Talent Acquisition Specialist

Job Title: Talent Acquisition Associate

Location: Worli, Mumbai (Hybrid Working)

Experience: 1-2 years

About Qrata

We match top talent with highly competitive career opportunities with leading startups in India

and globally and address hiring challenges, recruitment brand marketing, with innovative and

collaborative strategic consulting.

Position Overview:

As a Talent Acquisition Associate at Qrata, you will be an essential part of our human resources team, responsible for sourcing, attracting, and hiring talented professionals. You will work closely with hiring managers to understand their staffing needs and ensure we bring in the best talent to support our company's growth. This position offers the opportunity for hybrid working, combining both remote and in-office collaboration, with our office located in Worli, Mumbai.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with hiring managers to understand job requirements and create detailed job descriptions.
• Develop and implement effective talent acquisition strategies to attract high-quality candidates.
• Source candidates through various channels, including job boards, social media, and professional networks.
• Screen and evaluate resumes and applications to identify potential candidates.
• Conduct initial interviews to assess candidate qualifications and cultural fit.
• Coordinate and schedule interviews with hiring managers.
• Manage the recruitment process from start to finish, ensuring a smooth and positive candidate experience.
• Extend job offers and negotiate terms with candidates.
• Build and maintain a talent pipeline for future staffing needs.
• Assist with other HR-related tasks and projects as needed.

Qualifications:

• 1-2 years of experience in talent acquisition or recruitment.
• Knowledge of recruitment best practices and sourcing techniques.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems and HR software.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Familiarity with employment laws and regulations.

We are currently hiring for multiple Talent Acquisition Partner positions for our team at www.qrata.co, Qrata is a talent startup that helps scale funded startups globally, we work with most of the top VCs in India as well as help build remote engineering teams for US/Europe-based startups. We will be launching our talent product to analyze talent using machine learning to help our customers find the right fit.

Responsibilities

• Build an effective candidate pipeline through Inbound/Outbound sourcing channels with minimal dependency
• Source and recruit candidates by using databases, social media, and hiring portals (Naukri, IIM Jobs, LinkedIn etc.) and other creative sources
• Plan and execute candidate engagement activities, including owning the candidate experience from start to finish, pre-onboarding engagement, and post-joining engagement.
• Keep track of employee growth and the company's atmosphere and culture to ensure that it remains pleasant and productive.
• Research, mapping, company analysis, pitching, understanding the startup ecosystem, having intelligent discussions with talent and founders, preparing talent for interviews, and following up with talent are all things which need to be handled.
• Drive outcomes with zeal, think and act fast, and function long-term and in the best interests of the organization.

What are we Looking for

• Ability to work with a wide range of clients, including senior level business leaders and seasoned professional candidates within the engineering organization; proficient in using data to guide decisions and change
• Recognize how to recruit and keep the best brains from all walks of life while harnessing the potential of a diverse workforce.
• Ability to mix the position of strategic talent adviser with a sense of urgency while also managing and achieving outcomes in a fast-paced, expanding environment
• Proven track record of developing talent pipelines and sourcing
• Continuously developing talent pipelines and identifying suitable individuals is a plus.
• A thorough grasp of and application of recruitment metrics to guide decision-making is highly recommended.
• Ability to talk intelligently about the firm and respond to any technical inquiries posed by a prospective recruit
• 3 plus years of experience

Star Points if you have

• Startup Experience
• Effective client contact abilities at all levels
• Interpersonal skills and the capacity to interact effectively in a professional setting
• Consistent with our beliefs and values
• Initiative/leadership experience in projects or events
• Solid understanding of LinkedIn, Naukri, IIM platforms.

To recruit good quality prospective sales candidate and ensure that they are completing probation in order to achieve the sales target set by the company

• Provide support to an organization in finding the qualified candidates for vacant job positions.
• Contribute to the human resource management and employment for smooth functioning of a medical facility.
• Review large number of resumes or curriculum vitae
• Research for job fairs, job seminars and involve in cold calling, referral recruiting, etc., to get the right candidate.
• Screen each resume carefully to shortlist the appropriate ones, based on the professional and personal credentials.
• Manage interview on telephones or personal meeting to figure out the matched qualities, before processing it to the hiring manager or key interview panel.
• Assist in arranging face-to-face interview with higher management.
• Assist the managers in recognizing the key skills and competencies of the candidate to make the final selection of the candidate.
• Negotiate and decide the cost/salary of the employee in consultation with the higher management.
• Check the background of candidates followed by employment reference checking.
• Carry out pre-employment tests like medical test, intelligence quotient, emotional quotient, etc.
• Report to the manager on the status of the interview and selection process.
• Work according to the rules, regulations and recruitment strategies of the organization.
• Suggest new approaches towards developing better recruitment policies.
• Arrange several marketing initiatives in advertising job vacancies through job sites, company website, newspaper, job vacancy journals, etc.
• Monitor the need for new employees for a particular post.
• Suggest effective employee benefit schemes to enhance the organization's effectiveness.
• Be aware of the healthcare job market trends.
• Analyze and review the effectiveness of the selected candidates and take corrective steps if goals are not met.

JTC provides software solutions to enterprises across the world. We believe that we can only succeed if and only if we have a passionate driven, and capable team. People are at the core of who we are.

We are looking for a person who will be responsible to understand our core values and translate them to create a workplace where our team feels proud to come to work every day.

Responsibilities:

1. Implement recruiting strategies to find the right person for each role in the organization, keeping diversity and inclusion as core values. This includes various activities such as sourcing candidates, scheduling interviews, and onboarding prospective team members.
2. Build the company's brand as a strong engineering company by holding hackathons, engaging with various local engineering groups, and other related initiatives.
3. Support HR functions (5% to 10%) when needed.

About you:

1. You are passionate and driven to build a great team.
2. You are someone who cares deeply about people and demonstrates deep empathy for team members of all backgrounds.
3. You have a willingness to roll up your sleeves and help the team get work done.

What you'll gain:

1. The ability to exercise creativity and leadership in your work.
2. The chance to build a great team that is on a mission to make the world a better place.
3. A team of highly selective, ambitious, and innovative co-workers.

Perks and Benefits:

1. Remote Friendly: You can work from place of your choice, including one time work from home setup reimbursement at the time of joining.
2. Comprehensive Health Insurance: INR 3L health insurance with a wide hospital coverage that covers your spouse, children and parents (with existing pre-conditions), including access to remote on call doctors.
3. Workation: Annual off-sites every year, fully paid, for the team to get together for a week to work and play.
4. Learning Opportunities: Access to best trainings for learning and skill advancements.
5. Time Offs: 12 paid leaves, 6 leaves per year on top of National and Regional holidays.
6. Paid Parental Leave: 6 months maternal and 1 month paternal.

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”

• A strong work ethic and sense of commitment
• Responsible for end-to-end recruitment cycle i.e., sourcing qualified candidates to deploying selected candidates with the clients.
• Understanding & analyzing the requirement of the position based on the client’s specifications.
• Experience in End-to-end recruitment: Sourcing to onboarding candidates.
• Sourcing of candidates via internet postings, networking, headhunting, and internal Database.
• Ability to source resumes quickly and work on multiple positions simultaneously Thorough screening applications for identifying quality candidates.
• Sound knowledge on Sourcing Candidates thru REDEX, Monster & various Job Sites.
• Excellent knowledge in Boolean function & usage of various job board databases.
• Foster long-term relationships with candidates and clients
• Draft job descriptions push them through all talent acquisition channels and coordinate candidate sourcing with the same.
• Doing junior to middle-level hiring for all verticals.
• Review applicants to verify if position requirements are met.
• Format resumes meeting client expectations.
• Telephonic Screening of the profiles checking for Technical Fitment, Behavioral Fitment, Stability, etc.
• Utilize your innovative and effective convincing and negotiation skills to impress and attract top talent.
• Follow up with candidates and clients and maintain records of progress.
• Craft and send personalized recruiting emails with current job openings to passive candidates.
• Keep up to date with new technological trends and products
• You need to be comfortable being an individual contributor and working in an ambiguous, chaotic, and fast-paced work environment.
• Effective negotiating skills Sourcing and attracting candidates by using databases, social media, etc
• Strong decision-making skills
• Experience in end-to-end recruitment Quick learner and a passion for bridging talent with opportunity

Job Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Telephonic Skills
• Interviewing & Negotiation skills
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Excellent English Communication Written & Verbal, with very good E-Mail writing skills & etiquette.
• Professionalism
• Strong social aptitude and ability to build relationships
• Technical knowledge to be able to talk to job prospects and understand qualifications