Syed Zakir Hussain (He/Him/His)

Head of Talent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 yrs 5 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 14 years of experience in IT and ITES recruitment.
  • Expert in technical recruiting and talent acquisition.
  • Proven track record in managing end-to-end staffing processes.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert in the IT and ITES sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical RecruitingTalent AcquisitionStaffing Services

Other Skills

relationship managementstaffing processsourcing strategiescandidate screeninginterview coordinationoffer letter creationcompliance counselingproject managementrecruiting processvendor managementsourcing profilesinterview schedulingdata analysiscomplete recruitment life cyclesourcing

About

A Talent Acquisition professional with 14 years of experience in hiring IT and ITES domain and driven by making recruiting as easy as possible for each of our customers in our rapidly changing world of work. Below are the skills being hired at my current role: Infrastructure domain: Windows, Wintel, O365, AD, Azure AD, Cloud Architect. Citrix, Unix (Solaris, AIX, Linux), Storage & backup, Database Administrator, information security,FIM, IAM,Network Security, ITGC, ServiceNow developer, Service Management, Asset Management, Service Desk. Application Domain: MS Dot Net, MS Sharepoint, Hyperion, Mulesoft, Webmethods... SAP Skills, CRM Skills, Oracle App....

Experience

16 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Ey

2 roles

Assistant Director - TA

Promoted

Sep 2025Present · 8 mos · Hybrid

Talent Attraction & Acquisition

Jul 2022Sep 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Hybrid

Itc

2 roles

Manager - Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Jul 2021Jul 2022 · 1 yr · Bangalore

Assistant Manager - Talent Acquisition

Jun 2019Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore

  • End to end Recruitment

Ibm

Recruitment Specialist

Jun 2015May 2019 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore

  • Maintains relationships with hiring managers within a business and sub-region; develops relationships with key decision-makers.
  • Drives and supervises the achievement of the hiring targets for the sub-region, including time to fill, cost per hire, graduate, diversity and hiring manager and candidate satisfaction.
  • Manages the beginning to end staffing process within the sub region; implements sourcing strategies within the sub regions, screens candidates, provides a short list of candidates, coordinates interviews, creates offer letters, and facilitates relocation.
  • Counsels with managers on the hiring process and ensures that managers are in compliance with corporate policy.
  • Support on hiring initiatives where there is staffing impact.
  • Uses significant business knowledge and subject matter expertise to contribute to the execution of the staffing strategy, including talent attraction, hiring, relocation, and the contingent workforce.
  • Help stakeholders and business understand the availability of talent for various types of skills and identify and determine the most effective recruitment strategy for the same.
  • Project Management:: Manage multiple projects under tight deadlines:: Organize and complete multiple projects efficiently and on time
relationship managementstaffing processsourcing strategiescandidate screeninginterview coordinationoffer letter creation+4

Ciber

Specialist-Talent Acquisition

Jul 2013Jun 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bangalore

  • Staffing process excellence: Plans and successfully executes a recruiting, selection and hiring process that results in top talent for the organization
  • . Vendor Management; Managing Vendors & sourcing team to ensure there is enough talent pool in process for resource fulfillment at any given stage
  • . Sourcing profiles as per the requirements of the business units from various sourcing pockets.
  • . Scheduling, coordinating and handling interviews/ events including calling / sending mails to the candidates as per the interview calendar.
  • . Interact with the Delivery Leadership & Line of Business to understand exact requirements & simplify working on those requirements.
  • . Maintaining, Analyzing of Data & Preparation of Hiring Update for Weekly call with Business Manager
recruiting processvendor managementsourcing profilesinterview schedulingdata analysisTalent Acquisition+1

Artech information system

Sr HR Executive-staffing

Apr 2011Jul 2013 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore

  • Responsible for the Complete Recruitment Life Cycle - Headhunting, Sourcing, Short-listing Profiles, Candidate Tracking, HR interviews, Reference checks and Follow-ups for joining.
  • Sourcing from the job boards for active candidates & effectively using Personal Network, Built up Database, Internet and Employee referrals for prospecting and extensive networking through LinkedIn & Google groups, reaching the passive candidates.
  • Salary negotiation with Candidates and pre-offer formalities, post joining formalities.
  • Working on multiple positions & consistently achieving the targets within the defined SLAs
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Al assriyah co.(basamh)

Administration

Sep 2009Feb 2011 · 1 yr 5 mos · Jeddah

  • Coordinating in formulation & implementation of increment, incentive & other remuneration policies as well as devising and effectuating Performance Management System.
  • Involved in defining the parameters for the annual and quarterly appraisals and increments in consultation with senior management and finalizing the same.
  • Designed new appraisal forms in order to make it suitable for the company and to give the best result out of it.
  • Analysis and Evaluating of Monthly action plan of all departments Based on SMART Concept.
  • Preparing and Updating of Job responsibilities based on Job analysis and discussion with management.
  • Conducting first level of screening and Interviews for new employees.
  • Keeping an update of the entire department through MIS. Gathering and compiling all information from respective concerned department.
  • Maintain and coordinate administrative files like annual vacation, emergency leaves and other activities of all employees.

Education

Bangalore University

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Jan 2006Jan 2008

Bangalore University

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) — Biotechnology

Jan 2003Jan 2006

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