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Shashikala N

Shashikala N

Talent Acquisition Consultant
Bengaluru,KA

Summary

Talent acquisition professional dedicated to enhancing organizational success through strategic hiring practices. Proven success in sourcing and selecting candidates who align with company values and goals. Known for fostering collaborative team environments and adapting to dynamic recruitment needs. Proficient in candidate assessment and employer branding.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant

LTI Mindtree
12.2021 - Current
  • Talent Acquisition – End to End Recruitment
  • End to end recruitment: requirement gathering, profile screening, technical interview lineups, Document
  • Collection,conducting the HR interviews, role fitment, finalize offer approvals and initiate joining formalities
  • Stake Holder and Vendor management: Interfacing with senior client hiring managers, collaborate to finalise JD, gathering interview feedbacks and ensure effective conclusion
  • Candidate management: Identifying suitable candidates using job sites, Social media, Employee referrals, engaging with them through the entire recruitment process including Technical evaluations, interviews
  • BGV, Offer rollout and Onboarding.
  • Implemented applicant tracking system updates that improved efficiency and reporting capabilities for the talent acquisition team.
  • Developed communication and marketing plan and leveraged talent acquisition tools, resources, and campaigns to source and attract top talent.
  • Conducted compensation conversations with human resources and hiring managers to foster internal and external equity.
  • Developed strong relationships with hiring managers to better understand their needs and deliver top talent effectively.
  • Increased diversity in hires through proactive outreach, partnerships with diverse organizations, and inclusive interview practices.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

LTI Mindtree
12.2021 - Current
  • Evaluated resumes, interviewed, and presented qualified candidates to hiring managers and solicited feedback to refine recruiting strategy.
  • Collaborated with hiring managers to determine job requirements and understand departmental needs.
  • Developed and maintained applicant tracking system, tracking all job openings, applicants and interviewing activity.
  • Conducted Virtual and in-person interviews to assess candidate experience and qualifications.
  • Provided regular updates on talent acquisition performance metrics to senior leadership, supporting data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement efforts.
  • Managed full-cycle recruiting process for multiple roles simultaneously while maintaining high-quality standards in candidate assessment and selection.
  • Developed strong talent pipelines by utilizing various sourcing techniques, including social media, job boards, and networking events.
  • Managed complex candidate negotiations to ensure offers were competitive and met candidate expectations.
  • Implemented employee referral program that increased number of quality referrals and strengthened company's internal network.
  • Assisted with writing job postings and job descriptions for boards.
  • Stake Holder and Vendor management: Interfacing with senior client hiring managers, collaborate to finalize JD, gathering interview feedbacks and ensure effective conclusion.

Talent Acquisition Consultant

Randstad (Mindtree)
02.2021 - 12.2021
  • Sourced and screened candidates for Technical roles and worked with hiring managers to coordinate interviews, offers, and onboarding.
  • Promptly corresponded with applicants and coordinated and conducted interviews.
  • Tracked candidates and pushed for feedback on disqualifications, time-to-fill statistics and other variables.
  • Analyzed recruiting metrics to share reports and recommendations with stakeholders.
  • Conducted compensation conversations with human resources and hiring managers to foster internal and external equity.
  • Enhanced talent acquisition strategies by implementing innovative sourcing methods and recruitment tools.
  • Managed full-cycle recruiting processes for various roles within the organization, consistently meeting hiring goals.

SLK Software
02.2020 - 11.2020
  • Talent Acquisition – End to End Recruitment
  • Roles and Responsibilities:
  • Independently conducts candidate searches from a variety of sources
  • Assesses applicant skills and accurately represents the Company’s business environment and culture to applicants
  • Sources, screens and presents qualified candidates to the hiring manager
  • Design, build, and implement innovative recruitment strategies to proactively build pipelines of qualified talent while ensuring a positive and consistent branded experience
  • Develop strong partnerships with hiring managers and human resources business partners
  • Proactively inform client throughout the talent acquisition process
  • Advise, educate and influence hiring managers on candidate skill sets, recruiting process, strategy and market conditions
  • Ensure positive candidate and hiring manager experience throughout the recruitment process; effectively communicating and managing candidate and hiring manager expectations, timely and appropriate responsiveness to candidate and hiring manager expectations, and timely feedback to candidates at all stages of the selection process
  • Drive the entire interview process of each candidate from presentation to hiring manager through offer negotiations; determine fit and qualifications of all candidates presented
  • Consult with hiring managers on evaluation and selection of final candidates
  • Updates and maintains the applicant tracking system (SuccessFactor) and other systems of record.

Senior Consultant- Talent Acquisition

Artech Infosystems Private (Mphasis)
12.2018 - 02.2020
  • Engaging with Hiring Manager for to understand the Recruitment needs.
    •Build Candidate Pipelines through proactive sourcing strategies.
    •Sourcing and engaging with talent across India for all the business units
    •Demonstrated strong track record in recruiting talent through various sources, which included Employee Referrals, Job Portals, Recruitment Partners and Advertisements. Utilize passive forms of sourcing candidates like Networking with candidates thru Linked-In & Facebook.
    •Have conducted Recruitment Campaign like Referral Drive and Capability hiring for Building Niche Skills Pool.
    •Manage Walk-in sessions, Conduct Volume hiring
    •Perform Offer negotiations
    •Perform Market Intelligence, Talent Mapping & Competitor Analysis.
    •Release the offer letter to the candidates and ensure joining them on given dates.
    • Ensuring smooth on-boarding of the candidate
    •Maintain good relationship with employees and attract good talent through their referrals.
    • Providing specialized sourcing expertise for technical and niche profiles. Thereby designing creative and innovative ways of finding passive external talent.
    • Direct and proactive outreach to passive talent, including cold calling and headhunting.

Consultant

CareerNet Consulting
08.2015 - 10.2018
  • SuccessFactor Ripplehire Taleo Work Day, Diversified End to End experience in corporate hiring, skills and technology and Process
  • Having Extensive experience in Sourcing for the Niche& Super niche skills
  • Having Good Exposure in Diversity Sourcing, PWD Sourcing
  • Very strong Experience in working with Banking, Financial domains
  • Very good knowledge on MS-Excel Preparing reports and dashboards
  • Maintain good relationship with employees and attract good talent through their referrals
  • Engaging with Hiring Manager for to understand the Recruitment needs.

Education

MBA - HR

R.N.Shetty Institute of Technology
Bengaluru
08.2013 - 07.2015

BBA - Marketing

Vishnupriya College of Management Studies
Chickballapur
06.2010 - 05.2013

Skills

Applicant tracking systems

Candidate sourcing

Salary and benefits negotiations

Job posting optimization

Pipeline maintenance

Screening resumes

Social media recruiting

Recruitment

Talent management

Boolean search proficiency

Cold calling

Candidate tracking

Referral generation

Application screening

Recruitment and hiring

Recruitment management

Data analysis

Microsoft office

Candidate searching

Database maintenance

Additional Information

  • Achievements: ,
  • Won Summit award for releasing of 15 offers in Mphasis
  • Top performer in Careernet for releasing 20 Offers Per Month and got Best performance award

Websites

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Timeline

Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant

LTI Mindtree
12.2021 - Current

Talent Acquisition Specialist

LTI Mindtree
12.2021 - Current

Talent Acquisition Consultant

Randstad (Mindtree)
02.2021 - 12.2021

SLK Software
02.2020 - 11.2020

Senior Consultant- Talent Acquisition

Artech Infosystems Private (Mphasis)
12.2018 - 02.2020

Consultant

CareerNet Consulting
08.2015 - 10.2018

MBA - HR

R.N.Shetty Institute of Technology
08.2013 - 07.2015

BBA - Marketing

Vishnupriya College of Management Studies
06.2010 - 05.2013

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