About

Sowmya Shivarama is a highly experienced and passionate HR professional with a strong background in the internet industry. She is currently working as a Talent Acquisition Specialist at Whatfix, where she specializes in end-to-end IT recruitment and talent management. Sowmya's areas of expertise include sourcing, screening, outbound hiring, niche hiring, leadership hiring, internet hiring, hiring drive/advisor, employee engagement, events or meetups expert, and stakeholder management. She is a strong human resources professional with a Master of Business Administration focused on human resources and finance from Presidency University, Bengaluru. Prior to her current role, Sowmya worked at Belong as a Talent Acquisition Specialist. Her responsibilities included internal hiring for tech roles and senior IT recruiter roles, sourcing, shortlisting, and pre-screening candidates, conducting hiring drives, diversity and tech events, and acting as a career consultant. She also worked with clients such as Flipkart, Future Group, RootBridge, SalesKen, Dehaat, Classplus, BharatPe, Progcap, PayPal, and ITC. Before joining Belong, Sowmya worked as an HR intern at Zoomcar. During her internship, she gained exposure to internal hiring for IT and non-IT roles, employee engagement, documentation, reference checks, background checks, sourcing, scheduling, and interviewing for customer success, operations, and HR executive roles. She also worked on selection, onboarding, induction, and orientation processes. Sowmya's education history includes a Master of Business Administration in HR and finance from Presidency University, Bengaluru, and a Bachelor of Business Administration in HR from KCMS, Bangalore. She is also proficient in AI, data science, and software engineering. Overall, Sowmya has 4.11 years of relevant experience in the HR industry. She is a dedicated and results-driven professional who is committed to delivering exceptional candidate and customer experiences.