Sandhya Acharya Email & Phone Number

WhiteCrow is a global Talent Research, Insight and Pipelining specialist. We work with some of the world’s most sought-after multinationals and connect them with top executive talent.Hiring for niche/aging roles for Japan, China, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and such other APAC recruitment needs. Well versed with stakeholder management, client management, candidate management, sourcing to onboarding engagement, headhunting, convincing passive job seekers, offer negotiations, and so on.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Reason for leaving - Had to part ways due to Amazon's 2022 - 23, Global Downsizing.Managed E2E hiring for SDE I roles across GME Team for Prime Video & Music. Managed to complete the hiring with extended team support in 3 months. We were collectively able to close 31 hire calls in just 2 months, of which 11 were identified individually. Apart from sourcing was able to manage procuring panel availability through non-conventional outreach methods, with more than 100+ Hours from External Interviewers & 50+ BR Hours utilized across the team for various SDE I hiring events. Responsible for full cycle recruitment activities from sourcing to interview scheduling to offer, stakeholder management, and candidate engagement/management. Helping with hiring plans and delivery estimation. Briefing team members that newly started supporting SDE Hiring, buddying them with sourcing strategies, offer negotiation, candidate management and other inputs.- Last managing hiring for SDM roles for Amazon Music.**Accomplishments:**- 100% Direct Hires, 0% external agency contribution.- Recognized for “Invent & Simplify” in GME All Hands - August 2022 - Q3 2022

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

**Technical Sourcer – D&I Hiring***Amazon Global* *June 2021 to April 2022 (Yellow Badge Payroll)*- Responsible for SDE & NON - SDE Tech diversity hiring. Hiring potential returnees with a career break under an exclusively inclusive D&I program. Responsible for identifying talent through various non-conventional sourcing methods & alternate sourcing channels to map the “best inactive” talent in the market - with the motive to bring back untapped potential back in the workforce. Managing sourcing to pre-offer activities end to end. Versed with stakeholder management and scalable cost-effective hiring methods.**Accomplishments:**- 100% Direct Hires, 0% external agency contribution.- Recognized for “Customer Accolades” in SDE All Hands Connect - Q3 2021

India

**Virtual Sourcer - Tech & Non-Tech***Amazon Global* *March 2021 – June 2021*- Supporting Amazon Worldwide for Tech & Non-Tech hiring across functions, starting from mid-management to leadership levels on a one to one contract with Amazon. Responsible for sourcing niche candidates through non-generic hiring methods like headhunting, organization mapping, social media and others.

Reason of leaving - Role Redundancy - Managing E2E Recruitment for Digital BU (Technology Services Group). Primarily Responsible for New-Gen Technology hiring like RPA, ML, AI, NLP and various other Digitally enabled solutions provided by the organization. Partner with Account/Delivery Managers to define specific roles, technology, locations and functional areas.- Have managed hiring resources at a startup phase for the organization when they ventured from a BPO module to a Digital Platform enabler.- Worked with Talent Acquisition Team to identify most effective sourcing channels (advertisements, sourcing Partner with Account/Delivery Managers to define specific roles, technology, locations and functional areas., portals and referrals) and monitor the effectiveness of channels to optimize the cost per hire/savings per hire.- Been working as a core technical recruiter/evaluator, have undergone sessions and learning on various trending technologies in the due course to understand the existing market and competitor market.- Sourced candidates through Headhunting, LinkedIn Recruiter, Monster, Times Jobs, Shine, Naukri, Tech Fetch Networking, Employee referrals, Ladders, Indeed and Boolean searches (Google, Bing, Yahoo)- Additionally, managed other requirements across all functions for Manager and above levels. (BPO Operations, Sales & Business Development, Pre-sales, IT, Training & Quality, and such others.)- Well versed with recruitment techniques and effectively headhunt niche resources with minimal external hiring cost.- Proficient engagement with the potential resources to improve conversion ratio throughout the applicant’s journey to ensure maximum offer to joining ratio.- Key focus to fill-in positions through No-cost alternate channels to ensure cost saving for the respective BU.- Negotiating on timelines, compensation budgets and other expectation setting before the resource is handed over to the Business to promote a fruitful association.

Bengaluru Area, India

Reason for leaving - Better Prospects- Based out of FSL Bangalore, managing Corporate Hiring for mid-management, lateral and Leadership levels for all Non-BPO functions across FSL from Assistant Manager to Deputy General Manager Level.- Working on requisites for verticals like Training, Analytics, Technology, Process Excellence, Finance, Solution Designing and other such functions. Have sourced for domains like Retail Banking, Healthcare, Telecom, Technology, F&A and Digital Services in Firstsource. Initially hired for Mumbai Location, for PAN India Lateral Hiring, was later moved to a dual role of handling Pan India lateral requirements and volume hiring for one of our niche Indian Banking clients in Bangalore.- Successfully hired the entire ramp for support staff in the transition and helped in setting up this pilot process.- Have sustainably maintained a 100% offer to joiner ratio. Effectively using Database, Internet and Employee Referrals for prospective hiring.- Managing business relationships with external partners and internal stakeholder management. Manage the end-to-end recruitment using cost-effective methods and to minimize the external hiring ratio.**Accomplishments:**- Taking overall accountability for ensuring salary recommendations and negotiations are within boundaries of compensation.- Maintained 95% OTD (On Time Delivery) & 100% Delivery. Successfully assisted transition for one of the Key businesses for support hiring.- Have maintained 97% of direct hires till date. Recruiting the best resources within the desired budget, also negotiating the expectations of the shortlisted candidates to reduce the cost.

Navi Mumbai

Reason for leaving - Better ProspectsProle Solution now known as "Thinkpod HR Solutions" incorporated in 2005, is a search firm, Consulting/recruiting Human Resources to various IT, ITES and BFSI Organizations on their demand.One of the leading HR recruitment firms based in Navi Mumbai.- Started my journey here as a Freelancer for about a year before taking up a full-time opportunity as a Recruitment Executive in June 2012, later up skilled to be entirely responsible for the Volume and Leadership Hiring at the organization.- Have successfully helped in the Transition of Thane and Pune location by monitoring and setting up the initial business flow.- Communicating and understanding the Client requirements and specifications completely. Assigning different requisites by understanding the recruiter’s Capabilities. Screening/Filtering the profiles before processing them further.- Prioritized requirements in a high volume, time-sensitive environment to meet deadlines.- Panel sourcing through internal database and Job Portals like Naukri, Monster, Times job, LinkedIn, etc.- Managing recruitment process from requisition initiation to sourcing, to acceptance of offer and final placement.- Recruiting Mid-level, Senior Middle Level, Leadership and Senior Leadership resources across domains for all levels.- Coordinating with Hiring Managers as per their requirements to have a better download of the positions.- End to End management of hiring procedure from screening the candidate’s profile to training the resources, briefing the candidates on the Do’s and Don’ts of a successful interview.