Talent Acquisition Consultant

Job Description

The incumbent is responsible for driving end-to-end hiring strategy, ensuring a strong talent pipeline across business units, and delivering a superior candidate and stakeholder experience. This role partners closely with business leaders, HR teams, and external partners to fulfil organizational talent needs efficiently and effectively.

Key Responsibilities

· Partner with business heads to understand manpower needs, skills gaps, and future workforce requirements.

· Develop and execute the annual hiring plan aligned with business priorities.

· Own end-to-end hiring across all levels – junior, mid, senior, and niche roles.

· Provide weekly dashboards, hiring status, and leadership insights.

· Manage sourcing, screening, interviews, assessments, salary negotiation, and offer closure.

· Maintain strong candidate pipelines using multiple channels (job portals, social media, referrals, agencies, direct networking).

· Lead campus hiring strategy across engineering & MBA institutes.

· Build and maintain campus relationships.

· Implement best practices in assessments, interviewing, and candidate evaluation.

· Ensure compliance with HR policies, budgeting, and documentation.

Required Skills & Experience

8–12 years of progressive experience in talent acquisition.

Strong experience in hiring for diverse functions (Tech/Non-Tech/Corporate/R&D).

Demonstrated capability in campus hiring and employer branding.

Strong communication, stakeholder management, and negotiation skills.

Education

MBA/PGDM in HR or related field preferred.

Sourcing Guidelines

Must-Haves

8–12 years of progressive experience in Talent Acquisition

• Experience in the Manufacturing domain

• Proven track record in hiring for diverse functions (Tech, Non-Tech, Corporate, R&D)

• Hands-on experience in campus hiring and employer branding initiatives

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and negotiation skills

• Notice Period: Immediate to 30 days

• Education: MBA/PGDM in HR or a related field preferred

Role Overview

The HR Recruiter – Blue Collar Hiring will be responsible for end-to-end recruitment of frontline restaurant staff including kitchen crew, service staff, stewards, housekeeping, and other operational roles. The role requires strong experience in high-volume hiring, sourcing from blue-collar talent pools, and managing recruitment pipelines across multiple restaurant locations.

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Recruitment

• Manage complete recruitment lifecycle for blue-collar roles including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding.

• Hire frontline staff such as Kitchen Crew, Commis, Service Staff, Stewards, Helpers, Housekeeping, and Delivery Personnel.

2. High-Volume Hiring

• Handle bulk hiring requirements for multiple restaurant outlets.

• Ensure timely closure of positions to maintain operational efficiency.

3. Sourcing & Talent Pipeline

• Source candidates through job portals, local networks, staffing vendors, walk-in drives, referrals, and community outreach.

• Maintain a strong pipeline of qualified blue-collar candidates.

4. Stakeholder Coordination

• Collaborate with restaurant managers and operations teams to understand manpower requirements.

• Coordinate interviews and ensure smooth hiring processes.

5. Recruitment Drives

• Organize walk-in drives, campus hiring (for hospitality institutes), and local hiring campaigns.

6. Candidate Management

• Conduct initial screening and assess candidates for role suitability, attitude, and service orientation.

• Manage candidate communication and offer roll-out.

7. Data & Reporting

• Maintain recruitment trackers, hiring metrics, and candidate databases.

• Provide regular hiring reports to HR leadership.

8. Employer Branding

• Represent company’s culture and employer value proposition during recruitment drives and interactions.

Eligibility Criteria

Experience

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in blue-collar / frontline hiring.

• Experience in hospitality, restaurant chains, QSR, retail, facility management, or similar industries is preferred.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.

Required Skills

• Strong experience in bulk / mass hiring

• Knowledge of blue-collar recruitment channels

• Good stakeholder management

• Ability to manage hiring across multiple locations

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work in a fast-paced operational environment

Preferred Background

Candidates with recruitment experience in Restaurant Chains, Hospitality, QSR, Retail, or Facility Management companies will be highly preferred.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work with a globally recognized restaurant brand

• Dynamic and people-focused culture

• Exposure to large-scale hiring and operations-driven recruitment

• Career growth within HR and talent acquisition

Job Specification – Recruitment Lead

Experience: end-to-end recruitment experience, including niche and leadership hiring.

Domain Knowledge: Strong exposure to IT hiring, preferably within the Salesforce ecosystem.

Technical & Process Skills: Proficient in sourcing, headhunting, ATS management, and recruitment analytics.

Stakeholder & Team Management: Skilled in managing business leaders and driving recruiter performance.

Networking & Market Insight: Capable of building talent pipelines and leveraging industry networks.

Communication: Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and presentation skills.

Agility & Ownership: High adaptability with a fast paced & high results-driven and process-oriented approach.

KRA will involve-

End-to-End Hiring – Manage full-cycle recruitment to ensure timely and quality closures within a TAT of max 45 days.

Niche & Leadership Hiring – Independently manage Salesforce niche, senior, and confidential mandates through headhunting.

Team Performance – Lead and drive consistent results with 3 successful joining's per recruiter per month.

Process Compliance & Excellence – Ensure adherence to hiring process, data accuracy, ATS upkeep, candidate verification, and defined process flow.

Recruitment Strategy – Design and execute effective sourcing and hiring strategies.

Talent Pipeline – Build and sustain a strong Salesforce talent network for future needs. Coach team members on follower development on LinkedIn for pool creation.

Strategic Projects – Lead initiatives like ATS implementation, salary benchmarking, and employer branding.

Job Title: Delivery Account Lead – US IT Recruitment

Location: Trichy, Tamil Nadu (Onsite)

Company: VDart Inc.

Experience: 9 – 12 Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

 About VDart Inc.

VDart Inc. is a leading global IT staffing and solutions firm with a presence across the United States, Canada, and India. We support Fortune 500 clients across a wide range of industries, providing top-tier IT talent through scalable and efficient delivery models. As we continue to grow, we are hiring a Delivery Account Lead to head strategic account delivery operations.

Position Summary

The Delivery Account Lead – US IT Recruitment will be responsible for managing end-to-end recruitment delivery, team leadership, and client engagement for key strategic accounts. This role is a critical leadership position that demands strong experience in managing VMS clients, high-volume delivery, team performance, and SLAs.

Key Responsibilities

·      Own delivery for multiple high-value US-based client accounts across industries and technologies.

·      Lead, mentor, and manage a team of recruiters to drive consistent performance and quality.

·      Collaborate with Account Managers to align delivery strategy with client expectations.

·      Ensure fulfillment of job requisitions through proactive sourcing, screening, and submission processes.

·      Analyze delivery metrics, provide weekly and monthly performance reporting, and drive continuous improvement.

·      Develop and implement best practices for recruitment operations, candidate engagement, and submission quality.

·      Manage escalations, compliance, and contract negotiations as needed.

Required Skills & Experience

·      9 to 12 years of extensive experience in US IT Recruitment delivery and team leadership.

·      Proven ability to manage VMS/MSP accounts with a strong understanding of hiring models: W2, C2C, and 1099.

·      Strong sourcing background using platforms like Dice, Monster, CareerBuilder, and LinkedIn Recruiter.

·      Deep knowledge of ATS and recruitment reporting tools, and ability to use data to guide decisions.

·      Exceptional communication, people management, and client handling skills.

·      Hands-on experience in working with enterprise accounts, meeting tight SLAs, and large-scale ramp-ups.

·      Willing to work full-time onsite at our Trichy VDart GCC office

• To hire for all the sales openings
• To generate offer letters
• Providing quality candidates & Employee retention

We are looking for a seasoned Recruiter to support our staffing division. The right candidate must be able to successfully manage, prioritize and close searches against a timeline and have experience setting benchmarks, metrics, and understand how to prioritize to hit all client SLAs. They thrive in an innovative, fast-paced environment, can roll up their sleeves, work hard, have fun, and get the job done.  

Responsibilities

• Manage the full-cycle recruitment process -sourcing, interviewing & closing candidates
• Conduct phone interviews to screen and qualify candidates in a timely manner while always providing a positive candidate experience
• Help to maintain various recruitment tracking reports, and enhance existing reports where applicable
• Successful track-record of delivering on aggressive hiring goals and managing a high requisition count with multiple clients
• Proven experience and knowledge of sourcing and attracting top tier passive talent
• A drive to excel in a fast-paced, autonomous environment.

 Experience Required

•        1+ years of relevant recruiting experience 
• Experience in hiring technical profiles on a permanent / C2H basis
• Self-starter who can operate effectively in a fast-paced environment and navigate ambiguity independently
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to prioritize competing demands
• Strong problem-solving, data analytics, and reporting skills
• Excellent communication (both written and verbal, listening and questioning skills), organization and interpersonal skill, ability to work with diverse personalities

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.

Designation/Role : Senior Associate - Recruitment

Role : Senior Associate - Recruitment

Experience : 2 to 4 Year(s) 

Location : Sector 58, Gurgaon

Key Requirement : At least 2 years of experience in hiring Freshers and that too with Bonds.

Skills and Experience :

• Partnering with hiring managers to determine staffing needs
• Experience in Releasing the offer letters and smooth onboarding
• Screening resumes
• Performing in-person and phone interviews with candidates
• Administering appropriate company assessments
• Coordinating interviews with the hiring managers
• Following up on the interview process status
• Maintaining relationships with both internal and external clients to ensure staffing goals are achieved
• Communicating employer information and benefits during the screening process
• Sourcing and attracting candidates by using databases, social media etc
• Conducting interviews and filtering candidates for open positions
• Relationship-building skills 
• Multitasking skills
• Time-management skills
• Communication skills 
• Communication involves both straightforward messages and more tactful, softer messages, either in person, over the phone or over email.