Ritesh Karkera

• Executive Hiring and Niche Hiring in GCP are significant contributions to the Talent Acquisition team and Resourcing responsibilities encompass 5 Business Units: SAP (all functions), Deal Factory and Network Engineering, Cloud, and Quality.
• Prepare, monitor, and control the annual Hiring plan and budgets based on business forecasts with a team size of 19 members.
• Manage the complete recruitment life cycle to source the best talent from diverse sources.
• Ensure that organizational hiring needs are met within the planned Turnaround Time (TAT), cost, and quality parameters.

• Lead Barclay’s cards and collections Business Unit
• Maintained full talent program compliance with federal, state-specific and company employment and acquisition practices.
• Audited recruitment practices for compliance with affirmative action regulations.
• Established and deepened partnerships with third-party organizations such as recruitment agencies to maintain strong pipeline of high-quality candidates.
• Coordinated recruitment, interviewing and hiring for [Type] positions to keep talent acquisition in line with program targets and business requirements.
• Developed employee orientation and training programs for new hires.
• Helped with employee transfers and referrals.
• Created and implemented employee retention strategies.

Western Union - Talent Acquisition Specialist - Dec 2019 – Nov 2020

• Collaborate with multiple business lines, hiring managers, and HRBPs to strategize proactive hiring, implement effective interviewing techniques, and establish timelines to expedite the closure of open roles at a 40% faster rate. Also, responsible for building a robust Hiring Pipeline.

• Developed systematic market insights and intelligence to map talent based on location and company, providing hiring managers with valuable insights into the Talent landscape in India.

• Lead the brand strategy and Campus initiative for WU Tech in India, focusing on social events and enhancing the candidate experience to achieve a 70% increase in application rates to WU Tech roles. Managed a team of 9 members.

• Actively involved in a global project for Diversity and Inclusion, working towards improving overall Diversity metrics.

UBS India -Talent Acquisition lead - Jan 2018 - Dec 2019 Pune/ Mumbai

• Executed recruitment efforts for complex groups encompassing Wealth, Capital, Asset, and HR IT across all organizational levels, ranging from Directors to Executive Directors.
• Supported best practices for interactions by creating interactive portal with comprehensive knowledge base.
• Made individual contributions while leading a team of 3 Talent Sources to create effective proactive pipelines.
• Negotiated between talent and various agencies for contractual arrangements.
• Designed and executed talent acquisition strategies to enhance organization visibility in key recruiting markets.

Fiserv India - Senior Associate

• Assisted in employee recruitment, hiring and interview processes.
• Conducted employee performance reviews and implemented corrective actions to increase productivity.
• Developed employee orientation and training programs for new hires.
• Spearheaded Java, .net, C# skills hiring for all levels.
• Hired critical roles for niche clients in Investment Banking and wealth Banking.
• Led initiative for Diversity hiring

• Used job boards, internet tools and career fairs to source both passive and active candidates.
• Created job ads and wrote job descriptions.
• Collaborated with internal and external clients to understand hiring needs and goals.
• Maintained database of established ongoing outreach efforts for qualified IT candidates to provide proactive approach to recruiting needs.
• Sourced, qualified and conducted screening interviews with job candidates.
• Selected qualified job applicants or referred to managers to make hiring recommendations.
• Prepared or maintained employment records using human resources management system software.
• Analyzed employment-related data and prepared reports.

• Provided support via remote desktop software, diagnosing customer issues over private and public networks.
• Replied to customer queries via email, messaging systems and support ticket platforms.
• Disassembled computer systems to troubleshoot and resolve hardware issues.
• Fulfilled client customization requests for managed systems and software components according to internal business requirement policies.
• Prepared test systems for replication of user issues.