Harika Velaga

Co-Founder

Hyderabad, Telangana, India20 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Two decades of HR experience in IT sector.
Expert in non-traditional hiring strategies.
Strong technical knowledge in fast-paced environments.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned HR professional with expertise in IT recruitment and talent acquisition strategies.

Contact

harika@aariconsultants.org LinkedIn

Skills

Other Skills

AnalyticsBenefits NegotiationCareer DevelopmentEmployee EngagementEmployee Referral ProgramsEmployee RelationsExecutive SearchHR Business PartneringHuman ResourcesInternet RecruitingMISOnboardingOnline ResearchOrganizational DevelopmentPerformance Management

About

Around 2 decades of recruitment and HR experience in IT sector with exposure to both Indian and US markets. Worked closely with business leaders and key stakeholders in order to support scale and growth. I have had the opportunity to work with multicultural teams across geographies. Demonstrated strong technical knowledge in order to produce results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Established non-traditional ways of hiring to attract passive candidates.

Experience

Aari consultants

Founder

Jun 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 9 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

An HR Consulting firm that can help with all your Human Capital needs! We bring in 2 decades of experience in Human Capital. This coupled with a global network of platforms that can help your HR team move through an employee lifecycle with ease.

T-hub

Mentor

Jun 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 9 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

Quince

2 roles

Human Resources Consultant

Jan 2023 – May 2023 · 4 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Remote

Fractional HR
TA Team Bootcamp and Growth
HR Tech Advisor

Head of Human Resources

Jun 2022 – Nov 2022 · 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Gainsight

3 roles

Head of Human Resources, India

Oct 2021 – May 2022 · 7 mos

Senior Director - Talent Acquisition & Business Partner

Feb 2021 – Oct 2021 · 8 mos

Director - Talent Acquisition & Business Partner

Nov 2018 – Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Budget Development/Management
Vendor Assessment/Management
Employer Branding
Social Recruitment

D. e. shaw india private limited

2 roles

Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

Jan 2014 – Oct 2018 · 4 yrs 9 mos

Leading a team of 40 Talent Acquisition specialists who cater to 4 individual teams and deliverables.
Responsibilities:
Collaborate with business in order to identify the recruitment needs and hire for the group.
Responsible for effective utilisation of the bandwidth in the team.
Enable the team by ideating various passive sourcing strategies and implement the same.
Guiding the team through bottlenecks and help them with hands on work whenever the need arises.

Manager - Talent Acquisition

Jan 2011 – Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Managing a team of recruiters by planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling.
One of the main responsibilities include achieving effective utilization of resources in the team. To align an individual's objectives with the organizational objectives. To encourage & motivate the team to help them perform effectively.

D. e. shaw india software pvt ltd

3 roles

Senior Analyst

Promoted

Jan 2008 – Dec 2010 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Handled entire recruitment process from resourcing, searching, screening, target hunting, negotiating and recruiting candidates.
Used effective Resourcing strategies such as Head Hunting, Networking, Employee Referrals, Cold Calling and Direct Mailing.
Managed 5 direct reports.

Analyst

Promoted

Jan 2006 – Dec 2007 · 1 yr 11 mos

Managed 3 direct reports & the entire recruitment life cycle.
Main responsibilities included: Sourcing resumes from portals & to identify stratergies to come up with non traditional ways of sourcing passive candidates.
Speacialized in IT-Systems searches with a good understanding of various requirements given by the business unit.

Associate

May 2004 – Dec 2005 · 1 yr 7 mos

Joined the India based recruitment shared services team to - creat/format/source candidate profiles for the various roles at the Head Office.
Worked on various projects to cold-call and attract the top talent in the world.