Hi, I’m
Gokul K
Senior Technical Recruiter
Bangalore
Summary
An astute & passionate HR professional with a comprehensive background in Full Life Cycle Recruitment including acquiring talent, strategizing recruitment, interviewing, offer negotiation, stakeholder management and market research. Effective in utilizing resources, improving processes, increasing quality, and reducing costs.
Overview
7
years of professional experience
3
Certifications
5
Languages
Work History
Warner Bros. DiscoveryBangalore
Senior Technical Recruiter
10.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Conduct full cycle recruiting for technical positions in the organization, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and closing job offers
- Collaborate with hiring managers in various work streams to understand their staffing needs and develop effective recruitment strategies to attract top talent
- Utilize recruitment tools such as ATS, job boards, social media, and LinkedIn Recruiter to source and identify potential candidates
- Screen resumes and conduct pre-screening interviews to evaluate candidates' technical and soft skills, experience, and cultural fit
- Schedule weekly/biweekly meetings with stakeholders to track hiring progress and discuss the challenges
- Take part in the debrief calls to help interview panel make final hiring decision on active candidates
- Involved in critical offer negotiations and post-offer-engagement with candidates
- Engaged in various projects to gather market insights/intelligence and Job mapping, Skills mapping, Compensation analysis etc.
- Participate in employer branding initiatives to promote the organization as an employer of choice
- Recruited candidates for the following positions: Junior and Senior Software Development Engineers (Frontend/UI, Backend, Full stack, Android/iOS, DevOps and QA), Software Engineering Manager (SDM), Technical Program Manager (TPM), Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Director of Engineering
- Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) Exposure: Workday, ICIMS
LinkedIn CorporationBangalore
Talent Acquisition Specialist
05.2021 - Current
Job overview
- Handle talent sourcing: Entry Level Talent (ELT) to Senior level/leadership positions (1 to 25 years) across North America and APAC
- Holding a key role in the global inbound sourcing team including requisition intake, candidate screening, Recruiter phone screening-RPS (Via phone or video) and Onsite interviews
- Proficient in Diversity sourcing (Women in Tech, Under-represented Group, PWD, Veterans of US Army/Navy)
- Engaged in multiple global projects such as Talent mapping, Job mapping, Skills mapping, Alumni mapping
- Build strong internal relationships by partnering with Recruiters and Hiring Managers to recommend, develop and implement diverse recruitment strategies
- Leveraged various Diversity databases: GHC, AfroTech, Women in Tech (WiT), Lesbians Who Tech (LWT), Latinas in Tech (LiT), National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
- Extensive knowledge of the technical job market, web and Internet recruitment techniques, employment policies and procedures
- Technology Hired: Web development, UI/Frontend, Backend, Full stack, Android, iOS, AI/ML, Data science, Cyber-security/Infosec, Storage/Distributed systems, Incident response, Cross-platforms
- Roles hired: ELT to Senior/Leadership level positions
- Leveraged various ATS platforms: HireIn, Smart recruiter
IBM India Pvt LtdBangalore
Talent Acquisition Partner
05.2019 - 05.2021
Job overview
- Source potential candidates from various online channels (Social media and online job portals like LinkedIn, Naukri and indeed etc.)
- Build pipelines of active and passive candidates from a variety of channels (LinkedIn Recruiter, Sourcing sessions, Events, Employee referral, etc.)
- Interview candidates (via phone or video)
- Coordinate onsite written and online assessments for candidates
- Negotiated offer details and closed hires at a 90% acceptance rate for full-time hires
- Reviewed compensation and benefit packages to all hired candidates, including breakdown of annual salary, signing bonuses, bonus structure, healthcare coverage, vacation/paid time off, and stock awards
- Participate in job fairs and host in-house recruitment events
- Monitor key HR metrics, including time-to-fill, time-to-hire, and source of hire
- Roles Hired: Technical, non-technical and support functions across levels
- Applicant Tracking System (ATS): Kenexa Brassring
Amazon Development Centre India Pvt LtdBangalore
Selling Partner Support Associate
10.2016 - 04.2019
Job overview
- Managing Business to Business process (Amazon Australia and North America)
- Utilizing and implementing various tools to help vendors and solve all their issues
- Contacting global business partners (Vendors) through email and providing continuous support
- Owning vendor issues related to invoice and Pricing discrepancies and resolving them quickly and accurately
- Promoting amazon platforms and tools to vendors and guide them on usage
- Involved in Account management and Retail system Management
- Own vendor issues and resolve them quickly and accurately
- Ensure long-term satisfaction, commitment and trust with business partner
Education
Bangalore UniversityBangalore, Karnataka
MBA from Human Resource Management and Marketing
Calicut UniversityCalicut, Kerala
Bachelor of Commerce from Accounting And Finance
Skills
Full Life Cycle Recruitment
Diversity Hiring
Strategic Sourcing and Interviewing
Offer Negotiation
Stakeholder Management
Strategy Industry Mapping
Candidate Pipeline management
ATS - Applicant tracking system and Resume databases
LinkedIn Recruiter
Certification
Certified LinkedIn Recruiter
Languages
Malayalam
First Language
English
Proficient
C2
Tamil
Intermediate
B1
Hindi
Intermediate
B1
Interests
Sports
Travel
Yoga
Reading
Listening to music
Timeline
Senior Technical Recruiter
Warner Bros. Discovery
10.2022 - Current
Talent Acquisition Specialist
LinkedIn Corporation
05.2021 - Current
Talent Acquisition Partner
IBM India Pvt Ltd
05.2019 - 05.2021
Selling Partner Support Associate
Amazon Development Centre India Pvt Ltd
10.2016 - 04.2019
Bangalore University
MBA from Human Resource Management and Marketing
Calicut University
Bachelor of Commerce from Accounting And Finance