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Rakesh Kumar

Captain · DISC type DS
Talent Management Specialist at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

A seasoned Talent Acquisition Specialist at Hewlett Packard Enterprise with over a decade of experience in university relations and campus recruitment. He excels at sourcing early-career talent from premier institutions for roles in R&D and finance, having successfully hired over 2, 000 students.

He is passionate about nurturing emerging professionals and creating a seamless transition for students from academia into the corporate world. His focus is on building strong relationships and ensuring new hires feel welcomed and valued, as shown in his recent posts about intern onboarding.

He dramatically scaled diversity hiring from 35% to 67% and expanded apprenticeship programs to government colleges in Tier 4 cities.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Talent Management Specialist
Job Level
Junior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Rakesh shows up

Output-Driven
Long-Term Thinker
Dynamic But Sincere

They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.

Priorities

Topics Rakesh cares about

Diversity Hiring
Has a proven track record of significantly increasing diversity in campus hiring, scaling it from 35% to 67%.
Early-Career Talent
Focuses on recruiting and onboarding interns and graduates from premier universities to build a strong talent pipeline for HPE.
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Career

Work history

8-2022
Talent Management Specialist
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
6-2015 - 8-2022
Executive Lead in Talent Acquisition
EY
6-2012 - 6-2015
Recruitment Coordinator
MeritTrac Services
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Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Rabindranath Tagore University
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA
Kalinga University, Raipur
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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