About

Megha Shree Shivalingaiah is a talented and passionate Technical Recruiter with over 4 years of experience in IT Technology. She has a flair for niche technology hiring for multiple business units, handling diverse technologies with Product Engineering Services and Mobility and Messaging Products and Solutions, with a focus on Telecom, Cloud, IOT, Networking, and Security. Megha is widely connected over social media, with an excellent track record of hiring top talent for high-end product development companies. Megha is currently working as a Senior Talent Sourcer at Microsoft, where she executes a differentiated sourcing strategy for Microsoft IDC group, supporting E+D hiring across India. Her role involves identifying candidates utilizing LinkedIn, X-Ray search (RecruitIn), Job boards, Networking, Internal ATS, and maintaining her own database of candidates available through references, mapping, and headhunting. She collaborates with internal stakeholders such as senior recruiters, hiring managers, and team members for process improvement, change management, and strategic planning. Megha also conducts research-based competitive landscaping, building talent maps, market and staffing intelligence, and creatively interacts with candidates, crafting innovative outreaches, and developing sourcing strategies. Before joining Microsoft, Megha worked as a Senior Technical Recruiter at Teksystems, where she honed her skills in Technical Recruiting, Screening, Management, and Prezi. She also worked as an Associate Consultant at Wenger & Watson, where she primarily worked on talent pool mapping and different Headhunting techniques. She contributed hands-on (through LinkedIn and other social media platforms) working on Junior roles for Flipkart, Expedia, Inmobi. Megha was working for the RPO model of Wenger & Watson for the client Expedia, where she exclusively worked on multiple requirements like Backend/frontend developers(SDE2/SDE2), SDET, and leadership positions like Engineering Manager, Technical Program manager for Hotels.com (Bangalore) and HomeAway (Gurgaon). Megha holds a Master of Business Administration - MBA focused on Human resource from B. M. S. College of Engineering. She also has a Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the same college. Megha completed her PUC from Vijaya Composite Pre University College, Jayanagar Bangalore, and her Schooling from Carmel Convent High School, Jayanagar 4th T block, Bangalore. Megha's tech stack includes Search, Research Scientist, Software Engineer, SDET, Frontend, Backend,