Karthik Venkataraju

Researcher
DISC Type : Cs

Talent Acquisition Manager at Accenture

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Overview

Karthik Venkataraju is a Recruiting Manager at Accentures Strategy & Consulting, Data & AI division. With a background including an MBA from the University of Staffordshire, he specializes in talent acquisition for high-demand tech sectors like Cloud, Security, and ServiceNow.

He manages the complete external and lateral hiring process for four distinct business units simultaneously at Accenture.

Personality Overview

Process Focused

Soft Communicator

Perfectionist

They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end.  The only way to convince them is by showing them examples and ample proof. They tend to have clarity about their needs and constraints, and are unlikely to over-promise.

Topics They Care About

Tech Talent Strategy
Manages recruitment for specialized Accenture units including Data & AI, Cloud, and Security, focusing on acquiring in-demand technology talent.
Consulting Recruitment
His role explicitly involves managing the hiring pipeline for Accenture's key Strategy & Consulting practice.
Emerging Technologies
He shares content about Accenture's annual technology trend reports, showing an interest in how innovation impacts talent needs.

Media Appearances

Karthik has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2013
Talent Acquisition Manager at Accenture
12-2022
Recruiting Manager at Accenture
3-2020 - 11-2022
Recruiting Associate Manager at Accenture
5-2012 - 9-2013
Senior Recruiter at Tata Elxsi
10-2011 - 5-2012
Senior Recruiter at Log-Us Business systems pvt ltd

Education

2009 - 2011
Full time MBA- Educational break from University of Staffordshire
2003 - 2006
BBM(Bachelors in Business Management) from Bangalore University

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Insights For Selling To Karthik

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Actively address their concerns around change, risk, and acceptance by users
  • Use a presentation with information before getting into a live product walkthrough
  • Share whitepapers or case studies that showcase measurable results instead of just telling customer stories

DONT's

  • Avoid emotional and informal language, stay objective and to the point instead
  • Avoid phrases like ‘trust me’, ‘you will just love it’ etc.
  • Don’t overhype the product/pitch, keep it measured

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Karthik is

  • Proof of usage by others in the industry, case studies showing ROI are likely to work the best with them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Karthik

  • They don’t say no often, they push out the decisions or keep going around in circles.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Karthik move?

  • They are some of the slowest movers and take their time reaching decisions.
  • Can Karthik take some risk or not?

  • They have very low acceptance of risk even if they do not say it directly.

You And Karthik

Personality Compatibility


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