Lokal

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Lokal  •  Bengaluru, IN (Onsite)  •  6 days ago
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Job Description

As a Recruiter at Lokal, you will own the complete hiring lifecycle — from sourcing and screening to stakeholder management and offer closures. The role requires strong execution capability, urgency, structured communication, and the ability to hire across both volume and niche mandates.

You will work closely with hiring managers across functions and play a critical role in scaling teams efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage end-to-end recruitment for Lateral & Niche hiring mandates.
  • Source candidates through job portals, referrals, LinkedIn, social media, and alternate channels.
  • Screen and evaluate candidates based on role fit, communication, intent, and culture alignment.
  • Coordinate interviews and drive fast turnaround times across hiring stages.
  • Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements and hiring priorities.
  • Build strong candidate pipelines for ongoing and future hiring needs.
  • Conduct market mapping and talent landscape analysis to identify relevant talent pools, competitor hiring trends, compensation benchmarks, and sourcing strategies for critical roles.
  • Ensure hiring mandates and timelines are consistently followed during MOM discussions, hiring sync-ups, and stakeholder reviews.
  • Track progress against hiring goals, highlight bottlenecks proactively, and drive timely closures through regular coordination with hiring managers and interview panels.
  • Maintain accountability across stakeholders by documenting action items, follow-ups, and hiring updates during recruitment sync meetings.

Requirements

  • 2 - 4 years of experience in recruitment/talent acquisition.
  • Experience in handling lateral and Niche hiring across multiple roles.
  • Strong sourcing and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment with aggressive hiring targets.
  • Good communication and candidate engagement skills.
  • Strong ownership mindset and execution focus.
  • Comfortable working with spreadsheets, ATS tools, and hiring dashboards.
  • Prior experience in startup hiring is a plus.

Why Join Us?

  • Opportunity to work directly with high-growth business teams.
  • Fast learning environment with high ownership.
  • Exposure to diverse hiring mandates and scaling challenges.
  • Collaborative and execution-driven culture.
  • Chance to contribute to process automation and recruitment innovation
Lokal

About Lokal

Lokal is India’s largest regional social media and services platform, built for the 500 million+ internet users from tier 2+ towns. We go beyond content to solve real, everyday problems of Bharat by enabling instant, affordable access to trusted information, experts, and services in local languages.

Founded by IIT alumni, Lokal started in 2018 to address the lack of relevant local content. Today, we operate across 250+ districts in 8 Indian states, serving users in 7 languages.

Now growing as a house of apps, Lokal has evolved into an AI-driven discovery and access platform connecting users in tier 2+ India with the experts, tools, and knowledge they’ve historically lacked access to!

Why Join Us?

We’re scaling fast with strong fundamentals, on a mission to empower millions through AI and access. At Lokal, you’ll take ownership from day one, build for real impact, and help redefine how Bharat connects to opportunities, knowledge, and experts.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Bengaluru, IN
Year Founded
2018
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