Varsha Kiran

Recruiter

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in end-to-end recruitment processes.
Specialized in diversity talent acquisition.
Proven track record in talent mapping and sourcing.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with a focus on diversity recruitment in the cybersecurity industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionDiversity RecruitmentRecruitment

Other Skills

Talent MappingDiversity SourcingCompetitor AnalysisSourcing StrategiesDiversity ProjectsEnd-to-End RecruitmentNegotiation

About

• Responsible for overall end to end recruitment process. • Identifying talent through various sources such as job portals (Naukri.com), social networking websites (LinkedIn) and search engines (Google) internal database, employee referrals and networking. • Doing HR Screening of the candidatures and take it forward as per the client requirement. • Taking preliminary interviews of the candidate and evaluating the candidates based on skills and Competencies (communication) through telephonic interaction. • Scheduling the interviews with the technical panels and co-ordinate with the candidate. • Arranging the interviews, negotiate salary for the prospective candidates.

Experience

9 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Palo alto networks

4 roles

Recruiting Specialist

Oct 2025 – Present · 7 mos

Senior Talent Sourcer

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Senior Global Talent Researcher

Jun 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos

Global Talent Researcher

Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

Palo Alto Network’s Talent Research Team is made up of 15 talent acquisition professionals spread across India, with Bangalore at our center. Our mission is to identify top-tier diverse talent for Palo Alto Networks in over 65 countries around the globe.
What do we do?
Increase diversity at the top of the funnel and ensure every diverse lead/candidate (applicants, referrals, sourced) is curated for just-in-time pipelines globally.
Maintain close partnerships with Sourcers and Recruiters to ensure the talent we provide meets/exceeds the bar at Palo Alto Networks.
Identify creative sourcing techniques like Github, Stackoverflow, Meet-ups, Prophet, recruit’em, and identify and tap into talent from diversity events, sororities, Linkedin groups, diversity Boolean search strings, colleges, etc.
Talent map diverse qualified candidates globally.
Provide organization analysis of competitors.
Why Palo Alto Networks?
PANW is the global leader in cyber security and is shaping the cloud-centric future with technology that’s transforming the way people and organizations operate. PANW’s mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, addressing the world’s greatest security challenges with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before.
Visit https://jobs.paloaltonetworks.com/careers/ to learn more about our culture, values, and career opportunities

Talent MappingDiversity SourcingCompetitor AnalysisTalent AcquisitionDiversity Recruitment

Google

Channels Specialist

Sep 2018 – Jul 2022 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, India

Google deployed through Cognizant
APAC
Channelled sourcing strategies towards building a high profile talent pipeline for Google.
Utilising various tools primarily LinkedIn, internal hiring tool, Github, events, conferences and awards.
Sourcing & screening candidates for various IT positions - Engineering Managers, Software Engineers across different levels.
Handling various diversity projects across APAC regions.
Leadership
Sourced & Talent Mapped for leadership technical and non-technical roles.
Handled various diversity projects.
Researched, mapped and mined talent – potential leads via Open Web and
other external social networks to create a talent pool for Google.

Sourcing StrategiesDiversity ProjectsTalent MappingTalent AcquisitionDiversity Recruitment

Kelly services

Consultant

May 2018 – Aug 2018 · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Tritium consulting

2 roles

Senior Recruiter

Promoted

Jan 2017 – May 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Expertise in recruitment of lateral hiring in BFSI organizations majorly for all Non-IT positions.
Specialized in recruitment of Finance, Actuary, Analytics & Underwriting professionals at middle and senior levels.
Providing Business Intelligence to the client by thorough mapping of competition, their organization structure, compensation study and relevant talent pool.
Have successfully handled recruitments of mid management and top-level positions (General Manager, AVP, VP, SVP etc.) in various functions.
Responsible for overall end-to-end recruitment process.
Making use of effective recruitment and resourcing strategies such as focused networking, reference generation, employee referrals, internal database, cold calling, mapping, and head hunting & job boards.
Doing HR Screening of the candidatures and take it forward as per the client requirement.
Maintaining the quality of resumes & sending appropriate profile matching to the requirements.
Negotiate offer terms with selected candidates.
Coordinating - with client & shortlisted candidates from requisition receipt to candidates joining.
Maintaining internal database.
Generating references from prospective candidates.