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Upasana Nayak

Redmond,WA

Summary

Highly motivated and performance-oriented recruiter with an experience of 6 years in Recruitment with a proven experience in attracting and onboarding top talent. Ability to support business and recruiting leaders on key hiring initiatives and efforts across a variety of critical programs. Excellent Talent mapping strategies, negotiation, planning, and program management abilities.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Recruiter

Willow Inc
09.2022 - 10.2023
  • Recruited highly skilled Engineering Lead, Software engineers, Testers, Machine Learning Engineer,Data Scientist, Data Engineers, Solutions Architects, Interns for Willow across United States, Canada and Australia surpassing the recruitment goal by 20% and including D,E&I commitment by 30%
  • Collaborate closely with hiring managers throughout the recruiting process to ensure we meet their hiring needs and goals
  • Regularly manage pipeline activity and maintain data integrity, and proactively share data-centric updates with internal stakeholders
  • Active usage of LinkedIn, GEM AND Lever (Applicant Tracking System) for sourcing , interviewing, managing and closing the highly skilled candidates
  • Developed a comprehensive recruitment strategy which included employer branding, targeted advertising, and direct sourcing efforts
  • This led to a 25% increase in cost-per-hire savings
  • Partnered with the HR team to design a streamlined onboarding process that reduced time-to-fill positions by 15%, improving overall efficiency.

Staffing Advisor (Contract)

Microfocus
02.2019 - 03.2020
  • Managed in-house full recruitment cycle and discovered candidates for Technical and Finance roles including Software engineering lead, developers (Front end, back-end, full stack), data engineering roles leading to closure of full time hires
  • Sourcing active and passive talented candidates by using Boolean search from different sources like LinkedIn, Workday (Applicant Tracking System) job boards ( Naukri, Monster, Indeed), employee referrals etc
  • Driving the offer process - including extending offers, negotiations, closing candidates, and generating offer letters
  • Helped cross-functional stakeholders in creation of Job descriptions as well
  • Managing interview schedules and other interview requirements for candidates communication with business stakeholders to hire the best candidates for the organization
  • Facilitated new hire onboarding by scheduling training initiatives, resolving issues and processing paperwork
  • Conducting research into innovative approaches and best practices used by competitor companies for presentation.

Talent Acquisition Specialist (Contract)

Microfocus
08.2018 - 02.2019
  • Identifying and recruiting for the in-house open positions on Enterprise and Commercial side for Directorial, Senior and mid-level position in Dell-EMC
  • Directly engage with both active and passive candidates through various approaches to sourcing such as digital platforms and 'cold calling'
  • Engaging with hiring managers and building talent pipeline according to role requirements from LinkedIn, Workday, job boards etc
  • Collected the job position and posting in various job portals, screening the profiles of inbound candidates, and searching profiles through various job portals ( Naukri.com ), LinkedIn, Workday, and other channels to hunt for relevant candidates
  • Compiled feedback after final interviews and delineated comprehensive compensation packages for prospective hires
  • Offer closure by salary negotiation with Candidates.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Nowfloats Technologies
07.2017 - 08.2018
  • An e-commerce recruiter responsible for end-to-end recruitment from interns, junior, mid-level, and senior-level talent in Sales and Operations from SAAS and e-commerce industries like Flipkart, Indiamart, Sulekha etc
  • Handled Hiring of vertical products as a recruiter for 3 states
  • Responsible for the development of and execution of search techniques to generate a pool of candidates necessary to staff open and confidential positions and create candidate pipelines for future needs
  • Job description creation, job posting for attracting suitable candidates on different job portals (LinkedIn, Internal, workday, Naukri.com etc.), screening and cold calling candidates for face-to-face interviews with hiring managers
  • Offer letter creation and distribution to the selected candidates and completion of joining formalities
  • Exit Process - Conducting, documenting, and analyzing exit interviews
  • Coordinating & managing Employee Final Settlement with the help of the finance department and sending circulars to other departments at the time of relieving an employee
  • Handling Employee's queries and resolving their issues by meeting in person
  • Organizing various events to motivate the employees and facilitate Employee Engagement.

HR Executive

Pinnacle Human Resource Private Lmited
08.2015 - 07.2017
  • Executing full cycle recruitment for junior level to executive level positions for more than 50 clienteles from different industries like IT, SAAS, E-commerce, Manufacturing, Banking, etc
  • Consult with hiring managers from different companies on key position requirements and responsibilities, edit postings to include desired skills and experience
  • Recruitment drives arrangements for different Management and technical colleges and preparing monthly HR reports, Newsletters, and Dashboards
  • Appointment Letter to the selected candidates
  • Handling the Onboarding process, inducting them towards the unit and the policies of the company
  • Business Development: Making client calls for different sectors, handling them, and coordinating with the clients regarding different requirements
  • Sending proposal letter to the clients and receiving terms and conditions
  • Compensation and Benefits- Supervision and maintenance of attendance and leave records & processing payrolls of employees
  • Payroll processing of wage and salary administration for the temporary staff.

Education

Human Resource Management Course -

Harvard Extension School
05.2022

MBA in Human Resource Management -

Regional College of Management
Bhubaneswar, India
07.2014

Skills

  • Full cycle Recruitment
  • Technical talent assessment
  • Talent Sourcing tools
  • Data Analysis and Talent mapping strategy

Timeline

Technical Recruiter

Willow Inc
09.2022 - 10.2023

Staffing Advisor (Contract)

Microfocus
02.2019 - 03.2020

Talent Acquisition Specialist (Contract)

Microfocus
08.2018 - 02.2019

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Nowfloats Technologies
07.2017 - 08.2018

HR Executive

Pinnacle Human Resource Private Lmited
08.2015 - 07.2017

Human Resource Management Course -

Harvard Extension School

MBA in Human Resource Management -

Regional College of Management

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