About

Prashanth Kumar Thota is an accomplished Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist with over 10 years of experience in the technology industry. Currently working at Tech Mahindra, he is responsible for the entire hiring life-cycle for Network services in Europe. He leads a team of 4 recruiters and prepares hiring trackers for daily and weekly business calls to update delivery heads on hiring status. Prashanth has expertise in staffing leadership, hiring strategies, stakeholder management, end-to-end talent acquisition for high-end technology, executive hiring, bulk hiring, and technology hiring. Prior to his current role, Prashanth worked as a Social Media Recruiter at IBM, where he created a social media recruitment strategy and was responsible for closing super niche positions through various social channels. He also worked as a Talent Acquisition Specialist at NTT Data, where he had expertise in end-to-end hiring for the company across locations. Prashanth holds an MBA in English from St. Joseph's PG College Warangal and has a strong understanding of infrastructure. He has worked on various verticals, including manufacturing, BFSI, entertainment, telecom, infra, pharma, media, and technology. He is skilled in sourcing and screening the most relevant resumes, handling multiple requirements simultaneously, communicating feedback to vendors, and negotiating on rate cards. Prashanth is known for his effective control on hiring guidelines, EBITA, cost per hire, and hiring SLA. He builds and maintains databases for niche skills for future ad hoc requirements and works closely with senior management teams, delivery directors, IBU heads, sales, and presales teams to ensure that requirements close within SLA. He is also involved in campus and off-campus recruitment. Overall, Prashanth is a highly motivated and dedicated talent acquisition specialist with a proven track record of success in the industry. He is passionate about his work and committed to delivering the best talent to his clients.