May 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

• » Monitored talent requirement as per business plans and maintained the vacancies <3% of the approved headcount
• » Built teams in India, APAC & UAE markets across Technology vertical. Hired key resources & leadership team
• » Collaborated with the hiring leaders & stakeholders to address the hiring needs and address recruitment challenges; grew the new vertical of the organization- 2x within 8 months
• » Hiring costs cut down by 75%; CV throughput increased by 50%; Mean time to hire got reduced to 21 days (speed of hire); controlled renege rate <25% for tech offers
• » Hired 23 employees in the first two months of duration with 9 joining in the same month of hire
• » Robust work around internal & external employer branding activities: events, awards, career page, and amplifying culture (values & people) and business growth on social media platforms
• » Initiated the “Women in Tech” program and managed to bring department’s gender diversity at 43% in 2023
• » Crafted and deployed few HR projects which included some of the industry best practices- led to attract premiere & cream talent: from 0% to sourcing at least 50% CVs of cream talent- Interview Bar Raiser (Re-designing the entire interview process), Train the Interviewer (Improving the overall quality of interview process & candidate experience with NPS increased from 73% to 91%), Reducing the IT drop-out ratio (Effort to bring down the drop-out ratio from 48% to 35%), Boomerang Hiring (rehired 5 ex-employees as per their previous performance)
• » Improvement in eNPS: +5% QoQ; Spiked up Glassdoor scores from 3.9 to 4.3 (highest); Infact Attrition reduced to 0% and overall attrition remained <5%
• » Launched quarterly performance reviews- OKRs for my team as per AOP and output-oriented reviews for high performance culture
• » Received “CHRO Recognition Award-Best Performer” in the Quarter-2 (2022-2023)

Oct 2021 – Apr 2022 · 6 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · Remote

• » Understood the existing manpower gap in coordination with internal stakeholders and partnering with business leadership and employees to ensure smooth transition of individuals into the system
• » Identified the sourcing platforms in line with the open positions followed by Talent Scouting, Headhunting, Social Media hiring and handled end to end recruitment right from prescreening till on boarding of the selected candidate
• » Assisted in growth & expansion plans and hired key C-1 level team; attrition reduced from 28% to 18%
• » Increased the Employee Referral Program by promoting the initiative through mass mailers & WhatsApp messages and increased the hiring through referrals by 9%
• » Initiated the Campus Hiring process and increased the Non-IT hiring process through campus by 11%
• » Achieved a reduction of turn-around time of hiring to 15 Days instead of a month’s SLA with the Business
• » Reduced Interview to Offer ratio from 10:1 to 5:1 within 2 months
• » Managed and trained a team of 2 members and new interns

Jan 2016 – Oct 2021 · 5 yrs 9 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

• » Partnered with the business leaders to assess needs, developed strategies and implemented work-plans to meet the needs of various practice areas for ToI (Print/ TechGig/ TimesJobs/ SpeedHire/ Times Internet)
• » Monitored talent requirement as per business plan, kept vacancies <2% of the approved head count within agreed TAT
• » Cultivated the Recruitment Channels like Industry Mapping, Headhunting, Employee Referrals, Social Media, Job Portals to reach the right candidate for both IT as well as non-IT positions
• » Post offer follow-up, collection & verification of documents, Reference check / background verification
• » Significant reduction in total hiring cost by 33% with career marketplace linked to internal talent fulfillment; over 25% roles filled internally
• » Led end-to-end recruitment process for Fresher to leadership positions for IT & Non-IT hirings at PAN India level & became the SPOC for Non-IT hiring with an average of 50+ hires across levels per year (Internal Positions) & 100+ hires across levels per year (External Clients) with no dependency on Vendors
• » Worked on the migration of offline to online On-Boarding process with the implementation of HRMS- Darwin Box
• » Coordinated with the existing as well as new clients from different industry and at various geographical locations to get the business in terms of exclusive job fairs for Times Ascent and successfully managed the mass hiring recruitment drives
• » Successfully handled the Times Ascent Engineering Mastermind Quiz conducted every year in 7 cities: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Chandigarh Chennai, Mumbai, Pune
• » Handled HR Conclave: Recruitment Reinvented- a National Conclave on Talent Acquisition
• » Handled and provided On-the-Job training to a team of 4 members and 2 interns
• » Achieved the “Prominent Performer” at Times Internet consecutively for 5 years (2016-2021)

Nov 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · East Delhi

• # Recruitment
• Handling entire gamut of IT and Non-IT Recruitment (PAN India) for the following industries mainly Hospitality, BPO, Media, KPO, IT, ITES, Research and Analytics Industries, Management Consulting Firms, Rating Agencies etc.
• Perform targeted candidate searches; multi-channeling via employee referrals, internet job boards, unsolicited resumes, and social networks.
• Review/screen resumes, conduct phone screens and assessment interviews.
• Maintain accuracy of candidate status throughout the entire recruiting process.
• Negotiating with candidates for offer & Remuneration acceptance.
• Determine appropriate recruiting strategies based on position competencies and requirements.
• Team Handling
• # Business Development
• Nurturing accounts to maturity stage wherein they are open to outsourcing as a viable solution.
• Lead Generation & acquiring new accounts in as less a time as possible.
• # Client Servicing
• Coordinating with client servicing team to make sure that the existing set of clients is satisfied with the set of services offered.
• Engage with business partners to source candidates and fill open positions with high quality talent.

May 2013 – Jun 2013 · 1 mo · Connaught Place, Delhi

• HR Intern

Jul 2011 – Jul 2012 · 1 yr · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• > Monitoring and Data Scripting
• . Worked on Hewlett-Packard Quality Center
• . Analysis of the AP1/QRT system preparation phase
• . Creation of Win@proach problem records
• . E-mail notifications to the QAS group using Lotus Notes
• . Working in collaboration with Amadeus IT Group