Alpesh Dabholkar

Recruiter

Pune, Maharashtra, India17 yrs 7 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Expert in data-driven talent acquisition strategies.
  • Proven track record in hiring for emerging tech roles.
  • Strong candidate-first approach enhancing recruitment experience.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Leader specializing in IT and Digital Transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent Acquisition

Other Skills

Service DeliveryStakeholder ManagementDigital InfrastructureCloudRecruitmentHuman Resources Information Systems (HRIS)Generative AI for RecruitingSituational LeadershipSLXSocial MediaNatural Language Processing (NLP)Predictive AnalyticsDeep LearningHiring PracticesTalent Assessment

About

I don't just fill roles- I build the human backbone of digital transformation. With 18+ years in IT Talent Acquisition across telecom, consulting, and product engineering, I have worked with global technology companies to hire at scale- from niche architects to senior leadership-without compromising on quality or candidate experience. Currently leading Talent Acquisition at Brillio, a high-growth digital transformation company trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises. I own end-to-end hiring across verticals including: ๐Ÿš€ AI/ML & Generative AI | Agentic AI โ˜๏ธ Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) & DevOps ๐Ÿ” Cybersecurity & SOC Operations โš™๏ธ ServiceNow | QA Automation | API & Platform Engineering ๐Ÿ‘” Leadership & Niche Hiring **What sets me apart:** โœ” Data-driven sourcing with a bias for speed and precision โœ” Deep domain knowledge in emerging tech โ€” I speak the language of the roles I hire for โœ” Candidate-first approach: every conversation is a brand experience โœ” Cross-geography hiring exposure: India GCC, APAC, US markets โœ” SLX Certified | LinkedIn expert-level sourcing **Career journey:** Idea Cellular โ†’ Atos โ†’ Polaris Consulting & Services โ†’ L&T Infotech โ†’ Brillio Whether you're a **tech professional** open to the right opportunity, a **hiring manager** looking for a TA partner, or a **recruiter** wanting to exchange notes - let's connect. ๐Ÿ“ฉ Drop me a message or follow for hiring trends, TA insights, and real talk on building great tech teams. #TalentAcquisition #ITRecruiter #TechHiring #CloudHiring #AIRecruitment #BrillioJobs #GrowWithBrillio #SLXCertified #TALeader #DigitalTransformation

Experience

17 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 9 mos
Current Experience

Brillio

3 roles

Senior Manager - Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Apr 2026 โ€“ Present ยท 2 mos

Manger - Talent Acquisition

Apr 2022 โ€“ Apr 2026 ยท 4 yrs

Talent AcquisitionService Delivery

Associate Manager- Recruitment

Sep 2020 โ€“ Apr 2022 ยท 1 yr 7 mos

  • Seasoned Recruiting Leader who ensures Talent Acquisition strategies are derived based on a Data-driven approach. Within the scope
  • of my present role, I am primarily accountable to conceive & implement Digital Infrastructure recruitment plans, programs, activities and
  • initiatives whilst leading a team of 11 recruiters to achieve monthly BU-wide recruitment targets in DI (Cloud) practice.
  • Maximizing the potential of employees to drive growth; a highly ethical, value-driven leader who improves business returns by
  • innovating human capital with the intellectual horsepower needed to negotiate ambiguity and paradox.
  • Moreover, I play a pivotal role in delivering talent acquisition decisions to manage the talent cadre and pipeline in alignment with the
  • agreed Talent Mix of the organization and coordination with Delivery Heads, Sales Heads & People Supply Chain heads. I develop daily
  • summary dashboards for critical positions and Market Intelligence data for various Sr. Management meetings. I am also involved in self-sourcing for Senior AWS & Cloud Architect / Tech Delivery Head roles through Linked in & headhunting.
  • Further to this, I optimize the most cost-effective throughput from the channel mix of resourcing like Employee Referrals & Self
  • Sourcing; ensure the right mix of hires through all sources and implement financial controls by reducing vendor dependency whilst
  • driving quarterly recruitment cost analysis and planning to maintain the given budget fulfillment. I also induct new recruiters and ensure
  • compliance check through Taleo/Fuel monthly reports & strict follow through on set processes (Source to On-Board). I govern recruiter
  • performance through set KPIs and manage triggers to ensure growth towards org. wide goals. So, overall, I am good at creating
  • interventions of making the workplace an employer brand of choice.
Service DeliveryStakeholder ManagementTalent Acquisition

Larsen & toubro infotech ltd (lti)

3 roles

Associate Manager

Jun 2019 โ€“ Aug 2020 ยท 1 yr 2 mos

Service DeliveryStakeholder Management

Senior Recruitment Lead

Sep 2017 โ€“ Jun 2019 ยท 1 yr 9 mos

Stakeholder ManagementHuman Resources Information Systems (HRIS)

Sr.Recruitment Officer

Oct 2014 โ€“ Jun 2018 ยท 3 yrs 8 mos

  • I spent nearly 6 years at LTI, worked as Recruitment Account Manager for Key Accounts in UAE, drove strategic planning & sourcing operations, identified the resource demand & core competencies for open positions, administered bulk hiring process based on the skills requirement and provided quality resources for Cloud & Azure Infra digital demands while leading a team of 5 to monitor KPAs,
  • resource optimization, team productivity, serviced requirements under defined SLAs.
  • Furthermore, I partnered with the Business Units/Practice Heads for estimating the Hiring Manager expectations and filtering the available talent through evaluating their performance as well as with client & internal stakeholders to plan the best recruitment approach by understanding skillset & fulfillment timelines.
  • I created a comprehensive recruiting strategy and self-sourced for senior
  • Azure & Cloud roles and further negotiations based on budget guidelines.
  • I seamlessly and constantly reviewed the compensation levels, perks, facilities and other motivating factors internally comparative to industry peers/competitors to ensure a state-of-the-art compensation platform that can attract and retain top talent in a highly competitive market.
  • I benchmarked the industry trends to understand & initiate competitive HR policies, revised the old policies, published weekly/fortnightly dashboards and hosted review calls to project recruitment progress to Sr. Management.
  • Guided management on matters of HR financial decision, structural change management, organization development and policy amendment. I strategically examined hiring trends and negotiated terms & conditions with vendors and drove contract renewal & empanelment for UAE hiring.
  • I improved the search parameter efficiency by improvising the job description, generating timely reports by communicating with Sr. level executives and intimating the team to practice the same.

Polaris financial technology limited

Recruitment Specialist

Jan 2014 โ€“ Sep 2014 ยท 8 mos ยท Mumbai Area, India

  • After gaining hands-on industry exposure of nearly 3.7 years at Atos India, I shifted to Polaris Software Lab as RMG Sr. Executive for steering the entire life cycle of senior-level hiring i.e. from Senior Delivery Manager to Associate Vice President (Products) whilst leading a team of 2
  • Assigned monthly targets, tracked their performance through MIS and ensured the delivery of service within the defined TAT.
  • I delivered MIS reports (weekly & monthly) and accelerated the entire hiring process through different sourcing strategies. I built & scaled up the hiring process including its description, recruitment measurement definitions and so on in interaction with the Managers, and arranged the salary negotiations & fixation for senior positions.
  • I explored industry best practices on recruitment and staffing and implemented them in the organization.

Atos

Sr.Recruiter

Aug 2010 โ€“ Dec 2013 ยท 3 yrs 4 mos ยท Mumbai Area, India

  • As Sr. Recruiter, I managed the end-to-end recruitment life cycle right from headhunting, screening, negotiation, coordination &
  • candidate on board and ensured adherence to the process with involvement in vendor management, rate negotiation & finalization and
  • monitoring of vendor performance. I concentrated on achieving the targets with respect to critical and senior positions in Managed
  • Services (Infra), enhanced network opportunities with consultants and hired candidates through headhunting.
  • I leveraged the understanding of the recruitment gaps, closed the open requirements under the scheduled TAT and delivered the
  • progress to the Head. I was also involved in implementing the recruiter incentive scheme to bring the performance to business benefits
  • alignment at the individual recruiter level as well as obtained the executive approval for high, medium and low baselines of recruiting
  • success and prioritized according to skill, technology and timelines.
  • I developed and recommended recruiting strategies to ensure a successful search in a given time-frame as well as maintained a strong
  • network of contacts to identify and source quality candidates; reviewed applications to identify and arrange preliminary interviews. I
  • updated and tracked recruitment files, prepared and placed job advertising across appropriate media monitored internal job postings
  • and reference and background checks. I worked with management in assigned service areas, business units, or departments to source,
  • select and hire qualified candidates to fill vacant positions using cost-effective techniques and in accordance with company policies,
  • procedures and processes.

Idea cellular ltd

Perfomance Management Executive

Aug 2008 โ€“ Aug 2010 ยท 2 yrs ยท Pune Area, India ยท On-site

  • PMS Reporting

Education

Savitribai Phule Pune University

MCOM โ€” Advanced Marketing

Jan 2008 โ€“ Jan 2010

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