ShortlistReviewed & Verified · 8 yrs
Talent Acquisition & HR Operations

Raghav
Chakravartula

I find & close the people who are not looking. The work starts before a job goes live: market intelligence, competitor mapping & a search strategy built before a single outreach goes out.

Built this page myself, with code & a little AI. Every recruiter says they understand tech talent. I built my proof.

Let us talk hiring

("closer" OR "operator") NOT "post & pray"

Companies & Clients I Supported
Section 01 / Assessment Notes

Here is exactly how
this one is different.

Most recruiters think & work the same way. The notes below are where this file departs from the stack.

pinned to the top of the file

The market updates every single day. New tools, new roles, new expectations. Staying updated is not optional. It is the job.

Why this site keeps getting rebuilt
01
Not a generic search

I do not open a role & throw it at every database. Before any search begins: business context, why the role exists, what failure looks like, what this person walks into on Day 1. The same role title at two companies gets two completely different strategies from me.

every search built custom, none recycled
02
Not post & pray

My default mode is direct headhunting. I map target organizations, identify profiles, build personalized outreach & go to the candidate. The best people in any industry rarely apply to anything, so I do not wait for them to.

passive talent is the whole game
03
Pillar vs filler roles

I know the difference. A Pillar role shapes the direction of a team or a company; a Filler role keeps the engine running. Pillar roles get deeper market mapping, longer campaigns & tighter stakeholder alignment upfront. Getting a Pillar hire wrong costs far more than a delayed timeline.

prioritization most recruiters skip
04
Flagged in review · rare skill
AI as a search weapon

I use Claude & ChatGPT as intelligence tools, not shortcuts. Precision boolean strings in minutes. Competitor talent maps. Compensation benchmarked before the offer goes out. Outreach that references a candidate's actual work, while most recruiters still copy the same InMail from 2018.

tools change weekly, I keep up
05
Hiring & HR operations

Recruiting is only half the job. I run the operations layer too: offer documentation, onboarding coordination, HRMS management, performance cycles & the systems that keep a talent function clean. Most recruiters hand off at offer stage. I stay through Day 1 & beyond.

see Section 03 of this file
06
Three markets, one standard

Hiring mandates across APAC, the UK & the US. Different talent pools, different compensation benchmarks, different candidate expectations. The quality of hire does not change based on geography.

checked across 3 regions, holds up
Section 02 / Track Record

Always recruiting.
Never starting over.

From global staffing to in-house hiring. A consistent record of closing hard roles at quality organizations.

2023to Present
NetBramha StudiosSenior Talent Acquisition SpecialistBengaluru, India

I own the full recruitment lifecycle, from the day a role opens to the day someone walks through the door, & beyond. Technical & design hiring across functions, plus offer documentation, onboarding coordination & HRMS records. I track quality of hire through structured manager feedback 30 to 45 days post-joining. Weekly pipeline reports with funnel data go directly to the Founder & Co-Founder.

2022to 2023
Harvey NashSenior Technical RecruiterHyderabad, India

Senior & executive searches at a top-tier global search firm for international clients across APAC, UK & US. Multiple concurrent mandates on tight SLAs, pipelines built from scratch through direct sourcing, boolean search & referral networks. Recruiter of the Month, twice.

2021to 2022
ObjectWin TechnologyRecruiterBengaluru, India

End-to-end sourcing & placement for technical specialist roles. Targeted passive candidates through boolean search & LinkedIn Recruiter, managing the full journey from first outreach to acceptance. Awarded Star Recruiter for high-complexity engagements.

2020to 2021
Sagarsoft IndiaExecutive RecruiterHyderabad, India

Executive search strategies across technical domains for multi-client engagements. Built live talent pipelines to address leadership gaps proactively across business units.

2019to 2020
The Adecco GroupConsultant, Talent AcquisitionVisakhapatnam, India

Senior & technical mandates at one of the world's largest staffing organizations. Structured interview processes, consistent delivery within SLA. Certificate of Excellence for delivery & client satisfaction.

2017to 2019
Venture Offshore InfomatrixRecruitment ConsultantVisakhapatnam, India

Where it all started. IT & healthcare recruitment with a strong focus on candidate engagement & fit. Built an extensive network from scratch, & learned that recruiting is fundamentally about people, not pipelines.

Section 03 / Method

Every search runs
through this pipeline.

Regardless of seniority, function or urgency. No shortcuts, no templates.

Stage 01 · Brief
Market mapping before anything else

Where the talent sits, before a single outreach goes out. Target organizations, tenure signals, career trajectory patterns, all mapped before the search goes live.

Stage 02 · Source
AI-powered boolean sourcing

Precision boolean strings built with Claude & ChatGPT for each role. LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri, Behance, Dribbble. The right platform for the right profile.

Stage 03 · Reach
Personalized direct outreach

Messages that reference the candidate's actual work. Not a template blast. The kind of outreach that gets replies from people who delete everything else.

Stage 04 · Assess
Structured assessment & briefing

Every candidate who progresses gets a capability & values assessment aligned to the role. Hiring managers receive a briefing document, not just a CV.

Stage 05 · Close
Pre-close before the offer

Candidates are pre-closed before the formal offer, counter-offer risk understood, compensation handled proactively. Offers do not fall over.

Stage 06 · Report
Pipeline reporting to leadership

Weekly status reports with role-wise funnel data, stage breakdowns & forecast to close. Leadership always knows exactly where every search stands.

Section 04 / HR Operations

Hiring fills the seat.
Operations keeps it filled.

Most recruiters disappear after the offer letter. This job continues into the systems, records & rhythms that make a new hire succeed & a company run clean.

A
Onboarding & Offboarding

Documentation, team introductions & a structured first week for every joiner. Exit interviews, relieving letters & honest feedback loops for every leaver. Both ends of the lifecycle, handled with the same care.

B
HRMS & Records

Clean employee data on Keka, accurate personnel documentation & records that hold up to audit. When leadership asks a question, the answer is one report away, not one week away.

C
Performance Management

I run review cycles because quality of hire is my metric too. Structured feedback from managers 30 to 45 days post-joining shows whether the person I placed is the person the team needed.

D
Engagement & Culture

Birthdays, anniversaries, team events & the small rituals that make people stay. Retention is built in the everyday, not in the exit interview.

Section 05 / Working Stack

Platforms & tools in daily use.

Sourcing & Job Boards
  • LinkedIn Recruiter
  • Naukri RMS
  • Indeed
  • Monster
  • ZipRecruiter
  • Dice
  • Behance & Dribbble
  • GitHub
AI & Intelligence
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • ChatGPT
  • Boolean Automation
  • Talent Mapping
  • Weekday AI
  • Comp Benchmarking
HRMS, ATS & Tracking
  • Keka
  • Greenhouse
  • Darwinbox
  • Bullhorn
  • JobDiva
  • Notion, Sheets & Excel

Let us talk hiring.

Open to roles, retained search & quiet conversations. Reply within one business day, every day, even on weekends.

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