Abhishek .

Recruiter

Pune, Maharashtra, India12 yrs 2 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Over a decade of experience in talent acquisition.
  • Reduced time-to-hire by 20% at Deutsche Bank.
  • Achieved 100% client satisfaction in recruitment.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Leader in Banking and Technology sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionWorkforce PlanningRecruiting

Other Skills

AllyshipAnalytical SkillsBrandingBusiness InsightsBusiness StrategyCandidate EngagementCandidate SourcingClient RelationsClient SatisfactionClient ServicesCommunicationConvincing PeopleCritical ThinkingCross-Cultural Communication SkillsCultural Awareness

About

I am a Senior Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Leader with over a decade of experience driving recruitment strategy, building strong pipelines, and delivering high-impact hiring solutions across Banking, Technology, and Consulting sectors. At Deutsche Bank, I lead end-to-end talent acquisition—partnering with global stakeholders to design innovative sourcing strategies, optimize processes, and deliver top-tier talent aligned with business growth. My expertise lies in: Talent Sourcing & Market Mapping – Leveraging data, job boards, and networks to identify niche and senior-level talent. Strategic Workforce Planning – Anticipating future needs, building sustainable pipelines, and reducing time-to-hire. Stakeholder & Team Leadership – Coaching and mentoring recruiters, while building trusted partnerships with business leaders. Offer & Negotiation Management – Ensuring win–win outcomes that strengthen employer branding. Previously, at Zinnov, Randstad, Artech, and Collabera, I scaled high-volume hiring, built specialized recruiting teams, and improved candidate experience while consistently meeting aggressive hiring targets. My professional mission is to elevate recruitment into a strategic business enabler—connecting the right talent with the right opportunities to fuel organizational success. 📩 Let’s connect if you’re interested in conversations on talent acquisition, future of work, HR tech, or leadership in recruitment.

Experience

12 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Deutsche bank

Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

Mar 2023Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Hybrid

  • Lead sourcing and talent acquisition for global technology & BFSI roles; reduced average time-to-hire by 20% through strategic pipeline building.
  • Partner with leadership on workforce planning, translating business goals into hiring strategies.
  • Mentor & coach a team of recruiters, improving productivity and team performance scores by 15%.
  • Implement innovative sourcing tools (LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri RMS, ATS optimization) to drive better talent engagement.
Talent Sourcing & Market MappingStrategic Workforce PlanningStakeholder & Team LeadershipOffer & Negotiation ManagementSourcing toolsTalent Acquisition+1

Zinnov

Team Lead/Manager

Apr 2022Feb 2023 · 10 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • Built and led a team of recruiters for technology hiring across global clients.
  • Designed market intelligence reports for niche skills, improving sourcing efficiency.
  • Improved offer-to-join ratio by 12% through structured candidate engagement.
Team LeadershipMarket Intelligence ReportsCandidate EngagementRecruiting

Randstad

Manager

Apr 2020Apr 2022 · 2 yrs · Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • Delivered end-to-end recruitment for BFSI & Healthcare clients.
  • Handled CXO and senior leadership hiring mandates.
  • Achieved 100% client satisfaction for multiple strategic accounts.
End-to-End RecruitmentClient SatisfactionSenior Leadership HiringRecruiting

Artech information systems

Assistant Manager

Sep 2019Mar 2020 · 6 mos · Bangalore, KA

Collabera inc.

3 roles

Lead

Promoted

Jan 2019Sep 2019 · 8 mos · Vadodara, GJ

  • Proven ability of strong technical/ business acumen and understanding of technical requirements, deep sourcing skills with experience sourcing passive candidates and excellent candidate assessment skills.
  • Daily activity planning, daily inflow of requirement activity from the client and distribution of requirement to the recruiters before leaving for the day.
  • Creating strategy for hourly and daily execution and resource optimization.
  • Reviewing each job description and helping the recruiter on real time basis to create best search strings for best result.
  • Doing second level closing for better quality and locking candidates.
  • Driving team for better negotiation and maximization of margin on each potential candidate.
  • Responsible for training and performance management of each Technical Recruiter.
  • Responsible for creating and managing daily/weekly /Monthly report on performance and presenting to reporting manager.
  • Responsible for implementation, execution and enhancement of any basic recruiting practice and procedure.
  • Handled and recruited for Banking client Bulk Buy Business:- Bidding RFI/ RFPs, preparing data for PPT, providing Sample and live resumes, talking to active consultants to gather more knowledge about the group/ role/ team.
  • Mentored new trainees on the recruitment cycle, process manual and account knowledge.
  • Interfacing with the hiring managers and Business Partners to refine requirements and description in order to serve the timeliness of recruitment process.
Technical AcumenRecruitment StrategyTeam ManagementRecruiting

Sr. Technical Recruiter

Promoted

Jan 2017Dec 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos · Vadodara, GJ

  • Responsible for sourcing, identifying, recruiting, negotiating and closing candidates
  • Sourcing candidates using major Job-websites like: Monster, Career Builder, Dice, LinkedIn, passive search and through Employee Referrals, Consultants, etc
  • Understand requirements / skills / deliverables / level of expertise.
  • Mentored new trainees on the recruitment cycle, process manual and account knowledge.
  • Conduct 2nd level closings for other Technical Recruiters – checking availability, location, pipeline etc
  • Formatted and edited resumes for submittal to end clients
  • Coordinated and scheduled interviews between clients and the candidates.
  • Perform duties of candidate sourcing; phone screening, offers, on boarding, and employee relations
  • Client services for both contract and project-based recruitment
  • Provided full life-cycle recruiting by identifying staffing needs, create new strategies to obtain candidates, sourcing, and screening, interviewing and working in a fast-paced environment
  • Recruiting responsibility for all contractual and temp to hire positions.
  • Provide a shortlist of suitable candidates and prepare for end client interviews
  • Posting job adds on career builder, monster and on other portals
  • Build strong long-term client and contractor relationships by providing excellent customer service
  • Utilizing applicant tracking system to maintain and track relationships with high potential candidates for future opportunities
SourcingNegotiationClient ServicesRecruiting

Technical Recruiter

Dec 2013Dec 2016 · 3 yrs · Vadodara, GJ

  • Managed full recruiting life cycle which included research, sourcing and screening, interviewing, recruiting, negotiating and closing candidates.
  • Analysed requirements and searched profiles through existing, internal database, Job portals (Monster and Naukri), Job Posting, Personal Network, and LinkedIn, to source active and passive candidates.
  • Recruit all levels of candidates such as - Project/Program Managers, Business Analyst/ Data Analyst/ Reporting Analyst/ Systems Analyst, C#, VB.Net, ASP - Developers, Quality Assurance Analyst/ Managers, Help Desk Analyst and DBA’s.
  • Creating effective sourcing to attract and retain top talent through multiple mediums such as LinkedIn, job boards and candidate referrals.
  • Maintained a database of potential candidates for present and future requirements. The information on candidates and details of the conversations were kept in in-house database.
  • Interview scheduling, interview feedback, salary/ rate negotiations, preparation of all new hire paperwork and interview preparation.
  • Provide leads and schedule meetings with hiring managers for future business opportunities.
Full Life-Cycle RecruitingCandidate SourcingInterview CoordinationRecruiting

Education

SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Aug 2009Jul 2013

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