Kajal Khanna

Recruiter

Gurugram, Haryana, India9 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Successfully helped over 300 tech enthusiasts find roles.
Expert in end-to-end recruitment for diverse tech positions.
Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with expertise in technology recruitment.

Contact

kajal.khanna@rategain.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitmentEnd-to-end RecruitmentStakeholder Management

Other Skills

Bulk HiringClient InteractionCoachingCommunicationCustomer ServiceEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsEmployer BrandingHuman ResourcesLeadershipManagementMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft WordPerformance Management

About

Being a talent acquisition professional, I focus on understanding the stakeholder’s requirements and candidate’s aspiration primarily. Over the years, I've honed this skill and have helped more than 300 tech enthusiasts find roles that matched their skills and gave them a steady career path. 7 years of proven experience in hiring for positions like Backend Developer/Engineers, Data Science, Data Engineering, Frontend Developer, Information Security, Network Engineers, QA/SDET, Technical Program Manager (TPM), Mobile Developers (Android+IOS), Full Stack Developers and DevOps Engineers. I take care of End-to-End recruitment for all technology positions along with Vendor Management, Stakeholder Management, Compensation & Negotiation and Post offer engagement. Have also excelled in other aspects, such as managing extensive hiring/recruitment drives, employer branding and building career website from scratch (creative & skill related inputs). I believe in hiring the best talent for the organizations I work with. I hold an outstanding academic record with bachelor’s and master’s degree in human resources. A team player with excellent interpersonal & communication skills and ability to perform under pressure.

Experience

9 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 6 mos

Current Experience

Nykaa

Talent Acquisition Lead

Dec 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Hiring for Backend Engineers, Frontend Engineers, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Security & Network experts.

Talent AcquisitionRecruitmentStakeholder ManagementEnd-to-End Recruitment

Airtel x labs

2 roles

Talent Acquisition Manager

Jun 2021 – Dec 2021 · 6 mos

Hiring Engineering & Data Unicorns @AirtelDigital (Wynk Ltd)

Talent AcquisitionRecruitment

Assistant Manager - Talent Acquisition

Aug 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Hiring Engineering & Data Unicorns @AirtelDigital (Wynk Ltd)

Talent AcquisitionRecruitment

Make my trip

Recruiter - Technology Hiring

Dec 2017 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Roles & Responsibilities:
End-to-End recruitment
Salary Negotiations
Stakeholder Management
Interacting with hiring managers to gain a good understanding of the requirement
Extensively involved in Hiring Drives
Build networks to find qualified passive candidates
Successfully publishing weekly reports for Stakeholders on hiring progress
Employer Branding
Actively involved in building the career website from scratch
Campus Hiring
Vendor Management
Requisitions Worked On:
Java Developer / Backend Engineer
Data Science
Data Engineering
QA / SDET
Full Stack Developer
Front End Developer (React.JS + UI)
Technical Program Manager (TPM)
Database Administrator
Information Security
Networks Architect
Technical Support

End-to-End RecruitmentSalary NegotiationsStakeholder ManagementEmployer BrandingVendor Management

Randstad

Consultant

Jan 2017 – Dec 2017 · 11 mos · Greater Delhi Area

Roles and Responsibilities:
Take care of end-to-end recruitment.
Interact with Client’s Hiring managers to gain a good understanding of their mission critical, hard to fill positions from both a technical and soft skill requirements view and then provide a few highly screened, selected candidates for the hiring managers to review.
Searching and identifying potential candidates from job portals and social media platforms.
Served the requirements of different Client industries like IT, Telecom, Product based company etc
Utilize the internet for recruitment.
Job Postings
Taking short listing of candidate from client, arranging candidate’s interview, follow-up with the client regarding the feedback of the interview.
Salary Negotiations
Responsible for recruitment of junior to senior level positions.
Closing position using LinkedIn
Working on Bond Adapt
Account Handling for 3 IT Based Firms.

End-to-End RecruitmentClient InteractionSalary Negotiations

Mancer consulting services

Recruitment & Selection

Sep 2016 – Oct 2016 · 1 mo · South Delhi, Delhi, India

End to End Recruitment life cycle
Screening & validating relevant resumes as per the job description and skill set
Maintaining Interview Trackers, Sending reports to the clients and to the seniors
Good communication and inter-personal skills
Bulk Hiring
Cold Calling

End-to-End RecruitmentScreening ResumesBulk Hiring

Cafe coffee day

Learning And Development Specialist

May 2016 – Jun 2016 · 1 mo

Handled “SPARSH” - Identifying the gaps pertaining to Customer Service & Customer experience in the cafes.
Training Need Identification
Making “PAN INDIA SPARSH ANALYSIS”
Identifying weaker areas & making report pull outs
Keeping a record of Training Follow-ups

Training Need IdentificationCustomer Service

Benetton group

Learning & Development - Intern

Feb 2016 – Mar 2016 · 1 mo · New Delhi Area, India

Organized Employee Engagement programme
Handled Training & Development
Worked on Content Related Challenge which had to be used for store training all over India

Employee EngagementTraining & Development

Ht media ltd

2 roles

HR Intern

Aug 2013 – Oct 2013 · 2 mos

Recruited approximately 25-30 people
Selected 5 people
Organized Induction programme for approximately 20-25 employees
Provided valuable inputs for Employee Engagement which were implemented and had worked well