CHITRA GOWDA

• I am part of Google Cloud Staffing team, have been working on Technical Leadership roles - L6 and L7, Staff Software Engineering positions
• Have implemented sourcing strategies to discover top talents in competitive markets
• Provided exceptional service to both candidates and stakeholders, fostering long-term partnerships
• Consistently delivered on operational metrics from the time have joined Google
• Received Spot Bonus, Peer Bonus and Kudos from Hiring Managers, peers and candidate
• Have been part of many initiatives and volunteered for few of events, few of them are;
• Volunteered for S2 Infra event and Google Cloud Next event, Organized Recruitment Referral Booth during Cloud Culture Week, Mentored ResOps teams on lead generation for Cloud TA team L6/L7 hiring - generated 70+ viable leads in 1 quarter, Conducted DEI Sourcing Jam for Cloud Staffing team L6/L7 hiring - generated 36 viable leads in 1 month
• SWE Database Talent Mapping - initiative has led to increase in DB domain candidates funnel for India
• Project Moonshot - Volunteered for this project to study different pool of candidates available in market for L6/L7 - IC/EM roles
• AI/ML Mapping - Volunteered in identifying and mapping best talent in the space of AI/ML from top tier organizations.
• Google Hiring Assessment (GHA) - I worked with this team and contributed in designing and reviewing Online Assessment process and provided suggestions to improve the tool.
• Cloud Leaders Circle - Databases and Data Analytics - I was assigned as the champion to establish connection with potential candidates, invite them for the event and guide other volunteers in reviewing domain profiles.
• Buddy to pivoting recruiters joining Cloud Staffing team
• Project Catalyst - Leading Design and Coding Interview Workshops for L6+ SWE candidates in partnership with Tech leaders
• Referral Program - Conducted referral program for various PAs in Cloud

• Proficiency in executing the entire gamut of a task in recruitment
• Partnering with Business to understand hiring needs and accordingly strategizing the hiring process
• Calibrating with interviewers for conducting hiring best practices and to gain best interview experience for candidates
• Sourcing talent from the competition and developing strategy to build strong technical pipeline
• Executing best practices for efficient candidate experience
• Worked on various internal projects and conducted trainings/events for internal and external resources
• Hiring across various levels and roles starting from Backend/Frontend Engineers, Data Engineers, DevOps/SREs, Business System Analyst, Customer Success Managers, Product Technical Support Engineers.

Awards & Recognition:

• TA Award for FY21 Q1: Special Achievement Award
• Received several "Kudos" from Business, TA team and Candidates for interview experience

• Associated with Walmart US team for hiring of Walmart E-Commerce and Jet.com portfolios
• Partnered with Principal Recruiters and Hiring Managers in US to understand staffing needs
• Proactively conducted research and investigated new ideas to create innovative sourcing strategies
• Building strong external talent pipeline for active requisitions
• Engaged with candidates for initial screening, to know their skills and credentials
• Extensively worked for Category Manager, Campaign Manager, Product Manager, Software Engineer and Data Scientist roles
• Created database and Boolean Searches for Diversity specific candidates, which was referred by all talent sourcers and recruiters (This was recognized and appreciated by US TA team)
• Tools/platforms used- LinkedIn Recruiter, Greenhouse, Avature, Kenexa

Awards & Recognition:

Talent Sourcing Contest - Won recruitment sourcing contest held in month of Nov-Dec, 2018

Deputed at Google

• Worked on Global Leadership and niche roles for Engineering and Global Business Operations (GBO) teams for Google
• Possess research-oriented approach towards closing strategic roles and have generated high number of viable leads
• Worked extensively on cutting edge technologies in areas of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data Science
• Methodology used for sourcing profiles is majorly through LinkedIn, internal Google hiring tools and open web search
• Part of training initiative for newly joined employees. Trained extensively on LinkedIn search, Boolean search

Awards & Recognition:

• Rockstar Researcher: Oct(week 2) 2015
• Spotlight Award – Hall of Fame: For exemplary focus on performance excellence in the month of Sept 2015, March 2016, Aug 2016, Jan 2017, May 2017, July 2017, Nov 2017, Mar 2018

• Associated with Non-IT Recruitment Team for hiring Senior Leadership Roles
• Understanding the requirements given by the clients, i.e.; roles & responsibilities/ job description
• Sourced and identified the potential candidates for the given role through portals & social media sites (LinkedIn, Naukri, Monster)
• Screened and interviewed candidates to know their skill sets and interests
• Followed up with candidates till they joined and maintained good relationship with them to ensure smooth on-boarding
• Maintained database of all the requirements and the candidates profile for future use
• Worked for clients like Flipkart, Amazon, Myntra, OlaCabs, BankBazaar, Tally Solutions, NGPay
• Some of the roles worked and hired for are Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Financial Officer, India Sales Head, Director Human Resources, Associate Director - Learning & Development