RASNA SARKAR
Northern Trust
Gilbert,AZ
18
years of professional experience
Experienced Talent Acquisition Management Professional with decade plus years of experience in managing the entire recruitment life cycle for lateral hiring in Startups,Product Industries, Services Companies & Consulting in US,India & Europe.
Familiarity with diverse sourcing strategies, candidate evaluation, and stakeholder management.
Previous work has consistently resulted in improved efficiency in hiring processes, ensuring quality hires within set deadlines.
Forecast & manage hiring budget.
Guide teams on social media recruiting, talent attraction, talent mapping.
Build a strong working relationship with stakeholders and cross functional teams to work harmoniously.
Results-oriented Analyst skillful in managing and breaking down large volumes of information. Proactive at heading off issues in operations, workflow, and production by uncovering trends affecting business success.
Work History
Analyst
1 Year 2 Months- Analyst within Cash Operations you are responsible for assisting in different area functions such as processing payments, assist with client facing scenarios, analyze documents to ensure efficient processing for clients, and identify any discrepancies as it relates to payments.
Sr Recruiter
2 Years 3 Months- Recruiting world-class talent for multiple business units within Technology & Manufacturing across US, Europe & India
- Formulating recruitment strategy for high visibility roles
- Conceptualizing the hiring strategy in line with KPI's of cost per hire, cycle time and business needs.
- Collaborated with hiring managers to determine job requirements and develop job descriptions.
Sr Recruiter-Manufacturing
1 Year- Recruiting world-class talent for multiple business units within Manufacturing across California & Arizona
- Working with multiple stakeholders & business leaders to drive and optimize talent activities and initiatives within TA
- Formulating recruitment strategy for high visibility roles
- Involved in high volume recruitment both for generic & niche skills without any vendor support.
Talent Acquisition Manager
1 Year 3 Months- Leading talent acquisition teams' technology across Bangalore with proven experience optimizing hiring processes and efficiencies
- Working with stakeholders and business leaders to drive and optimize talent activities and initiatives within TA.
- Collaborated with hiring managers to determine staffing needs and job requirements.
- Maintained applicant tracking system database records.
- Created strategies for sourcing passive candidates through research and networking activities.
Sr Talent Acquistion Manager
10 Months- Lead talent acquisition teams across Bangalore and Hyderabad locations
- Managed full cycle recruitment process including strategy, candidate management, sourcing, offers, BGV
- Managing a total business size of 1500+ employee base across business verticals
- Conceptualizing the hiring strategy in line with KPI's of cost per hire, cycle time and business needs
- Overseeing recruitment initiatives like branding, inclusivity hiring and tool automation
- Working with HR teams across geographies to align initiatives and maximize collaboration, implement best practices.
Lead Recruiter
3 Years 2 Months- Functioning as Talent Acquisition lead for handling staffing programs and managing more than one vertical
- Serving as a key interface between Global COE and India Office
- Led lateral recruitment functions for both Technology and Analytics
- Addressing the needs for leadership positions across technical domain
- Managing a total business size of 1000+ employee base across business verticals
- Tracking the initiatives for smooth onboarding and induction of senior level hires
- Formulating the recruitment strategy for high visibility roles and delivering the market intelligence report to business for strategic ramp-ups
- Conceptualizing the hiring strategy in line with KPI's of cost per hire, cycle time and business needs
- Leading a multi-faceted portfolio of recruitment, operations, vendor management
- Responsible for identifying vendors for recruitment functions and maintaining strong supplier relationships
- Accountable for leading cross-functional interactions with various departments like Legal, HR, Finance, Procurement.
Assistant Manager-Recruitment
8 Months- Managed lateral recruitment teams for staffing across multiple business verticals
- Liaised with business leaders for strategizing recruitment plans and execution efforts with a team of recruiters
- Revamped the existing processes and set-up new processes to suit business needs
- Enhanced the awareness of the referral program among employees in Aerospace BU
- Facilitated business growth by meeting hiring targets across technical and domain roles through employee referral, staffing vendors, newspaper advertisements, internet job boards, direct applicants, and walk-in recruitment events
- Involved in leading innovative employee referral drives.
Recruiter
2 Years 8 Months- Stakeholder management & relationship building, strategic & operational delivery at optimal cost
- End to end recruitment cycle delivery, maintaining hiring best practices & ensuring compliance with Sapient's standards
- Creative & tangible recruitment solutions to overcome bottlenecks
- Periodic MIS & intelligence
- Event owner & stage manager for regular weekend hiring events & campus interviews
- Handled Catalog Skills & Vanilla Skills:(Digital Commerce and Content Management skills hiring - multiple BUs of SapientNitro (India, North America & Europe)
- Vanilla Skills: Multiple BUs of Sapient
- Critical skills hiring - For ISST Delivery Shared Services Team for SapientNitro (India, North America & Europe).
Recruitment Specialist
2 Months- Responsible for the end-to-end recruitment cycle across levels for technology
- Working closely with the assigned business partners to deliver recruitment needs
- Hired critical resources for one of key ODC clients in a short span of time
- Received awards for delivery from the client & in-house stakeholder.
Recruiter
1 Year 4 Months- Handled recruitment for Wholesale banking, lending, CTD, internet services groups
- Hired across levels for technology for Hyderabad
- On-boarding management: On-Boarding Management & Interpersonal Relationship, Joined & Meet Expectations
Education
MBA - HR & Marketing
Skills
Talent Acquisition Management
Employer Branding
Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives
Recruitment Processes
Team Management
Budget Management
Stakeholder Relationship Management
Hiring Strategy
High Volume Recruitment
Technology Recruitment
Manufacturing Recruitment
Leadership Recruitment
Onboarding and Induction
Vendor Management
Cross-functional Collaboration
Referral Program Management
Process Improvement
Market Intelligence
Strategic Ramp-ups
Employee Referral Drives
Stakeholder Management
MIS Reporting
Campus Interviews
Accomplishments
- Lowe's India, Spear headed and hired both Technology and Analytics teams. Joined as the first employee at the India location., Received the CEO Award in recognition of setting up processes from scratch in TA., Spot-Light Award for deploying innovative search techniques to fulfilling critical & Unique positions., Recognized for fast track hiring in s for fulfilling niche technology roles., Planned and executed diversity hiring initiatives and ensured a balanced selection ratio of candidates from diverse backgrounds., Ensured 85% offer conversion through talent engagement activities.
- Wells Fargo, Played a pivotal role in achieving the headcount of the first 1000 employees in the India center., Recruited talent for both lateral and campus
- Sapient, Played a pivotal role in the market mapping project for the catalog skills community in Sapient., Setting the infrastructure COE from scratch.
Personal Information
Visa Status: Green Card holder
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Analyst
Northern Trust
06.2025 - CurrentRead More
Sr Recruiter
Fisker Inc
02.2022 - 05.2024Read More
Sr Recruiter-Manufacturing
Lucid Motors
01.2021 - 01.2022Read More
Talent Acquisition Manager
Endurance International Group
01.2019 - 04.2020Read More
Sr Talent Acquistion Manager
Open Text
05.2017 - 03.2018Read More
Lead Recruiter
Lowe's Services India Pvt Ltd
03.2014 - 05.2017Read More
Assistant Manager-Recruitment
Societe Generale Global Solution Centre
04.2013 - 12.2013Read More
Recruiter
Publicis Sapient
07.2010 - 03.2013Read More
Recruitment Specialist
CA Technologies
05.2010 - 07.2010Read More
Recruiter
Wells Fargo
11.2008 - 03.2010Read More
West Bengal University of Technology
MBA from HR & Marketing
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