Talent Acquisition Associate

Job Location - Andheri- Onsite

Role Overview

The Manager – Talent Acquisition will play a strategic and hands-on role in building a strong talent pipeline aligned with business goals. The role involves close collaboration with business leaders to proactively identify hiring needs, attract and recruit high-quality talent within defined cost and timelines, and continuously improve hiring outcomes through data-driven decision-making and superior candidate experience.

This position is responsible for driving recruitment excellence, optimizing sourcing channels (internal and external), and strengthening employer branding while ensuring compliance, consistency, and efficiency across the hiring lifecycle.

Principal Purpose

Partner closely with department heads and stakeholders to proactively identify current and future talent requirements.

Attract, engage, and hire the right talent at the right cost, quality, and time.

Explore, optimize, and manage multiple sourcing channels to build a sustainable talent pipeline.

Drive recruitment excellence through experience design, process optimization, and data-backed insights.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

Strategic Workforce Planning

Identify talent needs and translate them into a comprehensive recruitment plan aligned with business priorities.

Ensure hiring plans are delivered within agreed timelines, budgets, and quality benchmarks.

Develop a deep understanding of role requirements, including technical skills, experience, and behavioral competencies required for success.

Stakeholder Partnership

Conduct detailed vacancy intake discussions with hiring managers to align on expectations, hiring strategy, and timelines.

Act as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders by sharing market insights, talent availability, and hiring trends.

Continuously evolve recruitment strategies based on changing business needs and market dynamics.

End-to-End Recruitment Management

Create and manage hiring plans with clear deliverables, milestones, and formal tracking mechanisms.

Coordinate, schedule, and conduct interviews in line with role specifications and organizational standards.

Screen, interview, and assess candidates to build strong shortlists within consistent timelines.

Conduct in-depth candidate interviews and anticipate hiring manager preferences to ensure strong role fit.

Talent Pipeline & Sourcing

Build and maintain a strong network of potential candidates through proactive sourcing, research, and relationship management.

Leverage internal talent pools, referrals, job portals, social media, agencies, and other sourcing channels effectively.

Ensure a continuous pipeline of ready-to-hire talent for critical and future roles.

Process Excellence & Data-Driven Decisions

Track and analyze recruitment metrics such as time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, quality-of-hire, and candidate experience.

Use data insights to improve hiring efficiency, decision-making, and overall recruitment outcomes.

Drive continuous improvement in recruitment processes, tools, and systems.

Team Leadership

Lead, mentor, and guide Talent Acquisition Specialists to ensure high performance and capability development.

Set clear goals, review performance, and foster a collaborative and high-accountability culture within the team.

We are looking for Freelance Talent Acquisition (TA) professionals to support our hiring requirements on a contract / project basis. The selected freelancer will work closely with hiring managers to manage end-to-end recruitment and ensure timely closure of open positions.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Understand hiring requirements, role specifications, and timelines in coordination with hiring managers
• Manage end-to-end recruitment for assigned positions on a freelance basis
• Source candidates through job portals, LinkedIn, referrals, databases, and social media platforms
• Screen resumes and conduct initial telephonic or video interviews
• Coordinate interviews between candidates and internal stakeholders
• Maintain a strong candidate pipeline and ensure a positive candidate experience
• Share regular hiring updates, trackers, and recruitment reports
• Support negotiations, and documentation wherever required
• Ensure adherence to hiring guidelines, confidentiality, and data protection norms
• Handle bulk, lateral, or niche hiring as per project requirements

We are a talent startup that partners with fast-moving digital companies globally to scale their teams. Since 2016, we have served over 100 funded startups ( top brands, some unicorns too!) and hired teams in the spaces of engineering, growth, design and product. Our mission is to be the top curated talent marketplace while fostering a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive workplace.

About the role
We are looking to hire a recruiter who should be experienced and motivated that can help source and hire for top-funded companies globally.
Ideal candidate is a high-energy, strong communicator with a knack for engaging experienced professionals.

Responsibilities 

• Responsible for End to End Recruitment (Sourcing, screening of profiles, scheduling of interviews).
• Responsible for understanding and analyzing the requirements in different technical skill set categories.
• Creative sourcing methods like Linked-In, internal database, referrals, head-hunting, and networking.
• Take steps to ensure a positive candidate experience
• Willing to take challenges in Recruitment & closing the demands on time.

• The ideal candidate should have the zeal to grow in the technical Recruitment world.
• Must have IT recruitment/Non-IT hiring experience and expertise in Screening, shortlisting, negotiation and coordinating with the Recruitment process.
• Experience in working on Job Portals is mandatory
• Experience in full-cycle Recruiting, Sourcing
• Proficient in the use of social media and job boards
• Aggressive and talented professionals with excellent communication skills.
• Well-organized & capable of managing Quality and Volumes of open positions

Talent Acquisition Role Responsibilities are given below:

Building Talent Pool

• Determining the current staffing needs of an organization

• Lead the sourcing strategy to identify the potential talent

• Identify and manage the external sourcing partners

• Responsible of hiring Top management hiring

• Identify the process gaps and reengineer the process as and when required

• Devising the technical assessment for selection procedure for various roles

• Creating a salary benchmarks and manage consistency for all the roles/locations

• Should make sure that the salary proposal are well within the defined budgets

• Creating a pool of blacklisted companies and employees whom the organization

• should refrain from hiring and vice versa

• Collaborating with the Department Heads and Divisional heads to identify the

• Challenges and resolutions

• Expertise in head hunting of candidates

• Should plan for reduction of drop out % rate

• Responsible for incorporating best industry practices for recruitment

• Ensure the reduction in early attrition

• Create a potential pipeline for future hiring

Sourcing Strategy

• Identify the right source of recruitment mix for the company

• Proactively connecting with prospective institute and organization for hiring such as

• Campus Recruitment, Job Portal, Ads, Contract Hiring, Offline Hiring, Consultancy

• Promoting the Kinara Brand amongst all stakeholders

Vendor Management

• Right consultant for right role

• Identifying the right vendor for every specialized roles and skills

HO & Field Hiring

• Recruitment & Onboarding for all the levels

BGV

• Neatly we do the BGV, strongly, oral or through IDFY

Pipeline Creation

• Creating the talent pool as a backup

• Strategy to reduce the early attrition

• Strategies to screen the right profiles, less rejection

Budgeting

• Ensure budget and cost optimization of the organization

HRMS

• How effectively the usage of HRMS in place by reducing the manual efforts

Other Requirements:

• Similar Industry market knowledge

• Team handling experience

• Have worked in the strategical capacity

Skills and Competencies:

Technical Skills

• Data Analysis and Reporting

• Have prior experience in handling HRMS tool

• Stakeholders Management

• Excellent in Analytics

Soft Skills

• Resourcefulness

• People Management

• Communication

• Time management

• Team management

Company - Wellness 360 Technologies, Inc

Position – Human Resource Manager

Experience – 0-2 Years

Location - Hyderabad

 Responsibilities:

1. Prepare new hire paperwork and ensure timely completion.

2. Conduct orientation sessions to familiarize new employees with company policies, procedures, and benefits.

3. Assist in the setup of employee records and personnel files.

4. Coordinate training sessions and workshops for employees.

5. Assist in resolving employee queries and concerns.

6. Support employee engagement initiatives and activities.

7. Participate in disciplinary meetings and investigations under the guidance of senior HR staff.

8. Maintain HRIS (Human Resource Information System) records and ensure data accuracy.

9. Assist in preparing HR reports and presentations.

10. Support with general HR administrative duties such as filing, scanning, and organizing HR documents.

11. Assist in posting job advertisements on various platforms.

12. Screen resumes and shortlist candidates for interviews.

13. Coordinate and schedule interviews with candidates.

14. Assist in making job offers and preparing employment contracts.

Qualifications and Skills:

1. Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.

2. Strong written and verbal communication skills.

3. Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work well with diverse teams.

4. Basic knowledge of HR principles, practices, and employment laws.

5. Proficiency in MS Office.

6. Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.

7. Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and accuracy.