Apr 2022 – Jan 2023 · 9 mos

• Reason for leaving - Had to part ways due to Amazon's 2022 - 23, Global Downsizing.
• Managed E2E hiring for SDE I roles across GME Team for Prime Video & Music. Managed to complete the hiring with extended team support in 3 months. We were collectively able to close 31 hire calls in just 2 months, of which 11 were identified individually. Apart from sourcing was able to manage procuring panel availability through non-conventional outreach methods, with more than 100+ Hours from External Interviewers & 50+ BR Hours utilized across the team for various SDE I hiring events. Responsible for full cycle recruitment activities from sourcing to interview scheduling to offer, stakeholder management, and candidate engagement/management. Helping with hiring plans and delivery estimation. Briefing team members that newly started supporting SDE Hiring, buddying them with sourcing strategies, offer negotiation, candidate management and other inputs.
• Last managing hiring for SDM roles for Amazon Music.
• Accomplishments:**
• 100% Direct Hires, 0% external agency contribution.
• Recognized for “Invent & Simplify” in GME All Hands - August 2022 - Q3 2022

Jun 2021 – Apr 2022 · 10 mos

• Technical Sourcer – D&I Hiring**
• Amazon Global*
• June 2021 to April 2022 (Yellow Badge Payroll)*
• Responsible for SDE & NON - SDE Tech diversity hiring. Hiring potential returnees with a career break under an exclusively inclusive D&I program. Responsible for identifying talent through various non-conventional sourcing methods & alternate sourcing channels to map the “best inactive” talent in the market - with the motive to bring back untapped potential back in the workforce. Managing sourcing to pre-offer activities end to end. Versed with stakeholder management and scalable cost-effective hiring methods.
• Accomplishments:**
• 100% Direct Hires, 0% external agency contribution.
• Recognized for “Customer Accolades” in SDE All Hands Connect - Q3 2021

Mar 2021 – Jun 2021 · 3 mos

• Virtual Sourcer - Tech & Non-Tech**
• Amazon Global*
• March 2021 – June 2021*
• Supporting Amazon Worldwide for Tech & Non-Tech hiring across functions, starting from mid-management to leadership levels on a one to one contract with Amazon. Responsible for sourcing niche candidates through non-generic hiring methods like headhunting, organization mapping, social media and others.

Jun 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Reason of leaving - Role Redundancy
• Managing E2E Recruitment for Digital BU (Technology Services Group). Primarily Responsible for New-Gen Technology hiring like RPA, ML, AI, NLP and various other Digitally enabled solutions provided by the organization. Partner with Account/Delivery Managers to define specific roles, technology, locations and functional areas.
• Have managed hiring resources at a startup phase for the organization when they ventured from a BPO module to a Digital Platform enabler.
• Worked with Talent Acquisition Team to identify most effective sourcing channels (advertisements, sourcing Partner with Account/Delivery Managers to define specific roles, technology, locations and functional areas., portals and referrals) and monitor the effectiveness of channels to optimize the cost per hire/savings per hire.
• Been working as a core technical recruiter/evaluator, have undergone sessions and learning on various trending technologies in the due course to understand the existing market and competitor market.
• Sourced candidates through Headhunting, LinkedIn Recruiter, Monster, Times Jobs, Shine, Naukri, Tech Fetch Networking, Employee referrals, Ladders, Indeed and Boolean searches (Google, Bing, Yahoo)
• Additionally, managed other requirements across all functions for Manager and above levels. (BPO Operations, Sales & Business Development, Pre-sales, IT, Training & Quality, and such others.)
• Well versed with recruitment techniques and effectively headhunt niche resources with minimal external hiring cost.
• Proficient engagement with the potential resources to improve conversion ratio throughout the applicant’s journey to ensure maximum offer to joining ratio.
• Key focus to fill-in positions through No-cost alternate channels to ensure cost saving for the respective BU.
• Negotiating on timelines, compensation budgets and other expectation setting before the resource is handed over to the Business to promote a fruitful association.

Dec 2016 – Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Reason for leaving - Better Prospects
• Based out of FSL Bangalore, managing Corporate Hiring for mid-management, lateral and Leadership levels for all Non-BPO functions across FSL from Assistant Manager to Deputy General Manager Level.
• Working on requisites for verticals like Training, Analytics, Technology, Process Excellence, Finance, Solution Designing and other such functions. Have sourced for domains like Retail Banking, Healthcare, Telecom, Technology, F&A and Digital Services in Firstsource. Initially hired for Mumbai Location, for PAN India Lateral Hiring, was later moved to a dual role of handling Pan India lateral requirements and volume hiring for one of our niche Indian Banking clients in Bangalore.
• Successfully hired the entire ramp for support staff in the transition and helped in setting up this pilot process.
• Have sustainably maintained a 100% offer to joiner ratio. Effectively using Database, Internet and Employee Referrals for prospective hiring.
• Managing business relationships with external partners and internal stakeholder management. Manage the end-to-end recruitment using cost-effective methods and to minimize the external hiring ratio.
• Accomplishments:**
• Taking overall accountability for ensuring salary recommendations and negotiations are within boundaries of compensation.
• Maintained 95% OTD (On Time Delivery) & 100% Delivery. Successfully assisted transition for one of the Key businesses for support hiring.
• Have maintained 97% of direct hires till date. Recruiting the best resources within the desired budget, also negotiating the expectations of the shortlisted candidates to reduce the cost.

Aug 2011 – Dec 2016 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Navi Mumbai · On-site

• Reason for leaving - Better Prospects
• Prole Solution now known as "Thinkpod HR Solutions" incorporated in 2005, is a search firm, Consulting/recruiting Human Resources to various IT, ITES and BFSI Organizations on their demand.
• One of the leading HR recruitment firms based in Navi Mumbai.
• Started my journey here as a Freelancer for about a year before taking up a full-time opportunity as a Recruitment Executive in June 2012, later up skilled to be entirely responsible for the Volume and Leadership Hiring at the organization.
• Have successfully helped in the Transition of Thane and Pune location by monitoring and setting up the initial business flow.
• Communicating and understanding the Client requirements and specifications completely. Assigning different requisites by understanding the recruiter’s Capabilities. Screening/Filtering the profiles before processing them further.
• Prioritized requirements in a high volume, time-sensitive environment to meet deadlines.
• Panel sourcing through internal database and Job Portals like Naukri, Monster, Times job, LinkedIn, etc.
• Managing recruitment process from requisition initiation to sourcing, to acceptance of offer and final placement.
• Recruiting Mid-level, Senior Middle Level, Leadership and Senior Leadership resources across domains for all levels.
• Coordinating with Hiring Managers as per their requirements to have a better download of the positions.
• End to End management of hiring procedure from screening the candidate’s profile to training the resources, briefing the candidates on the Do’s and Don’ts of a successful interview.