About

Amit Raj Tyagi is a seasoned Talent Acquisition professional with over 16 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, and People Operations. He strongly believes that hiring and developing people is the most important thing an organization can do. Amit has over 13 years of experience in Global Talent Acquisition with a fast-paced Product Development Company for various locations like India, Europe, and North America. He specializes in solving complex problems like Tech Sourcing, Hiring Strategies, Campus Hiring, Candidate Engagement, Candidate Experience, Employer Branding, and Community Building. As the Principal Recruiter at The Recruiting Box, a boutique recruiting firm, Amit leads the talent acquisition vertical, managing recruitment across levels, and collaborating with Hiring Managers and stakeholders to understand and help determine short and long-term talent acquisition needs to meet business objectives. He is also responsible for managing and mentoring a team of 6 and aligning their performance with recruitment metrics and company hiring forecast. Amit has experience in creating job descriptions, hands-on sourcing, and initial screening to ensure fitment and maintain hiring standards. Amit has created a Tech community, Ahmedabad Tech Community, with over 2K members, organizing meetups on new tech stacks. He has a good understanding of the various tax terms like W2, 1099, Corp to Corp, and different work authorizations like H1B, EAD, GC, OPT, CPT, etc. Amit has experience working with different ATS like Jobvite, Lever, and Greenhouse. He is also experienced in using Job boards like Naukri, Monster, Dice, Job.ch, etc., and various social media platforms like LinkedIn, Xing, etc. Amit's specialties include Talent Acquisition, Recruiting 2.0, Leadership Hiring, Talent Management, Campus Hiring, Recruiting Strategy, Employee Referral, Coordinating Interviews, Performance Management, Recruitment, Employer Branding, Screening Candidates, Global Recruitment, Sourcing Profiles, Performance Management, and Social Media. Amit holds an MBA and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Applications from Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra. He has worked as the Talent Head - Global at Ishi Systems Inc., managing the strategic development and execution of the talent acquisition needs for Ishi Systems in India, Europe, and the US. Amit has hands-on experience in sourcing and recruiting IT professionals for different project teams.