About

Shashank Chikodi is an advanced leadership recruiter with over 14 years of experience in the field of talent acquisition. He is a trusted advisor to top talent and talent-filled organizations, leveraging advanced recruiting tools, platforms, and networking strategies to source talent from India, APAC, and Europe. Shashank specializes in building technology, product, and leadership teams for software and internet-based companies from scratch. He has developed a set of skills that include technical recruitment, IT recruitment, sourcing, headhunting, screening resumes, cold calling, salary negotiations, salary sheet-offer letter generation, and executive recruitment, among others. Currently, Shashank works at booking.com as an executive leadership recruiter, where he plays an integral role in driving growth by hiring top-tier talent. He identifies leads for niche roles at all leadership hiring levels and selects conferences and networking events to attend. He also builds reporting and metrics to help leadership make informed decisions and influence recruiting strategy in complex markets. Prior to booking.com, Shashank worked at Google as a technical recruiter for Google Cloud APAC, where he was privileged to be part of Google's cloud expansion. He also worked at Hortonworks Data Platform India Private Limited as a senior technical recruiter. Shashank holds a B.B.M in HR from Baldwin Methodist College, Bangalore University, and attended St. Paul's High School in Belgaum. He is skilled in research science and senior software engineering. Overall, Shashank is a highly experienced and skilled recruiter who has built a reputation as a trusted advisor to top talent and organizations. He is passionate about building high-performing teams and leveraging advanced recruiting tools and strategies to source and hunt top talent.