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Kashmira Burande

Pune

Summary

Highly experienced Talent Acquisition Lead with 10 years of experience in stakeholder management. Proven ability to manage and develop relationships with key stakeholders, recruit and onboard top talent, and strengthen organizational culture. A versatile team player with a passion for learning and growing within an organization. Applying for a position to drive business growth through effective talent acquisition strategies.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

  • Provided guidance to management on selection decisions based on skillset requirements.
  • Developed relationships with third-party recruiters, staffing agencies and other sources of qualified talent.
  • Evaluated current recruitment processes to identify areas of improvement.
  • Coached hiring managers on best practices for interviewing candidates.
  • Collaborated with internal stakeholders to understand their staffing needs.
  • Analyzed industry trends in order to create competitive compensation packages.
  • Monitored performance metrics such as time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, quality-per-hire etc.
  • Participated in designing and executing talent acquisition strategies to enhance organization visibility in key recruiting markets.
  • Consulted with hiring managers to further understand business requirements and inform pipeline development.
  • Built robust pipeline and diverse pool of candidates to meet current or future hiring needs.
  • Encouraged internal employee growth by focusing on talent within organization.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Specialist Talent Acquisition

Takeoff Technologies
Pune
11.2023 - Current
  • Spearheaded full-cycle recruitment processes for technical positions, including software engineers, Tech Support, Leadership Roles and IT professionals etc.
  • Reporting directly to Vice President of Engineering responsible for hiring in India.
  • Developed and maintained strong relationships with hiring managers and stakeholders to understand staffing needs and ensure alignment with business objectives.
  • Implemented sourcing strategies to attract passive candidates, including social media recruiting, networking events, and employee referral programs.
  • Conducted regular meetings with Leadership and Stakeholders to review progress and address any concerns including current updates. Prepare reports on recruitment metrics for the same.
  • Conducted thorough candidate screenings and interviews to assess technical skills, cultural fit, and career aspirations.
  • Managed candidate pipeline through applicant tracking systems (ClearCo and introduction to Zoho) ensuring data accuracy and compliance with company policies and regulations.
  • Collaborated with HR partners to streamline onboarding processes and improve candidate experience.
  • Exclusive implementation of talent acquisition strategy that included referral program, Weekend Drive and online recruiting campaigns which increased talent pool by 45% and reduced time-to-hire by 30%.

Talent Acquisition Lead - Account Manager

Cummins
Pune
03.2023 - 11.2023
  • Lead end to end recruitment for Engineering roles for the venture - Tata Cummins Pvt Ltd - The country's leading manufacturer of diesel and natural gas.
  • Handling 2 BU's TCPL - Pune and Phaltan plant And TGESPL - Jamshedpur plant.
  • Working towards hiring Diversity candidates for internal and external open positions.
  • Own and drive Stakeholder Management (internal as well as external) for strategic hiring of the venture.
  • Full Ownership of the open positions.
  • Maintaining and Updating the Req report, new hire report and trackers.
  • Lead Status update calls to hiring managers and leaders on weekly and biweekly basis.
  • Managed full recruitment process from Sourcing profiles from the job site like Naukri, Internal Database and ATS HCM and Employee Referrals to onboarding.
  • Make use of Naukri Talent Pulse report for candidate pool mapping and market insight for hiring strategy discussion with stakeholders.
  • Handling a Team of 2 members - Sourcer and Interview Scheduler.
  • Mentoring and guiding Sourcing and Coordinating team as and when required.
  • Build and maintain Cross functional BU relationship.
  • Engaging and managing Vendors and utilise them at the fullest for diversity, DE&I and PWD hiring.

Talent Acquisition and Employment Specialist

Nuance + Microsoft
Pune
03.2020 - 02.2023
  • Dedicated TA partner for end to end recruitment of Enterprise RnD BU with proven ability to close positions in given or minimal TAT and budget.
  • Own and drive Stakeholder Management (internal as well as external) for India and global stakeholders.
  • Streamlined the interview and selection process, reducing time-to-hire by 20% and increasing offer acceptance rate by 15%.
  • ATS used HireCraft and Workday.
  • Utilized data-driven approach to analyse recruitment metrics and identify areas for improvement, leading to a 15% increase in the quality of hires.
  • Implemented innovative strategies for candidate engagement and retention, resulting in a 20% decrease in the time-to-fill positions.
  • Developed and executed a comprehensive stakeholder management plan to ensure effective collaboration with hiring managers, resulting in a 30% increase in hiring efficiency.
  • Interacted and coordinated regularly with Hiring Managers (Domestic as well as global Stakeholders) and Leadership Stakeholders for daily, weekly/biweekly and quarterly hiring progress/status calls.
  • Make use of LinkedIn Talent Insight report for candidate pool mapping and market insight for hiring strategy discussion with stakeholders.
  • Plan and execute brainstorming strategy sessions to fill the open positions.
  • Mentoring Juniors, Acting Team Lead for cross BU recruiter resources for a team of 6 recruiters, 1 TAOPs resource and 2 Interview Schedulers.
  • Educate, guide and help solve queries/issues of the hiring managers. Advice right options/ways for given situation. Managing and handling escalations if any.
  • Coordinate with Sourcing and Onboarding team and build strong relations.
  • Build healthy and trustworthy relationships with the Business and candidates.
  • Providing outstanding hiring experience to both the business partner and candidate.
  • Creating pool of passive candidates for evergreen skills using LinkedIn Recruiter.
  • Responsible for maintaining interview tracker across business units for stand up calls.
  • Developing and maintaining proper database, ATS and trackers to make sure quality and quantity both should be delivered on time and meet data integrity and hygiene.
  • Conducting Weekday/Weekend Drives as required.
  • Active participation in Learning and Mentoring actives for sourcing platforms and stretch assignments.
  • Extended support in cross BU hiring when needed.

Associate

Synechron Technologies
Pune
08.2018 - 02.2020
  • Recruiting for Junior level, Midlevel and Senior Level positions, utilizing multiple online portals and platforms
  • Achieved successful hire rate of 80% of the target almost every time
  • Maintaining and Updating the Req report, new hire report and trackers
  • Sourcing profiles from the job site like Naukri and Monster
  • Sending Mass Mails and Job Posting on the portals
  • Taking Telephonic Interview and understands the responsibilities handled by candidate and their project in detail
  • Process the shortlisted profiles to business unit teams
  • Follow-up with candidates till they complete all rounds of the interview
  • Following up and giving Warm up Calls with the candidates till the date of joining
  • Sending daily/ Weekly reports
  • BU's worked for: Citi Bank, TransAmerica, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), UBS, Asurion and TIAA

Consultant

Adecco India
Pune
08.2016 - 08.2018
  • Worked as a Vendor for Service, Product, Captive and Investment Banks for fulfilling their technical roles on their permanent payroll
  • Catered clients like - Amdocs, EPAM, Ugam, Infosys, Altimetrik, Accenture, Capgemini, HCL

Associate Talent Acquisition

Zenith Management Consultants
Pune
04.2014 - 05.2016
  • Technical recruitment for product development companies, service based companies, captive firm and IB's
  • Having adequate knowledge of technologies
  • Catered clients like - Amdocs, Sungard (Now FIS), Nomura, Sapient, Cognizant, Vodafone, Principal Global Services and CLSA

Education

Master of Business Administration - Human Resources Management

Lexicon Institute of Management Education
Pune
06-2012

B.Com -

Sir Parashurambhau College, Pune University
Pune
07-2009

Skills

  • Technical Recruitment - End tot End
  • Salary Negotiation
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Application Tracking Systems
  • Recruitment Strategy Planning
  • Employer Branding
  • LinkedIn and Linkedin Recruiter
  • Proficient in iCIMS, Workday, Hirecraft, HCM, ClearCo, Zoho

Social Link

linkedin.com/in/kashmira-burande1225aa93

Personal Information

Total Experience: 10 Years 0 Month

Languages

  • English
  • Marathi
  • Hindi

Technical Skills Recruited For:

  • Java and Fullstack Developers
  • QA Engineers - Manual and Automation (Java and Python - SDET)
  • Java Cloud
  • DevOps Engineer
  • Leadership Role - Information Technology Director
  • Front End Developers
  • SRE and SRC Engineers
  • Android, iOS Developers
  • Technical Writer
  • HR Ops (Sourcer, Scheduler, Recruiter)
  • Have explored Capmus Hiring

Timeline

Specialist Talent Acquisition

Takeoff Technologies
11.2023 - Current

Talent Acquisition Lead - Account Manager

Cummins
03.2023 - 11.2023

Talent Acquisition and Employment Specialist

Nuance + Microsoft
03.2020 - 02.2023

Associate

Synechron Technologies
08.2018 - 02.2020

Consultant

Adecco India
08.2016 - 08.2018

Associate Talent Acquisition

Zenith Management Consultants
04.2014 - 05.2016

Master of Business Administration - Human Resources Management

Lexicon Institute of Management Education

B.Com -

Sir Parashurambhau College, Pune University

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