Danish Arbab
Gurugram
Summary
Dynamic Talent Acquisition Manager with over 5 years of experience and a proven track record at Chakr Innovation, excelling in full-cycle recruitment and team leadership. Expert in developing effective talent acquisition strategies and optimizing recruitment processes. Passionate about fostering cultural fit and stakeholder engagement, driving successful hiring initiatives across diverse sectors. Skilled in ATS management and vendor relations.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Acquisition Manager
Chakr Innovation
Gurugram
08.2023 - Current
- Designed and implemented a comprehensive Talent Acquisition (TA) strategy, focusing on critical areas such as Talent and Leadership, Culture and Values, Engagement and Connect, Supervisory Competency, and Productivity and Cost. This strategy was aligned with both short-term and long-term business objectives to address key organizational challenges.
- Successfully led campus recruitment efforts at top institutions, including IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, BITS Pilani, Delhi University (DU), IP University, and Jamia Millia Islamia. Coordinated with university placement cells and faculty to build strong relationships, and ensure smooth recruitment drives.
- Designed, developed, and successfully managed various recruitment processes across multiple hiring segments, including frontline, lateral, campus, volume, and niche hiring.
- Managed and mentored a team of 15 recruiters, sourcing specialists, and talent acquisition coordinators to drive high-volume hiring initiatives for middle- to senior-level positions across PAN India, ensuring the recruitment process was efficient and aligned with organizational needs.
- Set clear performance targets for the team, providing ongoing coaching and development to optimize team effectiveness, and achieve recruitment goals.
- Oversaw the recruitment budget, including cost proposals, approvals, and tracking, while providing guidance to the recruitment team to effectively identify and secure top talent in the market.
- Worked closely with senior business stakeholders to address cost and hiring challenges, providing strategic solutions to fill niche, and critical positions promptly and effectively.
- Collaborated with business leaders to drive employee retention strategies through thoughtful talent acquisition, and post-hire engagement initiatives.
- Managed relationships with third-party recruitment agencies, staffing vendors, and external talent pools to achieve hiring objectives. Negotiated contracts, monitored vendor performance, and ensured adherence to service-level agreements (SLAs).
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
HeadField Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Noida
08.2021 - 08.2023
- Handling the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle.
- Responsible for the full hiring cycle, analyzing the requirements received from the client/manager, sourcing, pre-screening, shortlisting, scheduling interviews, and coordination until the candidate is onboard.
- Core experience in the placement of IT, non-IT, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and hospitality roles.
- Excellent resume sourcing skills from different job boards, including www.monster.com, www.dice.com, and www.careerbuilder.com, as well as from various professional and social networking sites like LinkedIn, Indeed, and Facebook.
- Thorough understanding of U.S. and Canadian taxation terms (W-2, Corp to Corp, 1099) and has worked with different visa holders (H-1B, TN, EAD, Open Work Permit), as well as Green Card holders, permanent residents, Canadian citizens, and U.S. citizens.
- Used ATS (Job Diva) and (Ceipal) to process job applications and to manage the database and hiring process.
- Responsible for recruiting and sourcing appropriate resources for open roles with the client, which include both direct relationships and vendor management systems (VMS) like Fieldglass, Beeline, and Agile1 VMS.
US IT Recruiter
Golden Pegasus IT Consulting
Pune
02.2021 - 08.2021
- Lead the full recruitment life cycle, from sourcing strategies, talent recruitment, and acquisition to interview preparation, offer negotiation, and onboarding.
- Worked with various ATS like Job Diva and Ciepal. Successfully placed candidates on work visas like H1B, TN, L2, EAD, USC, and GC.
- Successfully places candidates on work visas like H-1B, TN, L-2, EAD, USC, and GC.
- Worked in IT roles such as Java Developer, .NET Developer, Full Stack Developer, Project Manager, Business Analyst, SAP Consultant, Oracle Consultant, etc. Experience in doing passive recruitment from LinkedIn and Indeed.
- Experience in doing passive recruitment from LinkedIn and Indeed.
HR Associate
A1 Vacation Homes Pvt Ltd.
Noida
02.2020 - 01.2021
- Worked closely with HR Generalists to maintain the track record of employees.
- Helped to process the new hire packages as they were completed by each new employee.
- Identified and communicated with potential employees, posted and managed job listings, and worked on the improvement of the entire recruiting process.
- Assisted in payroll management, organized, and coordinated various employee relations activities, and maintained files and records.
- Inputted changes into HRIS related to merit, promotion, transfer, termination, new hire, benefits, and personal information.
- Coordinated requests for background checks, pre-employment drug tests, and college transcripts.
Education
Management Development Programme - Human Resources Management
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
Kozhikode08-2023
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi04-2021
Skills
- Talent acquisition strategy
- Full-cycle recruitment
- Team leadership
- Stakeholder engagement
- Cultural fit assessment
- Vendor management
- Recruitment process optimization
- Onboarding processes
- Talent management
- ATS and Recruitment Software
- HR policies development
- Global recruitment
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Manager
Chakr Innovation
08.2023 - Current
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
HeadField Solutions Pvt Ltd.
08.2021 - 08.2023
US IT Recruiter
Golden Pegasus IT Consulting
02.2021 - 08.2021
HR Associate
A1 Vacation Homes Pvt Ltd.
02.2020 - 01.2021
Management Development Programme - Human Resources Management
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Jamia Millia Islamia
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