Bhavik Kaklotar

Recruiter

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 yrs 5 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

15 years of experience in talent acquisition.
Expert in building global talent acquisition strategies.
Proven track record in university relations and employer branding.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert with a focus on technology and university recruitment.

Contact

bkaklotar@wayfair.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitment

Other Skills

Applicant Tracking SystemsBenefits NegotiationBig DataBusiness IntelligenceCampus PlacementCandidate experienceCollege RecruitingContract RecruitmentData IntegrationEmployer BrandingEnterprise SoftwareExecutive SearchGlobal TA StrategyHadoopIT Recruitment

About

A seasoned recruiting professional (15 years of experience) with a blend of talent delivery, talent programs, and university relations experience in leading technology organisations. Below are the images of few programs, events and initiatives that I have planned and executed at the organisations I have worked for... Strengths: Recruitment, Sales, Talent Attraction and Branding, Talent Programs, University Relations

Experience

Wayfair

Talent Acquisition

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Talent strategy and delivery for three critical business pillars - Infra & Platform Tech, Global Supplier Tech, and Applied Research/ Machine Learning
Leading and mentoring a team of result-oriented recruiters and enabling them to drive hiring success

Talent strategyRecruitmentTeam mentoringTalent Acquisition

Empowerists

3 roles

Director of Global Talent Acquisition & People Partner (NA)

Jul 2023 – Feb 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

Global Talent Acquisition and People Partner for North America

Talent Acquisition

Director Global Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Jan 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

Building Global TA Strategy from scratch covering multiple regions like North America, India, MENA, France, South America, and the Philippines. Building a rock star TA team to support and drive global growth.

Global TA StrategyTeam buildingTalent Acquisition

Senior Manager Global Talent Acquisition

Aug 2021 – Jan 2022 · 5 mos

Directi

2 roles

Associate Manager

Jul 2020 – Aug 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

Leading overall tech hiring for Flock and early talent/university grads for Flock and Zeta

Tech hiringUniversity recruitmentTalent Acquisition

Talent Acquisition Lead

May 2019 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

Doselect

Head of Academic Business

Oct 2017 – May 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Stepped into a startup to build a product from inception in the space of employability. The objective was to bridge industry-academia gap at scale and increase industry-readiness of engineering students across the country. Since it was a startup I had an opportunity to do multiple things like 1) helping existing customers meet their objective and be successful 2) Recruiting a highly competent team of engineers, content creators, sales and support.

Product buildingRecruitingTalent Acquisition

Sabre corporation

Lead Talent Acquisition

Apr 2017 – Oct 2017 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Managed recruiting delivery for the India centre (Tech and Sales) with a team of 4 recruiters
Responsible for team productivity and stakeholder management
Recruiting for senior roles
Strategizing and executing a university hiring program for the centre

Recruiting deliveryStakeholder managementTalent Acquisition

@walmartlabs india

Lead Talent Acquisition

Oct 2015 – Apr 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Planned and executed TA programs like Hackathons, Diversity Conference, Tech Talks and webinars
Brought in focus on candidate experience initiating activities in all aspects of recruiting lifecycle - Identify, Engage, Attract, Select, Offer and Onboard.
Strategized the university program which included hiring, branding, candidate experience, scholarships, Bootcamp

TA programsCandidate experienceTalent Acquisition