Lateral hires - 2023 to 2024 – 222

Lateral hires - 2023 – 77Heading the talent acquisition function for MIT ESPGlobal talent acquisitionProcess refinement and improvementEmployer branding

Lateral hires - 2022 – 1672023 - 43*Excludes apprentice hiresHeading the talent acquisition function for 99x Sri Lanka and GlobalHandling a global TA team of 07 membersWorking on the strategical aspect of talent expansion into new marketsRedefining talent processes and achieving process excellence

Lateral hires - 2021 - 125*Excludes apprentice hiresResponsible for end-to-end talent acquisition and resource management Computation of talent statistics to be circulated in periodic HR highlights Communicating with the Finance and Systems departments in order to prepare budgets for upcoming roles and requirements Responsible for project transfers and talent mapping Involvement in the computation of salary bands and restructuringConducting salary negotiations and presenting offers Shortlisting and conducting preliminary interviews Liaising with agencies and headhuntersDeciding on advertisement contentCreating summary profiles to be shared with client parties Carrying out the end to end offer process Responsible for the referral scheme Maintaining the ATS – Workable Building the talent pipeline and queuing shadow resources to manage with unexpected resignations Acting as the contact point for universities to recruit interns and fresh graduates

Lateral hires for the period - 21Front lined the Talent Acquisition function in Sri Lanka and catered to adrenaline filled tech start ups in the Netherlands some of which were ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50.Worked closely with the top management in the Netherlands to fine tune the sourcing aspect and identify new areas of work. Addressed the internal community on recruitment statistics and developments. Prepared sourcing timelines and gathered insights on requirements. Worked closely with technical teams to understand and fine tune technical assessments. Liaised with teams in the Netherlands to organize timelines for resources in the final stages and to gather detailed feedback. Negotiated and finalized employment offers. Secured hires and resolved issues prior to joining. Promoted and communicated changes made to the employee referral scheme. Aided company branding initiatives.Decided on sourcing partners (agencies) to work with and negotiated contractual terms. Held weekly meetings with sourcing partners (agencies) to provide detailed feedback and provide direction on the sourcing front. Oversaw feedback sheets maintained for sourcing partners (agencies) for feedback and progress statistics.Collaborated with universities to identify subject areas Gapstars can be of any help and identified areas to provide internships. Successful projects - 1) Initialized and set up the Application Tracking System (ATS) - Recruitee, for Gapstars.2) Revamped the career page - https://gapstars.recruitee.com/

Lateral hires for the period - 32Sourced and shortlisted IT professionals primarily for aviation clients based in the middle east. Additionally, supported the filling up of internal job slots and other available openings with local clients.Engaged with employees belonging to the resource centre and resolved any operational issues or complications which hindered employee performance and satisfaction.Actively involved in the employee performance management cycle - setting objectives, assessing performance against set criteria, gathering feedback from managers and providing constructive feedback to enhance employee performance.Decided on content to be up on job advertisements.Handled employee grievances.Schemed salary figures, computed numbers to maintain margins and conducted negotiations with employees.Maintained a candidate pool through the formation of a talent pipeline to readily avail talent for internal, local and overseas requirements.Sustained a viable bench within the company.Liaised with clients and attended review meetings to be informed of outsourced staff performance and gathered insights on improvable areas to progress a healthy vendor – client relationship.Interacted with clients to gather new requirements and followed up on feedback.Liaised with universities to put together technical and soft skill enhancement sessions for undergraduates.Elevated corporate social media presence through forms of branding, eg: employee testimonials, college engagement write ups and etc.Vendor management.Pitched ideas and liaised with the top management in the formulation of the overall company HR strategy.Aided in maintaining internal resource utilization and skill availability sheets. Reviewed contractor contracts. Formulated and updated candidate exam papers along with assistance from technical teams.

Lateral hires for the period - 39Served as the IT recruiter to fill in roles varying from mid to senior levels of seniority. Maintained relations with clients and gathered new requirements.Prepared job descriptions for clients, as well as cross checked pre prepared job descriptions for errors and prescribed amendments.Designed advertisements and actively sourced profiles from varied platforms to build a viable portfolio to successfully fill in open vacancies.Head hunted talent through professional platforms to fill in senior roles.Shortlisted profiles against required skills and conducted preliminary interviews to gain insights of candidates.Coordinated interviews between clients and candidates.Followed up with clients for feedback and parallelly maintained communication with candidates to ensure goodwill.Negotiated salaries and perks with applicants.Attended job fairs and identified potential talent to build a talent pool.Pipelined talent to promptly deliver to requirements.Awarded Best Recruiter – Staffing in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region for the 2nd quarter of the year 2018/2019 for the greatest number of successful onboardings. Awarded Bright Spark - Staffing in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region for the 3rd quarter of the year 2018/2019.