Veena Ramakrishna

Recruiter

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 7 mos experience

Key Highlights

12 years of experience in US Healthcare recruitment.
Led end-to-end hiring for health-tech startups.
Expert in talent acquisition and stakeholder management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthcare Talent Acquisition Specialist with expertise in recruitment strategies and team building.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionStakeholder Management

Other Skills

CommunicationConsultingCustomer ServiceEmployee EngagementExecutive SearchFull-life Cycle RecruitingHR ConsultingHuman ResourcesHuman Resources (HR)IT RecruitmentInfluence OthersJavaScriptLife SkillsLinkedIn RecruiterManagement

About

I have around 12 years of experience in US Healthcare product-based company. Led end-to-end hiring and people ops for US-focused health-tech company.I am a Bachelor of Engineering graduate and have experience in setting up Hiring Process for Start-ups, specialized in Talent Acquisition, Team Handling, Stakeholder Management, Account Management, Vendor Management and General HR activities.Worked closely with leadership teams across US and India, driving recruiting and part of people ops independently while navigating tight timelines and budgets.Managed employee lifecycle: onboarding and terminations discussions in coordination with team leads.

Experience

12 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 6 mos

Current Experience

Career break

Full-time parenting

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

Took a planned maternity break to care of my child and family.
During this time:
Stayed up to date with industry trends and tools through online certifications, freelancing and self-learning.
Completed online certification on AI-Powered Talent Acquisition & Upskilling Revolutionized from Udemy.
Completed online ‘ChatGPT for HR’ certification by The Shape of Work.
Completing Master of AI in HR & Recruitment course from Udemy.
Now fully ready and available to rejoin the workforce with strong motivation and updated knowledge.

Curemd

Senior Recruitment Specialist

Mar 2022 – Nov 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos · Remote

CureMD is a product-based US Healthcare domain company. It was a start up in India building AI based ML consumer based B2C product. I was involved in end-to-end recruitment plus HR activities. I have been involved in branding, company process setup and build complete product, sales and client ops team in US and India.
Talent Acquisition Lead / Global Talent Acquisition Specialist
Managed the entire Hiring for Indian Set-up to build a team of product, sales and Client operations team
Managing complete Recruitment for fresher, junior, senior and leadership roles from Raising Requisition, Sourcing, Interviewing, Offer Negotiation, Offer Management and Onboarding.
Excellent Interpersonal, Convincing, Rate Negotiation, Analytical & Problem-solving Skills.
Define and refine the sourcing plans based on the recruiting targets & budget and ensure that it is in line with the company’s business and strategy.
Using different Talent Sourcing Channels to source for qualified candidates including recruiting agencies, job boards, career portal, social media, internal databases, online searches, referrals, internet postings etc.
Utilize the system to manage open positions and screen, interview, and shortlist candidates.
Manage Job Offering and On-Boarding processes.
Identify internal potential resources and map against the open position through Internal Job posting program
Maintain and generating report to assess the talent acquisition process including Recruitment Dashboard, weekly, monthly and quarterly updates to VP
Responsible to create and release Individual Contracts for new employees who are recruited for projects.
Ensure that the standard metrics for recruitment are being tracked (Fulfilment, Cycle time, cost per hire, offer - joining ratio, Source mix, Company Tier mix and Diversity Mix).
Designed Employee Referral Program and Interview Assessment form.
Conducted onboarding, BGV verification, Employee engagement programs and other HR activities.

SourcingRecruitingTechnical RecruitingHR ConsultingVendor ManagementEmployee Engagement+2

Nextgen healthcare

Specialist II, Talent Acquisition

Feb 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Bangalore · Remote

Managed the entire Hiring for Indian Set-up to build a team of multiple products.
Working closely with Stakeholders/ Hiring Managers for the Hiring Plan and to develop a comprehensive model to close position within given time span.
Managing complete Recruitment for Middle and Senior roles for various product Lines from Raising Requisition, Sourcing, Screening Interviewing, Offer Negotiation, Offer Management and Onboarding.
Reduced the dependency on Vendors and reduce the cost per Hire by right Recruitment Strategy and building Talent Pipeline.
Preparation of Recruitment Metrics and presenting to the Higher Management on the progression of the Recruitment on weekly basis.
Handling Talent Attraction, Talent Sourcing and building Talent Pipeline.
Involved in Candidate Engagement process post Candidate Offer.

SourcingRecruitingStakeholder ManagementTalent SourcingRecruitment MetricsTalent Acquisition