Navi Kullar

Experienced Talent Acquisition Manager devises strategy and recruitment processes to execute sourcing and recruiting campaigns. Finds and screens candidates and develops corporate policy for talent bench-marking, talent assessment and interviewing policies. Develops and leads strategic initiatives to recruit and select high caliber, professional and diverse workforce that identifies with business culture.

• Enhanced talent acquisition strategies by streamlining processes and implementing innovative recruitment methods.
• Optimized candidate experience by developing a comprehensive onboarding program for new hires.
• Trained internal recruiters on best practices for interviewing and candidate assessment, resulting in more consistent evaluations across teams.
• Ensured efficient process in collaboration with the operations team, corporate, learning and development, and organizational development teams
• Managed internal referral programs to encourage employee involvement in sourcing top talent.
• Mentored junior team members on effective talent acquisition methodologies, fostering professional growth within the department.
• Partnered with HR leadership to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local labor laws throughout the recruitment process.
• Expanded outreach efforts by participating in college career fairs, trade shows, conferences, and other relevant opportunities.
• Conducted performance reviews and provided feedback to managers on employee performance.
• Created and delivered HR training sessions to staff, managers and executives.
• Implemented an ongoing feedback loop between candidates who were not selected for roles and the recruitment team to continuously refine the process.
• Developed communication and marketing plan and leveraged talent acquisition tools, resources, and campaigns to source and attract top talent.
• Created and drove talent acquisition and job placement strategies to attract diverse candidates.
• Developed and implemented onboarding and orientation programs for new employees.
• Partnered with departmental managers to ascertain hiring needs and subsequently provide candidate recommendations.

• Preparing internal and external job advertisements with adherence to company policy, online postings, specifications for external recruitment agencies
• Managing a large number of vacancies at any given time (anywhere from 50 – 120)
• Contacting candidates, arranging interview schedules and developing appropriate interview questions in collaboration with the hiring manager so that interviews are conducted efficiently and equitably; providing feedback to unsuccessful candidates based on the job’s pre-established selection criteria and organization’s recruitment policies
• Conducting background checks, criminal record checks, processing time sheets, payroll paperwork, candidate files and any HR reports
• Preparing job offer materials in line with on-boarding program and in accordance with the agreed job specifications so that successful candidates have all the information they need to accept position
• Providing feedback to both candidates and hiring managers with realistic expectations and timelines
• Partnering with community vendors and participating in external job fairs/campus recruitment
• Adhering to recruitment metrics: tracking candidates, number of in person interviews, phone interviews, new hires, declined offers, positions filled and new vacancies

• Coordinated and scheduled participants into evaluation and training sessions
• Partnered with supervisors to create supplementary training based on business needs covering both operational and corporate programs and processes. This involved cross functional collaboration with various departments
• Hosted training sessions consisting of 5-15 attendees
• Identified and communicated suggestions for improvements in timely participant scheduling as per field operational needs
• Primary liaison for the new team hires
• Contributed to the creation and updating of supporting materials for training and evaluation sessions
• Prepared/updated materials required to facilitate evaluations, and contributed as a subject-matter-expert in the creation/maintenance of source learning materials