Senior IT Recruiter

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  Lead end-to-end IT recruitment across levels, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding for both fresher and lateral hiring for India and Middle East/MENA regions.

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  Develop and monitor recruitment metrics (e.g., cost per hire, TAT, sourcing channels, conversion ratios) and present regular reports to leadership.

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  Utilize data-driven recruitment dashboards for actionable insights and decision-making.

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  Continuously evaluate and enhance recruitment processes to address bottlenecks and improve efficiency.

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  Build proactive talent pipelines for future hiring needs, especially for niche and hard-to-fill roles.

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  Leverage non-traditional sourcing platforms (e.g., GitHub, Stack Overflow, LinkedIn Boolean searches) to attract passive talent.

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  Explore recruitment partnerships and specialized job boards for India/Middle East (MENA) regions.

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  Evaluate and recommend recruitment tools, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), and process automations to streamline hiring workflows.

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  Ensure all recruitment activities comply with internal policies and applicable employment laws, both for India and Middle East regions, where applicable.

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  Regularly conduct talent market research, compensation benchmarking, and competitor mapping to stay ahead in attracting top talent.

Strategic Business Partnership

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  Collaborate with business leaders to understand their objectives and challenges, providing HR insights and solutions.

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  Act as a trusted advisor to management, fostering a positive and productive work environment.

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  Conceptualize, create, and ensure implementation of recruitment strategy, to launch new initiatives to help efficient and cost-effective sourcing methods; to analyse competitors & their activities.

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  Collaborate with HR team members to handle employee relations matters by providing timely guidance and support to employees and managers related to policies and benefits, in line with company policies.

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  Contribute to periodic benchmarking and review of HR policies and benefits to ensure alignment with industry best practices.

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  Partner with the HR team in enhancing employee engagement initiatives and improving internal HR processes.

6 to 8 years of recruitment experience from IT/ITeS/software companies in India and/or Middle East.

Candidates with Middle East/ MENA recruitment experience are highly desirable.

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  Communication: Excellent written and oral communication skills. Convey effectively to customers, team, and team leaders to yield desired results.

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  Time Management & Prioritizing: Builds the time plan for self and team to deal with multiple and complex tasks.

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  Orientation: Demonstrates focus and motivates teams to consistently pursue defined goals.

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  Stakeholder management: Understands and sets expectations for all stakeholders and deliveries considering organizational success.

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  Influencing: Demonstrates the ability to influence both middle and senior management, customers (Internal & external) behavior, opinions, and emotions

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  Innovation and Creativity: Explicitly seeks out new ideas from teams for improvement in current practices and industry, best practices towards initiating required changes.

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  Strong understanding of IT Recruitment best practices and preparation of Recruitment dash boards for periodic reviews.

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  Proven experience in IT recruitment across India and Middle East.

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  Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate and build relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels.

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  Exceptional organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

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  Demonstrated problem-solving abilities and decision-making abilities with a proactive approach to resolving Recruitment related issues.

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  Proficiency in HRIS systems like Zoho and MS Office Suite, advanced skills including MS Excel and data analysis.

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  Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with high integrity.

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  Job Location – Trivandrum, Kerala

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  Mode of working – On-site from Trivandrum office of Elixr Labs