Lakshmi Chaitanya Singasani
Bengaluru
Summary
An Empathetic People Champion & a ‘Go Getter’ with 13+ years of solid hands-on experience in end – end IT recruitment across domains - Fintech, Oil & Gas, Banking .
Managed Talent Acquisition function, D&I Program in LSEG. Looking forward to work for an open cultured growing organization where I can contribute as an effective change agent enabling organization's exponential growth.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist
London Stock Exchange Group
Bengaluru
06.2024 - Current
- Collaborated with senior management to devise strategies enhancing employee retention rates.
- Trained and mentored recruiters in effective interviewing and candidate qualification techniques.
- Implemented diversity initiatives to elevate representation of underrepresented groups.
- Managed onboarding processes, including background checks, new hire paperwork, and orientation materials.
- Advised hiring managers on best practices for interviewing to ensure positive candidate experiences.
- Maintained relationships with external vendors supporting recruitment efforts.
- Created reports detailing recruitment performance metrics, focusing on time-to-fill and cost-per-hire.
- Utilized applicant tracking systems such as Taleo and Workday for comprehensive applicant tracking.
Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist
London Stock Exchange Grop
Bangalore
06.2022 - 05.2024
- Plan and Implement company Talent Acquisition Strategy & Develop company’s policy for talent benchmarking and talent assessment.
- Closely worked with the stakeholders from different geographical locations like US,UK, Romania, France
- Strong Talent Advisor for Hiring Managers & Candidates by providing effective game changing strategic solutions and genuine advice.
- Effective collaboration with Site Leadership Team and other Global BU Leaders/ Hiring Managers to enable them to set up teams in India.
- Established consistent language and methodology for talent discussions, development, and succession.
- Analyzed recruiting metrics to share reports and recommendations with stakeholders.
- Achieved a 42% in diversity during the 2024 recruitment process at the Corporate Engineering Bangalore Center.
- Created & drove talent acquisition and job placement strategies to attract diverse candidates.
- Conducted compensation conversations with human resources and hiring managers to foster internal and external equity.
- Leadership Hiring- Employer Branding & Team Management - Behavioral Selection Techniques - Coaching & Mentoring Team and Diversity and Inclusion.
- Mentored the APAC Talent acquisition team members on recruitment modules.
Senior Recruitment Advisor
Lululemon Athletica
Bangalore
12.2021 - 05.2022
- Develop trusted relationships and two-way engagement with business partners to understand business priorities, roles, and talent needs both short and long term
- Coach and guide Hiring Managers on the Lululemon recruitment process, ensuring a full understanding of responsibilities and time frame commitments. Ensure timely, accurate 'First time right' tracking and recording of information in the recruiting systems for positions and candidates. Be a visible Lululemon Ambassador in the external market, engaging with relevant networks and associations, as relevant to the portfolio of roles.
- Ensure timely, accurate ‘First time right' tracking & recording of information in the recruiting systems for positions and candidates Be a visible Lululemon Ambassador in the external market, engaging with relevant networks and associations, as relevant to the portfolio of roles
Senior Recruitment Advisor
Shell India Markets Pvt Ltd..
Bangalore
06.2017 - 06.2021
- Solely responsible for hiring and also accountable for end-to-end recruitment for junior, mid-level, and senior roles for crucial business within Shell. Regular catch-ups to understand business priorities and discuss the recruitment strategies. Timely and accurate tracking of information in the internal ATS, like IBM BrassRing/Kenexa and Workday.
- Regular catch-ups to understand business priorities and discuss the recruitment strategies. Timely and accurate tracking of information in the internal ATS, like IBM BrassRing/Kenexa and Workday.
- Timely and accurate tracking of information in the internal ATS like Brassring/Kenexa & Workday.
- Build a continuous & collaborative delivery partnership with hiring managers & cross functional teams like HRBP's, recruitment operations to ensure best resourcing experience delivered
- Ensure resourcing metrics like speed, quality, cost & resourcing experience for hiring managers and candidates are of high priority
- Actively involved in the Employee Referral Clinics (ERC) and Employee Referral Program (ERP), and generated referrals for niche roles.
- Developed a recruitment strategy in closing the critical roles in BAU & Drive model
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Citrix R&D Pvt Ltd..
Bangalore
01.2016 - 05.2017
- Worked for Business Verticals like Technical Support (HW& SW), Shared Services, BTS across the locations like (APAC, EMEA & NA) regions
- Executive hiring like Manager Technical Support & Director
- Responsible for contractor conversions, IJP & Referrals from the internal employees
- Sourcing & Screening as per the hiring norms from the various channels like LinkedIn & Job portals uploading the profiles in Workday, and tag the candidates to the certain Req ID Sharing all the relevant documents with the HR BP for the C&B sheet
Lead Executive Recruitment
Appnomic Infosystems Pvt Ltd..
Bangalore
11.2014 - 12.2015
- Played a Lead & IC role in closing the volume positions within the assigned SLA's
- Managed team of 3 Jr. Recruiters and handling 5 Vendors simultaneously in closing maximum no. of positions in minimum time span
- Closely worked with the stakeholders, such as program managers, service delivery managers, sales team, and customers. Education Languages Involved in market research & preparing the rate card on quarterly basis. Proposing the same to the internal team
- Offer rollout & onboarding the candidates. Handling the referral payouts to the employees. Involved in taking HR interviews & reference check.
Consultant
RGF Select
Bangalore
04.2014 - 10.2014
- Involved in business calls to understand the criticality of the positions and how to reduce the heat on same
- Discussing with the client about the job description & responsibilities for a job and the level of performance expectation from the candidate (expert / intermediate / senior / Mid /Junior)
- Responsible for the full life cycle recruiting process including sourcing, qualifying, technical evaluation and reference checks and placing the Candidate at the client side.
Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist
Zyoin
Bengaluru
12.2010 - 04.2014
- Mentored a team, responsible for fetching, distribution and updating of the requirements from the client side & supervision of the team, as well as recruiting technical & non- technical consultants for IT sector Verifying the resumes & submitting to the client then scheduling the interviews.
- Responsible for handling entire recruiting cycle such as sourcing, screening, contracting, interviewing and placing qualified talent resources
- Handling multiple job requirements with the multiple hiring managers.
- Fulfilled job requirements with “perfect fit” candidates while meeting the time demands of the clients through behavioral in-person and phone interviews
Education
MBA - Human Resources Management
BMA(Extended Campus of Edith Cowan University)
Bangalore06-2010
Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology
Sri Venkateswara University
Andhra Pradesh06-2008
Skills
- Diversity recruitment
- Compensation negotiation
- Global recruitment
- Employer branding
- Team management
- Stakeholder management
- Applicant tracking systems
- Talent acquisition strategy
Timeline
Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist
London Stock Exchange Group
06.2024 - Current
Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist
London Stock Exchange Grop
06.2022 - 05.2024
Senior Recruitment Advisor
Lululemon Athletica
12.2021 - 05.2022
Senior Recruitment Advisor
Shell India Markets Pvt Ltd..
06.2017 - 06.2021
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Citrix R&D Pvt Ltd..
01.2016 - 05.2017
Lead Executive Recruitment
Appnomic Infosystems Pvt Ltd..
11.2014 - 12.2015
Consultant
RGF Select
04.2014 - 10.2014
Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist
Zyoin
12.2010 - 04.2014
MBA - Human Resources Management
BMA(Extended Campus of Edith Cowan University)
Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology
Sri Venkateswara University
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