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Prajakta Ranade

Prajakta Ranade

Mumbai

Summary

  • Goal-oriented recruiting professional with 12 years of experience and motivated to achieve demanding targets under tight deadlines.
  • Proficient in developing and overseeing diverse candidate pipelines, hiring, and branding strategies.
  • Strong planner, problem-solver, and administrator with a focused and dedicated approach to meeting hiring needs. Achievements include accomplishing dramatic improvements in the quality of applicants while streamlining processes.
  • Good organizational, multitasking and leadership skills.
  • Possessing diverse experience in establishing HR infrastructure within a product startup.
  • I am detail-oriented, highly collaborative, and possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • I was born and raised in Thane. Currently, I reside in the western suburbs of Mumbai with my husband, daughter, and in-laws. Dancing is one of my passions, and I have pursued Latin dances like Salsa and Bachata for a few years. I also have a deep love for reading and a keen interest in portrait photography. Weekends are eagerly anticipated for spending quality time with friends, and I've recently taken up storytelling as a new hobby, especially for my daughter.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead - IT Recruiter

Resilinc
08.2021 - Current
  • As a Lead - IT Recruiter at Resilinc, my role involves sourcing, attracting, and selecting top talent for the organization
  • I utilize my strong communication skills and attention to detail to identify qualified candidates and ensure a smooth recruitment process
  • I collaborate closely with hiring managers to understand their hiring needs and provide them with a pool of highly skilled candidates
  • Currently working business, entitled to ensure seamless delivery for hiring funnels within the line of businesses
  • Leading the recruitment initiatives for the B2B SaaS – Supply Chain automation company in India, UK, and US
  • Building and executing end to end TA strategy with a strong focus on quality of hire and positive candidate experience
  • Entitled to handle and manage Tech roles for pivotal portfolios across Resilinc
  • Equipped with a range of recruiting strategies such as Social Media Recruiting and Talent hunting from Top Universities, Stakeholder Management
  • Recruitment embodying facets such as Sourcing, Screening, Candidate Assessments, Stakeholder Management and Offer Management
  • Responsible for supplementing weekly hiring reports, appeasing interviewers for calibration, mentoring recruiters, orchestrating end-end hiring activities
  • Full recruitment life cycle management with the concept of result-oriented execution by understanding the business needs from the top management
  • Market mapping & updating stakeholders with market intelligence on hiring related data
  • Entrusted to provide candidates for Niche & Leadership roles.

Senior Executive - People and Culture

3Five8 Technologies Private Limited
Mumbai
04.2014 - 03.2019
  • Started as a Talent Acquisition Executive and progressed to the role of Senior Executive in People and Culture
  • Established an HR system and formulated policies from the ground up
  • Streamlined HR processes and operations such as recruitment, payroll, attendance, PMS, etc., to ensure the efficiency and accuracy in the business
  • Designed, Communicated, and implemented a Standard HR policy to support decision-making in the business with the proper channel of communication to employees
  • Handling the day-to-day HR function: Recruitment, Attendance, Payroll, performance management, statutory benefits, employee engagement activities, etc
  • Supporting Department Heads- in all aspects of HR and Performance Management
  • Controlling HR costs by streamlining the recruitment process and acquiring new employees through internal and external references
  • Full cycle recruiting for technical and non - technical requisitions
  • Involved in Market Mapping to understand the current trend
  • Sourcing candidates through outbound messaging i.e
  • LinkedIn, Google web search, X-Ray LinkedIn search and inbound sources (i.e
  • Referrals, job seekers, Naukri, iimjobs)
  • Analyst for People Operations team in presenting recruiting & HR data to the company
  • Full-cycle recruiting from sourcing, talent branding, phone screens, referral generation, offer generation till on-boarding.

Senior Recruiter

Raj Consultancy Services
05.2013 - 10.2013
  • Identifying and sourcing high profile technical/non-technical candidates
  • Pre-screening every candidate with a complete qualifier to understand his professional background and career aspirations
  • Hands-on experience in sourcing using LinkedIn, Naukri and Open web search (Google Search)
  • Involved in client acquisition, gathering their requirements, understanding those to provide them with the best candidate from within the network
  • Engaged in technical calibration calls with existing clients
  • Negotiating offer terms with selected candidates and maintaining the track record of candidates
  • Implementing various sourcing approaches like referral generation, ad placement, job portals, position postings and direct sourcing
  • Designing Search Plans, sending maps (quality candidates) to the decision makers.

Delivery Executive

Future Focus Infotech Private Limited
10.2010 - 02.2013
  • Worked majorly on Contract and C2H Requirements
  • Utilize various sourcing methods, including job boards, social media, networking, and referrals, to identify and attract qualified candidates for contract and contract-to-hire roles
  • Build and maintain a talent pipeline for immediate and future staffing needs
  • Conduct thorough candidate screenings, including resume reviews, interviews, and skills assessments, to ensure candidates meet client requirements
  • Assess candidates for their suitability for both short-term contracts and potential full-time positions
  • Manage client expectations regarding candidate availability, compensation
  • Foster long-term relationships with both clients and candidates to encourage repeat business and referrals
  • Worked on Job Portals (Naukri.Com, Shine.com, Times Jobs, etc.)

Senior Recruitment Consultant

HumanAsset HR
Thane
06.2009 - 10.2010
  • Analyzing the manpower requirements provided by clients
  • To assess the overall requirements in respect of sourcing within a given time frame
  • Handling recruitments for junior, middle, and senior levels for IT, Non-IT, Financial Services, Broking Firms etc
  • For PAN India
  • Sourcing and Screening profiles based on specifications through in-house database, job portals (Naukri, Monster, Times jobs), references, networking sites like LinkedIn
  • Short-listing the candidates
  • Coordination for interviews, feedback, and selection list
  • Pre interview and post interview follow up with the candidates and ensuring joining of candidates
  • Negotiating with the selected candidate
  • To close the respective position within TAT.

Education

Appeared - Human Resource Management

Welingkar institute of Management
01.2014

Bachelor's degree - information technology

Bandodkar College (Mumbai University)
Thane
08-2008

Skills

  • Product based hiring
  • Technical recruitment
  • Non-Technical Recruitment
  • Product Startup exposure
  • Problem solving skills
  • Talent Assessment & Acquisition
  • Candidate Sourcing & Screening
  • Advanced Boolean Searches
  • Salary Negotiation & Stakeholder management
  • Background Checks and Offer management
  • Social Media Recruiting Tools
  • X – Ray & Boolean Search
  • Talent Mapping
  • Market Intelligence
  • Client Relationship Management
  • Payroll support
  • Reporting
  • HR Operations Support
  • Applicant Tracking Systems

Certification

Completed Certification course in Practical Core HR Training from PreHR academy, Mumbai, 2014

Accomplishments

  • Received Peer Award from the hiring manager for successful closing of critical positions assigned.
  • Received a Performance bonus on closing leadership position internally.
  • Received a Performance bonus on closing my first US position within 2 weeks internally which was open for 4 months

ATS & HRMS Tools

  • HRStop
  • GreytHR
  • Jobvite
  • Lever
  • Zoho People
  • MyVetan/Sensys technologies

Recruiting Tools

  • LinkedIn Recruiter
  • Monster
  • Dice
  • Naukri
  • Indeed
  • GitHub
  • Stack overflow
  • Instahyre
  • X ray search
  • Hirist
  • Behance
  • Angelist
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Social media channels

Languages

  • Marathi, First Language
  • English, C2
  • Hindi, B1

Affiliations

  • Dancing
  • Reading
  • Photography
  • Trekking

About Myself

  • I was born and raised in Thane. Currently, I reside in Borivali, Mumbai, along with my husband, daughter, and in-laws. My passion for dancing led me to learn Salsa for a few years. Additionally, I have a deep love for reading and am an amateur photographer. Weekends are dedicated to spending quality time with friends, and I have recently taken up storytelling as a hobby for my daughter. In my college days, I had the opportunity to work with CRY, where I gained valuable experience in teaching children from rural areas around Thane.

References

References available upon request.

Work Availability

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Quote

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Samuel Beckett

Timeline

Lead - IT Recruiter

Resilinc
08.2021 - Current

Senior Executive - People and Culture

3Five8 Technologies Private Limited
04.2014 - 03.2019

Senior Recruiter

Raj Consultancy Services
05.2013 - 10.2013

Delivery Executive

Future Focus Infotech Private Limited
10.2010 - 02.2013

Senior Recruitment Consultant

HumanAsset HR
06.2009 - 10.2010

Appeared - Human Resource Management

Welingkar institute of Management

Bachelor's degree - information technology

Bandodkar College (Mumbai University)

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