Shweta Chitnis
Pune, Maharashtra
Summary
Seasoned HR Professional with a passion for cultivating vibrant workplaces and driving impactful change. Specializing in end-to-end recruitment strategies, I excel in identifying top talent and seamlessly integrating them into dynamic teams. Beyond recruitment, my expertise extends to fostering employee engagement initiatives that enhance organizational culture and boost productivity.
At the heart of my approach is a commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR). I believe in leveraging our collective resources to make a positive impact on our communities and the world at large.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Talent Acquisition & HR Specialist
Parallel Wireless
Pune
02.2023 - Current
- Coordinating and Managing Recruiting activities which include partnering with hiring managers, identify / map target segment, source relevant profiles and coordinate interviews, offers, metrics etc.
- Handling the End to End recruitment cycle for R&D , Customer Support Teams in Pune & Bangalore.
- Maintaining the Recruitment Database and Reports.
- Lead & Drive the CSR activities and efforts for India Location.
- Take care of the new joiner on-boarding documentation formalities. Audit the Documentation/ employee files and ensure completion of same.
- Employee relation and manage operations to enhance positive working environments.
- Drive and implement Employee engagement programs. Plan and work on the employee engagement efforts for both Pune & Bangalore locations.
- Track and maintain the Annual budget and expenses data for employee team outings.
Talent Acquisition Partner
Nuance Communications
Pune
02.2020 - 02.2023
- Cooperated with company leaders in change management and talent solutions to gain competitive edge in job market.
- Work closely with managers to gain a comprehensive understanding of the company's hiring needs for each position and meet competitive hiring goals and expectations.
- Established consistent language and methodology for talent discussions and development.
- Conducted compensation conversations with hiring managers to foster internal and external equity.
- Created and drove talent acquisition and job placement strategies to attract diverse candidates.
- Analyzed recruiting metrics to share reports and recommendations with stakeholders.
- Grow and foster high-touch relationships with a database of qualified active and passive talent to pull from as new positions open up.
- Screen resumes and prospects, qualify, interview, and manage candidates throughout interview process from prepping before interviews to assisting with final offer negotiation.
- Solely responsible in the recruitment for Healthcare R&D BU for hiring entry, middle and senior level workforce. End to end ownership of the open positions
- Good Understanding and continuous use of job boards, and HR software, databases, and management systems. Well Versed with LinkedIn Search, Boolean Search, headhunting, X-Ray search methods of sourcing for passive talent.
- Hands on experience on HRMS softwares. • (Icims, Workday, Taleo, Hirebridge).
- Proven experience conducting various types of In-person, Phone Video etc.
- Mentoring Juniors, Acting Lead for cross BU recruiter resources
- Partnered with departmental managers to ascertain hiring needs and subsequently provide candidate recommendations by having weekly status call/timely update with higher leadership.
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Sigma OSS Systems
Pune
08.2019 - 02.2020
- Sourced and screened candidates for junior to senior roles and worked with hiring managers to coordinate interviews, offers, and onboarding.
- Developed and maintained strong working relationships with executives, HR team, and hiring managers to foster partnerships that produced consistent results.
- Evaluated resumes, interviewed, and presented qualified candidates to hiring managers and solicited feedback to refine recruiting strategy.
- Acted as brand ambassador to educate candidates on culture, career growth, benefits, and advantages of working for company.
- Conducting & handling weekend drives.
- Conducting the HR interviews and negotiating for salaries.
- Developed and implemented onboarding and orientation programs for new employees. Giving Induction presentations to the company new joiners & completing the post joining formalities of new hire.
- Ensuring Employee Documentation during the induction is done well and in an organized manner. Maintaining and preparing new joiner employee file.
- Crosschecking and verifying the LMS entries with biometrics and updating the reports.
- Actively involved in Employee Engagement activities.
Recruiter
TIBCO
05.2015 - 08.2019
- Involved in Resourcing activity for Junior level, Mid level and Senior Level positions for various Business units.
- Opening the approved requisitions in the Internal System (Hirebridge).
- Maintaining & Updating the Req report, new hire report and trackers.
- Conducted phone & in-person HR interviews to assess applicants relevant knowledge, skills, experience and aptitudes.
- Sourcing profiles from the job site like Naukri.com, Monster.com, LinkedIn, Internal Database, & through Employee Reference as per the Job Description and requirement.
- Sending Mass Mails & Job Posting on the portals.
- Taking Telephonic Interview and understands the responsibilities handled by candidate and his/her project in detail.
- Process the shortlisted profiles to business unit teams.
- Schedule Interview process and F2F Interviews with panel.
- Follow-up with candidates till they complete all rounds of the interview.
- Following up and giving Warm up Calls with the candidates till the date of joining.
- Preparing Offers and conducting On-boarding Formalities in the system (Workday Portal).
- Sending daily/ Weekly reports to the hiring managers regarding the hiring status for their teams.
- Initiating Background checks with Vendors for the hired candidates. Updating the systems (Hirebridge, iCIMS) with the interview feedbacks and offers and close the requisition after the candidate joins.
- Conducted, Organized and handled weekend recruitment drives over the weekend for niche skills.
- Conducting Reference checks with previous manager and Ex Senior team member to know the authentic reason for job change before the candidates join us
- Partnered with departmental managers to ascertain hiring needs and subsequently provide candidate recommendations.
- Has been an active member in planning and volunteering during all the Employee engagement activities in TIBCO Software.
Recruitment Intern
Capgemini
Pune
02.2015 - 05.2015
- Responsible for Scheduling and Co-ordinating technical interviews with appropriate panel.
- Responsible for maintaining interview tracker.
- Maintaining a good rapport with panel and senior management.
- Hands on experience on “Internal Integrated Recruitment Workflow (IRW) HRMS software
Intern
GKN Sinter Metals
Pune
05.2014 - 07.2014
- Responsible for scheduling and co-coordinating technical interviews with panel.
- Maintenance and updating of daily/weekly interview Trackers. Maintaining a good rapport with technical panel and senior Management.
- Studied job descriptions and qualifications to determine applicant requirements.
- Following up with candidates before joining.
- Experience on the internal HRMS Software- “Integrated Recruitment Workflow System” ( IRW) Company, Project name Study of HR Policies and Practices of GKN Sinter Metals and its CSR Activities Duration
Education
MBA - Human Resources
Bharati Vidyapeeth IMED
2015
Bachelor of Pharmacy - Pharmacy
Bharati Vidyapeeth Poona College of Pharmacy
2013
High School -
St Mira's College For Girls
2009
School -
St Ursula High School
2007
Skills
- End to End Recruitment
- Talent management
- Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)- Workday, ICIMS, Hirebridge, Lever
- Salary and benefits negotiations
- Global Recruitment
- Corporate Social Responsibility- CSR
- Pre Employment Screening
- Employee Engagement
- HR Operations & HR Inductions
- Stakeholder Management
- HR Business Partnering
- HR Operations & HR Inductions
- Stakeholder Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Team Building
Certification
- Registered Pharmacist Under Maharashtra State Pharmacy Council
- CSR Development & Communications- Udemy
- Talent Mapping- Sakal International Learning Center
- Strategic management of Human Resources - Udemy
Accomplishments
- Registered Pharmacist with the Maharashtra Board Pharmacy Council.
- Received Appreciation certificate in first three months in TIBCO Software.
- Responsible for building a entire new Product Team hiring at Sigma OSS Systems.
- Handled and lead the Campus interview efforts at Sigma OSS systems.
- Created to Boolean search repository for the global recruitment team with the evergreen roles and niche roles at Nuance.
- Lead the recruitment efforts and build a new customer support team based out in Bangalore for the Dax support at Nuance.
- Attended Trainings arranged by LinkedIn for effective sourcing.
Additional Information
- Worked as a core committee member in IMED Bharati Vidyapeeth to organize Inter Collegiate events like- Xpression's 2014 (Intercollegiate College Fest), • · PRIDE-2013 (Entrepreneur's Meet).
- Actively involved in the Placement cell activities of college.
- Appointed as the Class representative in the first year of MBA.
- Actively involved in organizing cultural events in Poona College of Pharmacy.
- Worked as a volunteer in Poona College of Pharmacy for organizing inter college cricket competition- Pharmacy Cup
Timeline
Talent Acquisition & HR Specialist
Parallel Wireless
02.2023 - Current
Talent Acquisition Partner
Nuance Communications
02.2020 - 02.2023
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Sigma OSS Systems
08.2019 - 02.2020
Recruiter
TIBCO
05.2015 - 08.2019
Recruitment Intern
Capgemini
02.2015 - 05.2015
Intern
GKN Sinter Metals
05.2014 - 07.2014
MBA - Human Resources
Bharati Vidyapeeth IMED
Bachelor of Pharmacy - Pharmacy
Bharati Vidyapeeth Poona College of Pharmacy
High School -
St Mira's College For Girls
School -
St Ursula High School
- Registered Pharmacist Under Maharashtra State Pharmacy Council
- CSR Development & Communications- Udemy
- Talent Mapping- Sakal International Learning Center
- Strategic management of Human Resources - Udemy
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