Jun 2024 – Dec 2024 · 6 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Remote

Feb 2024 – May 2024 · 3 mos · Western Australia

• Taking a career break to explore Australia was a transformative experience that enriched both my personal and professional life. Here’s a summary of how this adventure positively impacted me:
• 1. Broadened Horizons:
• Immersing myself in Australia’s diverse culture, landscapes, and people expanded my worldview.
• Witnessing the vast Outback, pristine beaches, and vibrant cities deepened my appreciation for nature and humanity.
• 2. Adaptability and Resilience:
• Navigating new environments, from bustling Sydney to remote rainforests, taught me adaptability and resilience.
• Overcoming challenges like language differences and unfamiliar customs strengthened my problem-solving skills.
• 3. Cultural Exchange:
• Interacting with Aussies and fellow travelers fostered lifelong friendships.
• Sharing stories, traditions, and meals across cultures enriched my understanding of global interconnectedness. Watching basketball and football leagues and also attending Sydney Royal Easter Show etc.
• 4. Self-Discovery:
• The solitude of the Outback allowed introspection and self-discovery. I clarified my life goals, values, and passions, leading to a renewed sense of purpose.
• 5. Professional Growth:
• While on my break, I attended online conferences, and connected with TA Leaders.
• These experiences enhanced my skills, expanded my network, and inspired fresh career directions.
• 6. Health and Well-Being:
• The active Australian lifestyle encouraged outdoor activities like hiking, nature walks, and yoga. Fresh air, sunshine, and wholesome food revitalized my mind and body.
• 7. Memories and Inspiration:
• From travelling in the Outback to staying underground hotels and under star-studded skies, each moment left an indelible mark.
• These memories continue to inspire creativity, resilience, and gratitude.
• In summary, my Australian career break was more than a hiatus; it was a life-altering journey that enriched my soul, broadened my perspectives, and fueled my passion for growth. 🌏✨

May 2023 – Jan 2024 · 8 mos · India · Hybrid

• HR Business Partnering with leadership team, change management, process improvement.
• Partnering with Leadership, Human Resources and Hiring Managers to facilitate a
• strategic, effective and efficient recruiting process, provide leadership and direction to the
• recruiting team to include supervision, mentoring, coaching, training and developing staff.
• Managing the entire recruiting life cycle from planning & sourcing to candidate assessment
• and offers for the Business Units.
• Improving and implementing highly effective, results-driven recruiting strategies for domestic and international hiring.
• Leveraging a variety of sources including referrals, ATS, job boards, social media to
• attract qualified candidates.
• Continuously improving on KPIs/metrics & industry benchmarks.
• Functioning as in-house consultant and the subject matter expert in recruitment & staffing.
• Effectively supporting multiple client's needs & managing against tight hiring deadlines for
• business-critical roles.
• Conducting various types of analytics to support the business operations, developing creative
• insights that accelerate business performance and set systems in place to track performance.
• Acting as a conduit between top management, employees and other stakeholders.
• Participating in the communication function including broad employee engagement (in
• consultation with HR); and development and reinforcement of organizational vision and priorities.

Nov 2022 – May 2023 · 6 mos

• Design programs and events to help bring the culture to life, build relationships, and fuel a purpose driven culture.

Mar 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Business Partnering role with stakeholders across the globe for Sales roles for India hiring
• Collaborating with stakeholders and building exceptional candidates and Hiring Manager experience
• Hiring the best talent using Talent Insights, delivering world class experience to employees on their key moments, networking and building hiring strategy.
• Actively involved in understanding the talent landscape and devising recruitment strategy QBRs for business.
• Focus on diversity and inclusion hiring strategy.
• Creating and implementing innovative sourcing strategies and engagement to bring the best talent in the company.
• Building blue carpet hiring experience for senior leadership hiring, and process improvements engagements with the business and HRBP’s and also with Compensation& Benefits team.
• Actively driving and building content for TA Media.

Feb 2019 – Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore, India

• VMware, a global leader in cloud infrastructure and digital workspace technology, accelerates digital transformation by enabling unprecedented freedom and flexibility in how our customers build and evolve IT environments. VMware is a member of the Dell Technologies family of businesses.
• At the core of what we do are our people who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community. Do you dare to do the stuff you’ve always dreamed about? Dare to explore at http://careers.vmware.com.
• Leadership hiring across South East Asia & Korea, ANZ region, and Global roles.
• Part of the Talent Acquisition team on the execution of diversity hiring initiatives cross the region.
• Designed, developed and supported world class, innovative, D&I strategies and hiring initiatives with impact for the region.
• Hiring for Mid & Senior Management roles for Sales and Pre-Sales position across South East Asia & Korea
• Sourcing & generating pipeline across geographies & expertise
• Collaborating with Global team across geographies in knowledge sharing and best practices
• Cross-functional team requirements, Communicating with different hiring managers & Organizational leaders
• Tech & Non-Tech recruitment & research
• Research, Talent mapping & pipeline generation for Sales, Pre-Sales, Leadership Hiring across the region
• Research on competitors & identifying what makes a champion candidate for VMware hiring
• Participating in the global projects

Jul 2016 – Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Singapore

• Tetra Pak is the world's leading food processing and packaging solutions company. Working closely with our customers and suppliers, we provide safe, innovative and environmentally sound products that each day meet the needs of hundreds of millions of people in more than 170 countries around the world. With almost 22,000 employees based in over 85 countries, we believe in responsible industry leadership and a sustainable approach to business. Our motto, “PROTECTS WHAT’S GOOD™," reflects our vision to make food safe and available, everywhere.
• More information about Tetra Pak is available at www.tetrapak.com
• Collaborating with Global team and SAEA&O region for Recruitment and Campus Hiring Initiatives in Singapore.
• Focused mainly on white collar hires, including local/regional/global managers, senior directors and executive board committee member recruitment (Initiatives relevant to internal mobility, new positions, replacements and confidential searches) for Singapore, Indonesia, and Cross Project Hiring for Malaysia, Vietnam and Philippines.
• Independent contributor responsible in managing full recruitment activity, candidate engagement, stakeholder engagement as an ambassador of the company
• Partnering hiring managers in recruitment discussions, providing market feedbacks and advices for relevant hires.
• Lead and participate in corporate events (networking, career fairs with key external partners).
• Understand local legal situation with regards to contracts, visa/work permits, discrimination laws, etc.
• Delivering an excellent candidate and hiring manager experience and collaborating with the Business and HR stakeholders
• Strong Social Media Hiring. Managing and sourcing through job portals and social media (Company career portal- SuccessFactor/Taleo, LinkedIn, Career Portals), conducting interviews, participating in assessment centers/technical tests, management and negotiation of candidates’ expectations.

Mar 2015 – Sep 2015 · 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Resource forecasting, planning and allocation – determine optimum mix of internal and recruit. Key Highlights are:
• Drive project managers to maintain high utilization in their portfolio. Track by resource tenure in an account.
• Proactively look at having rotation in place, coordinate with the current manager.
• Prepare utilization reports and pyramid of organization on weekly and monthly basis, directly work with the director and leadership team.
• Demonstrated capability in developing strong, long standing, mutually beneficial client relationships.
• Track record of successfully prioritizing and meeting/exceeding professional deadline.
• Deliver monthly reports and organized meeting.
• Meet client requirements and track procedure in accordance to change request management.
• Respond positively & creatively to client requests.
• Working across India, U.S, MiddleEast, Europe regions.

Jul 2013 – Dec 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bangalore, India

• Specialties: Staffing & Sourcing, Recruitment & Delivery, IT domain hiring, Lateral Hiring, Campus recruitment, RPO hiring, Contract Hiring, Contract to hire, Resourcing, Referencing, On boarding, Training Coordination, Induction, Orientation, People Management, Vendor Management, Client engagement, Cost optimization and Salary Negotiation, Employee Engagement and Retention.
• Experienced at Team Management, motivate and guide towards optimal performance. Work closely with leadership team to evaluate processes and workflows, propose process improvements projects in Recruiting and Staffing.
• Expertise in Cross functional hiring and Information Security domain. Technical specialities with DBAs (Oracle, SQL, DB2, UDB), Storage (Netapps, IBM, Hitachi, EMC), Platforms (Linux, Unix, Solaris, Unix) Weblogic, etc
• I have a demonstrated ability to build a positive working relationship at all levels. I have experience with training, HR metrics, and numerous HR systems. In this position I will bring reliability, professionalism and a well-rounded HR professional. Working Experience in Hire-craft and Success-Factor.
• During my tenure at Mindtree I have received recognition and rewards for my performance on several occasions. Here are some of the key highlights of my career so far:
• For my initiative and perseverance, I was awarded the coveted “Letter of Appreciation” award.
• Received several recognitions from the clients and different stakeholders during my tenure in Mindtree.

Feb 2013 – Jun 2013 · 4 mos · Bangalore, India

• Responsible for driving the end-to-end recruitment process, in direct partnership with the hiring hierarchy and HR business partners.
• Act as trusted advisors on all talent acquisition matters, to develop a trusted partnership with the business leaders.
• Coordinated Interview process and screens applicants, and also performed Reference Checks.
• Coordinated pre-employment physicals, travel, relocation, reporting dates.
• Involved end to end recruiting/Sourcing and processing candidate profiles for Associate Manager/Manger role across analytical, software development, consultancy domain, as a part of Lateral Hiring Team.
• Also conducted Survey Monkey to enhance the HR activities in terms of branding the Company, and having new initiatives.

Apr 2012 – Jun 2012 · 2 mos · Bangalore

• The study was to evaluate the effectiveness of training and development activity in the bank, to evaluate employees’ perception and attitude towards the training programs conducted by the bank. And also to determine the training needs of the employees of Corporation Bank.

Mar 2010 – May 2010 · 2 mos · Bangalore

• This dissertation aims at making an in-depth analysis of payroll system and
• Critically examining the role-played by this system in the organization. Effort is also made to study the attitude of the employee towards payroll and bring this to the notice of the management.