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Nitya Sharma Karra

Bengaluru

Summary

Over a decade of stupendous and concrete experience in end-end recruitment of complete IT, BFSI and Pharma needs. A pioneer in hiring for difficult, challenging roles, immediate closures and firm clients. A highly self centric motivated and optimistic individual, with excellent communication, collaboration and presentation skills. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Associate Director-Recruitment & Operations

VNS Procuring
06.2023 - Current
  • Working closely with organizational leadership and board of directors to guide operational strategy.
  • Monitoring and coordinated workflows to optimize resources.
  • Establish departmental performance goals and provided feedback for underperforming areas.
  • Cooperate with company leaders in change management and talent solutions to gain competitive edge in job market.
  • Collaborate with legal and compliance teams to review paperwork, obtain feedback, and procure available information for new training processes.
  • Individually closed over 52 leadership roles into IT and BFSI in a quarter

SENIOR TALENT ACQUISITION MANAGER

NU10 TECHNOLOGIES INDIA
02.2022 - 05.2023
  • Investigate and determine employee needs
  • Develop a sustainable talent acquisition and hiring plans and strategies
  • Design, plan and execute employer branding activities
  • Use HRIS, Recruitment Marketing tools
  • perform analysis of hiring needs and provide employee hiring forecast
  • Find bottlenecks in the recruiting process for IT, WEB3 and BFSI
  • Perform candidate and employee satisfaction evaluations and workshops
  • Plan procedures for improving the candidate experience
  • Suggest measures for improving employee retention
  • Lead, oversee and supervise members of the recruiting team
  • Determine HR and recruiting KPIs
  • Managed a team of 28 specialists.
  • Contributed individually for leadership hiring of roles like CTO, CFO, VP, Director- L&D, Program Managers, Finance Directors, Wealth Relationship Managers, IT-Director etc.,

TECHNICAL LEAD - RECRUITMENT

LABQ GLOBAL
02.2018 - 01.2022
  • Acted as brand ambassador to educate candidates on culture career growth benefits and advantages of working for a company across Domestic, APAC and EMEA markets
  • Partnered with Director, Talent Management and Marketing, to create effective talent acquisition training materials that supported culture and performance objectives
  • Sourced and screened candidates for IT, ITES, Pharma, Life sciences, Heavy Engineering, Automation, BFSI and EdTech roles and worked with hiring managers to co-ordinate interviews offers and on-boarding
  • Demonstrable experience managing full-cycle recruiting and employer branding initiatives, managed a team of 17 professional recruiters
  • Solid understanding of sourcing techniques and tools (e.g. social networks) for IT and BFSI
  • Hands-on experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATSs) and HR databases


SENIOR RECRUITER

INTELLI COMPUTE
01.2013 - 01.2018
  • Worked with recruiting teams and human resources representatives to accomplish hiring objectives, lead a team of 5 junior recruiters
  • Operated and maintained applicant tracking and candidate management systems
  • Specialized and recruiting well qualified IT, BFSI and ITES candidates
  • Collaborated with senior talent acquisition manager to develop and integrate workforce planning analysis and Solutions
  • Staffed 10 to 20 special projects each year and worked individually on global projects for leadership and executive roles.
  • Advised, coached and counseled managers and staff, to support human resources policies procedures programs and labor relations
  • Developed recruiting strategies to identify qualified candidates, utilizing specialized recruiting tools
  • Used Boolean searches to develop application portfolio for expected openings


Education

M.Sc - Physics

Andhra University

B.Sc -

Andhra University

Skills

  • L&D
  • Leadership Hiring, Adherence to TAT & CPH (Recruitment Matrix)
  • CRM and ATS (Greenhouse, Taleo, Ceipal, Lever, Keka, Workday, Zoho)
  • Performance Management
  • Team Building
  • MS Office
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Analytical and Critical Thinking
  • Client and Vendor Management
  • Employer Branding
  • Organization Strategies
  • Global Recruitment ( IT & BFSI )
  • Technique Optimization
  • Employee Engagement Strategies

Certification

Postgraduate Diploma in Recruitment and Retention strategies from Kingston University (UK)

Additional Information

Job Boards : LinkedIn, Naukri, Indeed, Instahyre, IIM Jobs, Hirist, Monster, Workable

ATS : Zoho, Keka HR, Ceipal, Lever, Workday, Greenhouse, Taleo, ZingHr


Registered into XLRI 's Executive Diploma in HRM 2023.

I am an ardent learner and believe I have a unique perspective towards visualizing the perfect talent to the role. I have an eagle eye towards absorbing the apt candidate. I strongly suppose that emotional intelligence, constant upselling, market analysis, data picturization, employee investment and technology upgradation will promote any firm's human resource. I aim for it! I can vouch for it!

Accomplishments

  • Successfully onboarded Senior Management team that comprised Vice Presidents, IT Directors, Lead Engineers, Delivery Heads, Project Managers, CEOs, CFOs, CTOs etc., The leadership hiring and onboarding number holding an individual contribution in my entire experience is more than 100+ into IT and BFSI
  • Led the team of about 28 professional recruiters to achieve a milestone of hiring 200+ positions across various disciplines for the last year 22-23.
  • Earned a company sponsored trip to UK for completing a diploma course in Recruitment & Retention Strategies from Kingston University.
  • Strategized and developed employer branding techniques and contributed for the company's growth from a number of 52 to 180+ in just an year.
  • Was awarded 7 times 'The Best Employee' award, 18 times as 'Best Individual Contributor' awards consecutively for 4.5 years.

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Telugu
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Timeline

Associate Director-Recruitment & Operations

VNS Procuring
06.2023 - Current

SENIOR TALENT ACQUISITION MANAGER

NU10 TECHNOLOGIES INDIA
02.2022 - 05.2023

TECHNICAL LEAD - RECRUITMENT

LABQ GLOBAL
02.2018 - 01.2022

SENIOR RECRUITER

INTELLI COMPUTE
01.2013 - 01.2018

M.Sc - Physics

Andhra University

B.Sc -

Andhra University
Nitya Sharma Karra