Pallavi Kaushik
Senior IT Recruiter
Bengaluru
Summary
Senior IT Recruiter with 4.5+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, IT & Leadership Hiring, and end-to-end recruitment across product and consulting environments. Strong expertise in ATS (Zoho Recruit), stakeholder management, sourcing strategies, offer negotiation, onboarding, and recruitment analytics. Proven ability to reduce time-to-fill, build talent pipelines, and close niche and senior-level roles.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Technical Recruiter
Zepto
02.2024 - Current
- Manage full-cycle recruitment for senior, niche, and leadership IT roles
- Partner with hiring managers and business stakeholders to define job requirements
- Source candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, job portals, and referrals
- Conduct resume screening, initial interviews, and interview coordination
- Handle offer rollouts, salary negotiation, and candidate closures
- Maintain accurate candidate data and recruitment stages in Zoho Recruit ATS
- Support onboarding, induction programs, and exit documentation
- Mentor junior recruiters and support team performance improvement
- Identified and engaged 60+ qualified candidates per month, resulting in 3+ hires per quarter
- Reduced time-to-fill by 7 days through optimized sourcing and pipeline management
- Prepare recruitment dashboards, hiring reports, and market intelligence
- Worked with clients including Amazon, Myntra, Microsoft, Paytm
Associate Talent Acquisition Specialist
Ivega Consulting
02.2022 - 01.2024
- Delivered end-to-end recruitment for IT, Non-IT, and leadership positions
- Sourced candidates via LinkedIn, job portals, internal databases, and referrals
- Screened resumes and conducted telephonic and video interviews
- Coordinated interviews with hiring managers and stakeholders
- Managed offer negotiation, documentation, and background verification
- Successfully closed positions for clients including Wipro, TCS, HCL, Cognizant, Westpac
Junior Consultant
Gi Group
09.2021 - 12.2021
- Supported talent acquisition across Healthcare, Pharma, Life Sciences, and Biotechnology
- Worked on middle and senior management hiring
- Conducted resume screening, shortlisting, and interview scheduling
- Assisted in bulk hiring and large-scale recruitment drives
Education
PGDM - IT & HR
Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS)
Ranchi01.2021
BBA - HR
Techno India University
Kolkata, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Talent Acquisition
End-to-End Recruitment
IT Recruitment
Leadership Hiring
Stakeholder Management
Candidate Sourcing
Boolean Search
LinkedIn Recruiter
Job Portals (Naukri, Indeed)
Certification
Talent Management & Recruiting – LinkedIn Learning
Interests
Music – Enhances creativity, focus, and stress management, Cooking – Strengthens planning, organisation, and attention to detail
Timeline
Senior Technical Recruiter
Zepto
02.2024 - Current
Associate Talent Acquisition Specialist
Ivega Consulting
02.2022 - 01.2024
Junior Consultant
Gi Group
09.2021 - 12.2021
BBA - HR
Techno India University
04.2001 -
PGDM - IT & HR
Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS)