PRAJNA S SHETTY

Talent Acquisition Specialist: Lateral Hiring

• Managing full recruitment lifecycle including pipeline creation and management, assessing talent, providing recommendations to Software engineers
• Collaborating closely with business leaders, hiring managers to assess talent requirements, build innovative sourcing and engagement strategies, drive and manage candidate pipelines to explore
• Developing and managing a talent pipeline that is in line with the business's current and future requirements from various means, including direct sourcing, referrals, job boards, IJP (LinkedIn Recruiter, Instahyre, Seekout), hiring platforms and personal network
• Handling team of Sourcer's & TAC's and working closely with stakeholders from shared service & compensation team to ensure smooth end to end recruitment
• Building a strong and close relationship with key business stakeholders to obtain a deep understanding of their talent strategy also providing recommendations and talent insights using deep technical acuity, market knowledge
• Responsible for overseeing and managing Campus recruitment and engagement activities across India for Software Engineering, Design, Product Management, Data Science roles

Campus Recruitment – Engagement & Strategy:

• Building and maintaining relationships with universities, specifically focusing on NITs and IITs IISc, Design school
• Responsible for onboarding & off boarding of Interns & responsible for managing their conversions
• Working with programs team to plan and execute engagement programs for interns & NCG's
• Organizing and participating in local events such as tech sessions, webinars, and on-site events, with an emphasis on long-term engagement and innovative collaboration with universities and campus hires
• Developing a strong employment brand in India, positioning the company as an employer of choice for students
• Contributing to and executing future campus strategies based on a deep understanding of the Indian market: Skill based & DE&I based strategies
• Managing and executing off-campus hiring & direct sourcing throughout the year to meet ad hoc demands
• Acted as brand ambassador to educate candidates on culture, career growth, benefits, and advantages of working for company.

• Handled end to end recruitment for Volvo trucks & Volvo Penta, Volvo purchasing team, VCE for all levels including from early careers to leadership hiring
• Lead the Volvo Group India campus recruitment & university relations across India site from onboarding to offboarding interns including intern conversions
• Handled hiring end to end hiring of return-ship program -Excel her
• Developed recruitment strategies, and plan for hiring cycles across multiple levels
• Collaborated closely with leadership Director, Chief Engineers, VP, HRBP's to arrive at the desired talent and analyzing hiring trends and proposing modifications based on current trends and future projections
• Conducted telephone and in-person interviews to assess candidate experience and qualifications.

• Worked closely with local & global stakeholders to set up teams in India for the first time
• Worked on talent mapping & hired to hire first set of flow simulation engineers in Airbus India
• Involved in end-to-end recruitment from interacting with hiring manager and business units, requirement gathering, resource mapping, market analysis, competitor analysis, vendor management, sourcing, screening, scheduling, coordinating, offer release, offer follow up until the candidate onboarded
• Set up Airbus India simulator center from scratch by planning and executing entire hiring plan
• Managed Airbus India campus hiring & engagement & DE&I initiative - Fly Again Return ship program

• Executed -internal hiring (Inhouse Recruitment) and external hiring (Clients Requirements) & campus hiring
• Managed Contract staffing, C2H for RGBSI & client's requirements
• Partnered with departmental managers to ascertain hiring needs and subsequently provide candidate recommendations.
• Handled end to end recruitment for Automotive, Heavy Engineering and Aerospace, Semiconductor, FMCG BFSI clients