Rishika Gurung

Operations Associate

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India5 yrs 5 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in lateral and leadership hiring strategies.
Achieved 340 hires in a year through innovative sourcing.
Reduced new joiner attrition from 30% to 4%.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with a strong focus on strategic hiring in the education and tech sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionStakeholder ManagementCampus RecruitingStrategic Sourcing

Other Skills

Leadership HiringLateral HiringSalary NegotiationPolicy ComplianceBoolean SearchingCandidate ExperienceRecruitment PlanningRecruiting MetricsHeadhuntingEmployee ReferralsWalk-in Drive ManagementBulk hiring/ Volume hiringCollege RecruitingEmployer BrandingRelationship Building

About

Motivated HR professional with experience in lateral and leadership hiring, HR operations and employee engagement. Skilled in crafting recruitment strategies, managing stakeholder relationships, and ensuring policy compliance. Highly organized with expertise in non-technical hiring, constantly striving for growth and new learning opportunities.

Experience

5 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 11 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 6 mos

Current Experience

Intellipaat

Manager-Talent Acquisition

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Led recruitment across diverse teams, successfully filling critical positions in Frontend Developer, Influencer Marketing, University Partnerships (B2B), Graphic Designer, Sales Manager, and Quality Analysts by managing the entire hiring process.
Improved lateral hiring by automating processes, cutting administrative tasks and speeding up responses.
Managed salary negotiations and implemented competitive salary structures for new hires across all domains as per the market trends.
Ensured adherence to labour laws through regular audits, minimizing risks and maintaining ethical practices.
Collaborating with the Co-founder and VPs on recruitment and HR strategies, driving a boost in recruitment and organizational efficiency.

Leadership HiringLateral HiringStakeholder ManagementSalary NegotiationPolicy ComplianceTalent Acquisition

Fresh prints

Campus Recruiter

Oct 2023 – Sep 2024 · 11 mos · Remote

Strategic sourcing using boolean search via LinkedIn, conducting research on top 300-400 schools and reaching out directly by adding my own creative touch to enhance candidate experience and exceed individual hiring goals.
Creating a detailed recruitment plan from sourcing to final selection and making sure each candidate meets the Quality Assurance score (QA) for training.
Met monthly target of 30 hires to contribute to the team target and hired 340 students in total in a tenure of 1 year.
Promoting and marketing the position through outbound recruiting campaigns including calls, emails, texts, etc.
Maintained a healthy weekly sign-up rate of 6%, a call-show-up rate of 55% and an offer-acceptance rate of 70% and contributing to the team's monthly hiring goals.
Prepare weekly reports on recruiting metrics and manage the data for analysing the progress every week. Coordinated and worked directly with the interviewing & training teams.

Boolean SearchingStrategic SourcingCandidate ExperienceRecruitment PlanningRecruiting MetricsCampus Recruiting

Great learning

Assistant Manager - Talent Acquisition

Jul 2020 – Jul 2023 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Handled end-to-end lateral hiring for sales and marketing positions for
domestic and international markets.
Maintained a healthy source mix from Organic platforms like Linkedin and Naukri of 24%,
employee referrals of 46%, company website of 18% and networks of 12%.
Efficient in stakeholder management by understanding their hiring needs and building
solutions and pipelines to deliver them timely.
Headhunting and networking internally for niche and complex roles and sharing weekly
reports on updates to the hiring managers.
Reduced infant attrition of new joiners from 30% to 4% within 6 months under various
departments and adhered to the TAT of 30 days.
Led a Walk-in Drive and campus placement which enhanced the selection rate by 30% for
critical roles.
Initially joined the Business Development Team and drove inquiries & admissions for the online/blended learning programs for Data Science(AI&ML) offered for the Domestic Market. Generated revenue of 4.15 Cr for the tenure of 1.5 years and received Ninja
Arcade for being a Consistent Performer.