Charu Gulati

Company Profile: CAPA India was established almost 20 years ago and is now recognized as the region's leading aviation advisory and research practice. The global portfolio is of more than 700 clients & hundreds of research and analysis assignments, across the aviation value chain. The four core pillars of the business are, Advisory & Consulting, Innovation & Research Centre, Digital Transformation, Transaction & Capital Advisory.

• Demonstrated high level of initiative while tackling day to day tasks.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
• Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.
• Self-motivated, with strong sense of personal responsibility.
• Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
• Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.
• Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
• Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Key Responsibilities:
• Partnering with stakeholders to meet organizations people needs and proactively forecast and deliver as per requirements
• Working with management to coordinate/conduct HR programs and activities including, performance management, promotions, development, and support on talent planning and engagement.
• Support people services as needed with regards to complex situations and act as first contact for questions from employees and managers on HR policies and processes.
• Conducting induction, orientation & on-boarding of new joiners and fulfilling all the joining formalities viz rolling out appointment, confirmation, reliving/experience letters
• Responsible for employee engagement & events initiatives
• Deal with issues relating to employee discipline at workplace in line with company policies and legal requirements.
• Working with team to maintain & participate in manpower planning with business heads.
• Attending and handling grievance an individual & take remedial measures.
• Interacting with employees across all levels, create communication forums and ensure continuity and effectiveness of existing forums, follow up and closure on issues raised.
• Conducting exit interviews and help proactively design retention strategies to control attrition.
• Sharing various reports as per department requirement.
• Completing paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution.
• Providing professional services and support in dynamic work environment.

The Smart Cube is a professional services firm that specializes in delivering high value, customized Business Research as well as Marketing and Data Analytics solutions to leading corporations and professional services firms worldwide.

• Key Responsibilities:
• Recruitment & Selection : Initiating and implementing robust recruitment process to attract the best talent within tight deadlines
• Utilizing wide variety of recruitment methods including job portals, internet postings, employee referrals, social media, Internal/external networking, and weekend drives etc.
• Conversant with requirement in data analytics and business research domain across verticals like consumer product goods, industrials, life sciences etc.
• Some of positions handled across level are Analyst, Senior Analyst, Associate, Lead, Assistant Manager, Manager, AVP etc.
• Stakeholder Management - Worked closely with hiring managers/business heads to understand their business requirements and strategizing hiring needs accordingly.
• Managed recruitment vendors for hiring niche mandates.
• Conducted HR interviews, ascertaining interest of candidates towards company and job profile.
• Involvement in proposing salaries to be offered to candidates with senior management and done offer negotiation with candidates.
• Involved in taking care of pre-joining & post-joining formalities like expectation setting such as salary fitment, designation, joining date etc., obtaining required documents and initiating the background verification process of the candidates, issue of appointment letter etc.
• Directly worked with CHRO and business heads of all units for planning and managing over all hiring of employees.
• Responsible for weekly and quarterly hiring updates and providing quarterly salary benchmarking report to senior management

Organization: Grail Research, a division of Integreon

Grail Research, a division of Integreon, created with the sole purpose of meeting the market intelligence needs of organizations in today's fast-paced, complex, global business environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Recruitment & Selection: Handled the overall recruitment life cycle- with conducting sourcing activities, screening & calling potential candidates for interviews, joining formalities & reference checks
• Negotiated compensation and closure of offer
• Coordinated the post offer follow up process and issuing of offer letters and appointment letters to new employees
• Coordinated joining & induction process of new employees
• Managed complete campus placements process:
• Taking the short-listed candidates through the company presentation
• Conducting & evaluating aptitude tests, personal interviews & technical tests
• Closing the campus process by sending campus letters & offer letters to campus hires
• Keeping the final hires active and engaged till joining
• Coordinated and developed successful relationships with the top management and engineering Institutes.

• MIS and Payroll Activities: Maintaining employee HR- MIS
• Handled and coordinated on payroll and audit activities
• Developed business HR dashboards for periodic reviews with HR and leadership
• Conducted orientation programme for new joiners and coordinating with training team for Induction programme

• Employee Engagement
• Handled employee engagement activities for respective group assigned
• Part of Fun activities team, preparing town hall decks, coordinating with relevant stakeholders

• Compliance and Policies
• Enhanced understanding and ensure compliance of HR policies and processes
• Filed and maintained all records

Name of the organization: Executive Search - A leading consulting firm

A Search firm established in 1995 is a Talent Acquisition solutions provider of choice for a wide array of clients and partners throughout the country from mid-sized, to Fortune 500 companies in various industry segments

Key Responsibilities:

• Handled recruitment for senior and middle level positions for prestigious clients across various sectors
• Held discussions, understood client's requirement, job description and salary payable for different skill sets
• Sourced CVs from various recruitment sources, scheduled interviews
• Effectively used built up database, internet, and employee referrals for prospecting