About

Sarat Tadepally is a seasoned Talent Acquisition professional with over 17 years of experience in the industry. Currently serving as the India Lead Employee Recruiting at Salesforce, Sarat has a proven track record of advocating for companies to adopt best-in-class strategies to attract and engage top talent. He possesses exceptional business acumen and the ability to address current and future implications of competition for talent, while developing leading strategies for implementation. Sarat has a talent for conducting sense-making of multifaceted challenges through the use of data, which he has acquired over the years. He has successfully conceptualized and driven strategies across JAPAC and EMEA. His key skills include large-scale recruitment campaigns, talent acquisition architecture, recruiting and candidate sourcing, candidate engagement and communication, and managing recruiting programs and projects. He is also well-versed in application tracking systems such as Workday, Jobvite, and Smart Recruiters. In his previous roles, Sarat has crafted scalable solutions to drive early talent acquisition, created consistency and success in revamping early talent strategy for technology business units in APJ, and identified process gaps and designed effective solutions to enhance the same. He has also revamped talent acquisition team structures, built recruiting workflow processes, and defined interview processes using the competency-based interview process. Sarat holds a certification as a Certified Scrum Master from Scrum Alliance and has completed his schooling from St. George's Grammar School in Hyderabad. He possesses relevant experience in Salesforce and has served as a Senior Software Engineer in the past. Sarat is a team player, mentor, and leader who has led distributed teams and is passionate about diversity, inclusion, and belonging. He is a valuable asset to any organization looking to attract and retain top talent in a competitive market.