Rajesh Muralidharan

Head of Talent

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India17 yrs 6 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 17 years of experience in talent acquisition.
  • Expert in digital hiring and modern recruitment trends.
  • Proven track record in managing diverse teams and stakeholders.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Leader with expertise in IT Services and Engineering sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionStakeholder ManagementTechnical RecruitingEmployer Branding

Other Skills

AnalysisApplicant Tracking SystemsBenefits NegotiationBusiness NetworkingCareer ManagementCommunicationConsultingContract RecruitmentCustomer-Focused ServiceDesign ThinkingDiversityDiversity RecruitmentEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsEnd to End Recruitments

About

Rajesh Muralidharan is a passionate Transformation specialist, Seasoned TA professional with over 17 years, have had the good fortune of being involved in hiring the best talents inclusive of leaders, ( Operations, Tech, Engineering ) for organizations including IT Services, Captive hiring, BFSI - Banking & Financial product, Engineering R&D Services, EMS. Lead high performing teams and motivated with RnR, Trainings, Industry insights, mapping and tapping qualified professionals from the right competition etc., The world of talent is going through a sea of change with more Millennials joining the workforce and taking centre stage, the traditional method of recruitment are taking back seat and talent acquisition as a job function world over is staring at trends like Digital hiring, Crack the code test, Hackathon hiring, Analytics etc., I feel i am fortunate to be part of this highly transforming era. Specialities: Employer branding, proactive strategic recruitment, leadership/ executive search across functions, industries and geographies; Career advice; Stakeholder management; talent attraction; people management; training; coaching; consulting; Social Media hiring ( Implemented Digital channels sourcing ) Thomas profiling, Caliper assessments, Market intelligence, Talent attraction, Talent landscape mapping, Strategic resource planning etc., were some of the specialities Workday, kenexa, success factor, hirecraft etc., Managed stakeholders across US, Australia, Europe, MEA, APAC Hodophile -Peripatetic-Solivagant

Experience

17 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 10 mos
Current Experience

Wipro

Talent Acquisition Leader

Aug 2024Present · 1 yr 10 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Hybrid

  • Responsible for Digital hiring - Americas 1
  • Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: Wipro) is a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company. We harness the power of cognitive computing, hyper-automation, robotics, cloud, analytics, and emerging technologies to help our clients adapt to the digital world.With 2.5 lakhs employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our clients, colleagues & communities thrive in an ever-changing world.
  • Wipro Enterprise Futuring offers clients forward looking AI powered solutions for large scale enterprise transformation by bringing together intelligent insights, enterprise data, application platforms, cyber security and design & experience services.
Talent AcquisitionStakeholder ManagementStrategic Planning

Born group

APAC & MEA - Talent Acquisition Leader

Feb 2021Oct 2021 · 8 mos

  • TA Lead for APAC and Captive Business Units
  • Managed hiring for Digital commerce Technologies
  • Worked closely with Business leaders and Delivery leaders getting projection and responsible for fulfillment
  • Managed a team of 9. Hiring Ownership for Cairo and Dubai roles
  • Aligned with Sales Leaders projections and initiated fulfillment as appropriate
  • Successfully hired Program Managers, Architects, Senior Program managers, Project managers, Business Analysts
  • Volume hiring Java backend, full stack, front end, AEM, HYBRIS, SFCC, Magento, IBM Sterling OMS, Manhattan, vtex etc.,
  • Instrumental in building UIUX business
  • New business diversification in expanding Captives was successfully built.
Hiring PracticesAnalysisDiversity RecruitmentHiring TrendsTalent SourcingBenefits Negotiation+11

Capgemini

APAC Talent Acquisition Leader

Jan 2021Jan 2024 · 3 yrs · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Hiring Ownership for CCA ( Cloud Custom Applications ) & DCX Digital customer experience
  • Managing the below sectors - PAN India
  • FS - Financial services
  • MLS - Manufacturing & Life Science
  • CPRD - Consumer products, Retail and distribution
  • AA - Automotive & Aerospace
  • TMT - Telecom Media Technology
  • Managed Services
  • Working closely with Sector Heads, Business Heads and ensuring fulfillment within TAT
  • Captive hiring, Non captive hiring
Technical RecruitingDiversity RecruitmentTeamworkHiring TrendsTalent SourcingRelationship Building+13

Flex

Fulfillment Lead - Leadership & Lateral Hiring - flex

Jan 2018Jan 2020 · 2 yrs

  • Talent Acquisition Ownership for GSS Bangalore, NEXTracker – PAN India, Australia, China, Malaysia, Singapore )
  • Was instrumental in building CIP2, CIP3, NEXTracker businesses
  • Managed lateral and leadership Hiring for Flex, India (Flex Global Services and Solutions, Flex New business and Projects and NEXTracker).
  • Strategic planning, competency mapping, Market intelligence projects were carried out with a team of 6 and executed recruitment strategies and best practices thereby shown results in fulfilment within SLAs for consistent 2 years.
  • Responsible for team SLAs and managed stakeholders across Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, US & Australia.
  • Average Source Mix : 41 % employee Referral, 47% Direct Source, 12 % LinkedIn, 0% Vendor usage.
  • Diversity Hiring Initiatives with a fulfilment of 18 % of gender diversity at Leadership level.
  • Initiated 3 days workshop to a team of 7 to enlighten about “360 degree view of understanding of the business” which enhanced the know-how and nuances of the EMS business to the whole team.
Hiring TrendsTalent SourcingRelationship BuildingEmployer BrandingTalent AcquisitionTeam Leadership+7

Intellect design arena ltd

Global Talent Acquisition Lead

Jan 2015Jan 2018 · 3 yrs

  • Managed hiring across Middle, Senior , Leadership Hiring & Super Niche skills.
  • Stake holder management and executed seamless hiring strategy and produced results within deadlines
  • Managed hiring for Global transaction Banking, Risk, treasury & markets, Consumer banking, retail banking
Hiring TrendsTalent SourcingRelationship BuildingTeam LeadershipCustomer-Focused ServiceDiversity+2

Alten india

Talent Acquisition Lead - Automotive & Aerospace Business

May 2014Nov 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Recruitment Lead for Automotive and Aerospace Business
  • Managing Talent Acquisition for ODC Hiring & Staff Augmentation Business needs
  • Manpower Requirement Analysis & Making Hiring Plans
  • Managing Employee referral Campaigns - Designing and Publishing
  • Vendor Management - Analyse vendor proposals and decision making and evaluating performance of vendors
  • Planning, Organizing Recruiting ( Sourcing channels ), Social media sourcing
  • Salary Negotiations & Offer release and follow up till on boarding
  • On Boarding Process (Joining Formalities, Employee Handbook, Background reference)
  • New joiner Induction & Orientation
  • Employee Engagement and Lead generation for New requirements
  • Recruitment Application: Talentlive
Hiring TrendsTalent SourcingRelationship BuildingTeam LeadershipCustomer-Focused ServiceTalent Acquisition+1

Hcl technologies

Talent Acquisition - Engineering - R & D Services

Jan 2010Jan 2014 · 4 yrs

  • 2013 - 2014 April : Talent Attraction & Acquisition ( Architects / SMEs / Senior Technical Managers and Program Managers and AGM / DGM / General Manager / Operations Director positions - Senior Hiring )
  • Managed PAN India Recruitment with a team size of 5 in 3 different Geographies
  • 2012: Responsible for Specialized skills across ERS LOB ( WDK, High computing, Control systems, Linux Kernel )
  • Proposed Pro-active Hiring for Super Niche skills to build capability and successfully met target deadlines
  • 2011: Responsible for recruitment for ERS - ( Manufacturing & OEM ) Business - (Aerospace & defence, Semiconductor, Automotive, Medical Devices, Consumer Electronics, Mobility ( IOS & Android ), Industrial automation, MFP, Telecom, Office Automation, Hitech, Digital - Major Ramp Up Plans for recruiting volume in multiple Business Units
  • 2010: Responsible for recruitment for Practice ( Exclusive R&D Group in ERS LOB )
  • Major Ramp Up for Automotive, Medical Devices, Semiconductor, Industrial and Factory Automation, Telecom, Aerospace, Consumer Electronics - Embedded Systems
  • Played the role of Talent Acquisition Partner hiring for ERS Line of Business
  • Volume Hiring - Large Ramp Ups - .Net, J2ee, C++, VC++, Embedded dev, Embedded V & V, Matlab / simulink ( HCL - Pune, Chennai, Bangalore locations )
  • Anchoring regular recruitment reviews, focused on identifying solutions to the hiring challenges and managing internal and external stake holder issues
  • Recruitment Application : Smart Recruit ( HCL ), Kenexa ( iTAP)
  • Engineering and R&D Services(ERS) Line of Business - Automotive, Aerospace & Defense, Industrial & Mechanical, Medical Devices, Semiconductor, Enterprise & Consumer Hi-Tech, Digital Engineering and MFPs
  • Team - 6 ( Chennai, Bangalore, Gurgaon )
Hiring TrendsTalent SourcingRelationship BuildingTeam LeadershipCustomer-Focused ServiceTalent Acquisition+1

Adecco

Client Account Manager

Jan 2007Jan 2010 · 3 yrs · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Client Account Manager
Talent SourcingRelationship BuildingTeam LeadershipCustomer-Focused ServiceDiversityTalent Acquisition+1

Education

Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy

MBA — HR

Jan 2003Jan 2005

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