About

Saria Nazneen is a full cycle recruiter with over 8 years of experience in tech and non-tech hiring, with a strong focus on leadership hiring, diversity initiatives, and sourcing and strategizing for top talent. She is well-versed with the full recruitment cycle and has excellent consultative skills and domain expertise in the technology industry. Saria's work journey has evolved around talent research, mapping, intelligence gathering, and lead generation. She has gained experience in working on project, process, and operational optimization through various projects and initiatives. She was part of an in-house research function to improve internal business performance through research, insights, and knowledge, which as a team they successfully managed and proved that the model was scalable and profitable in the long run, thus enabling its implementation across the organization. Currently, Saria works as a Talent Acquisition Specialist at Meta, where her core work revolves around building a ready pipeline of senior Product Managers and looking for the most innovative PM's to help build exciting products in the family of apps for Meta. She collaborates with international teams on focused projects like 'Employee engagement', 'PM Competitive Intelligence', and 'Sourcing best practices' to provide the larger team with a uniform platform of tools and data. She also leads initiatives to improve new hire orientation and mock initiatives to include all recent joinees and gain first-hand practical training/experience. Saria has previously worked with J.P.Morgan, Indeed, Philips, LinkedIn, and Google, where she was part of the leadership and Digital hiring team, constantly on the lookout for innovators. She has worked on executive searches and niche roles, getting people who are rock-stars in their field, whilst giving them the best interviewing experience ever! She was into technology hiring and used various social media platforms/tools to find the best talent out there. Saria is passionate about connecting talent to opportunities and uses various social media platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Naukri, Hiree, Stackoverflow, and Boolean searches to obtain the best results. She has successfully conducted job drives/fairs and walk-ins for volume hiring and has also been part of executive searches for leadership roles. Apart from her work, Saria is passionate about volunteering and being involved in the social space. She volunteered with 'Make A Difference' - Bangalore chapter for three years, empowering kids at risk by teaching and mentoring them. She is also a micro-blogger on her Instagram account, where she shares her personal experiences and insights.