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Sandhya Adapa

Bengaluru

Summary

Dynamic recruitment professional with extensive experience at HashedIn by Deloitte, excelling in end-to-end recruitment and leadership hiring. Proven track record in multi-channel sourcing and stakeholder management, successfully negotiating offers and enhancing candidate experiences. Adept at fostering diverse hiring initiatives, driving organizational success through strategic talent acquisition.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Team Lead - Recruitment

HashedIn by Deloitte
Bengaluru
01.2018 - Current
  • End-to-End Recruitment: Led comprehensive recruitment processes as a strategic advisor, collaborating with hiring managers and cross-functional teams to develop inclusive and competitive strategies.
  • Team Manager: Worked as a team lead and managed a team of 30 members directly.
  • Leadership Hiring: Managed end-to-end recruitment for senior-level positions in the organization. (eg: Tech Architect Leaders, Engineering Leaders, Delivery Leader and CTO)
  • Niche Skill Hiring: Proficient in simultaneously managing multiple requisitions, including niche technical roles across all experience levels.
  • Sourcing & Screening: Utilized diverse sourcing methods, including job boards, social media, networking, Boolean search, X-ray Search and Github(basics) to attract top candidates and crafted compelling job descriptions.
  • Candidate Assessment: Conducted in-depth competency and behavioural interviews to evaluate candidates’ skills, experience, and cultural fit, aligning with company objectives.
  • Offer Negotiation: Facilitated successful offer negotiations, ensuring competitive compensation packages, and reducing the offer decline rate.
  • Vendor Management and Stakeholder Management.
  • ATS: Possess extensive experience working with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) such as Avature.
  • Hands on experience in campus hiring for B-schools and E-schools.
  • International Hiring: Collaborated with a Deloitte international client in Mexico, providing support for their recruitment and hiring needs.
  • Recruitment Metrics & Pipeline Management: Tracked key metrics (Source of Hire, Locations, Referral, Diversity), generated reports for management, and maintained a robust candidate pipeline in Hiretool to streamline hiring and mitigate sourcing risks.

IT Recruiter

Integrated Personnel Services
01.2012 - 01.2016
  • End-to-End Recruitment: Managed the full recruitment lifecycle, from job requisition to onboarding, ensuring a seamless candidate experience.
  • Specialized in recruiting for junior roles within the organization.
  • Talent Acquisition, Onboarding & Development: Sourced, screened, and recruited interns, followed by conducting engaging onboarding sessions and organizing targeted training programs to enhance skills and performance, with ongoing evaluation and feedback.
  • Employee Engagement: Planned and executed activities to foster a positive work environment, promoting strong employee engagement and morale.
  • Managed both technical and non-technical hiring processes.
  • Screened resumes to identify candidates who meet job specifications.
  • Utilized multiple tools and resources to source suitable candidates for job vacancies.
  • Uploaded and maintained candidate information, ensuring the internal database is up to date.
  • Vendor Management: Coordinated with external vendors to fulfill specific recruitment requirements.

Education

MBA - Human Resource and Finance

CSREM
Orissa

Bachelor of Commerce -

Sambalpur University

Skills

  • Recruitment Strategies
  • Recruitment Lifecycle
  • Multi-Channel Sourcing
  • Technical hiring
  • Offer Management
  • Interview & Assessment
  • Salary Negotiation
  • Market & Competitive Analysis
  • LinkedIn Recruiter
  • Talent Insight
  • Candidate Relationship Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Diversity Hiring

Professional Projects

  • Training & Coaching, Collaborated with the Deloitte Training Team to deliver regular process training and coaching to peers and hiring teams.
  • Diversity Initiatives, Led diversity programs such as Career Restart focusing on attracting and building a pipeline of diverse talent.
  • Process Optimization, Designed and implemented an efficient workflow to automate and streamline Deloitte Lateral hiring, transitioning from manual processes to a strategic HR tool known as Hiretool.

Professional Accomplishments

  • Optimized Source Mix & Cost Efficiency, Enhanced and maintained a healthy source mix, minimizing hiring costs while achieving a 91% candidate conversion rate.
  • Diversity Improvement, As the TA of HashedIn by Deloitte, successfully increased the diversity ratio from 36% to 39%.
  • Recognition for Excellence, Received commendations from multiple stakeholders, including the TA Head and Hiring Managers, for delivering excellence in Talent Acquisition.
  • Recruitment Efficiency, Optimized TA India recruitment processes for a centralized workflow, improving recruiters’ efficiency by 30%.

Languages

English
First Language
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2

Timeline

Team Lead - Recruitment

HashedIn by Deloitte
01.2018 - Current

IT Recruiter

Integrated Personnel Services
01.2012 - 01.2016

MBA - Human Resource and Finance

CSREM

Bachelor of Commerce -

Sambalpur University

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