Palka Sethi

• Reduced Time-to-Hire & Improved Candidate Experience: Fi led 11 critical roles (Developers, Product Managers, Data Scientists) within 2 weeks through internal referrals and streamlined interview processes. Increased offer acceptance rate by 15%.
• Enhanced Team Collaboration & Efficiency: Implemented JIRA for project tracking, reporting, and communication, facilitating collaboration among internal recruiters.
• Mentored Junior Recruiters: Provided ongoing training and coaching on sourcing techniques, interviewing ski ls, and building rapport with hiring managers

• Built a High-Performing Data Science Team: Sourced, screened, and hired 15 top-tier Data Science Consultants through strategic recruitment strategies and collaboration with clients.
• Data-Driven Recruitment: Created a comprehensive ski l map by analyzing 700+ retail e-commerce analytics job descriptions, ensuring targeted candidate sourcing.
• Contributed to Revenue Growth: Partnered with the sales team to develop B2B strategies, launch email campaigns, and implement Apolo.io for enhanced lead generation

• Optimized Recruitment Processes & Increased Offer Acceptance:
  Streamlined hiring and onboarding processes, leading to improved
  candidate experience and a 10% rise in offer acceptance rates.
• Enhanced HR Efficiency & Streamlined Operations: Introduced an ATS to streamline hiring collaboration, reduced admin overhead by 25%, and established salary benchmarks for performance management.
• Researched & Implemented Effective HR Policies: Developed and
  implemented comprehensive HR policies, activities, and events across the organization.

Policy and Program Guidance: Led the development and communication of HR policies, programs, and benefits, ensuring alignment with company goals and compliance with regulations.
Conflict Resolution: Managed employee disputes effectively by applying advanced conflict resolution techniques, fostering a positive work environment.
Compensation and Benefits: Designed and implemented compensation and benefits structures that balanced market trends with budgetary constraints.
Performance Management: Elevated HR team performance by initiating performance reviews and motivational strategies, resulting in increased productivity and engagement.
Collaborative Hiring: Enhanced candidate selection by building strong relationships with hiring managers to clarify job requirements and expectations.
Candidate Experience: Improved the candidate experience by streamlining the recruitment process and scheduling 5 quality interviews for each role in a week, ensuring clear communication and timely feedback through effective use of ATS.
Talent Pipeline Development: Developed and maintained a robust talent pipeline for 10 critical roles, achieving quick fill times for key positions.
Proactive Sourcing: Engaged in proactive sourcing techniques, including outreach to passive candidates and relationship building for future opportunities.
Data-Driven Insights: Evaluated recruiting metrics to generate reports and insights, providing valuable feedback to stakeholders for continuous improvement.

• Responsible for end to end recruitment and leading the entire talent acquisition channel to ensure 100% staffing within the stipulate TAT.
• Grew consulting business 3X with an increased focus on stakeholder management and talent acquisition.
• Represented and built the company brand on campuses that took care of 20% of manpower needs.
• Scaled up hiring by 3x within span of 4 months within our company. Ownership of JOB-A-THON(Multi-branded hiring Hackathon).
• Implemented engagement programs and events that reduced attrition of high performers by < 5% per quarter.
• Closed Analytics/Data Science hiring requirements of top notch clients (TVS Credit, HDFC Bank, Tiger Analytics, Fractal Analytics etc)- 100+ candidates have already joined these companies.
• Formulation of HR policies and implementation.

• Initiating recruitment life cycle through understanding requirements from different departments.
• Closed more than 10 positions in a month -Software engineers - Dev and testing teams.
• Leading CSR team and multiple tie-ups with NGOs for the betterment of society.
• Stakeholder management from understanding the requirement to joining of the candidate.
• Conducting and Managing Walk-in and hiring drives. Conducting and managing Campus hiring.
• Planned and executed recruitment events to bring in area candidates.