Apr 2024 – Aug 2024 · 4 mos

• Furthermore, in my role as the Chief Happiness Officer, I hold the responsibility of fostering a positive and joyful work environment within the team. Through various initiatives and actions, aiming to spread happiness and boost morale among team members. By injecting enthusiasm and positivity into daily interactions, strive to create a workplace where individuals feel motivated, supported, and valued. My happy sparkles, metaphorical representations of optimism and cheer, play a crucial role in enhancing team spirit and overall well-being. As the Chief Happiness Officer, I am dedicated to cultivating a culture of happiness, collaboration, and fulfilment within the team, ultimately contributing to a more cohesive and productive work environment.

Oct 2022 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos

• Part of the Global TA Team, focusing on niche engineering roles across Europe and India from Senior Developer to Senior Director levels.
• Achieved complete cost savings by directly hiring candidates through networking, resulting in a 100% reduction in expenses compared to hiring through external agencies or vendors.
• Recruited for various technical roles including Backend, Frontend, Fullstack, and Automation Engineers, Principal Architects, and Mobile Developers, as well as non-tech positions like Accountant, IT Admin, and Recruiters.
• Managed Greenhouse ATS for streamlined recruitment processes.
• Acted as a Talent Advisor for stakeholders, ensuring strategic alignment with organizational goals.
• Led global efforts in tech talent acquisition, emphasizing alignment with company values and objectives.
• Spearheaded global projects aimed at enhancing engineering hiring processes.

Oct 2021 – Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• "Global Savings Group is a tech-driven rewards company empowering millions of people to make better purchase decisions."
• Established the HR department for the India office, serving as the first HR hire.
• Managed work experience programs to boost employee engagement and retention.
• Revamped people operations, introducing streamlined processes for payroll, documentation, leave management, and medical insurance.
• Introduced global HR tools such as Personio and P&C Jira to optimize operations and foster collaboration.
• Contributed to global HR and HRIS projects focused on enhancing the overall employee experience through continuous improvement initiatives.
• Oversaw vendor management to ensure efficient service delivery and cost-effectiveness.

Jul 2021 – Sep 2021 · 2 mos

• Working as a Talent Advisor via Meyrahkee.
• Collaborating with the team, to scout and hire amazing tech talent across all levels.

Mar 2021 – Apr 2021 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Working as a Talent Advisor via Meyrahkee.
• Currently involved in setting up the Talent Acquisition process and hiring for Tech and Non-Tech Leadership roles. Managing Vendors and stakeholders.
• Working with the Co-Founders to scale the team.
• Teachmint is an all-in-one education technology platform created specifically for the tutors of the digital age.
• Combining live classes, student engagement tools, and various other classroom facilitating features, the platform focuses on creating a deeply immersive online experience.
• We are committed towards democratizing online education via constant innovation, thus ensuring that the platform remains easy to use and accessible to all.
• Our mantra is ‘building the future, one classroom at a time.’
• Discover Teachmint:
• twitter.com/teachmintapp
• facebook.com/teachmintapp
• linkedin.com/company/teachmint
• instagram.com/teachmintapp
• blog.teachmint.com/

Nov 2019 – Sep 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos

• Meyrahkee is a Talent Advisory Firm focussed on helping companies with Talent Solutions that are simple and workable. Our approach is to partner to understand the need and based on the same help with the most viable solution. The solutions offered will be across Talent Management, Acquisition, HR Policies/Processes, Compliance, Implementation of POSH. Talent Acquisition is driven by the in-house team and to cater to the client's needs in other areas we are partnered with firms who specialise in each offering.
• Our focus is to work with early-stage companies and VC funded startups.

May 2018 – Nov 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Overall employee and employer satisfaction.
• Designing and implementing the overall recruiting strategy
• Sourcing and attracting candidates by using databases, social media etc
• Conducting interviews and filtering candidates for open positions.
• Design and implement overall recruiting strategy.
• Act to support the human factor in the company by devising strategies for performance evaluation, staffing, training, and development etc.
• Oversee all HR initiatives, systems, and tactics
• Supervise the work of HR personnel and provide guidance
• Serve as the point of contact for employment relations and communicate with labor unions
• Monitor adherence to internal policies and legal standards
• Deal with grievances and violations invoking disciplinary action when required
• Anticipate and resolve litigation risks
• Develop and update job descriptions and job specifications
• Perform job and task analysis to document job requirements and objectives
• Prepare recruitment materials and post jobs to appropriate job board/newspapers/colleges etc
• Source and recruit candidates by using databases, social media etc
• Screen candidates resumes and job applications
• Conduct interviews using various reliable recruiting and selection tools/methods to filter candidates within schedule
• Assess applicants’ relevant knowledge, skills, soft skills, experience and aptitudes
• Monitor and apply HR recruiting best practices
• Provide analytical and well documented recruiting reports to the rest of the team
• Act as a point of contact and build influential candidate relationships during the selection process

Apr 2014 – Nov 2016 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• Create a comprehensive and sustainable employee engagement strategy.
• Leverage events to create and sustain dialogue around engagement.
• Identify and address issues and solutions related to employee engagement.
• To develop effective relationships with the business to promote good employee
• relations across the organisation.
• Organizing and driving fun activities / Employee Engagement activities on the production floor.
• Motivation & Organization Development activity
• Assist in creating & maintaining a good work culture
• Handling employee grievances
• Recreation Activities: Quarterly team outing, organizing sports event during weekend, biannual R&R celebration, annual day celebration
• Lunch/dinner/movie during high workload, other (e.g., cricket match, etc.)
• Mediating disputes and advising all sides involved on matters relating to employee relations and human resources policies.
• New Hire Induction and Orientation program.

Nov 2012 – Apr 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Conducting recruitment/exit interviews and recording them accordingly.
• Facilitating newcomers joining formalities.
• Reviewing & updating job descriptions for all positions regularly.
• Follow up on confirmation records statutory obligations - PF, ESIC, taxes, gratuity, bonus etc.
• Communicating and explaining the organization's HR policies to the employees.
• Preparing and submitting all relevant HR letters/documents/certificates/ attendance as per the requirement in consultation with the management.
• Handling all employee enquiries & grievances.
• Trained new employees on the process.
• Created EE activities to keep the energy lively on the floor.
• Bridging the gap between the management and the employees by conveying the right messages vice versa.
• Created training modules for process and V&A training.
• Employee Engagement activities that included fun Fridays, half yearly rewards and recognition, sports day, family day, etc.

Jun 2011 – Nov 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Negotiating contracts.
• Headhunting.
• Interviewing and assessing prospective applicants and matching them with vacancies at client companies.
• Screening candidates and drawing up shortlists of candidates for clients to interview.
• Organizing interviews and selection events.
• Making arrangements for the advertisement of vacancies.
• Helping applicants to prepare for interviews
• Building relationships with clients.
• Using sales, business development, marketing techniques and networking to attract business from client companies.
• Receiving and reviewing applications, managing interviews and tests and creating a shortlist of candidates for the client.
• Offering advice to both clients and candidates on pay rates, training and career progression.
• Working towards and exceeding targets that may relate to the number of candidates placed, a value to be billed to clients or business leads generated.