Kavita Ankalgi
Careernet Group
Hyderabad
1
Certification
10
years of professional experience
Talent Acquisition Manager with extensive experience leading recruitment strategies for Global Capability Centers (GCCs), partnering with global stakeholders to deliver talent solutions across Technology, Engineering, Analytics, Digital, Finance, and Shared Services functions. Proven expertise in strategic sourcing, stakeholder management, leadership hiring, campus hiring and building high-performing recruitment teams to support large-scale business growth. I specialize in creating effective talent acquisition strategies and diversity hiring, evidenced by a Star Performer award at Jade Global. With a proven track record in technical and volume hiring, my expertise also spans negotiation and relationship building, achieving a DEI hiring rate of 18% at Google.
Work History
Talent Acquisition Lead/Account Manager-GCC
4 Months- Lead end-to-end talent acquisition activities for the GCC's across Technology, Engineering, Digital, Analytics, Finance, HR, and Shared Services functions.
- Drive stakeholder engagement through regular hiring reviews, talent market insights, and recruitment performance updates.
- Build and execute talent acquisition strategies to attract high-quality talent across niche, leadership, and volume hiring requirements.
- Conducted talent mapping and competitor intelligence studies to identify talent availability and support location-based hiring decisions.
- Built proactive talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill positions through market research and networking.
- Ensured positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle, resulting in improved employer reputation and offer conversion rates.
- Managed and mentored a team of five members, fostering collaboration, enhancing productivity, and supporting professional development to achieve organizational objectives.
- Supported leadership hiring and succession planning through executive search and talent assessment initiatives.
- Led the campus engagement programs and Freshers hiring for all the multiple org.
- Experience in recruiting talent for IT and non-IT roles.
- Close interaction with the Chief Product Officer and CEO for a few of the critical hiring positions: Product Marketing Manager (Director level), Bid Manager (VP level), and Senior Content Marketing Manager for the AI product space.
- Mediating conflicts between employees and facilitating the resolution of disputes.
- Contributing to HR projects and initiatives like diversity and inclusion programs (sources DEI candidates through multiple sourcing and social media channels), employee engagement surveys, and talent management initiatives.
- Partnered with management to create and implement training programs focused on conflict resolution and effective communication skills, enhancing team dynamics.
- Oversee daily HR operations, ensuring smooth and efficient processes. Tools in use: LinkedIn, Naukri, Monster, Workday (ATS).
- Awarded as a Star Performer of the Year and Top Performer for multiple months.
Lead Specialist-Talent Acquisition
2 Years 2 Months- Managing the end-to-end recruitment cycle, alongside reviewing resumes for the team, getting necessary approvals from stakeholders, being involved in budgeting discussions and team balancing, and evaluating headcounts and positions for respective teams.
- Involved in salary discussions, job offer creation, rolling out the offer, and discussing final formalities with the candidate.
- Designed and implemented powerful strategies to build talent pipelines, and executed on tactical research, referral generation, and events.
- Collaborating with the engineering team to hire top talent through active engagements and talent mapping.
Senior HR Executive
7 Months- Responsible for hiring Application Engineering, Data Analytics and a few of the non-IT roles. Sourcing profiles through job portals like Naukri, Instahyre, LinkedIn Recruiter, Google X-Ray Search, and Employee Referrals.
- Actively involved in in-house hiring, with experience in lateral and volume hiring.
- Experience in junior to leadership hiring by working on niche or super-niche skills.
- Involved in conducting HR interviews for shortlisted candidates, collecting and verifying the documents, reviewing the salary fitments, and rolling out the offer letter.
- Arranged a keep-warm call for effective candidate engagement. Design and implement appropriate job descriptions for every level in the organization by discussing with the hiring managers and stakeholders.
- Experience in using Zoho Recruit (ATS) for applicants, candidate tracking, and offer processing using ATS: Zoho Recruit. Experience in vendor management.
Talent Advisor-Google Cloud Platform
1 Year 6 Months- Spearheaded full-cycle recruitment efforts for the GCP product area, collaborating with hiring managers to develop tailored recruitment strategies.
- Conducted strategic intake discussions to analyze open requisitions and devise effective recruitment plans.
- Managed the candidate pipeline using Google's internal ATS (Ghire) for tracking and work management.
- Conducted pre-screening assessments and prepared candidates for interviews by providing relevant preparation materials and best practice recommendations.
- Analyzed candidate interview feedback to create dossiers and statements of support for the hiring committee's review and offer approval.
- Collaborated closely with hiring managers and hiring committees to successfully fill roles within the GCP support division for various technical positions, including TSE/TSS roles for Google Workspace, Looker, SAP, etc.
- Successfully hired over 30 Cloud & Software Engineering (L3 to L6) Professionals while maintaining DEI hiring at 18%.
- Mentoring and providing guidance to a group of team members with target and expectation settings, along with providing support in candidate sourcing and calibration.
- Using data and conversion metrics to optimize the sourcing approach, and to help share insights with key business partners, while working closely with multiple hiring managers from different product areas at Google.
- Facilitating and leading meetings, key initiatives, and projects with directors, hiring managers, Google recruitment leads, and other stakeholders alongside the recruiting teams that continuously improve and scale our recruiting operations and results.
- Managed reference checks, background verification, and HR document collection processes.
- Actively participated in source-a-thons, grasshopper sessions, and Blitz sourcing sessions to enhance recruitment effectiveness.
- Hands-on expertise in developing a variety of insightful reports to enhance the efficiency of the hiring process, some of the reports include Locations Assessment, Hiring Trends, Diversity and Inclusion (DEI) reports, Competitor Analysis, Selection and Rejection Analysis, Salary Range (Market Average) reports, Talent Trend Analysis Report, etc.
- Tools in use: LinkedIn Recruiter (RPS), Seek Out (AI Search Engine), X-ray Social Media Search, GitHub, Ghire (Internal ATS).
- Received the highest recognition from the Global Head of the GCP team for closing one of the niche positions within one month of my joining.
Senior Consultant
5 Years 1 Month- Responsible for end-to-end recruitment.
- Supported few of the GCC's like Alcon, Koch, Lowe’s to build their teams from the Scratch.
- Managing walk-in drives and scheduled interviews.
- Attending the hiring manager's call to understand their business needs.
- Maintaining a low-cost hiring model with the right candidate. Handling clients and understanding their requirements.
- Handful of experience in understanding technical requirements and sourcing, screening the right candidates from job portals like Naukri, Times Job, and Monster.
- Taking follow-up on a timely basis, scheduling and coordinating interviews, negotiating compensation, etc.
- Expertise in conducting telephonic interviews and assessing the right fit for a position.
- Having a good knowledge of company mapping, market mapping, and the reports generated thereof.
- Positions handled for IT technologies like Java, Full Stack, Front End, UI/UX Developer/Designer, Scrum Master, Salesforce Developer/Admin, Analytics Engineer, Machine Learning, Data Science, Big Data Engineer, SAP Modules, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, MuleSoft Developer, BI Developer, SAP Hybris Developer, Drupal Developer, Mobile Developers (Android/iOS), RPA, Admin Roles, Networking, Security Engineers, Cloud Engineers, Project Managers, DevOps Engineers, SRE, Architects, VP, Directors, etc.
- Clients worked for Accenture, CTS, Mercedes-Benz, Lowe's, Alstom, Alcon, Koch, Qualys, Epsilon, Western Digital, Medtronic, Airbus, Microsoft, Telstra, Tyson, Halliburton, Philips, Legato, Magikey (startup), Kimberly-Clarke, and Cure. Fit.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Skills
Full lifecycle recruitment
Diversity Hiring
Market Trend Analysis
Team management
Vendor Management
Strategic Hiring
Global Stakeholder Management
ATS Management
Offer Management
Leadership Hiring
Global Capability Center (GCC)
Collaborative leadership
Organizational development
Data-driven decision making
Employee referral programs
Passive candidate engagement
Behavioral interviewing
Social media recruiting
Competency-based assessment
Diversity and inclusion
Salary and benefits negotiations
Accomplishments
- Awarded as a Star Performer of the year and Top Performer for multiple months (Jade Global)
- Received top recognition from the GCP Global Head for successfully filling a highly specialized position within just one month of joining (Google)
- 2 times winner as star performer of the month and received maximum bonus for multiple years.
Certification
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Hiring, Recruiting & Sourcing, Udemy, 2023-08-01
- Certified Naukri Maestro Recruiter
Websites and Social Links
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavita-ankalgi-a80040106/
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Lead/Account Manager-GCC
Careernet Group
03.2026 - CurrentRead More
Lead Specialist-Talent Acquisition
Jade Global
12.2023 - 02.2026Read More
Senior HR Executive
Indium Software
04.2023 - 11.2023Read More
Talent Advisor-Google Cloud Platform
Google
08.2021 - 02.2023Read More
Senior Consultant
Careernet
06.2016 - 07.2021Read More
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Bachelor of Engineering from Computer Science
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