Talent Acquisition Lead

Experience: 6m - 5 years

Location: Bangalore

Job Description:

• End to End Recruitment- Requirement Gathering, Screening, Interview Scheduling, Partner channel handling, HR discussions, Compensation.

• Negotiations, Offer making and Coordinating the whole recruitment process.

• Handling all recruitment activities, analyzing market trends, and establishing pipeline of candidates to full fill resource pool needs.

• Minimizing lead time between sourcing and onboarding and maximizing utilization of LinkedIn and referral channels for fulfilling hiring needs.

• Stake Holder Management - building & maintaining relationships with key corporate decision makers, timely update on recruitment progress.

• Ensuring accomplishment of set recruitment targets.

• Recruitment plan preparation & manpower planning.

• Focus on data driven recruitment, in bound recruitment and keeping diversity in hiring, skill & behavior analysis of candidates.

About Wissen Technology:

• The Wissen Group was founded in the year 2000. Wissen Technology, a part of Wissen Group, was established in the year 2015.

• Wissen Technology is a specialized technology company that delivers high-end consulting for organizations in the Banking & Finance, Telecom, and Healthcare domains. We help clients build world class products.

• Our workforce consists of 550+ highly skilled professionals, with leadership and senior management executives who have graduated from Ivy League Universities like Wharton, MIT, IITs, IIMs, and NITs and with rich work experience in some of the biggest companies in the world.

• Wissen Technology has grown its revenues by 400% in these five years without any external funding or investments.

• Globally present with offices US, India, UK, Australia, Mexico, and Canada, we offer an array of services including Application Development, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Big Data & Analytics, Visualization & Business Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation, Cloud, Mobility, Agile & DevOps, Quality Assurance & Test Automation.

• Wissen Technology has been certified as a Great Place to Work®.

• Wissen Technology has been voted as the Top 20 AI/ML vendor by CIO Insider in 2020.

• Over the years, Wissen Group has successfully delivered $650 million worth of projects for more than 20 of the Fortune 500 companies.

• We have served clients across sectors like Banking, Telecom, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Energy. They include the likes of Morgan Stanley, MSCI, StateStreet, Flipkart, Swiggy, Trafigura, GE to name a few.

Website : www.wissen.com

Role Must Have's

• Startup Hiring Experience in both Tech and Non Tech domains
• 2 years + Experience
• Demonstrated experience in closing mid and senior roles at startups
• Demonstrated experience in using LinkedIn recruiter, GitHub, and social media channels for recruiting
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Nice to Have: Computer Science Academic Background

Responsibilities

• Build an effective candidate pipeline through Inbound/Outbound sourcing channels with minimal dependency
• Co-ordinate for interview panel, schedule interviews, and run debriefs efficiently
• Be able to recruit active/passive candidates for Tech roles
• Possess strong ability to pre-screen interview candidates
• Build and maintain a network of potential candidates through pro-active market research and ongoing relationship management
• Communicate well with the hiring manager and stakeholders to ensure an effective interview process.

Behaviors & Experiences

• Independently Driven
• Experience managing and prioritizing multiple searches, projects, and client relationships
• High Learning Agility
• Extraordinarily Conscientious

Responsibilities:

Strategic Talent Planning:

Collaborate with leadership to understand business goals and workforce needs.

Develop and implement a strategic talent acquisition plan aligned with organizational objectives.

Full-Cycle Recruitment:

Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, including job posting, sourcing, screening, interviewing, and selecting candidates.

Conduct thorough candidate assessments to ensure a strong cultural fit and alignment with job requirements.

Team Leadership:

Lead and mentor a team of recruiters, providing guidance and support in achieving recruitment goals.

Conduct regular training sessions to enhance the team's skills and knowledge.

Employer Branding:

Develop and promote the organization's employer brand to attract top talent.

Utilize various channels to showcase the company culture and values.

Sourcing Strategies:

Implement creative sourcing strategies to attract passive and active candidates.

Build and maintain a pipeline of potential candidates for current and future hiring needs.

Collaboration with Hiring Managers:

Partner with hiring managers to understand staffing needs and requirements.

Provide guidance on best practices, market trends, and talent acquisition strategies.

Candidate Experience:

Ensure a positive and seamless candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.

Gather feedback from candidates to continuously improve recruitment processes.

Data Analysis and Reporting:

Utilize recruitment metrics and analytics to track and report on the effectiveness of talent acquisition efforts.

Make data-driven recommendations for process improvements.

Vendor Management:

Manage relationships with external recruitment agencies and other vendors.

• facilitate and maintain relationships between  organization and vendors/partners
• negotiating contracts, creating standards for the vendors, and finding the best available vendors
• Good stakeholder management and 3-4 years of experience working in a similar set up where they have handled the Contract hiring piece
• Prior experience in MIS, tracking of profiles, sourcing candidates, scheduling
• Exp in Vendor management, assessing vendor performance, clearing PO’s, empanelment of vendors and creating SOP’s.
• Establishing the process (create a flow chart on process and circulate to all businesses)
• Maintaining vendor database and keeping resumes ready skill wise.

Key Skills:

• Must have good Communication.
• Individual contributor having good min 1-year hands-on experience on job portals & knowledge of social media hiring.
• Should be able to handle end to the end hiring process.
• Good with excel, reports & data management.
• Must have a proven track record hiring in the e-learning/publishing domain will be a plus.
• Should be presentable, thoughtful & have an understanding of the professional work environment.
• Solid ability to conduct different types of interviews (structured, competency-based, stress etc)
• Hands-on experience with various selection processes (video interviewing, phone interviewing, reference check etc)
• Ability to organize skills assessment centres (in tray activities, work samples, psychometric and IQ/EQ tests, etc)
• Familiarity with HR databases, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and Candidate Management Systems (CMS)
• Hands-on experience with recruiting software, as well as Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) or Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong decision-making skills

Responsibilities

• Develop and update job descriptions and job specifications.
• Perform job and task analysis to document job requirements and objectives
• Prepare recruitment materials and post jobs to appropriate job board/newspapers/colleges etc
• Source and recruit candidates by using databases, social media etc
• Screen candidates resume and job applications
• Conduct interviews using various reliable recruiting and selection tools/methods to filter candidates within schedule
• Assess applicants’ relevant knowledge, skills, soft skills, experience and aptitudes
• Onboard new employees in order to become fully integrated
• Monitor and apply HR recruiting best practices
• Provide analytical and well documented recruiting reports to the rest of the team
• Act as a point of contact and build influential candidate relationships during the selection process
• Promote the company’s reputation as “Great place to work”

• Handling recruitment cycle for both technical as well as non-technical roles
• Understanding the hiring requirements from various hiring managers
• Sourcing potential candidates through various platforms, efficiently
• Screening the profiles based on the requirement specified
• Evaluating applications and screening candidates via calls or emails
• Scheduling interviews for shortlisted candidates with the concerned business units
• Following-up and ensuring that the offer letter/ appointment letter is released to the selected candidates on-time
• Following-up on collecting relevant and necessary documents from the candidates who are shortlisted
• Ensuring that the shortlisted candidates are on-boarded on-time and the hiring requirement is closed
• Acting as a point of contact for the shortlisted candidates and building professional candidate relationships during the selection process
• Working closely with internal stakeholders such as internal teams and external stakeholders such as vendors
• Maintaining and updating recruitment database and reporting the same to the management in regular intervals

Desired Candidate Profile

• Graduation is a must
• 2 – 4 years of relevant work experience in the entire recruitment cycle
• Knowledge and work experience in recruiting for both technical as well as non-technical roles
• Ability to multi-task and exceptional ability to source, screen and interview candidates
• Excellent communicating, listening and negotiating skills