Taleo
Eswar Rao Sontena
Talent Acquisition
Hyderabad
Summary
Passionate Talent Acquisition Lead/Manager with a proven track record of delivering excellence and making a significant impact. Skilled in leading a full-lifecycle recruitment process, successfully building a robust and engaging hiring process while owning talent acquisition strategies. Expertise lies in identifying and nurturing future leaders, utilizing experience in full-cycle recruiting to source, select, and hire top talent. Adept at establishing and maintaining effective recruitment metrics, processes, systems, and tools that deliver five-star candidate experiences and enhance the company's employment brand.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Talent Acquisition Team Lead R&D
Medtronic
Hyderabad
1 2019 - Current
- Strategic TA partner for Technology hiring and supporting Business Segment, i.e., Enterprise Engineering, Analytics, Product Engineering, Data Engineering, and Embedded Systems.
- Streamlined talent acquisition strategies for improved efficiency and time-to-hire metrics.
- Optimized recruitment channels by regularly evaluating performance data and adjusting strategies accordingly.
- Provided exceptional candidate experience throughout the entire recruitment process, resulting in positive feedback and increased offer acceptance rates.
- Developed a robust talent pipeline by fostering long-term relationships with passive candidates and industry professionals.
- Enhanced candidate quality by implementing thorough screening and interview processes.
- Implemented innovative sourcing tactics, attracting top-tier candidates for hard-to-fill positions.
- Negotiated competitive offers with selected candidates, balancing organizational budget constraints with market expectations.
- Managed end-to-end recruitment processes, ensuring timely placements for critical roles.
- Coached junior recruiters on best practices, increasing overall team success.
- Continuously assessed and improved recruitment practices, staying informed on industry trends, and best practices for talent acquisition.
- Analyzed recruiting metrics to share reports and recommendations with stakeholders.
- Identified and created recruitment and administrative performance metrics and data to analyze trends, drive change, and assess progress.
- Supported diversity and inclusion initiatives through targeted recruiting efforts and unbiased candidate assessments.
- Manage and develop a team of recruiters , ensuring they are effectively sourcing, screening, pipeline building, and managing the selection process for their identified markets and positions they are filling.
- Responsible for team growth and performance.
- Responsible for partnering with vendors to identify talent for niche skills and leveraging internal referrals through the Employee Referral Scheme.
- Achieving the quarterly hiring targets, according to the KPI (Key Performance Indicator) and metrics.
Senior HR Executive
UTC - HRDC
Hyderabad
02.2018 - 12.2018
- Worked on Automation, UI, Web, Embedded, Model Based Design hiring in IoT Domain.
- Recruited top talent to maximize profitability.
- Established and maintained solid working relationship with hiring managers, as well as determined needs of hiring managers. Responsible for handling end-to-end recruitment process.
- Sourcing profiles through job portals, employee referrals, networking, advertisement, job posting, and social networking sites.
Staffing in HTS _Safety Productivity Solutions
Honeywell
Hyderabad
01.2017 - 02.2018
- Worked for Productivity Products (Wireless Technologies and Mobility), Work Flow (Software), Intelligrated (Software), Honeywell User Experience, PMO, Cybersecurity, Industrial Safety (NPI, NPD), and IoT hiring.
- Established and maintained a solid working relationship with hiring managers, as well as determined the needs of the hiring managers.
- Responsible for handling the end-to-end recruitment process of Honeywell Technology Solutions. Sourcing profiles through job portals, employee referrals, networking, advertisement, job posting, and social networking sites.
- Evaluate skill level and manage the offer process, including reference checks, salary recommendations, and offers accepted or declined. Prepare market mapping for niche skills.
- Manage pre-hire process, including pre-employment coordination for background verification (BGV) and onboarding dates.
- Experience with new age hiring process like Hackathon, Pair programming, Evidence-based hiring.
Client Account Manager
Quess Corp Limited
Hyderabad
07.2012 - 01.2017
- Built client relationships by responding to inquiries, identifying and assessing clients' needs, resolving problems, and following up with potential and existing clients.
- Identified, screened, and presented top candidates for required positions, collaborating with hiring managers to set realistic job requirements.
- Proficient in using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, advanced search, and X-ray search techniques.
- Mentoring Team.
- Account Management
Education
Bachelors Engineering - Electrical And Electronic Engineering
JNUT Kakinada
Guntur 06.2007 - 03.2011
Skills
Talent Acquisition
Strategic Planning
Leadership Development
People and Performance Management
Diversity and Inclusion
Continuous Improvement
Cross-Functional Teamwork
Project Management
Accomplishments
- Quess Corp – Above and Beyond – 6 Awards
- PeopleStrong (Honeywell RPO) – Exemplary Team Work
- PeopleStrong - Appreciation from Staffing COE and Business heads.
- Flexibility (Medtronic RPO) – Stellar Award Annual, VOA Champ Q1 2020
- Flexibility (Medtronic RPO) – 4 Awards VOA Champion
- Flexibility (Medtronic RPO) – 1 Award Leadership Hiring
- Flexibility (Medtronic RPO) – 1 Award Diversity Champion
- Flexibility (Medtronic RPO) – 1 Award Process Champion
- Flexibility (Medtronic RPO) – Star Award April 2024
- Multiple applause's from Leadership.
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the above-mentioned information is correct up to my knowledge and I bear the Responsibility for the correctness of the above-mentioned particulars.
Software
Workday
Power Point Dashboard
Excel
Applicant Tracking System
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Certification
Domain Certification RPO
Timeline
Senior HR Executive
UTC - HRDC
02.2018 - 12.2018
Domain Certification RPO
10-2017
Staffing in HTS _Safety Productivity Solutions
Honeywell
01.2017 - 02.2018
Client Account Manager
Quess Corp Limited
07.2012 - 01.2017
Bachelors Engineering - Electrical And Electronic Engineering
JNUT Kakinada
06.2007 - 03.2011
Talent Acquisition Team Lead R&D
Medtronic
1 2019 - Current
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