Dakshayani Jayaraj

I have 16 years of experience in technical recruitment with  12+ years in Product Hiring. Previously worked with NTT Security, IBM software labs, and EMC, I have in-depth exposure and expertise to hire professionals across technology, engineering, infrastructure, virtualization, cloud, cyber security, and storage areas.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Recruitment Manager/ Talent Manager - Advanced Business & Health Care Solutions (R&D) from May 2021 to till date.
Roles and Responsibilities
• Currently heading the talent acquisition function for Advanced R&D India, Focal point to drive effective recruitment strategy for India R&D center.
• Managing a team of 11 members, responsible for performance appraisal, coaching, training, attrition, performance, and productivity.
• Expertise in recruitment process design, implementation, using new recruiting Tools &Technologies, Analytics, Training and mentoring recruiters,
driving operations, designing, and formulating effective recruiting strategies for R&D center.
• Provide subject matter expertise to key stakeholders while planning their future talent acquisition pipeline to anticipate and preempt any hiring
challenges.
• Hand-on in hiring for leadership role, hired for application roles like Head of engineering, product engineering manager, program manager, Senior
Principal Architect

Bringing in change management & innovation, technology, and process efficiency within the recruiting landscape.
• Designed an efficient “internal sourcing engine” to drive hiring based on the recruitment strategy, which resulted in closing the requisition faster
and reduced time to hire.
• Driving key initiatives including candidate experience, formulating recruitment COE, post offer candidate engagement, improve employee referral,
post offer referral, alumni connect, social media hiring, assessment methodologies, improving talent mix & recruitment scorecard.
• Built a team from scratch to handle niche requirements and effectively handle the volume hiring.
• Replicate the concept of Agile and scrum in Talent acquisition to close the positions within agreed timeline.
• key initiatives: Created Agile talent acquisition framework, implemented new recruiting model – recruitment COE, Diversity Hiring, ATS
implementation and drive Candidate experience throughout recruitment.
Global Talent Acquisition, NTT Security from July 2019 to May 2021
Roles and Responsibilities
• Lead – Talent Acquisition, I am responsible for the complete recruitment lifecycle from requirement gathering, skill calibration, sourcing, screening,
interview, selection, compensation negotiation & offer, post offer management to onboarding.
• Led a team of two, responsible for all deliverables, performance appraisal, hike, mentoring and coaching.
• Partner with senior leadership and hiring managers to identify and build staffing needs and recruitment strategies.
• Help create and drive presentations for global recruiting leadership to leverage with senior stakeholders across the firm. These materials will help
guide strategic decision making for global recruiting.
• Partner across teams to improve data-driven recruiting strategy.
• Talent Advisory for security operations center of NTT, hired various positions for Cyber security, Network security, threat detection and other
functions.
• Sourcing through different channels like Job Boards, social media - LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Employee referrals.
• Stakeholder management with regular Status updates and build candidate experience.
• Help drive Recruiting initiatives; diversity Hiring and support global recruitment.
• Work with recruiters globally to ensure transparency, implementation and governance around key programs and policies.
• Provided the best-in-class candidate experience.
• Design, implement, and monitor key controls across the recruiting to ensure oversight and accountability within the team.
• Manage data and analytics related to recruitment.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with hiring managers and candidate.

Achievements:
• Won appreciation from stakeholder to build Cyber security Treat Management Team
Recruitment Professional / Assistant Manager, IBM from 03 Dec 2015 to 20 June 2019
Roles and Responsibilities
• Talent Lead for the IBM Software Labs for India across all levels for Technologies like Security, Cloud, Mobile Application, Healthcare, Bigdata,
Hadoop, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, RPA, Machine Learning, Full Stack, HANA and Generic Technical Skills Java / j2ee, C++, Testing and various
roles into Developers, Architect, PM, Delivery Managers.
• Led a team of three recruiter, coaching, mentoring and built a productive team.
• Expertise in attracting suitable talent through different sourcing channels like Job Boards, social media - LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Employee
referrals. Experience in handling search and selection projects for mid and senior level appointments.
• Demonstrated expertise in steering the entire recruiting life cycle entailing requirement gathering, skill calibration, sourcing, screening, short
listing, selection, compensation negotiation & post offer follow up.
• Executed searches for critical positions, supporting senior management from job definition to new hire on boarding. Prepared and hired multiple
strategies around recruitment for Niche skill hiring through social media, Referral, and networking.
• Accountable for compliance to staffing metrics - cycle time, sourcing mix, productivity, Business & Candidate delight.
• Managed the implementation of the Recruitment and Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). Well versed with Kenexa.
• Possessing valuable insights, keen analysis and performing in high pressure environments / competitive markets with strict deadlines and multiple
deliverables.
• Have experience in managing a team of recruiters by combining sound communication, training, and mentoring skills with analytical & leadership
skills.
• Managing the entire recruitment for multiple business lines -Product & Services verticals.
• Strategize the hiring plan with the Business Leaders / Hiring Managers and work closely with till the candidate is identified and joining.
Achievements:
• Manager's Choice Award – 2016 and 2017 program at IBM, India
• Won appreciation & awards for recruitment strategy and initiation and for quick turnaround time.

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, EMC2 Corporation from 31st May 2010 to 21 Nov 2015
Roles and Responsibilities
• Built managed services, professional services, and engineering verticals.
• Managed full recruitment cycle from requisition creation, sourcing, interview scheduling, coordination, to on -boarding stage including fitment,
offer making, compensation & benefit.
• Built, Implementation & Execution recruiting strategy to close Requirements.
• Managed multiple business lines -Product & Services verticals, built the managed services, professional services, and engineering verticals.
• Individually owning the closure of requisitions for various campaigns
• Built good stakeholder relations and managed the stakeholder for 5 years without any escalation.
• Strategize the hiring plan with the Business Leaders / Managers.
• Sourcing through different channels like Internal Portal, Job Board, LinkedIn, Employee Referrals.
• Publish hiring update reports on a regular basis and special reports on request, identify issues and recommend actions.
• Managed Internal movement of employees from handling Job Application, Interview, offer process till issuing internal Transfer letter.
• Involved in Background Verification - documents collection and follow ups with Vendors for background verification.
• Worked on requisition from Niche requirement to Volume requirement.
Achievements:
• Won Award for Best Performer for the Year 2014 for achieving all my targets.
• Won Recruiter with highest Cycle time % with highest joiners /Joining ratio for Q4 hiring.
• Won SPOT award on Work done for Q4 hiring.
• Won Recruiter of the Quarter on 20th July 2012 for outstanding work in Q2 2012 hiring
• Won Best source mix award on 5th Feb 2012
• Won Recruiter of the Quarter on 21stoct 2011 for outstanding work in Q3 hiring.
• Won SPOT award on 18th Feb 2011 for closing the critical position under high pressure.
• Won Best source mix award in November 2010
• Won a gift prize for maximum closure in September 2010
• Appreciation mails from business for completing the work within the deadline.

Won various award from EmmayHR as Best recruiter, been among Top 5 recruiter in entire Bengaluru branch in 2008.
Assistant Consultant, Randstad from 20th August 07 to 24 May 2010
Roles and Responsibilities
• Handed Client interaction, built a good relation and generating more recruitments.
• New Mandates having Intake call with the Hiring Manger to understand the Requirements.
• Involved in primary research specific to Mandate (Mapping, NEWS documents)
• Sourcing profiles through various methods like Head hunting, Cold calling, Networking, Job portals
• Screening, evaluating and Candidate Assessment.
• Meeting the candidate, short listing the suitable profiles.
• Scheduling the interview and shortlisting
• Candidate Management through regular Follow-ups.
• Offer management - Pre-offer and post offer management.
• Background verification
• Raising invoices once the candidate joins the company.
• Successfully closing the position
Achievements:
• Won various award from EmmayHR as Best recruiter, been among Top 5 recruiter in entire Bangalore branch in 2008.

Master of Business administration