Swetha Yalagach
Head of Talent Aquisition
Hyderabad
Summary
Experienced Talent Acquisition Manager devises strategy and recruitment processes to execute sourcing and recruiting campaigns. Finds and screens candidates and develops corporate policy for talent bench-marking, talent assessment and interviewing policies. Develops and leads strategic initiatives to recruit and select high caliber, professional and diverse workforce that identifies with business culture.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Head of Talent Aquisition
Insight Direct India Pvt Ltd
10.2023 - Current
- Lead and oversee the talent acquisition function, including recruitment, sourcing, employer branding, and candidate experience.
- Develop and implement talent acquisition strategies aligned with organizational goals and workforce planning.
- Developed and implemented a global recruitment strategy that resulted in a 20% reduction in the time-to-hire.
- Created and implemented an employer branding strategy that increased the company’s visibility among top talent.
- Established an employee referral program that resulted in a 20% increase in quality hires.
- Developed a comprehensive on boarding program that decreased employee attrition by 10%.
- Designed and implemented a comprehensive candidate assessment program that improved the accuracy of hiring decisions by 40%.
- Utilized data-driven insights to identify hiring trends and optimize the recruitment process.
- Developed and implemented recruitment policies, processes, and procedures that improved the efficiency and effectiveness of recruitment efforts.
- Promoting diversity and inclusion in recruitment efforts to build a diverse workforce that reflects the community and customer base.
- Conducted regular workforce planning sessions to anticipate future hiring needs and proactively address skill gaps within the organization''s talent pool.
Recruitment Manager
Compass India Development Center
6 2021 - 1 2023
- Leading the Hiring for Product and Engineering teams for India and Responsible for the recruiting strategy, and ensuring the continued growth of IDC
- Partner closely with Business Leaders in India and US to shape and influence organization level hiring strategy; serve as a thought leader, subject matter expert and influence leadership on overall Hiring specific initiatives
- Also, Provide value-add recruiting advice to hiring managers to influence and persuade talent decisions
- Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to attract and selected talent, driving collaboration with TA and HR and with business leadership to create a best-in-class recruiting program that delivers outstanding talent to the company
- Leading a strong recruiting team of Recruiters and partner directly with Compass's key Product and Engineering leaders and stakeholders
- Set team performance goals and metrics, timelines and formal tracking process to measure and manage progress
- Develop and execute to plans to identify and drive productivity improvements that enable the team to deliver to hiring goals without having to scale deployed resources at a rate faster than the business is growing
- Develop branding and marketing strategy, social media, diversity and other initiatives in collaboration with the business in partnership with recruitment channels and marketing team
- Drive sourcing capability & capacity within IN Consumer to proactively build diverse candidate pools while leveraging all available talent channels to expedite the recruitment process
- Periodically lead and/or participate in cross-business/cross-company special projects and initiatives related to talent acquisition
- Designed, developed and implemented successful recruitment process to fill more than 100 vacancies each year.
Recruiter
Microsoft R&D Pvt Ltd
08.2010 - 06.2021
- Create and execute a recruiting strategy, which results in a top-tier, qualified talent pool of professionals and a strong candidate pipeline for both Product and Engineering teams
- Generated specific candidate pool for career opportunities through strategic placement of advertisements, evaluation of applicant credentials and conducting initial interviews and pre-screening assessments
- Leveraged social media platforms and online job boards to advertise open positions and engage with potential candidates
- Maintained filing system of current, prospective and future positions
- Program Managed some of the highly impactful D&I initiative projects like Springboard which is a returnship Program for Women (hired around 30 Trainees with 70% FTE conversion, WTN (women think next) - it's an annual center stage, networking event for senior professional women across industry and PWD which is an opportunity for people with Disability (Hired 4 people in 2020)
- Acted as an IDC Member of D&I Counsel for APAC.
Staffing Executive
Virtusa
05.2008 - 07.2010
- Execute on processes to implement hiring plans based on business strategy in consultation with business and recruiting leaders
- Identify candidates through multiple sources including employee referrals, social networking sites (e.g
- LinkedIn), alumni, transfers and agencies.
Recruiter
Adecco Group
07.2007 - 06.2008
- Performing Preliminary rounds of Interviews for in-depth screening on communication and personal skills
- (HR screening and first level technical screening)
- Generated specific candidate pool for career opportunities through strategic placement of advertisements, evaluation of applicant credentials and conducting initial interviews and pre-screening assessments.
Education
MBA - Human Resources
St.Anns PG College
06.2004 - 05.2006
Skills
Recruitment strategy
Certification
Linkedin Certified Professional
Awards
- DE&I Tech Awards by AIM in 2024
- Won Award for Springboard One-India program at an APAC level
- Won Award for WTN at Asia Level
- “In the Green Award” for adoption of global operating model.
- Customer Advisor award
Timeline
Essential leadership program
01-2024
Head of Talent Aquisition
Insight Direct India Pvt Ltd
10.2023 - Current
Linkedin Certified Professional
02-2018
Recruiter
Microsoft R&D Pvt Ltd
08.2010 - 06.2021
Staffing Executive
Virtusa
05.2008 - 07.2010
Recruiter
Adecco Group
07.2007 - 06.2008
MBA - Human Resources
St.Anns PG College
06.2004 - 05.2006
Recruitment Manager
Compass India Development Center
6 2021 - 1 2023
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