Jan 2013 – Jun 2016 · 3 yrs 5 mos

• In my present role, my responsibility is to help new joinees assimilate seamlessly into the Organization. I hand hold new joinees for the first thirty days of their career and act as a Single Point Of Contact between them and the other departmentsso that they can complete their mandated First Things First Activities during their initial days. I also facilitate New Employee Experience Programs and function as the Bangalore regional SPOC. In addition to this, I am also a Social Media Adoption Ambassador, who advocates the use of Social Collaboration Tools within and outside the organization Firewall, I support teams and individuals with tools and resources which helps them complete the mandated hours.

Dec 2004 – Jan 2013 · 8 yrs 1 mo

• I am an IBM certified Instructional Designer, Franklin Covey certified facilitator for "Seven Habits of Highly effective people and also certified by Thomas International for PPA and by Hogan Assesments. I facilitate Learning & Development trainings within the location as well as Pan India, perform a consulting role with various internal clients within the location, drive learning needs analysis exercises, execute trainings based on LNA, work in a Matrix Organization network to collaborate on various projects which vary from conducting "Train The Trainer" workshops on various topics, develop and re-design content using authoring tools like LMS and SIMPRO to author and create learning modules,co-ordinate with the central team in Gurgaon to organize trainings for all the employees in the Business Unit, create and execute the monthly training calendar for the entire business unit in terms of facilitation and organizing resources. I am an E-facilitator certified on tools such as Centra and Blackboard Collaborate.

Oct 2004 – Nov 2004 · 1 mo

• Scanning Jobsites such as DICE.com and Monster.com and short listing resumes for a particular skill set required
• Forwarding short listed resumes to the US office for approval
• Establishing contact with prospective candidates based in India and US to offer prospective jobs
• Organizing interviews with our US office for the short listed candidates.

Mar 2003 – Oct 2004 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Providing placement opportunities to international & Indian students’ viz. Mid-term placements and final placements in areas related information technology, advertising and public relations and Fashion.
• Approaching the corporate sector for tie-ups with respect to internship and final placement for students
• Conducting seminars on within the institute as well as in colleges on topics such as How to build your resume? & How to appear for interviews?
• Conducting psychometric tests, mock interviews and counseling sessions for students

Jul 2002 – Mar 2003 · 8 mos

• Sales of the premium mail solutions to corporate and individual customers.
• Developing channel for providing mail solutions.
• Backoffice administration of the site search engine by adding new data and ensuring the engine is update with latest information.
• Attending premieres and launches of products and movies and reporting the same on the website. Interviewing celebrities (Lisa Ray, Rahul Khanna) with respect to movie launches and music releases

Jan 2001 – Jul 2002 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Was responsible for the academic, marketing and administrative health of the center.
• Setting and achieving sales targets for the center in co-ordination with the head office.
• Providing inputs to faculties with respect to proper conducting of batches in terms of delivery, knowledge enhancement.
• Reviewing counselor's performance and motivating them to perform better to increase the sales.
• Addressing and solving student grievances and inventing new ideas to get the student community to know more about the institute and thus enroll themselves for course conducted by us.
• Preparing schedules taking into consideration classroom occupancy, number of students per batch and various other factors.
• Counseling students with respect to various courses
• Conducting various promotion activities with petrol pumps, Internet Service Providers Banks. Conducting seminars on E-Commerce, Interactive workshops, news paper inserts etc. within the institute

Feb 2000 – Dec 2000 · 10 mos

• Was responsible for the academic, marketing and administrative health of the center.
• Setting and achieving sales targets for the center in co-ordination with the head office.
• Providing inputs to faculties with respect to proper conducting of batches in terms of delivery, knowledge enhancement.
• Reviewing counselor's performance and motivating them to perform better to increase the sales.
• Addressing and solving student grievances and inventing new ideas to get the student community to know more about the institute and thus enroll themselves for course conducted by us.
• Preparing schedules taking into consideration classroom occupancy, number of students per batch and various other factors.
• Counseling students with respect to various courses
• Conducting various promotion activities with petrol pumps, Internet Service Providers Banks. Conducting seminars on E-Commerce, Interactive workshops, news paper inserts etc. within the institute

Jan 1999 – Feb 2000 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Was responsible for the academic, marketing and administrative health of the center.
• Setting and achieving sales targets for the center in co-ordination with the head office.
• Providing inputs to faculties with respect to proper conducting of batches in terms of delivery, knowledge enhancement.
• Reviewing counselor's performance and motivating them to perform better to increase the sales.
• Addressing and solving student grievances and inventing new ideas to get the student community to know more about the institute and thus enroll themselves for course conducted by us.
• Preparing schedules taking into consideration classroom occupancy, number of students per batch and various other factors.
• Counseling students with respect to various courses
• Conducting various promotion activities with petrol pumps, Internet Service Providers Banks. Conducting seminars on E-Commerce, Interactive workshops, news paper inserts etc. within the institute

Oct 1998 – Dec 1998 · 2 mos

• Scanning Jobsites such as DICE.com and Monster.com and short listing resumes for a particular skill set required
• Forwarding short listed resumes to the US office for approval
• Establishing contact with prospective candidates based in India and US to offer prospective jobs
• Organizing interviews with our US office for the short listed candidates.
• Was responsible for recruiting Indian software professionals for H1B assignments across the US of A. Key responsibilities included the entire interviewing process right from headhunting through o the person and semi technical round, lining up the candidates for the client interview, negotiating salaries, collecting documents for H1B process, and guiding them through the US Counsulate interview.

Jun 1998 – Sep 1998 · 3 mos

• Was responsible for domestic as well as international recruitment. Travelling throughout various engineering colleges delivering seminars on new technologies.

Jun 1997 – May 1998 · 11 mos

• Was responsible for the entire recruitment cycle starting from headhunting to guiding the candidate for the Visa Counsulate interview for H1B visa candidates. in addition to this I also did travel across the country recruiting software professionals for H1B assignments in the US of A.

Apr 1996 – Jun 1997 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Was responsible for recruiting Indian software professionals for H1B assignments across the US of A. Key responsibilities included the entire interviewing process right from headhunting through o the person and semi technical round, lining up the candidates for the client interview, negotiating salaries, collecting documents for H1B process, and guiding them through the US Counsulate interview.

Jun 1994 – Mar 1996 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Worked with Aptech Computer Education as an Internal as well as a corporate faculty conducting trainings on PC Fundamentals, Ms-Office, Basic of C programming. Provided assistance in the Lab as well as also assisted in internal faculty allocation for different topics within the center.

Feb 1993 – Jun 1994 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Was responsible for training in a variety of subjects such as PC fundamentals, Ms-Windows, Ms-Office and Autocad.

Dec 1991 – Jan 1993 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Was responsible for conducting trainings sessions in basics of computers for internal as well as corporate clients. Was also responsible for maintaining the inventory of the Center wrt courseware.