Mandara Shetty
Mysore,KA
Summary
Talent Acquisition Specialist with 5+ years of experience in global hiring, stakeholder management, and strategic recruitment. Proven expertise in sourcing top talent across India, UAE, Malaysia, Singapore, Africa, and the Middle East. Skilled in optimizing hiring processes, leveraging ATS, and executing innovative sourcing strategies. Passionate about driving recruitment excellence and building high-performing teams.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
EXALOGIC CONSULTING
09.2024 - Current
- Rejoined Exalogic with a promotion and took on the role of Team Lead, overseeing the talent acquisition function.
- Closely collaborated with stakeholders to understand hiring needs and drive strategic recruitment initiatives.
- Worked on RFPs from the Dubai office, ensuring talent acquisition strategies aligned with business proposals.
- Successfully hired candidates from Malaysia, Singapore, Africa, India, Abu Dhabi, Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Riyadh, enhancing global workforce diversity.
- Streamlined internal interview processes, creating a structured and consistent approach to candidate evaluation across the organization.
- Expanded the candidate pool by leveraging social media platforms, job boards, and networking events to attract top-tier talent.
Talent Acquisition Consultant
INDIHIRE Pvt Ltd., (C2H)
04.2024 - 08.2024
- Manage end-to-end recruitment processes for a variety of non-technical roles within the marketing and advertising industry
- Collaborate closely with clients in person to understand their hiring needs, providing tailored recruitment solutions
- Utilize Slack for efficient communication and coordination with both clients and internal team members
- Develop and implement sourcing strategies to attract high-quality candidates through various channels, including job boards, social media, and networking events
- Conduct initial candidate screenings, interviews, and assessments to evaluate qualifications and cultural fit
- Maintain and update the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to ensure accurate tracking of candidate progress and recruitment metrics
- Provide an exceptional candidate experience by maintaining regular communication and offering timely feedback
- Support the onboarding process for new hires, ensuring a smooth transition into their roles
Talent Acquisition Specialist
EXALOGIC CONSULTING
06.2021 - 11.2023
- Great sourcing techniques through job portals like Monster, LinkedIn, Naukri etc
- Proactively source, schedule, interview qualified candidates while matching them to our current openings
- Ability to use creative sourcing tools and techniques such as; Monster, Naukri etc
- To attract potential candidates for our openings
- Draft and post job descriptions via web and other company resources
- Resume mining using Boolean techniques
- Present job opportunities to qualified candidates
- Maintain and increase candidate pool according to weekly and monthly goals
- Ability to effectively negotiate pay rates with candidates to effectively close deals
- Build relationships, coach, develop and manage qualified candidates and employees on assignment leading to better communication
- Effectively communicate a marketable presentation of a qualified candidate for submitter purposes to internal account managers
- Managing the full life-cycle recruitment process: job descriptions creating, candidates sourcing, CV pre-screening, interviewing and feedbacks providing, customers' interviews organizing, job offers making and negotiating with the candidates
- Preparing the candidates for their interview with the hiring manager
- Coordinating between the candidates and the hiring manager for the interviews, ensure the verbal offer with the candidates once offered as per the directions of the hiring manager
- Maintaining and updating weekly reports on the job orders and interviews using the internal application management tool
- Extensively using LinkedIn and various job boards like Monster, Indeed, company databases, referrals and also pro-actively utilizing a variety of social networking channels like LinkedIn, for sourcing best candidates
- Handling full recruitment life cycle that include sourcing, interviewing, reference checks, and negotiation
- Posting Jobs with creative and innovative thoughts for open positions and ensure availability of talent pool
- Hands-on with MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, Access)
HR Executive
CREPOLY TECHNOLOGIES
07.2020 - 05.2021
- Identifying potential candidates through Employee Referrals, Networking, Job Portals, Job Posting, social media etc
- Initial screening of the resumes as per the requirements/Telephonic screening, Preliminary HR screening, briefing the candidates about the organization, job profile, compensation, notice period etc
- Scheduling and coordinating the interview process for shortlisted candidates directly with the Panels and informing the candidates with the feedbacks
- Keeping candidates warm and active at each stage until candidates come on-board and joins
- Usage of HR Stop software
- Part of employee engagement program to keep employees satisfied and happy
- Branding company with various channels in social media
- Developed databases for client and candidates contact information
- Initiating candidate on board session and welcoming the new joiner
- Having one on one sessions with all the employees to understand their work life at office
Education
Bachelor of Commerce -
Vijaya College Jayanagar
Bengaluru06-2019
Skills
- Talent Acquisition & Global Hiring
- End-to-End Recruitment
- Stakeholder & Client Management
- Sourcing & ATS Management
- Process Optimization & Employer Branding
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Kannada
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
EXALOGIC CONSULTING
09.2024 - Current
Talent Acquisition Consultant
INDIHIRE Pvt Ltd., (C2H)
04.2024 - 08.2024
Talent Acquisition Specialist
EXALOGIC CONSULTING
06.2021 - 11.2023
HR Executive
CREPOLY TECHNOLOGIES
07.2020 - 05.2021
Bachelor of Commerce -
Vijaya College Jayanagar
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