SHILPA AVANCHA

• Build strong pipeline for talent through market understanding and foreseeing the business requirements across the globe while liaising directly with the hiring leaders
• Responsible for identifying and mapping the external talent pool towards critical positions within the organization and create a strong succession planning pool
• Partner with hiring managers and stake holders to develop recruitment strategies
• Mentoring team members
• Involved in complete end to end Recruitment: Job analysis, sourcing, screening, scheduling, follow up, salary discussions, On- boarding & Post Offer Follow Up
• Embrace employee referrals and build internal partnerships to foster quality referrals
• Spearheading the entire gamut of expat management
• Manage Applicant Tracking System including all changes, updates and reporting
• Imparting new sourcing methodologies and best practices
• Have been instrumental in bringing in new approaches in recruitment and reduce the offer decline ratio during the current pandemic situation, was appreciated by the business for the same
• Supported extensively on diversity strategy to attract a diverse workforce to the company
• Involved in offer proposal, salary negotiations, preparing the preliminary offer, reviewing of salary documents of the shortlisted candidates with the Hiring Manager/HR Managers
• Built evolving recruiting metrics and analytics (Talent / Diversity gaps) that provided insights, drove decision making.

• 360-degree role handling - New Business Development, Managing Key Accounts, Team Management, Delivery Operations, Candidate Management, Stakeholder Management
• Managed clients from Product Development, Start-ups, Captives, Shared Services
• Responsible for overseeing the entire recruitment process done and the implementations occurring though each step
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
• Possess excellent Internet Searching Knowledge, strong attention to details, well-organized, strong work ethics and willing to work hard to achieve objectives
• Ability to manage multiple work streams and priorities
• Created spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel for daily, weekly and monthly reporting.
• Expertise with ATS tools like TurboHire, Bond Adapt, HireCraft, iCIMS, Taleo
• Part of NJB (No Job Board) team where we are responsible to hire only from social platforms – Boolean Logic, X-Ray search (Google/Bing/Yahoo), LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Meet up, Hirist, Instahire, About.me, Dribble, Indeed, GitHub, StackOverflow, TalentBin and Behance
• COE- Support Hiring (Enabling Functions), mid to CXO level across all industries for various technologies
• Effectively managing existing clients & build new client relationships across industry sector
• Execute senior level mandates and give directions and drive execution of mandates within the team
• Candidate Management - manage candidate assessment, screening and maintaining a pipeline and recall of top talent for various searches, handle offer negotiations
• Ensuring timely invoicing & collection
• Outstanding for the year 2016 with 120% GP achievement
• Generated a revenue of over 60 Lakhs for four consecutive years

Technology Focus

• Bigdata, Cloud Integration (PAAS, SAAS, OIC), Data Engineering & Analytics, DevOps, ERP (EBS/SAP/JDE), Full-Stack, IOT, IT Infrastructure/Cyber Security, Mobile Apps Development, MEAN/MERN Stack, Microsoft Technologies, Middleware, Open source, QA, UI/UX, Variety of Java roles with different skill combinations.

• Responsible for screening profiles sent by the team
• Compiled and produced qualified candidates' information for hiring manager review and liaised between parties to coordinate formal, management interviews.
• Trained fresh talent on sourcing methodologies, phone etiquette and email etiquette
• Generated specific candidate pool for career opportunities through strategic placement of advertisements, evaluation of applicant credentials and conducting initial interviews and pre-screening assessments.
• Responsible for market research to identify newer ways of recruitment and find new and most sought-after skills emerging in the market
• Followed up with notable applicants sourced via industry-specific pipelines, events and job fairs.
• Act as account manager in the absence of BDM and assist management with daily, weekly and monthly recruitment performance reports
• Responsible for sourcing profiles for executive positions
• Leveraged social media platforms and online job boards to advertise open positions and engage with potential candidates.

• Responsible for talent acquisition and developed recruiting strategies to identify qualified candidates and build network.
• On boarding and employee engagement
• Developed loyal and highly satisfied customer base through proactive management of team customer service strategies.
• Meet established metrics for sourcing, offers and hires
• Conduct analysis and report on recruitment metrics to appropriate business leaders
• Partnered with departmental managers to ascertain hiring needs and subsequently provide candidate recommendations.
• Utilize metrics to identify and implement process improvements
• Training and mentorship of new coordinators
• Operated and maintained applicant tracking and candidate management systems.
• Responsible to manage the HR operations for the business
• Account manager for multiple accounts

• Leading, managing and monitoring a team of 4 recruiters during peak ramp up phase’s across geographical locations for Organization wide hiring for internal and professional staffing
• Responsible and Accountable for the teams’ target achievements in terms of number of hiring with in the required salary specifications
• Handling end-to-end recruitment
• Mentoring the team in various areas to enable them work independently towards broadly defined goals
• Preparing weekly and monthly reports on recruitment for presentation to the top management

• Identifying potential candidates and conducting initial screening to evaluate their skills, which include matching with technical requirements, communication, attitude and experience
• Generated specific candidate pool for career opportunities through strategic placement of advertisements, evaluation of applicant credentials and conducting initial interviews and pre-screening assessments.
• Evaluated strengths and weaknesses of candidates through effective screening processes.
• Organizing and coordinating the walk-in interviews with the clients
• Consulted businesses on successful recruiting and retention practices to help minimize turnover.
• Developed a strong resource database helping in timely identifying prudent resources to fill client’s qualified needs expeditiously
• Maintaining active job seekers information and building internal database
• Effective oral and written communication skills, including high competencies in strategic thinking, analytical abilities, organizational skills and communication/interpersonal skills
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing environments while comprehending my clients' needs
• Preparing reports - Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly