About

Jagadeesan Sundar is a pragmatic Recruitment Manager with over a decade of experience in acquiring talent in the semiconductor industry. He has hands-on expertise in handling large volume hiring for all VLSI skills for India, US & Israel. Jagadeesan has a proven track record of delivering targets in constrained market conditions and is proficient in candidate management, offer negotiations, and stakeholder management. He is an expert in leadership hiring/strategic hiring and has spearheaded US, India & Israel hiring. Jagadeesan is currently working as a Deputy Manager at HCL Technologies, where he manages VLSI recruitment and team management. He is responsible for stakeholder & end-to-end hiring program management, tenacious engagement with candidates for better offer-to-joiner conversion, offer & benefits negotiations, specialized in Renege/Decline revisit and conversions, recruitment analysis for process & scope improvement, team mentorship & change management, and talent engagement on social handles. In his previous roles at HCL, Jagadeesan served as an Associate Manager and Talent Acquisition Lead. As an Associate Manager, he managed recruitment for Custom Layout, Design Automation & Digital VLSI Vertical and led a team of 4 to 5 recruiters. As a Talent Acquisition Lead, he provided exclusive end-to-end recruitment support for Sankalp's Full Custom Layout Business and had regular interaction with hiring managers across locations (Bangalore, Hubli, and Kolkata). Jagadeesan holds a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) degree in Accountancy from Bangalore University, India, and a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from CMR. He has relevant experience of 7.60 years in the semiconductor industry. Jagadeesan is an expert in passive talent pool attraction and employer evangelism. He has honed strategic hiring concepts, staunch delivery, and effective team management skills.