Sourav Swain
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Hyderabad
Summary
Talent acquisition professional with 9+ Years of experience in recruiting top talent across diverse industries. Proven ability to drive hiring processes efficiently and foster team collaboration to achieve strategic goals. Known for adaptability and reliability, with strong skills in candidate assessment and relationship management.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
2014
2014
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
TEZO
02.2024 - 05.2025
- Closed 50+ technical roles across Backend, Frontend, Data Science, and Cloud teams.
- Successfully hired 7 leadership positions including VP of Sales, Director of Inside sales, Engineering Head, Data Engineering head.
- Hired over 20+ technical professionals globally, including in Mexico, and Brazil.
- Managed full-cycle recruiting process, ensuring a positive candidate experience from initial contact through onboarding.
- Developed and implemented onboarding and orientation programs for new employees.
- Optimized job postings for maximum visibility, leveraging SEO techniques and targeted social media campaigns.
- Reduced agency spend by cultivating direct sourcing methods, significantly decreasing reliance on external recruiters.
- Mentored junior team members, providing guidance on best practices in talent acquisition and fostering their professional growth.
- Established strong relationships with hiring managers to understand their unique needs and develop tailored recruitment strategies.
- Managed relationships with external vendors, including negotiating contracts and evaluating performance to ensure optimal ROI on recruitment investments.
- Developed employer branding initiatives to attract high-quality candidates and position the company as an employer of choice
- Streamlined recruitment processes for increased efficiency, resulting in reduced time-to-fill for open positions.
- Continuously monitored and refined recruitment strategies based on feedback from candidates, hiring managers, and industry developments.
- Enhanced talent pipeline by implementing proactive sourcing strategies and identifying top-tier candidates through various channels.
- Partnered with internal stakeholders such as HR business partners and legal teams to address complex recruitment challenges effectively.
- Conducted market research to stay informed about industry trends, competitive landscapes
- Implemented data-driven decision-making practices, utilizing applicant tracking systems and reporting tools to analyze recruitment metrics.
- Developed communication and marketing plan and leveraged talent acquisition tools, resources, and campaigns to source and attract top talent.
- Pre-screened resumes prior to sending to corporate hiring managers for consideration.
- Negotiated offers with candidates, balancing organizational needs with individual requirements to secure top talent for key roles.
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Cloud Kinetics
06.2022 - 11.2023
- Actively involved in all phases of recruiting sourcing, identifying, interviewing, screening, resume formatting, cold calling, salary negotiations Head Hunting, Talent Acquisition.
- Writing job descriptions and posting to relevant media platforms.
- Coordinating with Project Managers & Practice Heads to understand more about the requirements.
- Utilized various sourcing means like Job Portals, Networking Sites, Candidate Referrals, Employee Referrals, Internal Database, Vendor Partners and Headhunting.
- Follow up with clients and candidates till final placement.
- Engaging with employees on a regular basis to understand the motivation levels of people in the organization.
- Coordinating with Internal Technical panels for scheduling interviews with shortlisted candidates.
- Initiating offer approval process once the candidate clears the all levels of interview.
- Regular follow-ups with the selected candidates for offer acceptance and date of joining.
- Managing existing vendor relationship, Empanelment with new vendors and vendor payments.
- Preparing daily & weekly reports on the requirements, New Joinees.
- Experience in Pre and Post Recruitment activities in IT staffing-Contract & Permanent.
- Experience in salary negotiations, Offer roll out, reference check for offered candidates.
- Maintaining the track of daily submissions & daily requirements.
- Recruitment of candidates across levels – Junior to Senior Manager Positions.
Senior IT Recruiter
ACI INFOTECH PVT LTD
06.2021 - 06.2022
- Sourcing and Screening the candidates as per the requirements over email/phone - involves searching for qualified candidates on various job boards and Social platforms.
- Coordinating with Project Managers & Practice Heads to understand more about the requirements.
- Utilized various sourcing means like Job Portals, Networking Sites, Candidate Referrals, Employee Referrals, Internal Database, Vendor Partners and Headhunting.
- Coordinating with Internal Technical panels for scheduling interviews with shortlisted candidates.
- Initiating offer approval process once the candidate clears the all levels of interview.
- Regular follow ups with the selected candidates for offer acceptance and date of joining.
- Managing existing vendor relationship, Empanelment with new vendors and vendor payments.
- Preparing daily & weekly reports on the requirements, New Joinees.
- Experience in Pre and Post Recruitment activities in IT staffing-Contract & Permanent.
- Experience in salary negotiations, Offer roll out, reference check for offered candidates.
- Maintaining the track of daily submissions & daily requirements.
- Recruitment of candidates across levels – Junior to Senior Manager Positions.
Recruitment Officer
Welspun Flooring Ltd.
10.2020 - 06.2021
- Handling End-to-End recruitment process which includes sourcing, short listing, salary negotiations, feedback follow up, scheduling, Offer release, follow ups, on boarding of the candidates.
- Coordinating with Project Managers & Practice Heads to understand more about the requirements.
- Utilized various sourcing means like Job Portals, Networking Sites, Candidate Referrals, Employee Referrals, Internal Database, Vendor Partners and Headhunting.
- Coordinating with Internal Technical panels for scheduling interviews with shortlisted candidates.
- Initiating offer approval process once the candidate clears the all levels of interview.
- Regular follow ups with the selected candidates for offer acceptance and date of joining.
- Managing existing vendor relationship, Empanelment with new vendors and vendor payments.
- Preparing daily & weekly reports on the requirements, New Joinees.
- Experience in salary negotiations, Offer roll out, reference check for offered candidates.
- Maintaining the track of daily submissions & daily requirements.
- Recruitment of candidates across levels – Junior to Senior Manager Positions.
HR Executive
BPO CONVERGENCE LTD.
12.2018 - 10.2020
- Handling End to End recruitment process which includes sourcing, short listing, salary negotiations, feedback follow up, scheduling, Offer release, follow ups, on boarding of the candidates.
- Utilized various sourcing means like Job Portals, Networking Sites, Candidate Referrals, Employee Referrals, Internal Database, Vendor Partners and Headhunting.
- Coordinating with Internal Interview panels for scheduling interviews with shortlisted candidates.
- Initiating offer approval process once the candidate clears the all levels of interview.
- Regular follow ups with the selected candidates for offer acceptance and date of joining.
- Managing existing vendor relationship, Empanelment with new vendors and vendor payments.
- Preparing daily & weekly reports on the requirements, New Joinees and updating employee referral tracker.
- Employee engagement.
M.R.E
Quess Corp Ltd.
11.2016 - 12.2018
- Involving in understanding, gathering, analyzing the requirements, sourcing and screening the profiles as per the client needs.
- Sourcing the profiles via Internet Job boards (Naukri.com, Monster.com, Timesjobs.com), Internal Database, Candidate References, Social Networking Sites and Head Hunting.
- Identifying quality candidates within the specified timeframe through portals and maintaining database.
- Coordinating with the Clients and Scheduling the Personal/Telephonic Interviews for the short listed candidates.
- Interacting with the Clients regarding feedbacks of the short listed candidates and follow up of the offered candidates till he joins.
- Maintain and update the database of various skill sets regularly for future reference.
Education
Bachelors - Commerce
Maharshi College Of Natural Law
Intermediate - Science
Maharshi College Of Natural Law
Matriculation - undefined
Stewart school
Skills
Recruitment process outsourcing
Boolean search techniques
Social media recruitment
Leadership Hiring
Technical Hiring
Global talent acquisition
Applicant tracking systems
Passive candidate recruiting
Stakeholder management
Onboarding management
ATS integration
Social media recruiting
Candidate sourcing
Candidate pipeline management
Salary and benefits negotiation
Clients Handled
- Morgan Stanley Capital Ltd
- Aditya Birla Group
- Sun life
- Digit
- Tech Mahindra
- Salesforce
- VEDANTU
- METRO GROUP
- Equinix
- RCG
- Standard Charted Bank
- Sony
- Amazon
- Samsung
- DBS Bank
- Oracle SSI
- SAMSUNG
- NSN
- IDEA CELLULAR
- LG
- HITACHI
- LENOVO
- SBI
- NISSIN FOODS
- AIRTEL
- COCA COLA
- ZHL
- VIP
- HUL
- BLSI
- L&T
- VODAFONE
- TATA TELESERVICES
- JM FINANCIALS
Personal Information
- Father's Name: Mr. Mahesh Chandra Swain
- Date of Birth: 11/23/91
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Single
- Religion: Hindu
Timeline
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
TEZO
02.2024 - 05.2025
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Cloud Kinetics
06.2022 - 11.2023
Senior IT Recruiter
ACI INFOTECH PVT LTD
06.2021 - 06.2022
Recruitment Officer
Welspun Flooring Ltd.
10.2020 - 06.2021
HR Executive
BPO CONVERGENCE LTD.
12.2018 - 10.2020
M.R.E
Quess Corp Ltd.
11.2016 - 12.2018
Intermediate - Science
Maharshi College Of Natural Law
Matriculation - undefined
Stewart school
Bachelors - Commerce
Maharshi College Of Natural Law
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