Shalini Rai

Technical Recruiter

Gurgaon, Haryana, India7 yrs 2 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Successfully onboarded over 250 software engineers.
Strengthened diversity hiring with over 60% female representation.
Led recruitment strategies for critical business initiatives.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Human Resources professional specializing in technical recruitment within the telecommunications sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

Stakeholder ManagementHuman Resources (hr)

Other Skills

Candidate ExperienceCreative StrategyCustomer-Focused ServiceManagementMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft WordOnboardingProblem SolvingProgram ManagementRecruitingScreening ResumesSocial MediaTalent Assessment

About

Working as HR Executive - HR Personal with an eye for excellence and passionate about serving the needs of both Clients as well as Candidates. My commitment to the job is a very important factor for me, no matter what the field of work is. I want to help you get the best jobs and services done . I will provide you the best talent with the latest technologies and methods. * A quick learner who can absorb new ideas, communicate clearly & effectively & also find suitable solutions to meet the needs

Experience

Airtel digital

2 roles

Manager

Promoted

Jun 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos · On-site

expanded portfolio, now managing three key verticals under Airtel Digital Engineering — Digital Experience (Airtel Thanks App), Financial Services (NBFC), and Digital Acquisition (Airtel Works).
Spearheaded end-to-end recruitment strategy across tech and non-tech roles, ensuring timely and quality hiring for critical business initiatives.
Partnered with senior stakeholders including VPs and CIO office to understand talent needs, align hiring strategies, and deliver on business priorities with measurable outcomes.
Successfully onboarded 250+ Software Engineering professionals, improving hiring turnaround time and reducing offer drop ratios through proactive engagement.
Strengthened diversity hiring initiatives, generating 360+ qualified leads through focused sourcing drives and ensuring over 60% female representation in key roles.
Championed NBFC domain hiring, building specialized digital and analytics talent pools to support Airtel’s Financial Services growth journey.
Led cross-functional recruitment drives for Digital Engineering and externalization projects, driving collaboration between business and HR for scalable outcomes.
Enhanced digitized hiring operations by leveraging Darwin, LinkedIn, and Naukri platforms to improve candidate experience, tracking, and reporting efficiency

Stakeholder ManagementProblem SolvingCandidate ExperienceSocial MediaCustomer-Focused ServiceCreative Strategy+2

Senior Technical Recruiter

Dec 2021 – Jun 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos · On-site

Currently handling one of the biggest vertical of Airtel Digital Engineering Team (Digital Experience) along with the Financial Services new vertical.
Identified, recruited and assessed 50+ technical job applicants against specific criteria, resulting in placement of 250 Software Engineering professionals
Negotiated with candidates and successfully on-boarded and placed resources within different teams.
Participated in sourcing jams and generated 360+ leads from Q2’23 onwards with diversity as the primary focus.
Worked with the stakeholders i.e. the Hiring Managers to gather requirements to hire, understand the job role, provided stats on current market insights and updated weekly on the hiring status.
Part of the Domain Hiring (Majorly Financial Services) project team conducting research and preparing Software Engineering domain specific talent pool data.
Focal for Core Data hiring deliverables and collaborated with the extended team to bring closures for all roles aligned for various HMs across multiple teams.
Worked on Recruitment Metrics and hiring Plans in order to organize the Drives required as per the projects.
Position associated skills
Skills: Problem Solving • Candidate Experience • Social Media • Customer-Focused Service • Human Resources (HR) • Stakeholder Management • Creative Strategy • Program Management

Problem SolvingCandidate ExperienceSocial MediaCustomer-Focused ServiceHuman Resources (HR)Stakeholder Management+2

Accenture

Human Resources Executive

Feb 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos · Gurgaon, India · On-site

Sourced and screened candidates for various Technical roles; Software Engineer and Lateral hiring (Engineering Manager).
Created Boolean Search strings to source from various social media tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Job boards and applicant tracking system.
Posted job openings on LinkedIn; reviewed and shortlisted job applicants
Contacted shortlisted candidates to gauge interest and skills required for the role; knowledge of full life cycle recruitment process.
Communicated relevant candidate-specific information to interviewers.
Utilized ATS system (ORC) to maintain accurate data and to track applicant status.
Developed and implemented diverse recruitment strategies to improve efficiency and streamline processes in partnership with Recruiters and Hiring Managers (HM); reduced the TAT.
Conducted market research, talent landscaping using LinkedIn Insights; maintained market intelligence on the hiring landscape.
Managed pipelines (active and passive) of talent pool for various roles sourced from LinkedIn utilizing data from market research.
Delivered timely management reports and recruitment challenges with solutions to hire high caliber candidates for the organization.

Human Resources (HR)RecruitingSocial MediaProblem Solving

Career genesis

Recruitment Consultant

Jul 2019 – Jan 2020 · 6 mos · Gurugaon

Dlf limited

Intern

Jun 2018 – Aug 2018 · 2 mos · Gurgaon, India

Got an opportunity to work with HR department of Delhi, land and fiancé private limited (DLF) as an intern.
Responsibilities:
Recruitment of Professionals from Job portals like Naukri, Shine, Monster, Linkedln etc.
On boarding of the employees starting from Induction, orientation to the verification of
documents.
Assisting the Seniors in day to day work.
Grievances handling of employees with best efficiency possible.
Exit interview process.

Tata consultancy services

Information Technology Specialist

Jun 2016 – Jan 2017 · 7 mos

I have worked with TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES for about six months in this time period I worked in two projects one is SHORE MORTGAGE (USA) and other one is ABN AMRO (NETHERLAND).
Responsibilities:
Worked as finance associate for six months.
Handling of verification documents of US residents.
Dealing with clients and satisfying the necessities required by the ABN AMRO bank.
Handling the accounts of the Customers and giving the proper Feedback possible.