Hema T R

• In the role of a Talent advisor, I have partnered with and supported the hiring needs for 3 large business units within Intel between Q3-2021 to Q3 2023.
• Coached new hiring mangers on Intel hiring processes , Application Tracking System, and implemented systematic feedback mechanism to improve hiring experience and employer brand value

Key Hiring Performance Highlights :

• Negotiated competitive packages for crucial requisitions and hired 2 critical Principal Engineers and over 6 Grade 10 + Hires in FY22-23
• Created and compiled complex hiring cases studies successfully resolved hiring challenges for critical Hires.
• Supported hiring for the entire IT account as a sub group along with a huge business group in the Software Advanced technology group within Intel , liaised and guided RPO partners to positively impact overall internal stakeholder perception
• Achieved a Key milestone for the India TPA during Q2-Q3-2022 by Spear heading the incubation of the DSE Compiler Engineering team in India.
• Hired 100 plus engineers in Q1 of 2022, partnering with global stakeholders for a Complex business group with site specific challenges.
• Consistently maintained KPIs - Diversity percentage, TTA and TTF goals along with top star experience for both hiring managers and candidate experience throughout- have been recognized by multiple stakeholders for being a trusted hiring partner.
• Led an exercise for a software group by presenting hiring analytics ,fostering equity (CR) between internal and external candidates- that effectively resulted in correction in two job codes.
• Managed Niche Skills hiring for Intel Labs.

BEYOND The core TA role:

• Was a core team member in conducting periodic internal audits on offers on a monthly basis which effectively led to minimized hiring defects.
• Mentored junior and new team members to get adept with internal processes and hiring policies.
• Was an active brand ambassador for Intel's return to work program for women -soliciting passive talent -returning to work after career break(s)- H20 (Home to Office), as part of this, I have published personal and employee testimonials on career page, and conducted site recruitment drives focused on women in Tech roles, returning to work . represented Intel in corporate inclusion and diversity programs.

Contributed through Regional and Asia Pac GIGs:

Was actively engaged in multiple Gigs and contributed over and above the TA role as part of TA learning and development.

1. PE&A Gig : As part of the Process Evaluation and experience Gig, have Created effective talent acquisition training materials that supported culture and performance objectives.

2. Intern and Campus Hiring Gig: worked closely with the India Campus Manager and actively collaborated with business leaders and hiring managers across the organization and successfully achieved intern hiring targets within a short span of time.

liaised with Campus SPOCS of Top tier tech educational institutions of the country pitching for the best campus slots for FY23.

3. Nano Gig: Path to Fellow: Was part of the global 2-member group , partnered with the core group and HR business partners to design the program. Brought together 3 of the senior most Intel Fellows from different geographies , as motivational speakers ,to address and coach aspiring fellows on Tech leadership.

I successfully facilitated one of the 3 sessions conducted in September 2023.

Supported hiring needs for some of the Hardware groups for the Bangalore (India) site.

As part of a regional program management gig, Worked closely with the background verification vendor team to monitor and communicate updates on Background checks on selected candidates and provided structured metrics to present the process updates to TA leadership and stakeholders.

Facilitated New employee on-boarding and orientations programs .

Effectively negotiate offer packages to selected candidates and follow through for successful acceptance and joining

• Engaged with IT team leaders to forecast hiring needs and goals
• Managed End-to-end recruiting lifecycle- sourcing to On-Boarding- for requisitions in the Product groups.
• Maintained and tracked job postings on ThoughtWorks Career page
• Built strong relationships with internal and external candidates to ensure an excellent hiring experience.

Technical Recruiter for one of Goldman Sachs's major Tech Product groups- called FICC

Execute End to End recruitment lifecycle - sourcing, screening, interview scheduling, offer creation, negotiation, closure till acceptance and joining.

Partnered with campus recruiting with Top Tier Institutions and local colleges, conducted and facilitated weekend hiring rushes and outstation hiring campaigns and road shows across different cities within India.

• The scope of my role at Microsoft's Global Technical Support Centre included hiring 1st and 2nd level support engineers and team managers across different product support groups .
• Engage in End-to-end recruitment lifecycle- sourcing screening, scheduling, selection , offer negotiation, follow through till closures and joining.
• Contributed in successfully driving weekend hiring rushes, referral programs, vendor management.
• Consistently maintained desired cost per hire for FYO5 hiring targets.

• Identify potential candidates based on clients requirements from internal JobStreet database , head-hunting, vet, screen, schedule interviews and create and communicate offer packages, follow through till closure and joining.
• Networked and built relationships with potential candidates and built a strong database of professionals in the Telecom and Embedded and Hardware and Networking Domains
• Developed and posted job descriptions to various platforms to communicate open position requirements to potential candidates. Maintain Career sites for selected clients.
• As a dedicated resource to MRO-TEK, I successfully partnered to hire and expand their R&D division in Bangalore, by placing hardware and software professionals, senior managers, engineering heads, program managers.
• Handled advertisement campaigns for KLA-Tencor
• Was instrumental in moving JobStreet as a preferred vendor with leading clients like Intel and HP