Jun 2023 – Jun 2024 · 1 yr · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · On-site

Jun 2021 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• As a seasoned recruitment professional with a wealth of experience in talent acquisition, I have a proven track record of successfully managing the full recruitment lifecycle. My expertise includes attracting and hiring top talent, creating a strong employer brand and reducing agency usage that result in cost savings for the organization.
• I have worked as a talent advisor to the business leaders to attract and hire the top 1% of the talent pool in the market, resulting in multiple high-caliber hires. I also hired 150 professionals from top financial/product firms, implementing some of the best hiring practices.
• My strong analytical skills were put to good use when I analyzed offer decline trends every quarter to improve the offer acceptance rate. I prepared weekly reporting metrics and dashboards to closely track the hiring progress, and reduced the overall time to hire through proactive sourcing and talent pipelining. In addition, I worked on market intel reports to help leadership with talent insights for business planning purposes.
• As part of my additional initiatives, I collaborated with the development team during the firm's recruitment transformation journey, helping to implement new recruitment strategies and technologies. I also conducted training sessions for the new joiners to ensure a smooth transition into their new roles.

Apr 2018 – May 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Delhi, India · On-site

• Campus Recruitment:
• As a hiring specialist, I utilized data-driven insights and market intel to plan and execute hiring strategies across various domains, such as engineering, science, management, design, CA, and LL.B.
• I facilitated seamless hiring events, engaging with more than 100 professionals within the firm, and mentored them on efficient assessment techniques to optimize and streamline our campus recruitment strategies.
• As part of my efforts to create an attractive employer brand, I conducted multiple engagement activities, including presentations, webinars, and contest promotions at prestigious tech and business schools. To attract and engage top talent, I leveraged various recruiting contests and internship programs to provide real-life experiences to candidates, further enhancing the employer brand.
• Lateral Recruitment:
• In this role, I played a key role in strategizing lateral recruitment for multiple business units, including Healthcare, Financial Services, Manufacturing and IT. My responsibilities included driving the entire talent acquisition process, starting from sourcing the right candidates to onboarding them, within the stipulated timelines while ensuring compliance with the company's policies and procedures.
• I've worked closely with department heads and hiring managers to prioritize immediate and critical talent needs and successfully hired 40+ experienced professionals every month, achieving recruitment targets of offers and joiners while maintaining quality of hires. Additionally, I have closed some of the most niche and leadership positions within the company's salary budget.
• As part of my major initiatives, I executed process improvement strategies to reduce overall TAT in hiring and implemented candidate experience improvement strategies. Finally, I made diversity recruitment a key component of the hiring process, ensuring that our talent acquisition efforts were inclusive and reflective of our organizational values.

Apr 2017 – May 2017 · 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• My summer internship project was to digitize the trainings offered by the corporate learning and development team at Larsen and Toubro.
• I conducted primary and secondary research on the latest digital training techniques at other organizations across industries through face-to-face interviews and surveys.
• I also assessed the firm's training requirements from HR personnel, business heads, digital officers, and IT personnel, and benchmarked the digital training methods of corporate training with the best L&D practices across industries.
• Additionally, I leveraged MOOC platforms for content creation and course delivery. Based on my internal and external research, I recommended a complete digitalization plan with a "to-be process" mapped to the "as-in process".

Dec 2013 – Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Kolkata Area, India · On-site

• I had the opportunity to work on an ERP application integration project called "Back to Basics". The aim of the project was to integrate various applications throughout the enterprise, streamlining the process to meet client needs. My experience spans across domains like Data Management, MIS Reports, Knowledge Repository, Client Handling, and Team Management.
• I conducted a comprehensive training program for new recruits and was responsible for managing talent development activities by deploying various learning programs, actively collaborating with the learning and development team. Additionally, I assisted in fulfilling the learning needs of associates and created learning courses for the IEvolve system.
• To strengthen group dynamics within the team, I pioneered the 'Know your Team' activity, which was well-received by team members.