Jun 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

• Hiring Portfolio 📢:
• Cloud & AI Engineering Teams - Azure Security 🔒, SCIM, Microsoft 365 Defender, XBOX 🎮🕹️ & Data Centers.
• Responsibilities:
• 👉 Involved in full cycle recruitment process for Cloud + AI - Azure Security, M365, XBOX & Data Center businesses at Microsoft IDC.
• 👉 Played a consultative role in partnering with the business by providing market insights, setting expectations, and delivering results.
• 👉 Strategize & Design scalable hiring plans to meet the hiring demands within a specific timeframe.
• 👉 Involved in sourcing active & passive candidates from LinkedIn, Github, Stackoverflow, HackerRank, and internal ATS - iCIMS, considering Diversity mix.
• 👉 Extending Offers to the selected candidates, while setting their expectations as per the internal compensation standards.
• 👉 Partnering with different functions within the HR Domain, including HRBP, C&B & HRS.

Jan 2022 – Jun 2022 · 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

• Hiring Portfolio 📢:
• Cloud & AI Engineering Teams - Azure Cloud, Azure Commerce, Azure Networking, Azure Security, Azure Data, Azure for Operators (A4O).
• Responsibilities:
• 👉 Involved in full cycle recruitment process for Cloud + AI – Azure for Operators, Azure Data, Azure Security, and Enterprise Commerce businesses at Microsoft IDC.
• 👉 Worked in a POD model – part of the Events Delivery team to cater to volume hiring
• 👉 Developed & implemented hiring plans to meet business demands.
• 👉 Involved in sourcing active & passive candidates from LinkedIn, Naukri & internal ATS – iCIMS.
• 👉 Extending Offers to the selected candidates, while setting their expectations as per the internal compensation standards.

Jun 2019 – Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Hiring Portfolio 📢:
• Product Engineering, Cloud, Infra Services, Product Support & Storage.
• Responsibilities:
• 👉 Involved in the end-to-end recruitment process for lateral hires & leadership roles across regions.
• 👉 Partner with Hiring Managers / Business Leaders in finding the right talent & build relationships that help to acquire Business Acumen.
• 👉 Designing & setting up hiring plans and working as a team to deliver time-bound results.
• 👉 Candidate engagement and partnership across HR teams to ensure effective onboarding.
• 👉 Active participation in key projects & process improvements.
• 👉 Expert in sourcing active candidates from LinkedIn, Github, Stackoverflow, HackerRank, and various other social sites. Also includes job boards (Naukri, Instahyre, IIMJobs, etc.,)
• 👉 Talent Research: Fine-tuning the market to understand the pool availability, CTC study for a particular skill, and presenting the best insights to the business leaders.

Jun 2018 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Hiring Portfolio 📢:
• Product Engineering, Cloud, Infra, Product Support, Storage & Business Finance
• Responsibilities:
• 👉 Partner with Hiring Managers & Business Leaders in finding the right talent & build relationships which helps to acquire Business Acumen.
• 👉 Designing & setting up hiring & sourcing plan and working as a team to deliver time-bound results.
• 👉 Expert in sourcing active candidates from LinkedIn, Github, Stackoverflow, and various other social sites. Also includes job boards (Naukri, Instahyre, IIMJobs, Hirst, Indeed, etc.,)
• 👉 Generating valid passive leads through meetup groups, headhunting, referencing, team mapping & lead generation.
• 👉 Talent Research / Talent Intelligence: Fine-tuning the market to understand the pool availability, CTC study for a particular skill, and presenting the best insights to Hiring Managers & Talent Advisors. This will be achieved through strong market research.
• 👉 Active participation in key projects & process improvements.

Oct 2017 – Jun 2018 · 8 mos

• About Company 🏛️:
• TA Digital (Formerly known as TechAspect) is an Adobe Certified Business Partner & a technology firm with a focus on Web Content Management, Web Development, Enterprise Search, Web Analytics etc., with great customer experience. It help companies achieve digital marketing success with a robust implementation of Online Customer Experience Management (CXM) Solutions.
• I worked as Strategic Recruiter & a Talent Partner focused on Leadership Hiring, Mid-Level hiring.
• I handled accounts related to Adobe, Sitecore, UI, SAP Hybris etc., and was POC for these accounts for all the stakeholders.
• Responsibilities:
• 👉 Partner with Hiring Managers in requirement gatherings.
• 👉 Advising & Showcasing the pool availability & market research insights during requirement gathering calls to setup the right expectations to the HM.
• 👉 Designing a solid sourcing strategy with the SLA agreed with the HM.
• 👉 Research & Mapping the right set of candidates through headhunting, referencing, team mapping etc.,
• 👉 Scouting the passive talent from various Tech forums, Social Network groups, Tech Meetups, LinkedIn, Github etc.,
• 👉 Pre-Screening the candidates, Interview Coordination, Salary Negotiation for the shortlisted candidates, Offer rollouts etc.
• 👉 Stakeholders Management.
• 👉 Organized Walkin drives as per the business needs.
• 👉 Maintaining reports, hiring stats & publish yearly dashboard.
• Skills Worked: (Hired across all levels starting from Entry-level graduates till Director level)
• IT: Adobe Multi Solution Architects, AEM, SAP, UI, Sitecore, DB2 DBA Leads, QA Managers, Delivery Managers, Digital Transformation Managers, Web Content Manager, Solution Architects etc.,
• Non-IT: Finance Directors, Sales Manager, Admin Leads etc.,
• Achievements 🎖️:
• 👉 Played a crucial role in setting up of Adobe & SAP Hybris teams from scratch in Gurgaon location. (Hired 2 AEM Architects, 5 AEM Technical Leads and 3 Hybris Leads).
• 👉 Hired 36 H1B resources in a span of 2 months

Jun 2017 – Sep 2017 · 3 mos

• I started my career here as a Consultant – Recruiter and was promoted to Associate Executive in a span of 3 months. During my tenure as a Consultant Recruiter, I primarily hired for the below Skills (to name a few):
• IT: Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Developers, Adobe Analytics Developers, SAP Hybris Developers, UI Developers & Architects, QA Engineers, Drupal Engineers, Wordpress Developers, Magento Engineers, Sitecore Developers, Web Content Management Specialists, IBM DB2 DBAs, Java Developers, Recruiters etc.
• Non-IT: US Finance Executives, Financial Planning & Analysis Specialists, Finance Directors, General Leger Accountants, US IT Recruiters, Admin Executives etc.
• Responsibilities:
• 👉 Partner with Hiring Managers in Requirement Gathering calls.
• 👉 Mapping talent from target companies by attracting them with challenging work.
• 👉 Involved in end-to-end recruitment right from reaching out the most appropriate candidates, Shortlisting, Interview Coordination, Salary Negotiation, Offer Roll-Outs, BGV Initiations and finally 👉 On-Boarding the candidates in a fixed time.
• 👉 Fulfil open requirements in a specific time as per the agreed SLA.
• 👉 Maintain dashboards, reports as required.