Talent Acquisition Specialist

EXCITED ABOUT YOUR TASKS?

● Assist in sourcing, screening, and shortlisting candidates through job portals, social media, and other channels.

● Conduct initial candidate assessments, coordinate interview schedules, and facilitate communication with candidates.

● Maintain and update candidate databases and job postings as needed.

● Support the recruitment team in managing candidate pipelines and ensuring timely follow-ups.

● Engage in outreach to passive candidates, understand their career interests, and inform them about open roles.

● Help create and maintain job descriptions and other recruitment-related documents.

● Participate in team meetings and brainstorming sessions to enhance recruitment strategies.

WHAT WILL YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?

● Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field (or currently pursuing).

● Strong interest in recruitment, HR, and talent acquisition.

● Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

● Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively.

● Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

● Basic knowledge of job portals and social media recruitment is a plus.

Position - HR 

Experience - 1-2 Years

Who are we

Based out of IIT Bombay, HaystackAnalytics is a HealthTech company creating clinical genomics products, which enable diagnostic labs and hospitals to offer accurate and personalized diagnostics. Supported by India's most respected science agencies (DST, BIRAC, DBT), we created and launched a portfolio of products to offer genomics in infectious diseases. Our genomics based diagnostic solution for Tuberculosis was recognized as one of top innovations supported by BIRAC in the past 10 years, and was launched by the Prime Minister of India in the BIRAC Showcase event in Delhi, 2022.

What we want you to do

• This role will comprise 70% TA & 30% of either functions (Admin/HR-Ops/Employee Engagement) depending upon the candidates skill set..
• Work with different department heads to understand the hiring requirement 
• Curate Job posts on Various platform 
• Recording keeping of resumes
• Maintain database of candidates
• Screen Resume as per requirement of the role. 
• Speaking to potential candidates & explaining them the JD
• Schedule Interviews via online meeting portals or face to face interviews.
• Ensure timely feedback from the interview panels. 
• Keep good rapport with the candidates.
• Closing the hiring process

What are we looking in you

• Graduate or PG degree in Human Resources Management or a relevant field
• Prior experience as an HR Recruiter
• Sound knowledge of all HR processes (e.g. recruitment, training, talent management ,etc.)
• Experience with resume databases and ATS
• Sound knowledge of the end to end recruitment process.
• Strong verbal as well as written communication skills. Good proficiency in English. 
• Exceptional time-management and organizational skills

We’re looking for a dynamic HR Intern to support our hiring and employee engagement efforts. You’ll play a key role in attracting top talent and ensuring a smooth candidate experience, while also helping maintain a positive work environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Post job openings across multiple platforms
• Screen and call candidates to assess fit
• Schedule and coordinate interviews
• Assist in preparing offer letters and handling negotiations
• Support employee engagement and address basic workplace concerns

If you're organized, people-focused, and eager to learn HR end-to-end, we’d love to hear from you!

• Work closely with partners to gain a comprehensive understanding of the company’s hiring needs for each position, and meet competitive hiring goals and expectations
• Manage the full recruiting lifecycle across a variety of open roles helping management find, hire, and retain quality talent
• Grow and foster high-touch relationships with a database of qualified active and passive talent to pull from as new positions open up
• Continuously partner with recruiting team and senior managers to design, refine, and implement innovative recruiting strategies
• Stay active with current with job boards, social networks, and platforms to find talent, and plan, create, and release job descriptions and announcements.
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• 2 -5 years’ experience in recruitment (IT recruitment plus)
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and decision-making skills
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office, database management, and internet search
• Familiarity with job boards

• Ability to effectively partner with senior business leaders
• Understanding and awareness of latest talent acquisition trends and growth hacks that are relevant to multiple functions suitable for immediate hiring needs.
• Technology first and enterprise company background and understanding.
• Collaborative attitude and proactive approach in driving stakeholder team/s.
• Hands-on experience of owning up and driving immediate hiring needs of the company.
• Demonstrating ownership & accountability, long term thinking, planning & prioritizing.
• Strong negotiation skills and career guidance to the incoming talent
• Strong communication skills - Business communication , verbal and written.

• Build a Talent acquisition philosophy in order to solve for recruitment strategically and for rapid implementations in achieving recruitment needs across the organisation and global locations.
• Provide professional expertise and support in the design, development and implementation of the talent acquisition process that is required to achieve business goals and results in the creation of a right talent benchmark and establish right models to create active and proactive talent pipeline for the companies quarterly hiring goals .
• Source and engage with leadership and senior level talent for the open roles of the company
• Set up proactive talent acquisition and candidate experience management processes.
• Collaborate with leaders to get the right visibility in the talent forums in India and outside.
• Collect, analyze and maintain data gathered to inform targeted talent pool across all levels and functions
• Partner across all functions & businesses across to build various recruitment practices for diverse teams within .
• Be a go-to leader and SME’ for the leadership team for all recruitment related aspects.
• Proactively manage “Time - Quality - Cost” metric for TA to set right TA practices for the company
• Handle end to end recruitment across all functions
• Establish scalable recruitment systems, processes and tools for the company
• Build and execute the talent branding activities with short term and long term goals in mind.
• Work with senior leadership for hiring planning and spearhead the execution

• Having managed recruitment of a rapid growing tech organizations
• Managed small size global recruitment teams earlier (at least for 2-3 yrs of leading team)
• 10-12 yrs of relevant talent acquisition experience
• Having worked in tech and business recruitment in needs
• Having experience in spearheading recruitment function in a product company from 30-150 people

• Attract first-rate talent and ensure lasting and successful placements aligned to client requirements
• Responsible for end to end selection process – sourcing, screening, interview coordination, back ground verification etc. in accordance with Anther recruitment strategy
• Understand client company, competitors, market place
• Client management – understand the client mindset, nuances of the requirement, coordination across all stages of recruitment while creating a positive rapport with the client stake holders.
• Map requirement, role criteria, define position description, skill specification
• Locate, identify and track potential candidates through the use of Job-Boards, social media, user groups/associations, candidate referrals, networking, etc
• Create detailed candidate profile summaries for each candidate presented
• Candidate Experience – ensure that all candidates are well informed on all aspects of the position proposed and are prepared adequately before every interview. Hand hold candidates through offer, on boarding and settling in period at the client Organisation
• Build network of candidates and develop creative, cost-effective sourcing strategies to accommodate for current and future client demands

What you need to have:

Experience: 2 to 5 years

Annual CTC: Rupees 10,00,000 to 12,00,000