Vandana B M
Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist
Bangalore
Summary
Experienced recruiter with 9.6 years of expertise in sourcing and hiring top talent. Recently took a career break to focus on motherhood and now eager to re-enter the workforce, bringing strong recruitment skills, adaptability, and a proven track record in talent acquisition.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist
Equal Experts Pvt Ltd
06.2018 - 05.2024
- Managed and led full recruitment lifecycle for technical positions across India.
- Collaborated with the Stakeholder to understand role requirements to ensure successful placements.
- Led, mentored, and managed a team of recruiters to achieve hiring goals and improve team performance.
- Mentored junior recruiters in best practices and strategies for sourcing top talent, contributing to team growth and development.
- Generated a consistent pipeline of high-quality candidates by leveraging various sourcing channels(LinkedIn and Naukri), including job boards, social media, and networking events.
- Managed end-to-end recruitment processes from job requisition approval to offer negotiation, offer letter generation and release ensuring timely placements.
- Led and managed vendor relationships to streamline the hiring process and ensure timely delivery of quality candidates
- Developed and implemented recruitment strategies to meet organizational hiring goals within tight deadlines
- Coordinated with the internal team to assign profiles and monitor progress through to successful closure
- Trained and mentored team members to use ATS tool (Green house) for recruitment process
- Was part of Global Greenhouse team as a representative from India
- Collaborated with recruitment team to develop comprehensive onboarding programs that facilitated seamless integration of new hires into the organization''s culture.
- Handling the trackers of for new joiner, leavers for Bengaluru employees and also handle Global Tracker details of Bengaluru employees
- Enhanced employer branding through engaging content creation and active promotion on multiple platforms.
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Equal Experts Pvt Ltd
06.2018 - 04.2020
- Handled end to end recruitment for tech requirements.
- Working closely with the Business unit head for Setting up the expectations on the hiring strategy.
- Sourced and hired candidates using different portals (LinkedIn and Naukri), Job posting, referrals.
- Involved in negotiating salaries, preparing the offer letter and releasing the offer letter.
- Following up with the selected candidates until they join and after they join.
- Involved in Vendor management from requirement assigning till it’s close.
- Used ATS tool (Green house) for recruitment process.
- Maintaining the recruitment related database.
ASSOCIATE RECRUITER
Flipkart,India
12.2014 - 08.2016
- Responsible for end to end hiring for Corporate functions - IT Engineers, HRTech/Non-Tech hiring for different Business groups
- Connecting with the stakeholders and hiring managers, setting and managing their resource expectations regarding timescales and offering advice on the current marketplace
- Interfaced with stakeholders, hiring managers, leads to understand demand, create weekly plans, deliver accordingly and review past week performance
- Enhanced candidate pool by proactively sourcing qualified applicants through various channels, such as job boards, and networking events.
- Scheduling and Coordinating for T - Con, Skype, Onsite interviews and Debrief
- Conducting Debrief sessions with the panels after the full loop for interview feedback
- Negotiating salaries with candidates and sending the breakup detail to the hiring manager for the approvals to close the offer
- Coordinating with Offer team to release the offer letter and to do the joining formalities for the candidates
- Organized and led recruitment drives to attract and hire top talent.
- Maintaining the database of the profiles sent and the feedback received
- Coordinating with Vendor till closing the positions
IT RECRUITER
ARTECH INFOSYSTEMS PVT LTD
07.2013 - 12.2014
- Sourcing profiles from various Job Portals such as Naukri, Monster.
- Screening the profiles of the candidates on the basis of technical grounds.
- Conducting initial T-Con interviews to determine experience and skill level.
- Ensuring the candidate’s availability to take up the position.
- Ensuring that resume appropriately reflects candidate s experience and requirement.
- Scheduling the candidate’s interviews with the client.
- Negotiating salaries with candidates and negotiates pay rates with subcontracting companies and close the position.
- Coordinating with HR Executives to release the offer letter and to do the joining formalities for the
candidates. - Following up with the selected candidates till on boarding the client.
- Maintaining the trackers of day to day submission along with the joiner’s details.
Education
MASTER'S - COMPUTER APPLICATION
MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE
01.2010 - 01.2013
BACHELOR - COMPUTER APPLICATION
BMS WOMENS COLLEGE
01.2007 - 01.2010
Skills
Talent sourcing and acquisition
Screening and interviewing candidates
Building and maintaining talent pipelines
ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems) management
Recruitment metrics and analytics
Offer negotiation and onboarding
Employer branding and candidate experience
Websites
Awards
- Convocation Gold Medal, Awarded as outstanding sports woman in the University (Bangalore University) for the year 2010.
- ITC Rolling trophy, Best Sportsperson by Mount Carmel College for the year 2010-2013.
- Rajyapuraskar, Awarded by the Governor of State for Best social service as Scout.
- Karnataka Olympic Award, Awarded by the Hon Governor of Karnataka Mr. Hans Raj Bhardwaj for the Best Sportsperson in Archery for the year 2010.
Timeline
Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist
Equal Experts Pvt Ltd
06.2018 - 05.2024
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Equal Experts Pvt Ltd
06.2018 - 04.2020
ASSOCIATE RECRUITER
Flipkart,India
12.2014 - 08.2016
IT RECRUITER
ARTECH INFOSYSTEMS PVT LTD
07.2013 - 12.2014
MASTER'S - COMPUTER APPLICATION
MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE
01.2010 - 01.2013
BACHELOR - COMPUTER APPLICATION
BMS WOMENS COLLEGE
01.2007 - 01.2010