
Director - Talent Acquisition for Bangalore based EdTech start-up
at It is a re-imagining skill-based EdTech start-up
Job Description
Our client is re-imagining skill-based education building the future of higher education. The platform educates young talent from remote India (tier - 2/3 cities/towns) on job-relevant skills and connects skilled graduates to jobs. With more than 200000+ users currently on the platform, it is growing exponentially. We are looking for the missionary talent to join us in the journey to transform higher education and build the university of the future.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Creating comprehensive talent sourcing and recruitment strategies, leveraging internal and external resources in order to hire the best talent in the market.
2. Lead the team of recruiters to screen candidates by reviewing resumes, and job applications, and performing initial level screening.
3. Maintaining relationships with the consultants/hiring partners and ensuring a robust candidate pipeline at all times.
4. Design and execute mass hiring/bulk-hiring for sales and customer success positions. Take ownership of the interview process and the candidate's experience.
5. Handling communication within the team and aiding in preparing schedules for recruitment activities and their execution.
Requirements:
1. Min 5+ years experience in recruitment, with hands-on experience in hiring.
2. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
3. Familiar with a wide variety of sourcing avenues.
4. Excellent organizational and time management skills.
5. Comfortable making decisions independently.
6. Ability to prioritize, multitask and meet deadlines and targets

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Key Responsibilities:
1. Candidate Sourcing:
o Utilize various sourcing methods (job portals, social media, networking) to identify potential candidates.
o Assist in building a talent pipeline for current and future hiring needs.
2. Screening and Shortlisting:
o Review resumes and applications to ensure they meet job requirements.
o Conduct initial phone screenings to assess candidate suitability.
3. Coordination:
o Schedule interviews and assessments, ensuring a smooth and efficient recruitment process.
o Communicate with candidates and hiring managers to coordinate interview logistics.
4. Interview Support:
o Participate in interviews and assessments, gaining exposure to interview techniques and evaluation criteria.
o Provide feedback to candidates and assist in maintaining positive candidate experience.
5. Documentation:
o Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of new joiners through KYC
o Verify the document submitted by the new joiners.
6. Market Research:
o Stay informed about industry trends and best practices in recruitment.
o Contribute to the development of innovative recruitment strategies.
Benefits:
· Mentorship from experienced HR professionals.
· Exposure to a dynamic and fast-paced work environment.
· Opportunity to build a professional network in the HR and recruitment field.
· Potential for a full-time position upon successful completion of the internship.
Preferred candidate profile
Qualifications:
· Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
· Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
· Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills.
· Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
· Familiarity with basic HR concepts and recruitment processes.
Shift Timings: - 1pm to 10pm
Working Days: - Mon – Fri
Stipend – Rs.5000/-
Location – ITPP, Kharadi - Pune
We are currently seeking a passionate and dynamic HR Recruiter to join our team and help us find the best talent to support our mission.
Job Summary:
The HR Recruiter will be responsible for sourcing, screening, and selecting qualified candidates for various positions within the organization. This role will require a deep understanding of recruitment strategies, excellent communication skills, and the ability to build relationships with hiring managers and candidates alike.
Key Responsibilities:
Collaborate with hiring managers to understand staffing needs and develop effective recruitment strategies.
Create and post job advertisements on various platforms and the company website.
Source candidates using various methods, including social media, job boards, and networking.
Review resumes, conduct initial phone screens, and coordinate interviews with candidates.
Maintain a talent pool of potential candidates for future openings.
Conduct reference checks and background verification as required.
Prepare and extend job offers to selected candidates.
Assist in developing and implementing recruitment processes and policies.
Provide a positive candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
Stay updated on industry trends and recruitment best practices.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
years of experience in recruitment or talent acquisition.
Proficiency in applicant tracking systems (ATS) and HR software.
Strong knowledge of employment laws and regulations.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and manage multiple priorities.
Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities.
Job Responsibilities:
- Oversight of recruitment delivery and operations. Partner closely with the business teams to ensure sourcing and hiring strategies are aligned with People’s strategies.
- Use industry knowledge and experience to identify and attract the best talent in technical or business baseline.
- Determining current hiring needs and producing forecasts
- Develop a sustainable talent acquisition and hiring plans and strategies
- Create, organize, and implement new and enhanced recruiting and selection processes/tools to drive efficiency and improve the quality of hires
- Develop and oversee innovative sourcing strategies to attract talent from non-traditional and/or diverse talent pools
- Actively leverage a network/user group base to promote the brand and tap into potential talent.
- Plan procedures for improving the candidate experience
- Suggest measures for improving employee retention
The ideal candidate must have-
- At least 6+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition or similar TA role - Experience in Tech hiring is a big plus.
- Experience in hiring for Start-ups is a must.
- In-depth knowledge of full-cycle recruiting and sourcing.
- Experience with HRIS, ATS, Sourcing and Recruitment Marketing tools
Hiring for HR Recruiter - Details
Do you have the passion to work in a fast-paced environment where hustle and hunger to learn more, do more, achieve more and #GetMore, is the key to unparalleled growth? Are you someone who believes that a robust business is only led by an army of focused and dedicated rockstars?
Then the company has a super exciting opportunity for you in Talent Acquisition (HR)
the company is the largest Cashback & Coupons site in India, backed my marquee investors like Mr Ratan Tata, Kalaari Capital & Korea Investment Partners. We are also redefining social commerce with India’s 1st Social Cashback app, and with the launch of the company Store Network in 22 states of India. Well capitalized and with a team of 250 people, the company is looking to chase 10x growth over the next 3 years. This journey could also be a great career move to accelerate your own growth, and we invite you to come learn more about what we are building.
What’s In Store For You To Fall In Love With the company :
-Start-up Environment - Work with a passionate and energetic team that is driven by hustle, camaraderie and togetherness.
-Compensation & Benefits – Best-in-class salaries and highly competitive ESOPs along with a great learning work environment, we offer you a place full of opportunities to customize your career trajectory.
-An Environment for Innovation - We create a culture for innovation by giving each employee the prowess to create, make and innovate.
-We've got you covered - From medical insurance, well-defined policies to flexi WFH options, scrumptious lunch to some amazing learning and development sessions- we've got your back!
-Cool Perks – Come and get to join us for in-house events, team outings, dinner catchups, and much more.
Location: Gurgaon
Roles and responsibilities of this role would include the below:
-Strong hold on hiring for roles like-
-Core requirement for a Recruiter is their ability to really understand what each role entails, educate themselves on the domain, discuss key assessment metrics and screen candidates in line with pre-agreed questions as discussed with hiring managers.
-Should be able to hire across levels for domains like Product, Design, UI, UX, Data analytics, Digital Marketing, SEO, Performance Marketing, Customer Retention Marketing, Growth & Marketing, Influencer Marketing, Content & Copywriting, Social Media Marketing, Community Marketing. Tech hiring a plus.
-Occasional hiring for HR, Finance, Customer Relations, Business Operations.
-Well versed with Naukri, LinkedIn, iimjobs, updazz, and other job boards.
-Attracting applicants by placing job advertisements, using job sites, social network and personal network.
-Strategic sourcing and ensuring minimal TAT
-Cold Calling Passive Job Seekers
-Extensive Head Hunting and Cold Calling Activity
-Posting jobs on various job sites and social networking sites
-Briefing the candidate about the responsibilities, salary and benefits of the job in question
-Informing candidates about the results of their interviews
-Receiving and reviewing applications, managing interviews and creating a shortlist of candidates
-Headhunting - identifying and approaching suitable candidates who may already be in work
-Using candidate databases to find the right person for the vacancy
-Interacting with managers and closing the requirements
Ideal candidate should have the below experience/qualities:
-Previous work experience of 3-7 years
-Expected compensation: Within Rs 20 Lakhs per annum
-Candidate must have excellent communication skills
-Candidate must possess good interpersonal and negotiation skills
-Ability to multi-task and be able to effectively work as a team player
Role-
As a talent acquisition specialist, you will be responsible for managing the recruitment process from role
definition to on-boarding for entry to leadership hiring across India. You will partner with the business and
leadership teams to design & execute recruiting strategies and effectively interface with social networks, third
party recruiters or other recruitment service providers where required.
Key Accountabilities:
End to end accountability for recruitments across India geography
Networking to build, manage and maintain a pipeline of future fit external talent leveraging digital and
social channels
Create and implement innovative and out of the box sourcing strategies and engagement to bring the best
talent in Unilever.
Proactively manage and build candidate relationships and communicate the Unilever employment value
proposition to prospective hires
Managing internal and external recruitment activities placing priority on filling key roles in line with agreed
global processes and Service Level Agreements- Drive flex experiences and alternate channels of hiring
for the function.
Delivering superior candidate, hiring manager and stakeholder experience.
In conjunction with the Talent Manager and HRBPs, developing effective recruitment forecasts to
accurately predict our future talent requirements basis business ambition.
Provide and analyse data on key metrics for recruitment, application flow, sources and quality of talent as
required
Managing Applicant tracking system data integrity and accuracy
Advising the Talent Manager on changing trends in the Indian Talent Market to be able to share talent
insights.
Working along with the leadership team to design and deliver cutting edge recruitment campaigns, process
improvements & tech in recruitment.
Create and implement innovative and out of the box sourcing strategies and engagement to bring the best
talent in Unilever.
All about You:
You should be passionate about hiring the best talent, delivering world class experience to employees on their
key moments, networking, and building Unilever businesses by recruiting its people!
Exceptional relationship and stakeholder management skills is a must
Experience of applying a variety of sourcing techniques- (job boards, building preferred supplier lists,
recruitment advertising, social media recruiting etc) is an added advantage
Ability to influence with data and insights
Ready for Contractual role
● Prepare Job Descriptions
● Work on all open positions
● Learn Sourcing through Naukri
● Evaluate CVs for the role
● Conduct the telephonic interviews
● Conduct Candidate Assessments
● Coordinate Hiring Process for shortlisted candidates
● Coordinate the Offer to Joining process
● Arrange Campus Placement Drives
● Understand Staffing & Placement Agencies Onboarding
- Write and post technical job descriptions
- Source potential candidates on niche platforms
- Parse specialized skills and qualifications to screen resumes
- Proven work experience as a Technical Recruiter
- Hands-on experience with various interview formats (e.g. phone, Skype and structured)
- Technical expertise with an ability to understand and explain job requirements for IT roles
- Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems and resume databases
- Solid knowledge of sourcing techniques (e.g. social media recruiting and Boolean search)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Solid understanding of HR practices and labor legislation

Contact Person: Aditi
*Note: Need someone with 1+ years of experience in domestic technology hiring, and who can join within 1-3 days.

