Abilash M Venkatesan

Head of Talent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 13 years in Talent Acquisition.
Expert in full-cycle hiring and stakeholder engagement.
Passionate about creating people-first hiring ecosystems.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert with extensive experience in IT and Engineering sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionStakeholder Engagement

Other Skills

End-to-End recruitmentStakeholder ManagementSourcingScreeningSalary negotiationEmployee engagementMarket intelligenceProduct QualityTalent MappingRelationship DevelopmentOptimizationEmployer BrandingStrategyDigital ChannelsKey Performance Indicators

About

With over 13+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, I bring a proven track record of building and scaling high-performing recruitment functions across global organizations. I specialize in full-cycle hiring, delivery management, stakeholder engagement, and team leadership across diverse domains including IT, Semiconductors, and Engineering R&D. My passion lies in creating people-first hiring ecosystems that align with business goals. Whether it’s leading ramp-up strategies or mentoring recruitment teams to own their portfolios end-to-end. I focus on delivering impact through strategy, agility, and collaboration. 🔹 Expertise: Strategic Sourcing | Hiring Operations | COE Development | Recruitment Automation 🔹 Known for: Execution Excellence | Data-Driven Hiring | Employer Branding | Candidate Experience Let’s connect and explore how we can drive talent transformation together!

Experience

13 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Hcltech

2 roles

Manager - TAG

Promoted

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos

Deputy Manager - TAG

Jun 2021 – Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Tech mahindra

Senior Business Associate – TAG

Jul 2018 – Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

I was working in Resource Management Group (RMG) includes both Talent Management (TMG) and Talent Acquisition (TAG). Working on domains such as Telecom, Oil & Gas, Insurance, Retail industries.
⦁ Extensive experience in End-to-End recruitment.
⦁ Leading a Team (5 associates) of experienced recruiters and closing the Targets proposed by customers on given SLA.
⦁ Working closely with Stakeholders at India & EMEA (Europe Middle East & Africa) region.
⦁ Gathering Business needs and understanding them for sourcing right talents with pertaining cost factors that could be affordable.
⦁ Posting and sourcing profiles from Job Portals, Career websites, Social Media Recruitment, Agencies and Referral Campaigns.
⦁ Sourcing / Screening / Involved in selection process / Salary negotiation / Offer release /Post Offer follow up / Employee engagement and retention.
⦁ Managing positive relationships with Business Unit Heads, Hiring Managers, Client Partners, Prospective Talent and Talent Sources while in process of acquisition.
⦁ Initiating first steps of hiring from both the Candidate and the business team for Offer rollout and collecting relative documents.
⦁ Follow-ups on Background verification, travel arrangements for relocation and Candidate’s ID creation.
⦁ Preparing and maintaining dashboards on the client requirements on weekly basis.
⦁ Maintaining the market intelligence repository and managing MIS for periodic reports

End-to-End recruitmentStakeholder ManagementSourcingScreeningSalary negotiationEmployee engagement+3

Cognizant

2 roles

Jr. Executive - Recruitment (TAG)

Promoted

Jul 2016 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos

I was working in Talent Acquisition Group (TAG) and managing the business needs for domains like Healthcare, BFS, Insurance & Retail for Horizontal/Vertical and Practices like CBC (Cognizant Business Consulting), CIS (Cognizant Infrastructure Services), BPS hiring, BI Squad & QE&A (Retail & Insurance domain).
⦁ Extensive experience in End-to-End recruitment.
⦁ Stakeholder Management.
⦁ Gathering Business needs and understanding them for sourcing right talents with pertaining cost factors that could be affordable.
⦁ Posting and sourcing profiles from Job Portals, Career websites, Social Media Recruitment, Agencies and Referral Campaigns.
⦁ Sourcing / Screening / Involved in selection process / Salary negotiation / Offer release /Post Offer follow up / Employee engagement and retention.
⦁ Managing positive relationships with Business Unit Heads, Hiring Managers, Client Partners, Prospective Talent and Talent Sources while in process of acquisition.
⦁ Initiating first steps of hiring from both the Candidate and the business team for Offer rollout and collecting relative documents.
⦁ Follow-ups on Background verification, travel arrangements for relocation and Candidate’s ID creation.
⦁ Preparing and maintaining dashboards on the client requirements on weekly basis.
⦁ Maintaining the market intelligence repository and managing MIS for periodic reports.

End-to-End recruitmentStakeholder ManagementSourcingScreeningSalary negotiationEmployee engagement+3

Senior Coordinator - Recruitment

Apr 2014 – Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Reveille technologies,inc

Sr. IT Recruiter

May 2012 – Apr 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos · Chennai Area, India

⦁ Recruited and placed professionals from various IT technologies for Direct clients and Implementing Partners (HCL, IBM, CTS, Mindtree).
⦁ Responsible for Sourcing / Screening / Salary negotiation / Offer follow up & Employee engagement.
⦁ Coordinating successfully with Account Managers from client partners.
⦁ Involved in complete relevant documentations/Paper works.
⦁ Maintaining the market intelligence repository and managing MIS for periodic reports.

SourcingScreeningSalary negotiationEmployee engagementTalent Acquisition