About

Natraj Jaklair is an experienced recruitment professional with over 10 years of expertise in lateral hiring and full life cycle recruitment. He has a passion for understanding people's requirements and helping them find the right job, with a particular interest in diversity hiring, guiding fresh talent, and helping people restart their careers. Natraj's specialties include strategic staffing, staff augmentation, executive recruiting, compensation negotiation, relationship management, marketing, business development, and strategic sourcing. He has spent 4+ years focusing on product development hiring, and he has a proven track record of hiring strong leaders for businesses while setting up their operations in India. Currently working as a Strategic Talent Sourcer-Engineering at Microsoft, Natraj is responsible for developing sourcing strategies to generate differentiated talent pools to meet the short-term and long-term needs of businesses. He is also working on initiatives such as Compete Hiring and Springboard, which aims to bring women on break back to work. Prior to his current role, Natraj worked as a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Microsoft, where he was responsible for senior and niche roles for businesses he supported. He also worked as a Technology Hiring-Talent Acquisition at Amazon, where he focused on critical hiring needs for specific business units. Natraj holds an M.B.A in Strategic Planning and General Management from Edinburgh Business School, where he studied from 2008 to 2009. He also holds a degree from H.V.S, where he studied from 1987 to 1998. With 16.87 years of relevant experience, Natraj is a highly skilled recruitment professional with a passion for helping people find their dream jobs.