Vijay Injarapu
Hyderabad,Telangana
Summary
Results-driven Talent Acquisition Specialist with 8+ years of experience in end-to-end recruitment, employer branding, and talent strategy. Adept at sourcing top talent, optimizing hiring processes, and collaborating with stakeholders to drive organizational growth. Seeking a Lead Talent Acquisition role in Hyderabad or Bangalore to contribute expertise in building high-performing teams and enhancing recruitment efficiencies.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist
LTIMINDTREE
11.2021 - 02.2025
- Talent Strategy & Planning: Develop and execute recruitment strategies aligned with business goals, ensuring a strong talent pipeline
- End-to-End Recruitment: Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding candidates
- Stakeholder Management: Partner with hiring managers and leadership to understand workforce needs and provide strategic hiring solutions
- Sourcing & Employer Branding: Leverage multiple sourcing channels (LinkedIn, job boards, referrals) and enhance employer branding initiatives to attract top talent
- Data-Driven Hiring: Utilize recruitment metrics (time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, quality of hire) to optimize hiring processes and improve efficiency
- Team Leadership & Training: Mentor and guide recruiters, fostering a high-performance hiring team
- Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives: Implement strategies to promote diverse hiring and an inclusive workplace
- Vendor & Agency Management: Collaborate with external recruitment partners and manage contracts for efficient talent acquisition
- ATS & Technology Optimization: Streamline hiring workflows through Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and HR technology tools
- Compliance & Best Practices: Ensure hiring processes comply with labor laws and company policies
Global sourcing admin
Amazon
11.2020 - 11.2021
- Global Talent Sourcing: Identify and attract top talent across international markets using various sourcing channels (LinkedIn, job portals, social media, referrals)
- Candidate Pipeline Management: Build and maintain a strong pipeline of potential candidates for critical and future roles
- Market Research & Talent Mapping: Conduct market intelligence research to identify talent trends, competitor hiring strategies, and salary benchmarks
- Recruitment Coordination: Support recruiters with job postings, interview scheduling, candidate communication, and feedback management
- Data Management & Reporting: Maintain accurate candidate records in the ATS (Applicant Tracking System) and generate reports on sourcing effectiveness and key hiring metrics
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with recruiters, hiring managers, and HR teams to align sourcing strategies with business needs
- Vendor & Job Board Management: Manage relationships with external job boards, recruitment agencies, and sourcing tools to enhance talent acquisition efforts
- Diversity & Inclusion Sourcing: Implement sourcing strategies to attract diverse talent and support DEI hiring initiatives
- Process Optimization: Assist in refining sourcing strategies, automation, and best practices to improve efficiency and candidate engagement
Hr Executive
Jp morgan chase
10.2018 - 11.2019
- End-to-End Hiring Process: Manage full-cycle recruitment, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding
- Talent Sourcing & Pipeline Management: Develop and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified candidates through job portals, social media, referrals, and networking
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with hiring managers to understand workforce needs and provide strategic recruitment solution
- Recruitment Metrics & Reporting: Track key hiring metrics (time-to-fill, quality of hire, cost-per-hire) and suggest improvements
- Operations Responsibilities: Employee Records & Compliance: Maintain accurate employee data, contracts, and compliance with labor laws and company policies
- Payroll & Benefits Coordination: Assist with payroll processing, benefits administration, and resolving employee queries
- Performance Management Support: Facilitate performance appraisals, training programs, and employee engagement initiatives
- HR Reporting & Data Analytics: Generate reports on recruitment trends, employee turnover, and operational efficiency
- Vendor & Third-Party Management: Collaborate with external recruitment agencies, background verification firms, and HR service provider
Senior consultant
Capgemini
05.2018 - 11.2018
- Handling Fresher: Handle all Fresher queries and issues
- Get Project allocations: Direct connection with Leads for Project allocation
- Handle HR cases of Fresher
- ONBOARDING PROCESS: Get Credential from IT team, Update New joiners in Billability Report, Get Asset Allocated to New joiners, maintain Onboarding database, Get Induction done for new Joiner, Send Welcome letter to New Joiners
- Asset Allocation & Management: Get Asset allocated for new joiner, Asset management for all Fresher as well laterals
- Maintain Database report: Performance Reviewer Allocation Maintain N+1 Allocation reports get N+1 for New joiners as well as laterals get revised N+1 allocation from Leads
- POC to share the details to Central Team
- Panels Maintain Panels report share panels for Weekday as well as Weekend Drive check on Pay for Panels according to Interviews
Hr Associate
ITC limited
01.2015 - 04.2018
- Workforce Management & Recruitment - ITC LRBD &ITC INFOTECH Roles & Responsibilities: Talent Acquisition & Recruitment: Managed end-to-end recruitment for IT and non-IT roles, ensuring alignment with business needs
- Collaborated with hiring managers and stakeholders to define job requirements and recruitment strategies
- Sourced candidates using job portals, social media, referrals, and internal databases
- Conducted screening, interviews, and assessments to identify top talent
- Negotiated compensation and benefits while ensuring adherence to company policies
- Workforce Planning & Management: Developed and executed workforce planning strategies to optimize resource allocation
- Monitored workforce utilization, headcount planning, and demand-supply gaps
- Ensured proper bench management by aligning skilled resources with project requirements
- Worked closely with business leaders and HR teams to forecast hiring needs
- Employer Branding & Stakeholder Management: Drove employer branding initiatives to attract top talent
- Managed relationships with external vendors, consultants, and recruitment agencies
- Provided insights through data-driven recruitment analytics
Education
PGDM -
Cmt B School
Vishakapatnam03.2013
BBM -
Andhra University
Andhra University03.2011
Skills
- End-to-End Recruitment
- Sourcing & Screening
- Technical Hiring
- Non-Technical Hiring
- Volume Hiring
- Niche Hiring
- Executive Search
- Leadership Hiring
- Interviewing
- Candidate Assessment
- Offer Negotiation
- Talent Strategy
- Workforce Planning
- Recruitment Strategy
- Employer Branding
- Talent Marketing
- Market Intelligence
- Competitor Benchmarking
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Hiring
- Succession Planning
- Campus Recruitment
- University Relations
- Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
- HR Tech
- Recruitment Metrics
- Data Analytics
- Process Improvement
- Automation
- Vendor Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Compliance
- Labor Laws
- Leadership
- Team Management
- Mentorship
- Business Partnering
- Collaboration
- Cross-functional Coordination
- Communication
- Negotiation
- Decision Making
- Problem-Solving
- Adaptability
- Relationship Building
Personal Information
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Married
Awards
- Super crew award - 2 times
- Hifi award - 3 times
- Promoted 3 times within same team
- Received appreciation from BFS Practice head for closing critical position in Data and analytics requirement
- Received appreciation for being top in maximum hiring and managing dropouts consistently for 3 yrs avg of 80% per quarter
- Excellence award for highest no.of hiring 2022-23 (192) & 2023-24 (172)
Technologies Hiring
- Bigdata
- Snowflake
- Matillion
- Core Java
- Scrum master
- AWS architect
- Azure architect
- SharePoint developer/admin
- .net developer
- Ui/ux developer
- Linux admin
- Windows admin
- Web services
- Data scientist
- Machine learning/artificial intelligence
- Python developer
- Salesforce developer
- Oracle DBA
- Sap fico
- Sap ABAP
- Sap security
- Sap HCM
- Sap s4 hana
- Sap.mm
- Teradata
- Selenium testing
- Informatica
- Cognos
- People soft
- PMP (project management)
- Non-it (sales, marketing, operations,retail, ecommerce,Bpo/Kpo)
Certification
Hirist tech recruiter certification
Linkedin recruiter certification
Languages
Telugu
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist
LTIMINDTREE
11.2021 - 02.2025
Global sourcing admin
Amazon
11.2020 - 11.2021
Hr Executive
Jp morgan chase
10.2018 - 11.2019
Senior consultant
Capgemini
05.2018 - 11.2018
Hr Associate
ITC limited
01.2015 - 04.2018
PGDM -
Cmt B School
BBM -
Andhra University
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