Pannu Nikhade

Recruiter

Hyderabad, Telangana, India6 yrs experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in end-to-end technical recruitment.
Proven track record of hiring leadership roles.
Skilled in data-driven hiring strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Technical Recruiter with expertise in sourcing and hiring for engineering roles.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical RecruitingSourcing And RecruitingDevops

Other Skills

Requirements GatheringCandidate ExperienceCandidate Screening and AssessmentTime ManagementMarket ResearchData AnalysisEmployer BrandingSourcingUnixShell ScriptingVendor ManagementNetworkingLeadership hiringHR discussionConfluence

About

Technical recruiter with 5.7+ years of experience, currently at Qualcomm, managing end-to-end recruitment for engineering and technical roles. I work closely with hiring managers to understand technical requirements, team needs, and hiring priorities, and translate those into effective sourcing and hiring strategies. I handle the full recruitment lifecycle, including requirement intake, sourcing, interview coordination, offer management, and closure, while ensuring a smooth and transparent candidate experience. I have hands-on experience using Workday and Eightfold AI to manage pipelines, identify relevant talent, and support data-driven hiring decisions. I’ve supported hiring across multiple technical skill sets and understand the importance of balancing quality, speed, and stakeholder expectations in a fast-paced environment. Known for being dependable and easy to work with, I focus on building strong talent pipelines and closing roles efficiently while maintaining a positive experience for both candidates and hiring teams.

Experience

6 yrs

Total Experience

2 yrs

Average Tenure

2 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Qualcomm

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Apr 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

Requirements GatheringCandidate ExperienceSourcing and recruitingCandidate Screening and AssessmentTechnical Recruiting

Alten

Staffing Specialist

Jan 2022 – Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Pune Division, Maharashtra, India

▪ Skilled in understanding hiring practices, recruitment strategies, and staffing industry trends and experienced in the full-cycle recruitment process.
▪ Actively involved in formulating hiring strategies, and revamping recruitment processes to ensure fast-paced hiring and low attrition for the last 2 years.
▪ Hired 70+ individuals for leadership and individual contributor roles in Automotive, Avionics/Aerospace, Software Engineering, and HR domains.
▪ Led 30+ HR interviews for niche leadership positions like Competency Manager / COC Head / Technical Manager across various domains.
▪ Facilitated interviews for 500+ applicants for various entry levels, mid-senior level, and leadership positions.
▪ Successfully identified and sourced 800+ probable candidates in the last 21 months for various clients of Alten Global (Alten UK, Alten Germany, Alten US) from platforms like LinkedIn, Naukri, Hirist, Monster, Engineeristic, etc.
▪ Conducted multiple negotiation discussions with candidates in critical conditions with limited compensation margin/deviation skillfully using alternate options like relocation allowance, joining bonus, notice period buyout, etc. for recruiting critical mid & senior-level positions.
▪ Formulated weekly candidate pipeline reporting mechanism and created Excel dashboards to track the progress of each candidate and optimize the time invested by each recruiter and match recruitment objectives.
▪ Managed employer branding and advertised open positions on multiple social media platforms, online job portals, and direct mailers and engaged with multiple potential candidates through these platforms.
▪ Organized multiple fun events for the team to boost the morale of the teammates and create a collaborative culture in the team.

Requirements GatheringTime ManagementSourcing and recruitingCandidate Screening and AssessmentMarket ResearchData Analysis+2

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staffing Exe

Sep 2021 – Dec 2021 · 3 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Time ManagementSourcing

Amdocs

Associate Engineer

Nov 2018 – Aug 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

▪ Managed CI/CD pipeline for multiple projects as a DevOps engineer and involved in Production environment creation, configuration, and integration.
▪ Improved pipelines using compiled language constructs, core JAVA and scripting languages like shell scripting. Experienced in the management of UNIX-based OS.
▪ Diagnosed and analyzed runtime issues, crashes and evaluated possible solutions in coordination with application teams.
▪ Experienced in working on RCA of the failures and severe customer issues in the standalone and cluster environments, supported and hosted multiple production incident management sessions.

UnixDevOps