Pepper (http://www.pepper.org.in/">www.peppercontent.in) is building India’s largest content marketplace that brings companies and content creators together to scale up content creation processes across 10 content verticals and 150+ content categories, 40+ content verticals, and 40+ global languages. Over the past 3 years, we’ve worked with brands like Adobe, upGrad, Swiggy, Dunzo, BusinessWorld, Digit, Shiksha.com, Rapido, BookMyShow, UrbanClap, Yatra, Bewakoof, YourStory, Bharat Matrimony, and 300+ other brands. We have over 30,000+ writers and graphic designers who have applied to Pepper so far, who form part of the ‘Pepper Cloud’.
We are on the path to building a global on-demand content marketplace platform that allows for collaboration, discovery, and upskilling for all our creators. Now we are in a rapid expansion phase to enter into more content service offerings, engage a wide spectrum of content creators and at the same time, scale up our existing services.
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 -
- At least 4+ 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
- Have excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation skills.
- Have a willingness to be flexible: Works beyond what is described in the job description.

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Job Title: Talent Sourcing Specialist
Location: Hyderabad
Experience: 1 to 6 Years
Work Mode: 6 Days Working (Contract Role)
Role Overview:
We are looking for a Talent Sourcing Specialist who can source and attract top talent in a high-volume hiring environment. The role involves supporting multiple business functions and building strong candidate pipelines.
Key Responsibilities:
- Execute sourcing strategies using job portals and professional networking platforms.
- Conduct initial phone screenings and share qualified candidates with recruiters.
- Maintain candidate data in the Recruiting Management System (RMS).
- Build strong talent pipelines using internal and external databases.
- Follow defined sourcing processes, SLAs, and delivery timelines.
- Stay updated with sourcing trends, tools, and market intelligence.
- Generate periodic reports on sourcing activities.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and hiring teams effectively.
- Understand industry trends, compensation benchmarks, and competitor landscape.
Required Qualifications:
- 2–6 years of experience in sourcing using job portals and networking platforms.
- Any undergraduate degree.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
- Good attention to detail and business understanding.
- Hands-on experience with sourcing tools and platforms.
- Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) like Taleo, SAP, or similar.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MBA in HR or related field.
- Experience in passive sourcing (AIRS techniques).
- Strong research skills (market mapping, competitor analysis, candidate research).
Job Title: Talent Acquisition Associate
Location: Worli, Mumbai (Hybrid Working)
Experience: 1-2 years
About Qrata
We match top talent with highly competitive career opportunities with leading startups in India
and globally and address hiring challenges, recruitment brand marketing, and innovative and
collaborative strategic consulting.
Position Overview:
As a Talent Acquisition Associate at Qrata, you will be an essential part of our human resources team, responsible for sourcing, attracting, and hiring talented professionals. You will work closely with hiring managers to understand their staffing needs and ensure we bring in the best talent to support our company's growth. This position offers the opportunity for hybrid working, combining both remote and in-office collaboration, with our office located in Worli, Mumbai.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with hiring managers to understand job requirements and create detailed job descriptions.
- Develop and implement effective talent acquisition strategies to attract high-quality candidates.
- Source candidates through various channels, including job boards, social media, and professional networks.
- Screen and evaluate resumes and applications to identify potential candidates.
- Conduct initial interviews to assess candidates qualifications and cultural fit.
- Coordinate and schedule interviews with hiring managers.
- Manage the recruitment process from start to finish, ensuring a smooth and positive candidate experience.
- Extend job offers and negotiate terms with candidates.
- Build and maintain a talent pipeline for future staffing needs.
- Assist with other HR-related tasks and projects as needed.
Qualifications:
- 1-2 years of experience in talent acquisition or recruitment.
- Knowledge of recruitment best practices and sourcing techniques.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency with applicant tracking systems and HR software.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Familiarity with employment laws and regulations.
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
The following are the responsibilities:
• Develop recruiting strategies as per the business requirements
• Create Job Descriptions in line with the business requirements.
• Identify the best mix of resources to source top tech talent using social media, job boards,
advanced search techniques, referrals, and new age sourcing tools .
• Build and manage relationships with the recruiting agencies.
• Manage the entire recruitment life-cycle including sourcing, screening and qualifying candidates, interviews, maintaining candidate communication and negotiations.
• Hiring for all the verticals across all the levels, primarily non-tech
• Responsible for manpower planning, budget and forecast.
• Create SOP’s for recruitment and set up all hiring process.
• Lead employment branding initiatives and build and execute strategies to ensure very positive candidate experience
• Assist in employee retention and development
• Supervise, guide & train recruiting personnel
• Drive campus engagements, organize and/or attend career fairs and build brand for the company.
Responsible for performing full-cycle recruiting functions including but not limited to job understanding, candidate sourcing, social networking, phone screening, email communication, documentation, summary writing and presentation.
Identifying right candidates with the right skills to match the US clients’ requirements Regularly interacting with Account Manager to understand the requirements
Should understand the requirement in depth to ensure quality sourcing and recruiting
Should ensure to revert submit profiles with quick turnaround time for timely submissions to meet sharp deadlines for each requisition
Make use of effective resourcing strategies, such as head hunting, Internet sourcing, networking, employee referrals
Must have experience on full Life Cycle of Recruiting (screening resumes, interviewing, offer extension and post-placement care)
Ability to work as a good team player, Maintaining & building the candidate database
Requirements:
Minimum 2 Years of Full Cycle Recruiting experience particularly in pharmaceutical /scientific/life science domain for US staffing and recruiting industry.
Excellent English language skills including reading, writing and speaking.
Ability to communicate fluently with foreign nationals.
Self-motivated, passionate and energetic professionals.
Comfortable to work in night shift (6.30PM to 3.30AM IST)
- Source potential candidates through online channels (e.g. social platforms and professional networks).
- Assess candidate information, including resumes and contact details- Attention to detail is highly required
- Forecast quarterly and annual hiring needs by department
- Foster long-term relationships with past applicants and potential candidates
- Experience in bulk hiring in IT (Technology hiring, Technical Trainers) and Non - IT requirements (mandatorily in to sales, backend profiles)
- Highly proactive and attention to detail attitude is MUST
- Work on targets and closures with in defined TAT
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Desired Candidate profile
- Candidates with excellent communication skills with understanding and learning capability (MANDATORY)
- Experience: 3-5 Years
- Industry: Edtech / Recruitment Consultancy
- Proven work experience as a recruiter
- Familiarity with social media, resume databases and professional networks.
- Hands-on experience with full-cycle recruiting using various interview techniques and evaluation methods
- A keen understanding of the differences between various roles within organizations
- MBA in Human Resources Management or relevant field
- Work Location: Bangalore, Bannerghatta Main Road
- Sound knowledge on sourcing skills and knowledge about paid and unpaid job sites.
- Social media hiring, volume hiring
- 70 % non tech roles like sales, marketing , BDM, backend support roles.
- 30% of technical recruitments like Php, Java...etc
- Very good communication skills and great negotiation skills (very important)
Efficiently and effectively fill open positions by: Placing ads, screening resumes,
conducting interviews, scheduling applicants, and hiring final candidates.
Post positions to appropriate Internet sources, and ensure accurate and error-
free advertising.
Excellent customer service skills, communicates proactively and consistently with
teams.
Submits daily / weekly recruiting reports to internal leadership team.
Supports coordination of interviews for qualified applicants with client department
hiring management.
Administers new hire workflow, including checking references as requested,
submitting for background checks, ensuring background check has been
completed, scheduling drug screens, collecting paperwork, and extending offers
to selected candidates.
Maintains job order and candidate application files.
Schedules pre-placement testing where applicable.
Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.







