
Sowjanya D
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist @ Upwork
About
Experienced Technical Talent Acquisition Lead with a decade of expertise spanning .NET development, recruitment strategy, and team leadership. Passionate about connecting exceptional tech talent with global opportunities and building high-performing teams.
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India
Human Resources
Leadership, Team Building, Technical Recruiting, Screening Resumes, Interviewing, Global Sourcing, Technical Writing, Project Coordination, Recruiting, Human Resources (HR), Job Description Development, IT Recruitment, Screening, HR Consulting, HR Policies, OneDrive, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Azure, Active Directory
Experience

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
➤ Evaluate client requirements for new hiring requests. ➤ Source diverse talent via the Upwork platform and invite suitable freelancers. ➤ Qualify and recommend top candidates based on client needs. ➤ Build and maintain talent clouds for ongoing hiring needs. ➤ Manage multiple client requests simultaneously with clear communication. ➤ Coordinate with internal teams and recruiting partners for seamless delivery. ➤ Handle administrative and research tasks efficiently. ➤ Participate effectively in weekly team meetings and collaborations.

Sourcing Coordinator
Support Talent Sourcers by being the “go-to” person for the source of truth, execution, and creating game plans for delivery for the High Value Marketplace Program. ➤ Attend weekly calls with HVMP Team Lead to discuss programs bottlenecks, team needs, concerns. ➤ Lead discussions and recommend solutions with team members to improve overall effectiveness and efficiency, streamline workflows, post-mortum case reviews, review bottlenecks and assist with guiding workflow process changes. ➤ Monitor the slack channel and Salesforce queue, make sure client requests are being worked effectively. ➤ Responsible for tracking weekly, monthly and quarterly metrics for HVMP program and presenting to HVMP Lead for discussion and review. ➤ Execute onboarding operations of all new team member hires, train and develop team members in partnership with the Team Lead. ➤ Discuss misses, performance issues, wins with individual team members as needed.

Enterprise Talent Services: Team Lead, Talent Scout Sourcing
➤ Support team by being “go-to” person for source of truth, execution and creating game plans for delivery ➤ Attend weekly calls with teams to discuss programs bottlenecks, team needs, concerns ➤ Lead discussions and recommend solutions with team members to improve overall effectiveness and efficiency, streamline workflows, post-mortem case reviews, review bottlenecks and assist with guiding workflow process changes ➤ Oversee tracking of teams data; weekly, monthly and quarterly metrics ➤ Discuss misses, performance issues, wins with individual team members as needed ➤ Attend weekly team meetings with other members & Enterprise Talent Services Team Manager ➤ Partner with direct manager on ways to improve the performance of the team ➤ Partner with the Talent Scout Program Manager, Admins, and Recruitment Services Managers ➤ Train new team members, coach and mentor existing team members ➤ Other responsibilities as needed and assigned.

Technical Coordinator
➤ Support Technical Sourcers by being the “go-to” person for the source of truth, execution, and creating game plans for delivery for the Talent Scout Program. ➤ Attend weekly calls with ENT Large Accounts Team Lead to discuss programs bottlenecks, team needs, concerns. ➤ Lead discussions and recommend solutions with team members to improve overall effectiveness and efficiency, streamline workflows, post-mortum case reviews, review bottlenecks and assist with guiding workflow process changes. ➤ Monitor the slack channel and Salesforce queue, make sure client requests are being worked effectively. ➤ Responsible for tracking weekly, monthly and quarterly metrics for scout program and presenting to ENT Large Accounts Lead for discussion and review. ➤ Execute onboarding operations of all new team member hires, train and develop team members in partnership with the Team Lead. ➤ Discuss misses, performance issues, wins with individual team members as needed.

Technical Recruiter
➤ I help the Clients finding the RIGHT talent for their requirements. ➤ Handle End to End recruitment process starting from Sourcing to Hiring. ➤ Coordinate with Hiring Managers, Project Managers to understand the requirement and deliver the talent that they are looking for. ➤ Analyze job descriptions to develop further understanding of client needs and required skills of candidate ➤ Source candidates using web searches, internal database, Internet resume databases, social networking, employee referrals, cold calls, references, and user groups. ➤ I source candidates on the platforms - LinkedIn, GitHub, Indeed, CareerBuilder, Monster, Dice and other social networking sites with the various search strategies. ➤ Maintain a diverse pipeline of highly qualified candidates.

Senior Software Developer and Technical recruiter
Greater Hyderabad Area
. I spent over four years as a Senior Software developer specializing in .Net technologies, predominantly utilizing C# on Middle Ware Application projects. As my journey progressed, I transitioned to a role within the technical panel team, where I actively participated in talent acquisition and hiring processes. · Build Sourcing Strategy to meet the available & forecasted manpower demand · Build Strong Social network to find qualified candidates · Browsing social networking sites like LinkedIn for suitable job profiles with required skills · Strong in Boolean Logic and Keyword Searches in Different platforms. · Partnering with hiring managers to determine staffing needs. · Partner with the recruiting team to understand job needs and client's business requirements to develop the ideal talent · Organize and manage Walk-In drives · Headhunting - identifying and approaching suitable candidates who may already be in work · Research and recommend new sources for the recruitment of active and passive candidates · Supervise the recruiting team and report on its performance · Excellent command of written and spoken English · Responsible for few adhoc responsibilities as and when required · Working towards building market intelligence reports for various skills
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