Rakesh Chandra Mangala

About Rakesh Chandra Mangala

I’m a Strategic Talent Advisor with a talent for talent (see what I did there ). I’ve got over 9 years of experience in recruiting, helped businesses solve their talent-hiring needs. When it comes to IT Hiring, I\'d love to be like a chameleon, can adapt myself to any situation! Cloud, E-Commerce, Product, Infra, Systems, Storage etc, Top 100 Talent Acquisition Titans in India - 2024 Speaker at the \"Talent Acquisition Conference - Athens, Greece 2024\" Top 1% on TopMate LinkedIn Top Recruiting Voice LinkedIn Top Interviewing Voice LinkedIn Top Technical Recruiting Voice Licensed Interviewer – Social Talent Sourcing Ninja 🥷 (14x) – Social Talent Social Talent Black Belt Certified Internet Recruiter Top (#5) Sourcing Monks in India – Sourceathon (by Recruiting Monk) Social Talent Black Belt Certified Internet Recruiter LinkedIn Talent MVP 2019 LinkedIn Talent MVP 2021 Expert in advanced sourcing on various channels like LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Stack Overflow, Stack Exchange, Github I can whip up mean Boolean Strings & Xray searches faster than you can say “recruiting” (overconfidence? 🤔 Nah! It took years of practice & hard work withand passion) Savy to automate my work with Chrome extensions & tools (thanks to those creators), so I can spend more time doing what I love - finding the perfect talent for your business I’ve got mad skills with web scraping tools to find the unicorns in the world.(By unicorns, I mean those rare and elusive candidates that everyone is searching for) But that’s not all! When I’m not busy being a recruiting superstar, I’m a passionate Rider & Photographer. If you want to tag along on my next adventure (and love to hear some past adventure stories along the way), just give me a shout If you want to chat about the latest sourcing methods or recruiting challenges (or just exchange some memes related to recruiting), hit me up at r•••••••@splunk.com. Or if you just want to talk about how awesome you are or exchange cat memes, that’s cool too PS: NOO! This content is not generated by ChatGPT, sat for 2 hours to put my thoughts on paper Want to hop on a call?https://topmate.io/rakeshchandramangala

Experience

1. Senior Talent Acquisition Partner Cisco, Splunk

   Splunk

   Nov 2024 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Hiring Portfolio :AI Infrastructure, Cisco Silicon One Hardware, Observability Cloud, Observability Security Products, APM, Platform EngineeringResponsibilities: As a Global Super User, delivered Hiring Optimization enablement at scale, training 50+ recruiters across APJC, India, and Singapore on Phenom & Workday adoption, structured interviews, and interview quality improvements. Led high-impact recruiter enablement sessions and owned core Hiring Optimization documentation (Structured Interview playbooks, Interviewer Guides), creating consistency and improving interview signal quality. Led the hiring for the brand new O11y Security team in India from 0 → 18 hires, enabling a high-priority team to scale at speed while maintaining a strong hiring bar. Drove a Skill Analysis initiative using hiring data points across two fiscal years, partnering with business POCs and presenting insights to leadership to inform data-driven workforce and skills planning. Played a strategic role in employer branding and site visibility, supporting Hyderabad site growth through milestone communications and leadership-aligned storytelling. Earned 10 Cisco Connected Recognitions in a single quarter, reflecting consistent impact across hiring optimization, people partnering, inclusion, and recruitment delivery, along with strong trust from senior business leaders. Strengthened future-ready capabilities through AI for Everyone and AI Green & White Belt certifications, applying AI-led thinking to hiring, skills intelligence, and people decision-making

Education

• XLRI Jamshedpur

  Executive Development Program, Talent Management

• University College of Commerce & Business Management, Kakatiya University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Human Resources Management (Gold Medalist)

  2015 — 2017

• Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE)

  2011 — 2015

Skills

• Talent Management
• Microsoft Office
• Employer Branding
• Management
• Humanr Resources
• Human Resources Information Systems (Hris)
• Social Networking
• Interviews
• Social Media Hiring
• Campus Hiring
• Compensation Planning
• Talent Acquistion
• Recruiting
• Technical Recruiting
• Recruitment
• Niche Skill Hiring
• Strategy
• Internet Hiring
• E-Recruitment
• Screening
• Hiring
• Sourcing
• IT Recruitment
• Sourcing Specialist
• Headhunt
• Niche Talent Acquisition
• Networking
• Employee Relations
• Applicant Tracking Systems