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Anu Krishnan

Head of Talent

India9 yrs 6 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Over 9 years of full-cycle recruiting experience
  • Expertise in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives
  • Proven track record in scaling talent acquisition processes
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert with a focus on tech startups and enterprise-level recruitment.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitingEmployer BrandingTechnical RecruitingStakeholder Management

Other Skills

SourcingScreeningInterviewsNiche Talent AcquisitionLeadership HiringExecutive SearchData Driven RecruitmentFull recruitment life cycleData AnalysisCreative Recruiting TechniquesSourcing StrategyRecruitment MetricsE-commerce RecruitmentClient InteractionSourcing Best Practices

About

I am an experienced Talent Acquisition professional with a proven track record of over 9 years in full-cycle recruiting, working with startups and Fortune 500 companies. My expertise includes developing and executing strategic recruitment plans for both tech and non-tech roles, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, employer branding, leadership hiring, and hosting recruitment events and meet-ups. I employ a methodical and data-driven approach to end-to-end recruitment, with the ability to effectively source, screen, interview, and hire top-notch talent. I have extensive experience in Internet and Social Media Recruiting. As a team player with a results-oriented, data-driven approach, I excel at assimilating emerging technologies, mentoring and coaching other recruiters, and continuously learning new techniques and approaches in talent acquisition and other HR functions

Experience

9 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 11 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

Nextiva

Senior TA Partner

Mar 2024Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Nextiva is a Unified CXM company that provides AI-powered customer experience solutions. We connect businesses to all of their conversations on one, AI-powered platform, helping them understand their customers in real-time to create personalized experiences that set them apart.
  • Nextiva powers 100,000+ businesses and billions of interactions annually with its customer experience platform. From one AI-powered conversation hub, Nextiva transforms how businesses engage with their customers. The company’s commitment to Amazing Service® and a customer-focused approach has been its cornerstone. Established in 2008 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Talent AcquisitionRecruitingSourcingScreeningInterviews

Actyv.ai®

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Dec 2022Aug 2023 · 8 mos

  • End to End recruitment for Full Stack Engineer, Senior Architect on tech and Enterprise Sales Managers, and Customer Success Managers on non-tech.
  • Sourcing through Networking, Social Media and competitive platforms.
  • Working with actyv.ai leadership to execute hiring plans, process efficiency, scaling the hiring process etc.,
  • Day to day roles and responsibilities include sourcing, recruiter phone screen, pitching actyv.ai to outside world, prepping candidates, talent advocacy to candidates and stakeholders, TA data and metrics, documenting best practices and process, maintaining market insights and data etc.
  • Skills: Niche Talent Acquisition · Employer Branding · Leadership Hiring · Executive Search · Attention to Detail · Data Driven Recruitment
Niche Talent AcquisitionEmployer BrandingLeadership HiringExecutive SearchData Driven RecruitmentTalent Acquisition

Aienterprise inc

Talent Acquisition Lead

Dec 2019Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Bangalore

  • Owned full recruitment life cycle during a period of hyper growth across Product, Engineering, UX, Data Science, Sales, Technical Account Management, Implementation, Customer Support and Infrastructure including complex negotiations with candidates ranging from individual contributors to Directors.
  • As the first dedicated Technical Recruiter at AIEnterprise, I designed and implemented standardized and scalable interview processes across the Product & Engineering organizations. These processes balanced quality, efficiency, and DE&I while ensuring a high-end candidate experience.
  • I sourced, tech-screened, and hired over 90 members for AIEnterprise’s Engineering, Data Science, Product, and Infrastructure teams. This included roles such as Software Engineers (Mid/Senior/Staff), Engineering Managers, Data Scientists (Mid/Senior/Staff), DevOps Engineers (Senior/Staff), Product Managers, Business Analysts, UX Designers, Oracle ATG Developers, Oracle Cloud Commerce, Salesforce, and Sitecore Developers.
  • Fostered relationships with stakeholders including SVP's, VP's, Director's and EM's and acted as a true talent partner, providing insights and guidance throughout the interview process from intake to offer.
  • Screened inbound applicants and sourced passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, Stackoverflow, GitHub, while managing candidate pipeline in ATS.
  • I analyzed key data metrics including pass-through rate, time to fill/time to hire, and candidates’ interview NPS scores to continually improve internal interview processes.
  • The engineering tech stack I worked with included Java Microservices, UI/UX Design, Java-Scala, Node.js, React.js, GCP, AWS, Python, SQL, NoSQL, Kubernetes, Docker, Machine Learning, Lucene, and Elastic Search.
  • During my time at AIEnterprise, I helped the company grow from approximately 5 to over 300 employees. I was instrumental in shaping AIEnterprise’s employer brand image, internal processes, recruiting processes, culture, and many other areas.
Full recruitment life cycleTechnical RecruitingData AnalysisStakeholder Management

Forecubes inc

Human Resources Executive

Nov 2017Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Identifying technical candidates by leveraging creative and innovative recruiting techniques to attract top passive talent. Interact with Engineering Managers, Business leaders to provide industry and market insight and determine sourcing strategy.
  • Partner with hiring managers and global Technology teams to identify and understand key requirements and build a comprehensive recruiting strategy.
  • Utilize creative means and best practices to research, source, attract, and contact potential candidates to develop a diverse slate of qualified candidates. Build and maintain a pipeline of talent to fuel the hiring needs of the organization.
  • Partner with business leaders to help strategize, execute, and attend technical events, including college hiring, recruitment drives, mass hiring, bulk hiring and hackathons.
  • Work with team members to generate ideas, leverage resources and share information that creates an effective search process.
  • Develop tracking systems, metrics, and reports to demonstrate successful lead generation of candidates throughout the different stages of candidate sourcing.
  • Effectively utilize hiring channels- Employee referral, LinkedIn, Social Media & Job boards.
Creative Recruiting TechniquesSourcing StrategyRecruitment MetricsRecruiting

Hcr consulting

Recruitment Specialist

Dec 2015Oct 2017 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Involved in Hiring for E-commerce, Ad-Media, Digital content technology domain Clients.
  • Interacting with the Client Managers & Client SPOC's to understand requirements and determine the competencies and skills required with respect to technology, the number of resources required, and expertise expected of the resource, etc.
  • Apply recruiting best practices throughout sourcing, selection and hiring processes.
  • Responsible for handling the entire recruiting cycle such as Sourcing/Searching of qualified relevant candidates through various sources like Job Portals, Networking, Job posting and references etc.
  • Established contact with applicants and determine candidate’s interest open positions.
  • Scheduling and following up with stakeholders for Interview and outcome status.
  • Follow up with selected candidates on pre-offer documentation, Salary negotiation and to ensure acceptance of the offer.
  • Carrying out post recruitment activities related to Offer confirmation & Joining etc. and maintain
  • a relationship thereafter.
E-commerce RecruitmentClient InteractionSourcing Best PracticesRecruiting

Education

The Oxford College Of Science

Master of Computer Applications (MCA) — Computer Application

Jan 2011Jan 2014

Bangalore University

Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) — Computer Science

Jan 2007Jan 2010

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