Jan 2021 – Feb 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• Role as Manager - TA - Lead - University Campus Recruiter:
• » Managing B School, E School and Under Grad hiring PAN India for interns and full time. Pre-placement, during placement and post placement process to managed end to end
• » Collaborate with business and campus to develop recruiting strategies at targeted institutes/universities
• » Develop operational plans and branding activities at assigned institutes with business.
• » Build relationship with business partner, placement officers, faculty, alumni and students and HC Stakeholders
• » Develop, implement, and execute, on campus events related to recruitment and engagement activities.
• » Develop, communicate, and implement, recruiter toolkits, interview manuals/guidelines to ensure campus recruiters and targeted teams have necessary information to be effective.
• » Management of documents and excel sheets of all the processes followed for campus recruitment. Preparing reports and presentation as per business needs.
• » Release of offer and managing onboarding of selected candidates
• » Partner with hiring teams to build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches with an ability to manage customer/partner expectations through a deep understanding of return on investment.
• Must be able to understand how to recruit passive candidates and possess the mentality to "profile people and gauge chemistry of candidates for fit and understand their motivation" rather than sell a role.
• Build and maintain network of potential candidates through pro-active market research and on-going relationship management; conducts in-depth interviews of potential candidates, demonstrating ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences through high offer-to-interview ratios.
• Partner with premier technology universities in India to build relationship with professors from departments like Computer Science, Information Technology etc to build a strategy to attract relevant talent

Jul 2016 – Jan 2021 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Mumbai Area, India.

• Key Profile: Collaborate with hiring managers in identification of key role/ candidate requirements and finalizing selection strategy, SLA/ roles & accountabilities and updating JD prior to commencement of candidate search
• Provide long term staffing vision and lead the team of high-performing campus recruiters
• Lead the company’s campus recruiting efforts to hire exceptional talent into the company across verticals in India
• Spearhead recruitment activities related to national hiring of non-engineering freshers, , Business Management & Commerce Graduates as well as Diploma and MCA candidates from major colleges in India
• Led the Exclusive Hiring Program from Premier Institutes such as IIM"s, IIT and NITs focusing on nurturing the Next Gen Leaders – advise the business on campuses to visit and other key decisions on compensation, branding and networking activities
• Develop and implement effective and robust campus hiring process in the organization
• Ensure alignment between business and recruitment pertaining to selection of candidates based on job descriptions
• Guide team members in managing recruitment processes like conducting phone/ face-to-face competency based interviews, recording relevant details associated to job requisitions and candidates followed by categorization of candidates in the CV database
• Involved in identification/ searching, networking with active/ passive job seekers, both internally and externally, for hard-to-hire and specific vacancies
• Identify and determine appropriate branding and campus recruitment activities and events
• Develop a strategic plan for the usage of social media for campus recruitment purposes
• Advise hiring managers on the appropriate assessment tools for different roles, develop relevant interview questions and analyze selection reports and feedback to assess the candidates' strength against the vacancy
• Collaborate with hiring managers in finalizing candidates

Oct 2015 – May 2016 · 7 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• » Interviews applicant to determine qualification and eligibilty for employement.
• » Contacts prospective employers to determine needs and explain Career services.
• » Arrange on campus interviews between employers and graduating students to facilitiate recruitment of graduates.
• » Collects, organizes and analyzes occupational, educational and economic information for use in job placement activities.
• » Coordinates program for analysing campus jobs.
• » Designing recruitment tools and processes that relate directly to business needs, including selection and assessment.
• » Handling succession planning to include human resource requirements in consultation with heads of different functional & operational areas and conducting selection interviews.
• » Managing complete recruitment life-cycle for sourcing the best talent from diverse channels after identification of manpower requirements.
• » Developing & implementing strategies for screening / recruitment to combat high attrition rate & retain talent.
• » Planning, coordinating and executing head hunting process; maintaining a comprehensive data bank of all employees with varied background.
• » Identifying candidates on the basis of technical requirements, scheduling interviews and verifying candidate’s credentials & career expectations.
• » Planning human resource requirements in consultation with heads of different functional & operational areas.
• » Handling all the functions from releasing offer letters to employee on-boarding
• » Handling HR Recruitment vendor management consultancies.

Nov 2009 – Sep 2015 · 5 yrs 10 mos · Mumbai

• Growth Path:
• Deputy Manager - Career Services Nov 09 – Nov 10.
• Manager – Career Services Nov 10 – Nov 11.
• Manager – Recruitment & Career Service. Nov 11 - Sep 15
• Role
• » Cordinates activities of job career services for students and graduates: develope placement office procedures.
• » Excellent track record of managing key accounts regarding recruitments such as :
• » E&Y,Kotak Bank,Draftfcb +Ulka,CMIE,Nestle,Amul,Edelweiss,Johnson Control,Transparent Value,etc
• » Conducts in – service training program for placement personnel.
• » Interviews applicant to determine qualification and eligibilty for employement.
• » Contacts prospective employers to determine needs and explain Career services.
• » Arrange on campus interviews between employers and graduating students to facilitiate recruitment of graduates.
• » Collects, organizes and analyzes occupational, educational and economic information for use in job placement activities.
• » Coordinates program for analyzing campus jobs.
• » Interacting with the students & faculty on day to day basis.
• » Visiting various college campuses, to understand market scenario.
• » Training & Development.
• » Client Servicing.
• » Designing recruitment tools and processes that relate directly to business needs, including selection and assessment
• Highlights
• » Played a pivotal role in handling 5 + years Campus Placements / Recruitment,Sourcing (Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad) Campuses.
• » Successfully positioned:
• 500 + students for summer internship in 5 Years.
• 500 + students till today for final placements in 5 Years.
• Continuously organizing Industrial Visit and Business Camps.
• » Instrumental in advising & assigning specialized courses to individuals, as per their capability & strength.
• » Effectively conducting moc, viva interviews of students.
• » Connecting with various corporate & business developments.

Feb 2008 – Nov 2009 · 1 yr 9 mos · Mumbai

• Role
• » Handling hiring & training of internal teams.
• » Coaches,Mentors and leads the recruiters
• » Accountability of recruitment P & L.
• » Canvassed employers by telephone to establish new contracts and their recruitment requirement.
• » Understanding client requirement & problem areas through regular meetings & interactions & developing new business.
• » Consult with management in reference to market conditions, hiring and iinovation to attract recruiters.
• » Participating in job fairs & seminars.
• » Client Servicing.
• » Business Development.
• » Successfully handled walk in drives
• Highlights
• » Successfully led a team of 15 Recruiters (West).
• » Effectively prepared an action plan on the given mandate with identified recruiters.
• » Played a key role in mining open positions from existing clients.
• » Instrumental in forecasting & planning for every quarter.

Jun 2005 – Feb 2008 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Mumbai

• Growth Path:
• Recruitment Consultant Jun’05 – Jun’06
• Manager Recruitment Jun’06 – Feb’08
• Role as a Recruitment Consultant
• » Invited job applications and shortlist them as per guidelines given.
• » Worked for different and designations and handled recruitment for multiple branches.
• » Visiting college campuses & various DSA & DST.
• » Handling recruitment activities viz. headhunting candidates, short listing & sourcing of candidates from various channels & portals to be placed.
• » Interacting with client on regular basis to understand there requirements.
• » Negotiated with candiadtes for remuneration package.
• » Coordinating with key AC Managers.
• » Preparing offer letters & completing joining formalities & induction process of new joinees.
• Role as Manager Recruitment
• » Handling team of 6 Recruiters (FOS & Non FOS).
• » Preparing action plan on the given mandate with identified recruiters.
• » Ensuring placements of new joinees on time which is within 48 hours.
• » Coaches, Mentors and leads the recruiters.
• » Manages, creates and develops recruiting resources and tools to attract top talent.
• » Serves as lead for reporting employment metrics, affirmative action reporting and strategies.
• » Serves as a primary point of contact for Recuiters regarding vendor issues, contract negotiation.
• » Conducting internal team member’s appraisal, as on merit.
• » Forecasting & planning targets for every quarter.
• » Client Servicing.
• » Business Development.
• » Handled succession planning to include human resource requirement in consultation with dept heads.
• » Handled all the functions from recruitment to on boarding.
• Highlights
• » Played a key role in mining open positions from existing clients.
• » Managing complete recruitment life-cycle for sourcing the best talent from diverse channels after identification of manpower