Nafis Kurne

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading campus and lateral recruitment for tech and non-tech verticals.
• Executing end-to-end hiring strategies for functions including Technology, Marketing, Finance, Admin, HR, Legal, and CSR.
• Led end-to-end campus recruitment programs from planning to final onboarding; liaised with placement cells, scheduled pre-placement talks, and arranged selection processes across India’s top-tier colleges.
• Designed and executed Zycus's Campus Recruitment Calendar, aligning with business forecasting and role pipelines.
• Took full ownership of planning large-scale hiring events, including online assessment drives, and panel interviews across multiple business units.
• Resolved challenging situations, including negotiation bottlenecks, candidate no-shows, and technical evaluation delays, demonstrating problem-solving and crisis management ability.
• Collaborated with the Employer Branding team to refine campus pitch decks and hiring collateral used in student engagements.
• Partnered with business heads to prioritize urgent roles, often working on tight deadlines, and filling niche positions in under 10 business days.
• Introduced data-driven hiring dashboards using Excel/Sheets to track funnel efficiency, offer acceptance rates, and recruiter performance KPIs.
• Served as the point of contact for high-stakes roles (e.g., Senior Manager – Finance, Manager – HRBP, Social Media Marketing Manager), ensuring quality, speed, and culture fit in hiring.
• Continuously optimized sourcing strategies to improve diversity in hiring, and ensure inclusive outreach across campuses and laterals.
• Leveraged multiple sourcing platforms, including LinkedIn, Naukri, Instahyre, Shine, Indeed, and employee referrals, to identify and engage top talent across tech and non-tech domains.
• Strategically customized sourcing approaches based on role type, seniority, and urgency, balancing active search and passive outreach.

Key Achievements:

• Rolled out 58 offers (2023–2024): 23 Java developers, 10 QA testers, 10 senior executive marketing positions, and 15 associate product leads.
• Lateral hiring success across support functions: Senior Manager – Finance, Senior Executive – Legal, Executive – Finance, HR Operations, Administration, Corporate Social Responsibility, Desktop Support Engineer – IT Information Systems, Manager – IT Information Systems, etc.
• Rolled out 65 total offers (2024–2025), including 39 campus offers for Business Development from top-tier engineering and B-schools.
• Played a pivotal role in recruiting for strategic functions like Social Media Marketing, HRBP/Senior HRBP, and Senior Manager roles in HR and Legal.

Campus Engagement and Leadership Initiatives:

• I represented Zycus at over 100 campus hiring events, delivering presentations and resolving candidate queries on the spot, strengthening employer branding.
• Pioneered an early talent mapping strategy to identify high-potential students through internships and pre-placement offers.
• Regularly engaged in post-hiring feedback loops with campus SPOCs to build long-term relationships, and improve year-over-year recruitment results.
• Recognized as a go-to resource within the TA team for planning, crisis handling, and smooth execution during crunch periods.

Walk-in Drives and Recruitment Events:

• Independently organized and executed walk-in drives for roles across departments such as IT, Finance, Admin, Legal, and Customer Support.
• Handled end-to-end logistics, including venue coordination, panel scheduling, candidate communication, assessments, and offer rollouts.
• Developed structured screening frameworks and assessment rubrics to ensure a consistent candidate experience.
• Played a lead role in designing job ads, drive banners, and pre-drive outreach to maximize walk-in footfall.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supported the end-to-end recruitment life cycle, including sourcing, screening, coordinating interviews, and offer rollouts.
• Focused extensively on campus hiring drives across top-tier engineering and business institutions.
• Collaborated with hiring managers and stakeholders to align talent needs with organizational objectives.
• Successfully planned and executed high-volume campus hiring drives, collaborating with top engineering and management colleges across India.
• Independently managed recruitment events at IITs, NITs, and IIITs, ensuring smooth coordination between internal stakeholders and campus SPOCs.
• Created and maintained candidate evaluation frameworks, ensuring consistency and fairness during bulk hiring assessments.
• Took the initiative in designing candidate communication templates and structuring interview workflows for smoother offer rollouts and onboarding.
• Proactively handled last-minute candidate dropouts, and implemented backup offer strategies to meet hiring targets without delays.

Key Achievements:

• Rolled out 95 offers in the 2022–2023 period: 40 Java developers, 30 QA Professionals, 10 Product Management Interns, 8 Associate Product Leads, and 7 Machine Learning engineers.
• Successfully recruited from elite institutions such as IITs, NITs, IIITs, and IIMs.
• Supported lateral hiring for tech and HR roles during high-growth phases of the organization.

• Designated as HR Trainee in Recruitment and Selection
• Handled End to End Recruitment process.
• Sourced candidates through different job portals and databases.