About

Manu Kaushik is a Talent Acquisition professional with over 16 years of experience in building and scaling teams across various industries. He is currently working as a Client Aligned Recruiter at Microsoft, where he partners with business leaders and hiring managers to strategize their hiring needs. Manu has been instrumental in setting up teams from scratch across different domains, including Engineering and Supply Chain. He is now looking to expand the Noida (Delhi-NCR) hub and enter new domains like Artificial Intelligence and Mixed Reality. Manu is passionate about hiring large numbers of people in a short span of time, and he has worked in environments where hiring is directly coupled with business impacts and tight timelines. He has a proven track record of driving YoY growth plans and meeting hiring demands at an organization level. Manu has experience leading a team of 8-10 recruiters and driving key initiatives like Talent Mix, Candidate Experience Scorecard, Diversity & Inclusion, and new-age recruiting options like acqui-hire and innovative options to maximize reach. Prior to joining Microsoft, Manu worked at Airtel as the Deputy General Manager - Talent Acquisition, where he led a team of passionate recruiters and drove key initiatives to ensure operational excellence, simplification, and cost-effective approaches. He also worked at To The New as a Talent Acquisition Manager, where he led the Talent Acquisition team and was responsible for meeting the hiring demands at an organization level. Manu completed his Science education from Somerville School in 2000. He is a real and practical person who is always looking to connect with people and help them find the right opportunities. If you are interested in any open (Engineering) role in Microsoft, you can say a quick hi-hello on 'manukaushik@microsoft.com,' and he will forward your note to the concerned.