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title: "Atul Kariwala - Independent Recruitment Consultant in Kolkata | Tal"
description: "Meet Atul Kariwala, Senior Talent Acquisition Leader | Driving Hypergrowth Hiring | Global Hiring Specialist based in Kolkata."
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# Atul Kariwala on Tal

## Headline

Senior Talent Acquisition Leader \| Driving Hypergrowth Hiring \| Global Hiring Specialist

## About

I help organizations scale with the right talent\. With 13\+ years in Talent Acquisition across U\.S\. and Indian markets, I have led high\-volume and niche hiring initiatives across Technology, Engineering, Compliance/AML, Healthcare, and Finance sectors\. At AML RightSource, I contributed to one of the most aggressive growth phases in the organization\. I partnered closely with senior leadership on workforce planning, hiring forecasts, and recruitment strategy execution aligned to business expansion goals\. My expertise includes: • Full\-cycle recruitment leadership • Workforce planning & hiring strategy • Global hiring \(U\.S\. & India markets\) • Talent pipelining & passive sourcing \(Boolean/X\-Ray\) • Recruitment process optimization • Stakeholder & leadership partnership • Recruiter mentorship & productivity improvement I am particularly passionate about building scalable hiring engines, improving recruiter effectiveness, and creating strong candidate experiences in high\-growth environments\. Open to senior Talent Acquisition leadership roles, Principal Talent Partner opportunities, and strategic hiring mandates within high\-growth, GCC, fintech, and enterprise organizations\.

## Location

Kolkata

## Work experience

Independent Recruitment Consultant at Freelance, Mar 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 3 mos, Hybrid, Partnering with founders, CXOs, and business heads to design and execute scalable hiring strategies\. Leading end\-to\-end recruitment across Leadership, Engineering, Product, Sales & Operations roles\. Advising on hiring structure, compensation benchmarking & market intelligence\. Designing recruitment workflows to reduce time\-to\-hire and improve candidate quality\. Managing India & US hiring mandates\. Key Achievements: Successfully supported high\-growth organizations during aggressive expansion phases\. Built hiring processes from scratch for early\-stage startups\. Closed critical leadership and hard\-to\-fill technical roles\.

Recruitment Specialist at Freelance Talent Acquisition Consultant, Mar 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 3 mos, Partner with leadership teams to design scalable hiring frameworks and workforce expansion strategies\. Advise on talent intelligence, sourcing architecture, and pipeline sustainability models\. Implement recruitment process improvements to reduce time\-to\-fill and enhance candidate experience\. Mentor recruiters on advanced sourcing methodologies and stakeholder engagement best practices\.

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at AML RightSource, Jun 2022 \- Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, • Supported rapid organizational scale\-up contributing hires across compliance and technology functions\. • Partnered with senior leadership on hiring forecasts and workforce expansion planning • Improved team productivity by 35% through sourcing strategy enhancement and mentorship • Built scalable talent pipelines to reduce time\-to\-fill and strengthen hiring quality • Strengthened employer branding and candidate engagement initiatives

Principal Recruiter at iPlace, Apr 2022 \- Jun 2022 · 3 mos, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, Partnered with U\.S\. clients to fulfil niche and volume hiring needs across tech and non\-tech domains\. Conducted competency\-based interviews to assess technical and cultural fit\.

Senior Technical Recruiter at DISYS, Oct 2021 \- Apr 2022 · 7 mos, Specialized in sourcing for roles like Business Analysts, QA Analysts, SDETs, Project/Program Managers\. Developed targeted search strategies using Boolean logic and social recruiting\.

## Education

Bachelor of Commerce, Business/Commerce, General, Calcutta University, Kolkata

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