Talent Acquisition Specialist

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.

ABOUT INCRUITER

InCruiter is a fast-growing AI-powered Stack Interview Intelligence Platform helping organizations hire smarter and faster using automation and AI-driven intelligence. With six products spanning interviewing, assessment, and hiring automation, we’re redefining how companies recruit at scale.

InCruiter is a market leader and one of India’s Top 3 players in this segment, with a wide range of clients across domestic and international markets. Our major clientele includes some of the large enterprises and Startups like EXL, Welspun, Dentsu, Manhattan Associates, ArcelorMittal, Telstra, Siemens, and so on.

ROLE OVERVIEW

Position Name: TA Specialist

Experience     : Min. 2+ Yrs

CTC                  : As per company standards.

We are looking for a passionate and high-energy Talent Acquisition Specialist who thrives in a fast-paced startup ecosystem. The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience hiring across IT and non-IT roles, loves solving hiring challenges creatively, and enjoys working closely with dynamic business teams to build a world-class team.

If you are someone who wants to grow fast, experiment, and own end-to-end hiring, this role is for you.

EXCITED ABOUT YOUR TASKS?

●     Manage end-to-end recruitment lifecycle – sourcing, screening, interviewing, and closing candidates across tech and non-tech functions.

●     Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements and design effective hiring strategies.

●     Use LinkedIn, job portals, referrals, communities, and social platforms to attract the best talent.

●     Write engaging JD and social hiring content that reflects our startup culture.

●     Conduct initial screening interviews to assess skills, attitude, and culture fit.

●     Maintain and update candidate pipelines and dashboards using ATS or spreadsheets.

●     Coordinate interviews, feedback loops, and offer rollouts smoothly and quickly.

●     Support employer branding initiatives and help create a positive candidate experience.

●     Work flexibly with changing priorities, tight timelines, and weekend drives when needed.

●     Stay up-to-date with market trends, compensation benchmarks, and sourcing best practices.

WHAT WILL YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?

●     1–3 years of experience in recruitment / TA, preferably in a startup or fast-moving environment.

●     Experience hiring for both IT (developers, engineers, PMs) and non-IT roles (marketing, operations, HR, finance, etc.).

●     Excellent communication, interpersonal, and coordination skills.

●     Fast learner who can adapt quickly to evolving business needs.

●     Confident, proactive, and target-driven with a “get-things-done” attitude.

●     Comfortable with flexible working hours and ownership of outcomes.

●     Prior experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri, or ATS tools is an advantage.

●     Graduate/Postgraduate in HR, Business Administration, or related field (preferred but not mandatory).

●     Passionate about connecting the right people to the right roles.

●     Self-motivated and thrives in ambiguity.

●     Balances speed with quality.

●     Team player with a positive and empathetic approach.

• 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

We are looking for a Recruiter Lead responsible for full-cycle recruiting experience, from talent sourcing and attracting candidates to interviewing and hiring great employees.

You will collaborate with department managers on a regular basis and proactively identify future hiring needs. You will ensure our company attracts, hires, and retains the best employees while growing a strong talent pipeline. You will develop & lead a team of HR recruiters.

Job Roles & Responsibilities

• Sourcing and attracting candidates by using databases, social media, etc
• Designing and implementing the overall recruiting strategy
• Conducting interviews and filtering candidates for open positions
• Perform job and task analysis to document job requirements and objectives
• Prepare recruitment materials and post jobs to appropriate job board/newspapers/colleges etc
• 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 “best place to work”

Sr. Technical IT Recruiter 
Prefers someone local to Bangalore, or okay with any Accion offices at Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai post pandemic, 

Complete WFH is also possible for a right candidate
Present Virtual Operations since Covid
Full Time Permanent Opportunity; Okay with CTH model too 

Job Descritiption: 
- Min of 3 plus years of relevant END-END recruitment experience; Starting from sourcing a candidate till onboarding, maintaing complete rapport
- Worked in fast paced environments, eager to learn new work, passionate about recruitment 
- Individual contributor, has good listening skills, 
- Smart working
- Thinking out of the way in hiring talent
- Good to have social medial platforms hiring 
- Fast Leaner, who has aspirations to grow next level very soon
- Prior experience in hiring Emerging Technologies is a PLUS
- Very good opportunity to hire and recruit candidates only for cutting edge emerging techologies mostly
 

• 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)

Are you convinced that the people are the most invaluable part of all organizations? Are you interested in becoming a part of one of the hottest trends in the world of start-ups today? Are you excited about joining the online ultra-fast grocery delivery service business pioneer and driving the trend forward? Then this may be the right opportunity for you.

1. Scour the ends of planet earth in search of solid personalities and technical skill sets that will flourish within Blok.
2. Act as a brand ambassador for Blok. Strive to provide a candidate experience that is not Blok-centric, but rather candidate-centric. We may not work with all candidates, but all should have positive impressions about Blok.
3. Evaluate candidates within their own unique context. Always bear in mind that people have their own unique stories.
4. Not be limited by our current ways of sourcing candidates. Find new ways. Create them if necessary. Widen the range whenever possible.
5. Work together with interviewers from the technology team to accurately determine candidates’ technical expertise.
6. Travel (Covid-permitting!) to places that become major sources of recruitment, both to conduct real-time interviews and follow-up with onboarded talents.
   Requirements

1. English is an absolute must. An increasing percentage of our candidates use English as their language of preference.
2. Energy. Quickly absorb Blok's unique energy, and exert that energy in your communication with potential recruits. You are, after all, an outward-facing representative of Blok, a startup that is a pioneer in the ultra-fast grocery delivery industry.
3. Resilience, because often you’ll get hyped about a potential candidate, but for one of many valid reasons, it may not work out. Remember that matching job-seekers with employers is after all a rather complicated matching process.
4. We should know the rules to win the war for talent. Bear in mind legislative processes and cross-cultural differences.
5. Previous background in talent acquisition, especially in early-stage technology-first startups would be a strong advantage.
6. The ability to evaluate technical skills is preferred, but not an absolute requirement.
   
   Who You Are

1. A visionary, who is invested in the vision of making Blok a world-class, people-centric organization.
2. An empath, who sees the success of their organization and its people as their own success.
3. A perpetual learner, who stretches their boundaries and enjoys new ideas.
4. A doer, who takes initiative regardless of boundaries and works well in a team.