Malvika Kakar

Recruiter

Gurugram, Haryana, India6 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in leadership hiring and talent mapping.
Strong focus on diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Proven track record in building tech talent pipelines.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Recruitment Specialist with a strong focus on technical and leadership hiring in diverse markets.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical RecruitingLeadership HiringMarket Mapping

Other Skills

Applicant Tracking SystemsBusiness DevelopmentCandidate AssessmentCandidate ManagementCandidate ScreeningClient ManagementCommunicationCompetency Framework DesignDiversity HiringEmployer BrandingHuman Resources (HR)LeadershipManagementMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office

About

I am a talent specialist with experience in leadership hiring, talent and market mapping research for India and the EMEA region. I am engaged in mapping, sourcing, screening, and assessing candidates for leadership roles. Leveraging talent insights to build diverse talent pipeline. Focusing on Inclusion and Diversity initiatives, allyship programs, hiring initiatives etc. My experience involves executing search assignments, organizational mappings, projects, market research, and supporting business development activities focusing to identify tech based potential clients in the Indian market. Hired for skills such as Big Data, Enterprise Architecture, Information and Cyber Security, Cloud Engineering, Platform Integration Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Software Development (Frontend/Backend/Full stack/Data/Mobile), Technology Consultant, Techno functional (Oracle ERP, SAP ERP/S4 Hana), RFID/Industrial Engineering, Retail Engineering. I am an MBA – Human Resources graduate from Christ University, Bangalore. I have done my internship at Continental Automotive Components within Competency Development space. My projects are in the area of Competency Mapping, Training & Development, Diversity & Inclusion. I have done B.Tech in Electronics & Communication from Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi.

Experience

Expedia group

Tech Talent Sourcer - APAC

Jun 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 9 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Proactively building talent pipelines for various tech roles by creating sourcing strategies tailored to individual business needs through Naukri.com, LinkedIn Recruiter, Instahyre, etc.
Hiring for - Development (Backend, Frontend, Full stack, Mobile, Data), DevOps, Data Management, Product Analytics, and Product/Program Management
Leveraging data to create hiring strategies to achieve key performance indicators, track the progress of the initiatives, and identify growth opportunities
Leading initiative to enhance employer brand for hiring of 'People with Disabilities' in India
Driving various TA strategy initiatives such as building active diverse pipelines/diversity focused sourcing jams, PWD hiring initiative in India, created candidate interview preparation documents, inclusion business groups

RecruitingSourcingScreeningCandidate ManagementMarket MappingDiversity Hiring+2

Adidas

External Tech Recruiter - EMEA

May 2021 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

Korn ferry

2 roles

Associate Recruiter - Technology

Sep 2020 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

May'21 - June'22: collaborated with Tech Sourcing Hub EMEA team of adidas and supported its in-house Talent Acquisition team.
September'20 - April'21: supported adidas' in-house Talent Acquisition team to hire leaders for its Tech Hub in Gurgaon, India.
Engaged in strategy intake and job briefing discussions with client's hiring managers and talent acquisition team
Performs research for talent and market mapping and develops diversity focused sourcing strategy
Involved in sourcing of potential candidates from job portals - Naukri.com, LinkedIn, Korn Ferry AI platform and ATS (SAP SuccessFactors)
Involved in candidate screening and assessments
Prepares candidate assessment reports and weekly progress reports and dashboards
Engaged in candidate and client management
Trained 2 sourcers on basics of sourcing, sourcing strategy, KF sourcing model and Boolean search

ResearchTalent MappingCandidate ScreeningClient ManagementTechnical RecruitingMarket Mapping

Associate Consultant - Search (Global Technology Markets)

Apr 2019 – Aug 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

Mandate Execution
Works on retained search model of leadership hiring
Involved in sourcing of potential candidates from job portals - Naukri.com and LinkedIn
Involved in candidate screening and assessments
Prepares weekly, progress and candidate assessment reports
Engaged in candidate and client management
Research
Involved in research for talent and market mapping for India region
Prepares pitch documents and presentations for clients
Business Development & Lead Generation
Identifies potential IT/ITeS/Tech Captive clients in India market
Supports the business development activities by mapping the lead generation for the business
Got "Team Player Award" for Q2 & Q4 of FY 2019-20