Busthan Pokkassery — Recruiter

“Crafting incredible teams, realizing organizational goals. One perfect hire at a time!”® British Council certified Talent Acquisition professional holding 5 years of expertise in full-cycle recruitment and TA Business Partnering, with demonstrated hiring capabilities for 20+ Fortune 500 product-based firms and IT captives across 40+ diverse skills from IT and Non-Tech streams for India, APAC, EMEA and NAMER regions. Partnered with high-profile Business and Technology stakeholders across the globe (AVPs, Global Product head, Directors etc). Currently associated with Dentsu Group Inc., a Japanese multinational advertising and public relations company, delivering full-cycle recruitment for technology, finance, Campus hiring, Media verticals. Responsible for hiring across different experience bands like entry level, junior, senior to architect and managerial roles. Previously worked at TEKsystems - an Allegis Group company, a globally renowned brand in recruitment. Experienced on skills across IT/SDLC, non-IT, Techno-functional, entry-level to managerial roles in C2H model. Demonstrated branding, selling & convincing skills catering to a Healthcare client, which is difficult to attract talent due to domain prerequisite, and brand unawareness. Meticulously handled full cycle recruitment, HR operations and hire-to-exit employee lifecycle. I am an avid communicator, collaborator and has delivered results in ambiguous MSP and VMO ecosystems competing against 20+ vendors including multi-national consultancies and GCCs. I enjoy writing engaging contents on LinkedIn for a 4.8K+ follower community, significantly contributing to employer branding and promotion. I have built strong relationships across floor, been a good collaborator, created great contents for employer branding on LinkedIn and was active in CSR or other social initiatives. Extensively collaborated with client, sales, finance, delivery and operations team to offer a seamless recruitment and onboarding experience. Capable of selling critical IT and Non IT roles and building great teams for IT projects/products by applying expertise and learning in the recruitment domain.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with expertise in IT and Non-IT recruitment across global markets.

Location: Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Experience: 4 yrs 5 mos

Skills

Talent Acquisition
Recruitment
Campus Recruitment

Career Highlights

Expert in full-cycle recruitment for Fortune 500 firms.
Strong collaboration with global business stakeholders.
Proven success in niche talent acquisition and employer branding.

Work Experience

dentsu

Talent Acquisition, IT & Media Tech - Dentsu Global Services (10 mos)

TA, IT Campus Tier 1 & 2 - Merkle - Analytics & CXM vertical (2 mos)

Talent Acquisition - Technology, Finance Services & Business Platforms (CoE) (6 mos)

Allegis Group

Recruiter (MSP Fortune 500 clients) - IT, Product & Non-IT (Sales, Marketing) Full-Cycle hiring (5 mos)

Recruiter Level 2 - Data Analytics & Engineering Hiring - Fortune 500 Clients (11 mos)

Recruiter Level 1, End-to-End IT Product & Techno-Functional Hiring - RPO (1 yr 6 mos)

UST

Coordinator - Recruitment (Via FirstConnect) (3 mos)

Nielsen

Brand Analyst (Via Randstad) (3 mos)

Education

Master of Science - MS at Cochin University of Science and Technology

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) at University of Calicut

Busthan Pokkassery

Recruiter

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India4 yrs 5 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in full-cycle recruitment for Fortune 500 firms.
Strong collaboration with global business stakeholders.
Proven success in niche talent acquisition and employer branding.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with expertise in IT and Non-IT recruitment across global markets.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitmentCampus Recruitment

Other Skills

Talent ManagementTalent SourcingNiche Talent AcquisitionCampus HiringFull Life Cycle RecruitingHR ManagementIT RecruitmentNon IT RecruitmentEmployee RelationsHiringApplicant Tracking SystemsBoolean SearchingInterview CoordinationStakeholder EngagementVendor Management

About

Experience

4 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 6 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 4 mos

Current Experience

Dentsu

3 roles

Talent Acquisition, IT & Media Tech - Dentsu Global Services

Promoted

Jul 2025 – Present · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Media and Creative Technology hiring for Dentsu US and European Markets. Working on skills like Direct Display, Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, MBB, Paid Search, Programmatic, Performance Marketing etc

Talent ManagementTalent SourcingTalent AcquisitionRecruitment

TA, IT Campus Tier 1 & 2 - Merkle - Analytics & CXM vertical

May 2025 – Jul 2025 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Stepped into one of the busiest and difficult hiring cohorts for Dentsu. Acted as a dentsu campus hiring POC and executed Tier 1 and 2 IT Campus hiring for Merkle Inspire, CXM Business unit of Dentsu, a global data-driven performance marketing agency that specializes in customer experience management.

Niche Talent AcquisitionCampus HiringCampus RecruitmentTalent Acquisition

Talent Acquisition - Technology, Finance Services & Business Platforms (CoE)

Nov 2024 – May 2025 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Associated with Talent Acquisition - Dentsu, India for global markets
Exclusive support for Technology and Financial verticals at BCOE - Centre of Excellence, Finance Services at Dentsu International.
Responsible for Talent Consulting and full-cycle hiring for enterprise level projects. Hiring across roles ranging from Junior Analyst to Managerial level professionals from a diverse background like Data Engineer, Salesforce Developer and Admin, SAP, D365 Technical Consultant, RPA UiPath Developer, Azure, FPNA, Workday, Financial Analyst, BlackLine Administrator, Integration Lead, RTR, SAP etc.
Partner with business stakeholders from tech lead to AVP level across Dentsu global regions to fulfil the hiring needs, prepare the market intelligence and advise the best hiring strategy based on the talent pool and market scenario.
Effectively managed bulk hiring requirements within TAT and closed as many as 20+ roles for FPNA and RTR divisions of Dentsu US and EMEA projects.
Collaborated with internal stakeholders across APAC, EMEA and Americas region to coordinate and conduct interviews. Keep the proper updates of the applicants on Workday.
Participated in meetings with business, talent acquisition team and HR partners to coordinate and efficient delivery of recruitment. Prepared precise reports, trackers and data to keep the business informed about the status of hiring. Acted as liaison between agencies/vendors and hiring managers to effectively communicate the hiring needs.
Meticulously handled planned bulk hiring for Dentsu US and UK business as part of global business expansion and transition projects. Worked in highly dynamic process and efficiently balanced multiple aspects like sourcing, scheduling, coordination, F2F drive support, TA advise to business stakeholders and filled multiple roles within stipulated TAT.

Full Life Cycle RecruitingHR ManagementTalent AcquisitionRecruitment

Allegis group

3 roles

Recruiter (MSP Fortune 500 clients) - IT, Product & Non-IT (Sales, Marketing) Full-Cycle hiring

May 2024 – Oct 2024 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Working with TEKsystems, the IT Staffing and Services arm of Allegis Group. Exclusive hiring for multinational product-based MSP clients. Worked on IT and non-IT skills. like IQVIA, Microsoft, Meta, State Street, Equinix etc. Hired for skills like Data Analyst, AI/ML Engineer, DevOps, Content specialist, Marketing manager, executive admin etc.

IT RecruitmentNon IT RecruitmentRecruitmentTalent Acquisition

Recruiter Level 2 - Data Analytics & Engineering Hiring - Fortune 500 Clients

Promoted

May 2023 – Apr 2024 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

TEKsystems implemented the Sales-Sourcing-Delivery model in Q2 2023, focusing on bulk hiring needs and improved business development. I was allocated to the DAI team exclusively hiring for 40+ skills across Data Analytics and Insights etc for Fortune product and captive clients across diverse domains and industries.

Employee RelationsHiringRecruitmentTalent Acquisition

Recruiter Level 1, End-to-End IT Product & Techno-Functional Hiring - RPO

Nov 2021 – May 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Exclusively supported a high-revenue client in the US Healthcare industry competing with 20+ vendors. The client has strong projects, unpopular in the Indian market and keen on the domain experience. Hence requirements are niche. Effectively sold positions through strong storytelling, hired and managed employee lifecycle.

Applicant Tracking SystemsBoolean SearchingRecruitmentTalent Acquisition

Ust

Coordinator - Recruitment (Via FirstConnect)

Jul 2021 – Oct 2021 · 3 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Remote

Deployed to UST through FirstConnect Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Successfully coordinated as many as 25+ interview processes on a daily basis with UST for technology giants like Dell, HP etc. Effectively communicated with interview panel and candidates to ensure every interview happen. Strong team working experiences through coordination support for large recruitment drives. Retained candidates in the recruitment pipeline during escalations through good communication and emotional intelligence.
Worked with a highly dynamic Talent Acquisition team in a fast-paced high volume recruitment environment. The daily work consists of taking candidate availability, ensuring panel availability, scheduling and coordinating interviews through Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Powerful exposure to Microsoft Outlook 365.
Experience with FirstConnect Solutions
Worked as a Recruiter for requirements of reputed organizations in the stream of Software Engineers, IT Professionals, and IT Recruiters. Highly skilled in sourcing potential candidates from Naukri.com and LinkedIn. Conducted talent mapping for Progress software in the Indian region. Experienced with sourcing potential candidates with more than 80% skill set match. Worked on a highly dynamic staffing firm that is bringing innovations in the hiring process by establishing an AI-driven candidates database, to speed up the recruitment process. Very efficient in connecting and handling candidates irrespective of the responses and cooperation. Communicated proactively to candidates to get retained in the recruitment pipeline. Emotionally intelligent to deal with escalations from clients and candidates.

Interview CoordinationIT RecruitmentRecruitmentTalent Acquisition

Nielsen

Brand Analyst (Via Randstad)

Dec 2020 – Mar 2021 · 3 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Remote

Deployed to Nielsen through Randstad.
Analyze brand exposure with highly advanced software tools and dynamic online team integration to figure out Return On Investment - ROI for events like Premier League, NBA, MLB and more. Leveraged good leadership roles according to requirements and delivered excellent written communication and collaboration with my fellow co-workers.
The position demands highly accurate and minute level validated data, which requires an eye for details and complete immersion in the project. An acceptable level of experience with Google Workspace facilities like Google sheets, online work methods and established foundations to efficiently communicate and manage a team online.