Kalyan Seshadri

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Senior Manager Talent Acquisition at Evernorth Health Services

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Overview

Kalyan is a talent acquisition leader with over 19 years of experience scaling teams for startups and complex global organizations in FMCG, tech, and healthcare. A graduate of Osmania University, he excels in strategic planning and process transformation. He has a proven ability to manage multicultural teams and influence key stakeholders.

He is passionate about building a positive and grateful work environment, frequently celebrating team successes and company culture online. Kalyan values growth, innovation, and progress, and actively promotes these within his professional community. He is an advocate for expressing gratitude and fostering a strong, value-driven culture.

He was instrumental in building PepsiCos Talent Acquisition Global Business Service in Hyderabad from the ground up, supporting operations across 22 countries.

Personality Overview

Value Driven

Curious

Assertive

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.  They often ask many questions and rely heavily on information and documentation. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.

Topics They Care About

Global TA Services
Built and scaled a Global Business Service for PepsiCo from scratch in Hyderabad, supporting 22 countries with sourcing, onboarding, and process reengineering.
Healthcare Recruitment
Currently leads talent acquisition at Evernorth Health Services and posts job openings specifically seeking candidates with Healthcare GCC experience.
Team Culture
Frequently posts about the importance of gratitude and celebrating team milestones, progress, and growth at Evernorth Health Services.

Media Appearances

Kalyan has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2024
Senior Manager Talent Acquisition at Evernorth Health Services
11-2022 - 9-2024
Talent Acquisition - DE&I Lead at Carelon
7-2021 - 11-2022
Senior Manager Talent Acquisition at PepsiCo
10-2019 - 7-2021
Manage Talent Acquisition at PepsiCo
6-2015 - 10-2019
Assistant Manager - Talent Acquisition at Deloitte

Education

2000 - 2003
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) from Osmania University

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Insights For Selling To Kalyan

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Focus on immediate action-items rather than the larger goals
  • Be prepared for a lot of questions, answer them objectively
  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later

DONT's

  • Avoid making offhand commitments
  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points
  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Kalyan is

  • Clear proof of product value matters to them, followed by others' testimonials and rapport.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Kalyan

  • They are practical yet friendly, don’t expect a clear no very often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Kalyan move?

  • They like to analyze well and can take their time to reach any decisions.
  • Can Kalyan take some risk or not?

  • They systematically evaluate all decisions and are unlikely to take many risks.

You And Kalyan

Personality Compatibility


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