Talent Acquisition Associate / Partner

This is a full-time on-site role for a Talent Acquisition Specialist. You will be responsible for full-life cycle recruiting, including sourcing, screening, and interviewing candidates. You will also be involved in employer branding and will play a key role in building and maintaining relationships with candidates and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• 2-3 years of tech & non-tech hiring experience: We're looking for someone with a proven track record of success in recruiting technical talent.
• Experience in the full recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, and interviewing: This role requires a strong understanding of the entire recruitment process, from identifying qualified candidates to conducting effective interviews.
• Strong learning agility and a willingness to adapt: We're looking for someone who is a fast learner and thrives in a dynamic environment. You should be comfortable taking on new challenges and learning new skills quickly.
• Knowledge of employer branding strategies and techniques: This role requires a solid understanding of how to build a strong employer brand to attract top talent.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills: You'll thrive in this role if you can build rapport with candidates, colleagues, and external stakeholders through excellent communication (written and verbal).
• Ability to build and maintain relationships: Developing and nurturing relationships with potential hires and external partners is key to success in this role.
• Growth mindset and commitment to continuous learning: We're looking for someone who is eager to learn and grow within the HR field. You'll have the opportunity to develop your recruiting expertise and gain exposure to other areas of HR, fostering a well-rounded HR career.

Benefits

• Mentorship: Work next to some of the best leaders.
• Freedom: An environment where you get to practice your craft. No micromanagement.
• Comprehensive healthcare: Healthcare for you and your family.
• Growth: A tailor-made program to help you achieve your career goals.
• A voice that is heard: We don't claim to know the best way of doing things. We like to listen to ideas from our team.

• Experience Bracket: 2-3 years
• Skills: Understanding of BI tools and experience in hiring of BI Developers, SQL developers & other IT requirements
• Budget: Upto 4 LPA all - inclusive depending on experience bracket
• Work Location: Navi Mumbai
• Joining Time – Immediate to 15 days

Profile:

• Graduation is a must
• Minimum of 6 months relevant working experience.
• Excellent English– written and verbal – communication skills.
• Ability to persuade and influence.
• Able to work with people from different cultural background.

Key responsibilities

• You will be responsible for Recruitment of candidates on a Junior level.
• Manage hiring managers and candidate relationships at a professional level.
• Partner with recruiters to determine business needs, identify skill gaps and solicit input on recruiting strategies.
• Assist with Employer Branding projects.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Build talent pipelines for current and future job openings
• Lead all sourcing strategies
• Manage our external partnerships with colleges, job boards and HR software vendors
• Implement online and offline employer branding activities
• Prepare and review our annual recruitment budget
• Oversee all stages of candidate experience (including application, interviews and communication)
• Forecast hiring needs based on business growth plans
• Manage, train and evaluate our team of recruiters
• Participate in and host recruitment events to drive awareness of our company
• Develop a network of potential future hires (e.g. past applicants and referred candidates)
• Measure key recruitment metrics, like source of hire and time-to-hire

Desired Candidate Profile

• Proven work experience as a Talent Acquisition Specialist or similar role
• Demonstrable experience managing full-cycle recruiting and employer branding initiatives
• Solid understanding of sourcing techniques and tools (e.g. social networks)
• Hands-on experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATSs) and HR databases
• Good team-management abilities
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to foster long-term relationships (with internal teams, external partners and candidates)
• BSc/MSc in Human Resources Management or relevant field

• Will be Handling End to End Recruitment process
• Will be Accountable for Recruiting through Job portals, social media platform and conducting mass recruitment drive in places like Colleges, Corporates, etc.
• Should be responsible to Reach Targets and deadlines.
• Maintenance of reports is mandatory.
• Source candidates using a variety of search methods to build a robust candidate pipeline
• Screen candidates by reviewing resumes and job applications, and performing phone screenings
• Take ownership of candidate experience by designing and managing it, Develop job postings, job descriptions and position requirements
• Perform reference checks as need
• Facilitate the offer process by extending the offer and negotiation employment terms
• Manage onboarding and new hire process
• Stay abreast of recruiting trends and best practices
• Manage the overall interview, selection, and closing process
• Ensure all screening, hiring, and selection is done in accordance with employment laws and regulations
• Prepare recruitment materials and post jobs to appropriate job board/newspapers/colleges etc

What you need to have:

Talent Sourcer 

Location: Pune, India

Type of Employee: Contractual

Druva delivers data protection and management for the cloud era. Druva Cloud Platform is built on AWS and offered as-a-Service; delivering globally accessible, infinitely scalable and completely autonomous enterprise data resiliency. Customers drive down costs by up to 50 percent by freeing themselves from the burden of unnecessary hardware, capacity planning, and software management. Druva’s patented cloud architecture transforms backup data into an asset, making it more open and accessible so customers can streamline governance, improve cyber resiliency, and gain critical insights to uncover opportunities and expedite decision making.

Druva has raised over $350m in venture capital, is trusted by over 4,000 global organizations and protects over 200 PB of data.

Summary:

Druva is seeking a highly motivated and energetic Talent Sourcer. The ideal candidate will be responsible for identifying and recruiting candidates with technical and specialized skills to fill current or future vacancies. You would primarily interact with potential candidates personally or online, and schedule interviews with Recruiters and Hiring Managers. You would also maintain candidate databases and our Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

As an individual contributor, you would be responsible for

• Work closely with recruiters to gain a deep understanding of requirements for open roles, the function and how it fits into the organization
• Strategize different ways to build talent pipelines and execute research
• Driving hiring for niche functions including product, technology to support fast-paced business growth
• Find high-quality passive candidates through the use of Boolean, LinkedIn, and alternative search techniques
  
  

Qualifications/Requirements/We’re Looking For Someone With

• Up to 5 years of experience working with and building sourcing strategies with Recruiters and hiring managers.
• Someone with a strong understanding of technology and sourcing would be an ideal fit
• Experience with social-media hiring (Linkedin, Twitter, FB, etc.), technology-focused forums (GitHub, StackOverflow, etc.), and other sourcing channels
• Robust interpersonal skills with a strong track record of success
• Must have worked in a high-pressure environment that is driven by business priorities and stakeholder enabling scenarios
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

Hands on experience in sourcing through job portals and referrals.

Good experience in IT or Non IT recruitment .

Willingness & ability to handle end to end recruitment including internal recruitment.

Should be able to handle multiple requirements simultaneously.

Comfortable with niche hiring & critical search assignments.

Interaction with the candidates and briefing them about the requirement.

Experience in handling walk-in drives.

Interaction with the clients.

Maintain all recruitment-related reports and forms

Should have good working knowledge in Microsoft Excel

Excellent command in verbal and written English.