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Abhay Menon

Bengaluru,KA

Summary

Dynamic Talent Acquisition Specialist with proven success at Whatfix, adept at developing recruitment strategies and building high-performing teams. Expert in candidate sourcing and onboarding processes, having successfully hired over 360 professionals. Strong relationship builder, skilled in negotiating salary and benefits while fostering a positive candidate experience.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Whatfix
01.2020 - Current

- Developed and executed recruitment strategies to build Digital Adoption Consulting, Content Strategy,
Product Training and Business Strategy Consulting teams from scratch.
- Evaluated resumes, interviewed, and presented qualified candidates to hiring managers and solicited
feedback to refine recruiting strategy.
- Hired and On-boarded close to 361 folks G.T.M and techno-functional teams.
- Acted as brand ambassador to educate candidates on culture, career growth, benefits, and advantages
of working for company.
- Built the team of Digital Adoption Consulting consisting of 293 people, Associate to Associate Director.
- Built from scratch, a team of 6 Performance Marketing folks (ABM, Programmatic, SEM and Social
Media Marketing) in a span of 5 months.
- Contributed to the Business Development Competency Mapping Exercise by gathering inputs and
inferring the pain-points in defining K.R.As across levels of the BD team.
- Identified the learning needs of the new recruits (0-2 years of exp.) as a part of the Campus-to-
Corporate program.
- Initiated the Post-Offer Engagement Program and built the framework for the same.
- Did end to end vendor management for Digital Adoption Consulting hiring.
- Managed hiring for the people function at Whatfix by hiring 3 Sr. Manger - HRBP, 2 AM - HRBPs, 3 folks
for the L&D team and 3 for the HR Ops team.
- Developed and maintained strong working relationships with executives, HR team, and hiring managers
to foster partnerships that produced consistent results.-

Talent Acquisition Associate

Zolostays
08.2018 - 12.2019

-Managed end-2-end recruitment for the non-tech departments - Business Development, Operations,
Finance and Customer Experience
-Hired and on-boarded close to 350 talents across India
-Recruited for Growth, Operations and, P&L teams from scratch for the new units in Mumbai, Hyderabad,
Gurugram and Noida during their set-up phase
-Recruited close to 110 people for Growth, Operations and P&L teams across India, post org
restructuring in Q1, 2019.
-Managed last mile people operations (post offer follow-ups, arranging for transport and accommodation for outstation candidate)

Education

MBA - HRM

School of Management Studies, CUSAT
Kochi, India
11-2018

Bachelor of Management Studies - Business Management

Mumbai University
Mumbai
05-2016

Skills

  • Screening resumes
  • Job posting optimization
  • Onboarding processes
  • Social media recruiting
  • Salary and benefits negotiations
  • Candidate sourcing
  • Recruitment
  • Applicant tracking systems
  • Cold calling
  • Recruitment planning
  • Interviewing techniques

Timeline

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Whatfix
01.2020 - Current

Talent Acquisition Associate

Zolostays
08.2018 - 12.2019

MBA - HRM

School of Management Studies, CUSAT

Bachelor of Management Studies - Business Management

Mumbai University
Abhay Menon