Hisham Ali
Bengaluru
Summary
Experienced Talent Acquisition Professional with hands-on expertise in sourcing, attracting, and retaining top talent. Proficient in full-cycle recruitment processes, including candidate screening, interviewing, and negotiation. Skilled in leveraging various recruitment tools and platforms to identify and engage high-potential candidates. Proven ability to collaborate with stakeholders and hiring managers to understand business needs, and deliver tailored staffing solutions. Committed to staying abreast of industry trends and best practices to drive continuous improvement in talent acquisition strategies.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Acquisition Lead
Vaaree
Bengaluru
07.2024 - Current
- Collaborate and work closely with the founders to establish and develop the Talent Acquisition function within the company.
- Leading recruitment efforts individually across diverse functions, including Tech, Product, Analytics, Finance, Growth, Brand Marketing, CRM, Curation, Merchandising (Catalog), Procurement, Supply Chain, and Partner Success.
- Maintained accurate records in the applicant tracking system.
- Created a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
- Support the People and Culture team by organizing and executing employee engagement activities to enhance workplace morale and cohesion.
- Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, from gathering role requirements to onboarding new hires, ensuring a seamless and efficient process.
Sr. Talent Acquisition Executive
ZET
Bengaluru
05.2022 - 06.2024
- Joined ZET as the first Talent Acquisition Executive and played a crucial role in building the 30-member team to a 140-member team.
- Hired employees across multiple verticals, including Engineering, Product Management, Analytics, Marketing, and Finance.
- Worked closely with multiple stakeholders, including the cofounders.
- Helped the HR team in conducting employee engagement programs.
- Ensuring regular weekly updates to all stakeholders regarding the evolving candidate funnel, keeping them informed and engaged with the latest developments.
- Experienced in conducting HR interviews.
- Played a crucial role in creating the candidate trackers, reporting, and dashboarding tools.
- Proficient in vendor management, adept at fostering strong relationships, and ensuring smooth collaboration.
- Won the Stellar Award at ZET for being the best employee of the quarter, April 23 - July 23.
Talent Partner
Mfine
09.2021 - 05.2022
- Handling End to End Recruitment in the Technology Vertical
- Managing and Streamlining the entire Hiring Process
- Developed and maintaining the Employee Referral Program and Point of contact for the referral related queries
- Experienced in Handling HRMS tool DarwinBox
- Responsible for providing accurate and timely reports to the stakeholders and BU heads also leading the Hiring Stand-ups
- Experienced in Job Portals like Naukri, Instahyre, LinkedIn, iimjobs etc..
Technical Recruiter
Groww
03.2021 - 09.2021
- Co-ordinating and scheduling interviews for the Tech Hiring team
- Sourcing CVs from Naukri, LinkedIn, InstaHyre, Tophire and scheduling interviews of shortlisted candidates
- Stake Holder Management and Vendor Management
- Conducting weekend Hiring Drives
- Maintaining and updating recruitment and candidate trackers
- Coordinating online assessment tests using HackerEarth
- Hands on experience in handling HRMS - DarwinBox, ATS - Skillate
Human Resources Executive
Anzy Careers
12.2019 - 01.2021
- Experience in HR operations which entails HR activities like recruitment, onboarding & induction, joining formalities, employee engagement etc
- Handling end to end recruitment processes like Sourcing, Screening, Shortlisting, and Interview scheduling
- Preparing recruitment materials and post jobs to appropriate job board / job portal / mass mails etc
- Conducting preliminary rounds of Interview, short-listing the candidates for entry level positions, and facilitating employee selection
- Experience in sourcing suitable profiles through portals like Naukri and LinkedIn, Employee referrals, etc
- Co-ordinating with Campus Recruitment Drives
- Processing Payroll and handling employee grievances
- Hands on Experience in Handling HRMS - Zoho People
Human Resources Intern
Anzy Careers
10.2019 - 12.2019
- Helping the HR team in collecting and maintaining documents from the existing employees
- Assisting the HR Manager in adding employee data to the HRMS tool
- Handling End to End Recruitment
- Co-ordinating with Campus Recruitment Drives
Education
Master of Social Work - Human Resources Management
Kristu Jayanti College
01.2019
Bachelor's - English, Language & Literature
M G University
01.2016
Skills
- Talent Acquisition
- Stakeholder management
- Reporting and dashboarding
- Candidate and Employee Engagement
- Recruitment lifecycle management
- Applicant tracking systems
- Vendor management
- Onboarding processes
- Diversity and inclusion
- Data-driven decision making
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Malayalam
Contact Profile - Skills
- Talent Acquisition
- Stakeholder Management
- Reporting & Dashboarding
- Candidate & Employee Engagement
Personal Information
Hobbies: Football, Music, Automobile Enthusiast
Languages
Malayalam
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Tamil
Intermediate (B1)
B1
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Lead
Vaaree
07.2024 - Current
Sr. Talent Acquisition Executive
ZET
05.2022 - 06.2024
Talent Partner
Mfine
09.2021 - 05.2022
Technical Recruiter
Groww
03.2021 - 09.2021
Human Resources Executive
Anzy Careers
12.2019 - 01.2021
Human Resources Intern
Anzy Careers
10.2019 - 12.2019
Master of Social Work - Human Resources Management
Kristu Jayanti College
Bachelor's - English, Language & Literature
M G University
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