Hi, I’m
Ritika Raj
Team Lead Talent Acquisition
Gr.Noida West
Summary
Decisive, Results-Focused professional offering an experience of 8+ years in the management of human resources, IT and Non-IT recruitment. Excellent analytical skills summed up with strong knowledge in Recruitment and team handling & client handling. Received Vision Builder of the Year 2022. Innovative and exceptionally creative to foster ideas that impel the organization towards a result-oriented direction. Impeccable client management and leadership skills with impressive professional-speaking abilities. Driven by new challenges and adept at adapting to any cultural and business environments. With a brilliant professional record, I aspire to work as a Team Lead in Talent Acquisition and Recruitment where in my diligence and extensive experience contributes to the growth of the organization.
Organized team leader builds positive rapport, inspires trust and guides teams toward achievement of organizational goals. Strong facilitator adept at working cross-departmentally with co-management and top-level leadership. Excellent trainer and mentor.
Overview
11
years of professional experience
2013
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Pride Global
Team Lead(Acting Manager) – Talent Acquisition
04.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Meeting talent needs of the business and involve in Manpower Planning & Talent Acquisition
- Handling a team of 9, assisting & mentoring them in the recruitment process, taking care of performance management, leaves, attendance management
- Leading end-to-end people responsibility, is involved in employee engagement group (JOSH) and have arranged several programs
- Managing HR process for employee lifecycle, Involved in diverse hiring, meetings with NGO
- Is involved in various ERGs and mentored and helped other employees
- Have hired for geographies like India, Brazil, and Philippines
- Facilitating close coordination with stakeholders for addressing & serving their requirements
- Collaborating with different departments like HRBP, IT, Finance, Admin for synchronized process
- Coming up with recommendations for stakeholders to hire as per current market scenarios
- Conducting Business Performance Meeting with team to share insights on the progress and expectations
- Meeting stakeholders on a regular basis, maintaining dashboard and giving monthly and quarterly presentations to reporting manager
- Making and modifying process, drafted SOP for Talent Acquisition, Talent Pool, Employee Referral
- Developing recruitment templates for social media in close coordination with Marketing Team
- Posting on LinkedIn to enhance employer branding initiatives
- Developing result-driven talent acquisition strategy and ensuring achievement of hiring demand
- Understanding workforce planning & resource forecasting to feed into recruitment timelines
- Communicating with external sources, i.e., peer organizations to acknowledge any trends in recruitment and markets
- Advising on recruiting tactics that will help to sustain the company’s success while designing & delivering reports and data
- Leading all sourcing strategies, implementing online & offline employer branding activities
- Developing a network of potential future hires (e.g., past applicants and referred candidates)
- Measuring key recruitment metrics like source of hire and time-to-hire requirements
- Driving remediation through an established understanding of the standard protocols, options and procedures
- Conducting weekly operation synchronization meetings to improve efficiencies, streamline processes, & identify reluctant tasks
- Developing better operational procedures and coordinating ongoing team training in order to meet our goals
- Driving organizational-level scaling-up initiatives, process & quality improvements and benchmarked best practices
Pride Global
Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist
10.2021 - 02.2022
Job overview
- Scheduling interviews, conducting, and managing weekend drives across locations
- Screen documents of selected candidates and compensation review of the same
- Conduct HR discussions, salary negotiation, and fitment check
- Update the database, upload documents and validation of data before offer release
- Generate weekly/Monthly/Quarterly reports through excel sheet
- Perform the conversion specialist role post offer release until the resources are on-boarded
Enterprise Solutions
Corporate HR
05.2021 - 10.2021
Job overview
- Daily recruitment, involved in internal hiring
- Responsible for handling the entire recruiting cycle such as sourcing, screening, contacting, confirming, interviewing, till deployment
- Involved in hiring of US IT Recruiter, Sales Managers, Account Manager, Business Development managers for their US Staffing division
- Involved in hiring of product development team of the company
- Involved in co-ordination and on- boarding, buddy up for the new hire, giving orientation to new joiners
- Employee recruitment, involved in internal hiring
- Responsible for handling the entire recruiting cycle such as sourcing, screening, contacting, confirming, interviewing, till deployment
- Involved in employee engagement activities
Helm Analytics Pvt Ltd
HR Recruiter
03.2018 - 01.2020
Job overview
- Daily recruitment, involved in internal hiring
- Responsible for handling the entire recruiting cycle such as sourcing, screening, contacting, confirming, interviewing, till deployment
- Involved in hiring of US IT Recruiter, Sales Managers, Account Manager, Business Development managers for their US Staffing division
- Involved in hiring of product development team of the company
- Involved in co-ordination and on- boarding, buddy up for the new hire, giving orientation to new joiners
- Employee recruitment, involved in internal hiring
- Responsible for handling the entire recruiting cycle such as sourcing, screening, contacting, confirming, interviewing, till deployment
- Involved in employee engagement activities
Vision Infosystems
Sr. HR Executive
02.2017 - 03.2018
Job overview
- Extensive background in HR generalist affairs, including experience in employee recruitment and retention, staff development, mediation, conflict resolution, benefits and compensation, HR records management, HR policies development and legal compliance
- Demonstrated success negotiating win-win compromises, developing teambuilding programs, and writing personnel manuals, corporate policies, job descriptions and management reports
- Responsible for handling the entire recruiting cycle such as sourcing, screening, contacting, confirming, interviewing, till deployment
- Profile includes, handling entire gamut of HR Activities independently
- Conducting interviews, finalizing on salaries, releasing offers
- Entire On boarding formalities, Induction, Orientation, Training development, Compensation and Benefits
- Entire HR Documentation (Issuing Appointment letter, Increment letter, Confirmation letter, Transition letter, Termination letter, experience letters and other HR Documentation)
- Attendance & leave management, Employee engagement activities, Exit formality
Technical Recruiter
03.2015 - 01.2017
Job overview
- Lead in-house recruiting for East Coast operations comprised of corporate headquarters Partner with hiring managers to discern workforce needs; define job parameters; outline desired qualifications; and source, screen, interview and select best-option candidates for skilled/technical trades, management positions and support staff openings
- Matched the right candidates to the right jobs, winning commendations from CEO for recruiting quality workers
- HR Support: Valued for versatile skill set as a “floater” within HR department, filling in when needed to assist with payroll, benefits administration, new-hire orientation, and other HR functions
- Responsible for handling the entire recruiting cycle such as sourcing, screening, contacting, confirming, interviewing, till deployment for in-house requirements
- Using all sourcing channels such as job boards, niche sites, professional and social networking to locate both active and passive candidates
- Utilize Boolean search methodology, and other data mining techniques to identify both resumes and candidate profiles
- Candidate Management, relationship building and retention
- Maintain the candidates’ records in internal Candidate Resource Management system
- Experienced in passive recruiting using LinkedIn and other social networking sites
- Database management on SharePoint, conduct resume mining and research for internal positions, build candidate lists into Candidate Resource Management system
- Research/Reporting - Prepare sourcing/competitive information
- Establish effective working relationships with internal HR and at all levels across the company
- Client Management and interaction
- Mentoring a team of 4 newly joined recruiters
- Make a detailed report of day-to-day activities and requirement in the company by using SharePoint and Excel
- Rapport building with the candidate to build good relation for future
Hiring Partners
HR Consultant
12.2013 - 03.2015
Job overview
- Responsible for recruiting people at Junior, Middle & Senior level
- Managed Entire recruitment life cycle from sourcing, screening, selection, hiring, negotiation, and follow up
- Sourcing CVs from different job portals like Naukri.com, Monster.com, LinkedIn and other Social Networking sites
- Handling middle and senior level recruitment for clients
- Receiving the requirements with job description from the client, scrutinizing the descriptions and deciding on the method of sourcing
- Preparing the JD
- Evaluation of CVs and filtering the prospective candidates telephonically before sending it across to the client
- Scheduling candidates for the interviews through different modes
- Processing offers for final shortlisted Candidates
- Keeping in touch with the offered candidates and keeping them well informed till the time they join
- Responsible for the entire life cycle of recruitment i.e., Requirement Delivery & Follow up process with candidate
- Maintaining Data Base and other required sheets by using Excel
- Responsible for whole documentation process
- Keeping a track of joiners and their referrers
Education
Asian business schoolNoida, U.P
PGDM from HR, Media Mgmt.
Mangalmay Institute of Management & TechnologyGr. Noida, U.P
B.Sc.
D.A.V Public School
12th
D.A.V Public School
10th
Skills
Analytical Skills
Leadership Skills
Strategic Planning
Proactive
Emotionally Stable
Adaptive
Creative and innovative
Quick learner
Naukri
Monster
Attention to detail
Stakeholder management
Talent acquisition
Diversity and inclusion
Human resources management
Strategic planning
Task delegation
Workflow management
Deadline management
Employee engagement
Team supervision
Work assignment delegation
Teamwork and collaboration
People management
Problem-solving
Team building
Team motivation
Leading team meetings
Mentoring
Awards
- Won 1st prize in Aksharmania at college level.
- Participated in many cultural events at College Level.
- Volunteered seminars and programmes.
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 04/16/89
Timeline
Team Lead(Acting Manager) – Talent Acquisition
Pride Global
04.2022 - Current
Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist
Pride Global
10.2021 - 02.2022
Corporate HR
Enterprise Solutions
05.2021 - 10.2021
HR Recruiter
Helm Analytics Pvt Ltd
03.2018 - 01.2020
Sr. HR Executive
Vision Infosystems
02.2017 - 03.2018
Technical Recruiter
03.2015 - 01.2017
HR Consultant
Hiring Partners
12.2013 - 03.2015
Mangalmay Institute of Management & Technology
B.Sc.
01.2010
D.A.V Public School
12th
01.2006
D.A.V Public School
10th
01.2004
Asian business school
PGDM from HR, Media Mgmt.
01.2013