidate smooth onboarding
  • Partnering with Business Leaders and key stakeholders to analyse business goals, identify talent demands and develop hiring programs and workforce plans for multiple Business Units.
  • Recommending and implementing ideas and strategies related to high volume and niche skill hiring which can contribute to the growth of the organization.
  • Leading and delivering a seamless talent search process that effectively sources, attracts, assessment of adequate talent.
  • Proficient in utilizing Workday extensively as a recruiter on a day-to-day basis, demonstrating proficiency in leveraging its features.
  • Leveraging Workday as a powerful tool to drive recruitment success, highlighting adaptability and proficiency in navigating its functionalities.
  • Involved in highly cross functional role and contributing valuable insights, feedback to enhance system functionality and user experience.
  • Driving diversity and inclusion strategies on the functional level.
  • Managing an exceptional candidate experience before, during and after the interview process.
  • Working closely with HR generalist, Comp & Ben team, auditing, compliance & Background Verification team.
  • Managing and leading all Internal Job Postings and Referrals for my department for APAC region.
  • Involved in projects like Offline Onboarding after the pandemic, Creating Online Assessments across the levels of the organization, how to engage offered candidates and improve candidates joining ratio for technology roles, and automating the Background Verification Process.
  • Involved in HR interviews, relocation discussions, Organization policy and cultural awareness alongside salary negotiations.
  • Sharing Weekly/Monthly hiring status reports with the stakeholders including c-suite executives.
Diversity & InclusionRecruitingTechnical RecruitingTalent AcquisitionInformation TechnologyContinuous Process Improvement+5

Guardian life

Assistant Manager - Talent Acquisition

Dec 2020Dec 2021 · 1 yr · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Responsible for generating the talent pipeline and hiring for niche technologies and vanilla skills across organization.
  • Partnering with hiring teams to build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches with an ability to manage stakeholder expectations through a deep understanding of return on investment.
  • Executing recruiting strategies, including employer promotion in the marketplace, candidate management, diversity sourcing, and interview process management and working on building effective candidate pipeline for niche skills using social media recruiting channels.
  • Build and maintain network of potential candidates through pro-active market research and on-going relationship management; conducts in-depth interviews of potential candidates, demonstrating ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences through high offer-to-interview ratios.
  • Recommend ideas and strategies related to recruitment that will contribute to the long-run growth of the company, implementing any new processes and fine-tuning standard processes for recruiting that fits to deliver the highest quality results to the organization.
  • Collaboration with key business leaders and HR partners to understand and help determine short and long-term talent acquisition needs to meet business objectives.
  • Participated actively in the Workday testing phase, providing valuable input and feedback to improve system functionality and enhance user experience.
  • Managing and coordinating interviews viz. telephonic, F2F, online and online Psychometric assessments.
  • Taking the HR interviews for the selected candidates, doing the salary negotiations and making offer letters through Taleo.
  • Involved in new vendor empanelment, rate negotiation and processing invoices & ensuring timely payment to the vendors.
  • Hands-on with process enhancement & employer branding activities like referral promotions & management, diversity hiring.
  • Managing and promoting referrals across organization.
Diversity & InclusionRecruitingTechnical RecruitingTalent AcquisitionInformation TechnologyContinuous Process Improvement+6

Macquarie group

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Dec 2019Dec 2020 · 1 yr · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Responsible for end-to-end recruitment of all technology & finance requirements across the organization which includes understanding the requisition needs, sourcing, screening, arranging interviews and salary fitments, releasing offers.
  • Involved in day-to-day interactions with Business to answer employee requests and questions.
  • Coordinating and delegating the task to the appropriate person of the team.
  • Regular engagement with various Hiring Managers/stakeholders to discuss on critical requirements and fulfilment strategy.
  • Managing and co-coordinating all mode of interviews- Telephonic, F2F, Online Psychometric Assessments, large drives.
  • Taking the HR interviews for the selected candidates and doing the salary negotiations.
  • Hands on experience & proven records to plan & successfully manage virtual hiring drives for bulk as well as niche technology requirements.
  • Initiating background checks and ensure timely completion with the Background Verification Team.
  • Single point of contact (SPOC) for all Gurugram staff for referral related queries. Sharing weekly referral status updates to internal stakeholders, sending weekly mailers and reminders to all employees to invite referrals.
  • Involved in programs like Return to work and Diversity & Inclusion.
  • Gathering data from across industry and analysing best referral practices.
Diversity & InclusionRecruitingTechnical RecruitingInformation TechnologyContinuous Process ImprovementRecruitment Advertising+6

Tsys

HR Advisor

Sep 2017Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Noida

  • Involved in end-to-end tech & non-tech recruitment for all niche technologies for various business requirements.
  • Taking the HR interviews for the selected candidates and doing the salary negotiations.
  • Initiating BGV checks within TAT, and regular follow-up to ensure timely completion with the Background Verification Team.
  • Leveraged Workday's robust capabilities to successfully source, screen, and onboard top-tier talent, achieving recruitment objectives efficiently and effectively.
  • During the transition from SharePoint to Workday, played an active role as an end user, participating in testing activities to facilitate smooth adoption and offering valuable feedback to enhance the system's functionality and user experience.
  • Maintaining the vendor score cards to measure the performance of different vendors.
  • Employee grievance handling: Addressing Employee grievances and resolving them.
  • Training Coordination: Responsibilities Included collecting participants' nominations, faculty & administrative coordination, feedback collection.
  • Managing Workday and SharePoint to create a candidate database across the skills.
InfrastructureRecruitingTechnical RecruitingTalent AcquisitionInformation TechnologyContinuous Process Improvement+8

Fidelity international

Technical Recruiter

Jun 2014Jun 2017 · 3 yrs · Gurgaon, India

  • Key Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for the end-to-end recruitment process for the Technology Infrastructure Services & Finance division which includes understanding the requisition needs, sourcing, screening, arranging interviews, ensuring the salary fitments, releasing offers and on boarding
  • Regular engagement with various Hiring Managers/stakeholders to discuss on critical requirements and fulfillment strategy
  • Working closely with HR generalist, Comp & Ben team, HR operations team & Business
  • Screening application form conduct HR interviews, shortlist applicant, devise and implement selection process
  • Managing all Internal Job Postings and Referrals
  • Provide complete, accurate, and inspiring information to candidates about the company and position
  • Taking the HR interviews for the selected candidates and doing the salary negotiations
  • Manage the Internal job portal for recruitment – WCN, Workday
  • Hands on experience & proven records to plan & successfully manage Hiring drives for bulk as well as niche requirements
  • Initiating background checks within TAT along with regular follow up to ensure timely completion with the Background Verification Team. Tracking and fulfilling any insufficiency while conducting background checks
  • Sharing weekly and monthly reports to various stakeholders (viz. weekly hiring tracker, monthly recruitment charges report, monthly vacancy report, monthly referral charges report, joiners report keeping track of TAT and cost & month end headcount data for contractors)
  • Working as a gate keeper in Recruitment Coordination team to distribute the daily tasks amongst the 3 other coordinators and ensuring that tasks are completed within the TAT. Mentoring and training coordinators in their BAU activities
InfrastructureRecruitingTechnical RecruitingInformation TechnologyRecruitment AdvertisingHR Transformation+4

Hcl technologies

Executive Recruitment

Mar 2013Oct 2013 · 7 mos · Noida Area, India

  • Led recruitment efforts for L1 and L2 Helpdesk & Data Centre roles in NCR Noida/Gurugram/Manesar.
  • Orchestrated comprehensive interview processes, managing logistics and facilitating communication.
  • Worked on Applicant Tracking System Kenexa and other HR systems like Smart Verify, Smart Recruit, Net Console Joining.
InfrastructureRecruitingTechnical RecruitingTalent AcquisitionInformation TechnologyApplicant Tracking Systems+2

Ad astra consultants

Consultant – Talent Sourcing

Jun 2011Jan 2013 · 1 yr 7 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Managed end-to-end recruitment processes for IT professionals, servicing clients such as HCL, CSC (DXC), Protivity.
  • Utilized various job boards including Naukri, Times Job, Monster, and LinkedIn to source and screen tech resumes.
RecruitingTechnical RecruitingInformation TechnologyCold CallingHiring

Sonyo management consultants pvt ltd

Consultant - Talent Resourcing (IT)

Apr 2010Apr 2011 · 1 yr · Greater Delhi Area

  • Managing end-to-end IT recruitment processes using diverse sourcing platforms
  • Updating and organizing candidate databases utilizing Hirecraft.
RecruitingTechnical RecruitingInformation TechnologyCold CallingHiring

Ambition management solution pvt. ltd.

Consultant

Oct 2009Apr 2010 · 6 mos

  • Handling End to end-to-end recruitment activities for IT and non-IT professionals.
  • Coordinating interview schedules between clients and candidates.
RecruitingTechnical RecruitingCold CallingHiring

Education

Symbiosis

Master of Business Administration (MBA) — Human Resources Management

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