Sep 2012 – Jul 2021 · 8 yrs 10 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area · On-site

• Role: Recruitment Director
• Technology Company building products for more than a decade in the online retail platform space, blockchain SAAS product, and mobile applications.
• ● Build and manage trusted relationships with key stakeholders and hiring managers
• ● Track HR metrics, create and share reports, and promote team productivity
• ● Championing the talent acquisition processes and ensure compliance
• ● Recruit for senior positions in addition to team lead responsibilities
• ● Lead and guide important Talent Acquisition team projects

Jan 2008 – Sep 2012 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Pune Area, India

• Role: Associate Consultant
• Part of Talent Strategy function for India Operations, which has 2 offices spread across 2 cities - Pune and Delhi. Responsible for:
• Managing end to end recruitment process including consulting with the hiring managers and business heads to identify staffing needs, design and implement attraction strategies, ensuring clear job skill specifications, internal and external sourcing, candidate screening, offer consultation and completion, and facilitation of background checks, relocation and hiring processes.
• Managing campus recruitment program for India. Worked closely with HR and hiring managers to achieve the campus hiring targets, including effective time to fill, cost per hire, and diversity. Worked closely with external stake holders like college placement cells from top tier engineering colleges like IITs,NITs and local top Pune colleges . Also, worked though online candidate assessment platforms to manage bulk hiring.
• Managing vendor relationships and participate in the assessment of their performance; providing solutions for improving vendor relationships.
• Developed, motivated and coached the Recruiting Team to help them achieve their maximum potential.
• Ensure the consistency in building and maintaining a robust pool of candidates via referrals, direct sourcing, Internet sites and networking. Focus on developing recruitment strategies to assure the highest level of recruitment productivity.
• Some of my key achievements in ZS Associates are:
• Selected as member of the talent strategy global team to set up a structured recruiting process specific to India
• Part of high performing team that upholds the high standards of ZS Associates recruiting
• Rolled out an aggressive ‘Graduate Hiring Program’ across leading technology colleges in India
• Selected as part of the top 5% global high potential talent pool of ZS Associates , a program that grooms selected candidates for high performance in a recruiting roles

Oct 2006 – Jan 2008 · 1 yr 3 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• Responsible for staffing requirements of various business units.
• Industry mapping & search for talent . Locate people whose personalities fit the company's values.Responsible for generating talent pool with the help of Walk-in, Ads in portals, employee ref schemes, direct applicants, vendors etc.
• Screening the candidates in the first round of interview. Interface with the business unit hiring team for the final interview. Negotiate salary & other T’s & C’s.
• Worked on Web technologies, Microsoft technologies, Client/System technologies, Oracle, DBA, Testing requirements for various levels.
• Involved in Campus Recruitment Drive, Fresher’s Walk-in, Non-IT to IT Recruitment Drive, Job fairs-Naukri.

Feb 2006 – Oct 2006 · 8 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• Maintaining MIS (Interviews taken, Candidates rating, and Rejections/Offers, Costing per Recruit).
• Recruited J2EE, Java, C++, VC++, datawarehousing and Oracle.
• Responsible for Generating talent pool with the help of Walk Ins, Ads in Portals, Employee Ref Schemes, Direct Applicants, Vendors etc.
• First level of HR interview-Screening the Candidates in the first Round of interview/interface with client for the final interview.

May 2004 – Jan 2006 · 1 yr 8 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• Entirely responsible for the recruitment of SAP professional for Pune Development Center.
• First level short listing of resumes matching to the skill set required in the particular domain area.
• Coordination with the Project Managers for technical short listing of C.V’s & scheduling of interviews.
• Posting advertisements in various jobsites as per the requirement given.
• Counseling aspiring candidates by making them aware of the opportunities and facilities available with Growel Softech solutions.

Aug 2003 – Apr 2004 · 8 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• Handling various IT Requirements based on SAP, Open systems & Microsoft Technologies.
• Sourcing Candidates using different sources like Headhunting, Job Portals, Internal Database and References.
• Short-listing the candidates matching the requirement.
• Scheduling Interviews of shortlisted candidates.
• Coordinating with clients in scheduling the Interviews.
• Interacting with clients & candidates.
• Regular follow up with clients for the feedback.