DEVIKA R
Bangalore
Summary
Talent acquisition expert with 4 years of experience in managing end-to-end recruitment, adept at spotting tech talent with a proven history of providing efficient interviewing strategies with strong stakeholder management skills and sourcing top tier candidates for long term business success.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Account Manager / Team Lead
CRED (RPO Via Wenger & Watson)
01.2023 - Current
- Led end-to-end hiring efforts for major clients such as CRED, Vymo, Reliance Jio and Fintellix
- Worked closely with the stakeholders/ leadership team to build interview frameworks and MSN documents to address the hiring needs of engineering team
- Defined and optimized the hiring flow for various tech roles to improve the TAT and candidate experience
- Led and managed a team of 10-12 members consisting of recruiters and recruiter coordinators, overseeing the full recruitment lifecycle for various clients
- Handled internal hiring and performance appraisals within the team
- Planned and set up team goals for achieving week-on-week and monthly targets
- Actively involved in preparation of business reports.
Senior Consultant
Zeta ( RPO Via Wenger & Watson)
07.2021 - 12.2022
- Responsible for building and scaling up the engineering team of our client - Zeta
- Worked with business leadership to understand the business needs and desired skills for hiring complex and niche positions
- Experienced in sourcing through different platforms - Naukri, LinkedIn (Personal & Recruiter), Instahyre, Monster and Google X-ray search
- Hired for all kind of tech roles such as Backend, Frontend, Full-stack, Mobile (Android/iOS/QA Mobile), SDET/QA, Product Manager, DevOps, Data Engineer etc
- And techno functional roles like Solution Architect, Project Manager, Business Analyst etc
- Handled various negotiations with the stakeholders and the candidates
- Led a team of 4 members.
Talent Acquisition Associate
TopHire.co
06.2020 - 06.2021
- Engaged in end-to-end tech recruitment for various growth staged start-ups
- Hands on experience with sourcing, headhunting and creating JDs
- Performed initial screening, skillset/background checks and scheduled interviews and streamlined client recruitment processes
- Operated and maintained candidate applicant tracking systems
- Mentored a team of 7-8 members and conducted several training sessions for the new joinees
- Had the highest number of closures in the month of Dec 2020 and highest conversion rate for candidate signups from Nov 2020 - Feb 21.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) - Honors - Human Resources
01.2020
Skills
- Talent Acquisition
- Talent Sourcing
- Stakeholder Management
- Referral networks & Applicant sourcing
- Employer Branding
- Strategic Planning
- Decision Making
- Leadership
- Team Building
- Data Analysis & Reporting
- Performance Management
- ATS - Lever; Darwinbox; Zoho Recruit; Airtable; Talent Recruit
Accomplishments
- Most Impactful Member Award for 2022-23 at Wenger & Watson
- Top Performer Award for 2021-22 at Wenger & Watson
- Exemplary Award for generating ~ 60 Lakhs within less than two quarters at Wenger & Watson.
- Winner of TopGun 2.0 (Internal competition at TopHire)
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Upper intermediate (B2)
Kannada
Upper intermediate (B2)
Malayalam
Intermediate (B1)
French
Elementary (A2)
Timeline
Account Manager / Team Lead
CRED (RPO Via Wenger & Watson)
01.2023 - Current
Senior Consultant
Zeta ( RPO Via Wenger & Watson)
07.2021 - 12.2022
Talent Acquisition Associate
TopHire.co
06.2020 - 06.2021
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) - Honors - Human Resources
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