SONIKA SHARMA

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX Metro Area

972-***-**** ad33rg@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn

US Citizen

Passionate about connecting the right person with the right role to drive organizational success.

I am a Talent Acquisition Specialist with 9+ years of experience in driving hiring processes and building great employer brands. I have a data-savvy mindset with expertise in talent selection, behavioral and psychometric assessments. Able to build strong rela0onships with stakeholders and lead teams to deliver positive outcomes.

Recruitment Strategy: Foster professional relationship with candidates of diverse lines of function and technical acumen. Provide advisory services to assist candidates in achieving their end goals.

Stakeholder Management: Identify and engage with senior level stakeholders to capture their needs. Enable advisory services to stakeholders by providing detailed reports for data driven decisions.

Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS): Bullhorn, Taleo, iCIMS, Kenexa, Beamery and Workday.

Sourcing Platforms: Monster, Dice, CareerBuilder, indeed, 6figurejobs.com, TheLadders.com, Techgig, ZipRecruiter, Bullhorn Reach, Connect, LinkedIn, Google+, Simply Hired, Glassdoor, Stack Overflow, GitHub, The Ladders, Beamery, and Data.com.

KEY INITIATIVES

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives:

Led company-wide initiatives to enhance diversity recruitment strategies, resulting in a 60% increase.

Collaborated with the HR team to develop and deliver training programs on unconscious bias awareness.

For hiring managers, positively improving inclusive hiring decisions.

Coordinated and participated in several events that promote diversity in the local talent pool.

Played an integral role in establishing employee resource groups (ERGs) focused on creating a more Inclusive workplace culture.

Employer branding with Content Marketing – Leveraging social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Quora, Facebook, and Instagram to share the company’s work culture and help the brand image.

Exceeded offer acceptance rate by 25% with roll out of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Organized employee resource groups (ERGs) and partnered with HR to conduct unconscious bias awareness training.

Created detailed Hiring SOP to ensure the Turnaround Time for hiring is low.

Directed campus recruitment and emerging talent events for Networks and Market & Business Strategy Team in fast paced and complex environments.

Work as an integral member of the Corporate Human Resources Department to support the Company’s workforce, perform best practices, and ensure compliance with FLSA requirements and practices.

Created a pool for candidates in the ATS, which helped improve the quality of Hire.

Led specialized Workforce Solutions projects to boost team productivity and process knowledge.

Assisted in the analysis of company quarterly performances, using PowerPoints and excel spread sheets.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TALENT ACQUISITION MANAGER Samsung Electronics America Plano, TX 08/2020 - Present

As a Talent Acquisition Manager at Samsung Electronics America, I lead and execute the hiring strategy for the Radio Access Networks 4G/ 5G LTE Systems Test Engineer, RF Engineers, (vRAN, 5G RAN SME, Tier 2 / Tier 3 Engineers), RAN Virtualization Engineer, E-commerce Business Strategy & Analytics, Warehouse & Logistics Supply Chain Manager, Financial Analyst and Home Appliances Digital Engineer Roles.

Managed end to end employee life cycle – Hire to / Exit. Actively involved in all legal matters for

immigration process from sourcing strategies, talent recruitment, interview preparation, cold calling, marketing, research, assessments, presentation, offer negotiation and closing.

Utilized modern sourcing strategies to drive qualified candidate pipeline including social media networking, professional associa0on affiliations and cross functionals across existing requisitions.

Piloted social media role marketing initiatives to engage with the right talent segment.

Gather feedback and lead team debrief meetings with hiring managers.

Managed Req load of an estimated 40+ requisitions within region and collaboration across six different teams to execute the hiring objectives. Extensively recruited for an Exempt/Non-Exempt/ contract/contract-to-hire for all roles.

Hired and onboarded 15+ entry level staff FY22/FY23. Actively participated in the campus recruitment and emerging talent events for Networks and Market & Business Strategy Team in fast paced and complex environments.

Make use of strong time management skills by recruiting for multiple requisitions at a time while coordinating multiple interviews simultaneously.

Emphasize a pleasant candidate experience.

Demonstrated phenomenal teamwork and partnership within the Talent Acquisition team and cross functional groups (Compensation, HR Business Partners, Immigration, Onboarding, and complex Offer negotiation Generation to drive the recruiting process.

Achieved 144% of hiring target and 75% conversion rate in FY22/FY23. Outperformed KPI by closing requisitions in 30 days. Directed full recruitment life cycle from sourcing to closing to ensure positive candidate experience.

Deployed 47.5% of internal applicants by establishing robust system to support upward mobility and career advancement and lower attrition.

Gathered feedback and facilitated debriefing meetings with hiring managers. Leveraged shrewd negotiation skills to secure best possible offers for selected candidates.

Trained new Talent Managers on Process in Workday ATS, Beanery, phone interviews, intake meetings, and closings.

75% Rate of Conversion (from initial conversation through final offer acceptance 3:4).

Excelled in a high volume, fast paced, complex, and customer focused environment by utilizing exceptional communication, organizational and multi-tasking skills.

Due to the global nature of organizations many open positions require extensive collaboration and coordination across different countries simultaneously to identify candidates and adhere to local hiring processes.

Worked with the business unit leaders to define and document hiring forecasts. Partnered with the stakeholders to engage in creative talent identification strategies within Mobility, Referral, and external pipelines accordingly.

TALENT ACQUISITION LEAD Infosys Richardson, TX 01/2019 – 08/2020

Identified potential candidates for Software Engineers/Architects, Systems/DevOps Engineers, Machine Learning, Data Scientists, Big Data/Cloud Engineers Network/System/Security Engineers, TPM, Product Managers, Business Analysts, Data Scientist, Java/J2EE via creative active and passive sourcing techniques for household name clients including Apple, State Farm, Microsoft, and Verizon.

Conducted deep dive analysis of industry and company data and market trends to execute recruiting plans and hiring efforts that aligned with immediate business needs of clients. Mentored Sourcing team on innovative methods to enhance industry knowledge.

Presented weekly demand vs fulfillment dashboard to Talent Acquisition and practice leadership teams.

Increased diversity hiring by 60% in one year with implementation of scorecard, standardized job description and review process, and careful selection of interview panel members.

Recognized by Data on Cloud leadership for securing employment of 30+ Big Data and AWS/ Azure Cloud Engineers in one quarter for niche practice.

SENIOR TALENT EXECUTIVE World Link/Samsung Electronics America Plano, TX 06/2016 – 01/2019

SENIOR TECHNICAL RECRUITER/HRBP TSQ Systems Inc Dallas, TX 02/2014 – 04/2016

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

S P Jain College of Communications India

BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS

Delhi University India

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT/PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION CERTIFICATION

North Lake Community College Dallas, TX

ADDING VALUE THROUGH DIVERSITY CERTIFICATE

LinkedIn Learning

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