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Vandana Rana

Founder And Director Recruitment
GURGAON
Vandana Rana

Summary

My passion is building businesses and backing talented people. I think it is important to invest in people rather than just products or businesses. I'm a great believer that it is people who create a successful business through their passion and conviction. I’ve always believed “It’s your attitude, not your aptitude that determines your altitude”.

Overview

17
years of professional experience
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Srijan Spectrum Private Limited
Gurgaon

Founder and Recruitment Director
04.2015 - Current

Job overview

A NEW JOURNEY Initially, I led the firm, and pushed the philosophy of women’s empowerment. Srijan Spectrum has 6 offices in India . Starting from IT, the firm serves clients from finance, IT, healthcare, logistics, telecom , among others. The firm works with a team of 100 people, mainly from the underprivileged sections. We also have developed innovations, like ‘Beyond HR’, a holistic product that oversees the entire employee life cycle management. The firm provides every opportunity for its team to grow and have a lucrative career.


Srijan Spectrum certainly took a big step towards a brighter tomorrow when Me and My Husband (Bikash Swain- CEO ) took charge of it. It had a turnover of 7.5 Cr in 2018-19, from 75 Lakh in the previous F.Y. In F.Y. 19-20, the company made 7.5 Cr, and in F.Y. 20-21, they made 13.5 Cr. In F.Y. 21-22, the firm will make a turnover of 18 Cr. In the year 24-25 Srijan aspires to have a turnover of 100 cr.


Xecute Hr Solutions Pvt Ltd
gurgaon

Manager - Recruitment
04.2011 - 11.2014

Job overview

  • In charge of complete hiring of temp staff for XecuteHR clients in India, Africa and few other countries.
  • Managing a team of 10 Recruiter & Senior Recruiters based out of 3 locations in India.
  • Responsible for work allocation, monitoring, client handling and review of team performance.
  • Ensure self and team target is achieved month on month basis as per AOP.
  • Ensuring C-Sat score is high from the position fulfillment prospective.
  • Meeting with client to review open position status on a regular basis.
  • Meeting with XecuteHR Business managers to review current positions and create funnel for the future openings.
  • Maintain daily trackers and MIS reports for the team and self.

Achievements:


  • Hired more than 800 candidates across India for different IT and Non- IT Clients in last 1 year.
  • Hired more than 20 candidates for Africa.

Comviva Technology
Gurgaon

Senior Recruitment Specialist
12.2009 - 03.2011

Job overview


  • Involved in the recruitment process of COMVIVA & helping them locating suitable candidates for different positions.
  • Organizing periodic review meetings with Business to understand the gaps, if any, from recruitments prospective and suggesting measures to cover them.
  • Finding profile from various sources such as portal, referencing, networking, networking sites, buddy referrals etc.
  • Handling the complete recruitment cycle, starting from understanding the requirement, sourcing profiles, initial screening, scheduling the interviews, negotiating salaries, extending the offer and finally ensuring joining of suitable candidate
  • Building relationships with internal clients & candidates.
  • Responsible for all internal job postings.
  • Vendor Management.
  • Coordinated for off campus event.
  • Responsible for all the referrals.
  • Mentoring new team members.
  • SPOC for Talent Acquisition team in internal audits.


Achievements:


  • Have hired 80+ managers across various levels (Senior Project Manager, Project Manager, Senior Technical Lead and Lead Engineer) during the last 1 years.
  • Over achieved the targets for all the quarters till date.
  • Got following awards in a short span:– For Q3 FY10 - Talent Acquisition Reward

Mercer
gurgaon

Senior Technical Recruiter
10.2008 - 02.2009

Job overview

Job Responsibilities


  • Responsible hiring technical manpower of various skill sets at all levels as per the project specifications and the manpower requirements of the Mercer ODC Gurgaon.
  • Sourcing and screening of Resumes received through various channels.( Job portals, Reference, Mass mailing, Networking sites, and Vendors)
  • Validating and screening of profiles received through vendors and Employee referral.
  • Conducting HR interviews for checking out the fitment of candidates.
  • Doing a preliminary assessment round and qualifying them for technical interviews, both telephonic and person.
  • Coordinating with the technical team during the interview process and gathering panel feedback.
  • Salary Negotiation: Deciding upon the Designations/Levels to be offered to the candidates depending upon their total years of experience, relevant experience, qualification and technical ratings and accordingly based on the level, deciding on the salary to be offered.
  • Involved in communicating offers to candidates, solving queries, counseling and negotiating with them if required.
  • Manage end-to-end recruitment process for all selected candidates.
  • Utilize & manage maximum sources like job portals, networking sites- groups, employee referrals & build a strong pipeline for the current & future openings after analyzing & prioritizing them.
  • Updating and maintaining the skill wise database of the prospective candidates regularly for the future requirements.
  • Conducting weekend walkin drives for Mass hiring.
  • Updating Taleo and preparing daily MIS.

Achievements:


  • Closed more than 30 positions in a quarter.
  • Achieved more than 100% self target in the quarter.
  • 100% candidate joining.
  • Background checks green for all the candidates.

7N India Pvt Ltd
gurgaon

Senior Technical Recruiter
01.2007 - 09.2008

Job overview

  • Client Relationship, which included establishing & developing contacts to maintain clients, conduct meetings with them on regular basis & understand their needs.
  • Mentor junior recruiters, delegate work to them, motivate them. Help them to solve their problems. Work with them to improve and maintain productivity
  • Ensuring achievement of self and team target
  • Ensuring fulfillment of all client requirements on time.


Major Clients : Royal bank of Scotland, Hewitt Associates, HCL Technologies, Corbus India Ltd., Steria ( Previously Xansa ), Brickred Technology, Hexaware Technology, persistent Systems,Techmahindra, Infogain, Birlasoft


Achievements:

  • Closed 12 positions in a month
  • Hired 76 resources on contract and more than 30 resources on permanent client payroll.
  • Achieved self and team target on all the quarters.
  • 90% candidate joining.

Adecco India
New Delhi

Recruitment Trainee
05.2006 - 01.2007

Job overview

  • Screened and interviewed candidates to evaluate potential employees' qualifications.
  • Managed recruitment process to keep candidates informed about application status and meet organizational recruitment goals.
  • Conducted background checks, reference checks and other pre-employment screenings, identifying candidates to meet hiring criteria.
  • Developed and posted job descriptions to various platforms to communicate open position requirements to potential candidates.
  • Negotiated offers and closed deals to finalize recruitment process and secure best talent.
  • Networked and built relationships with potential candidates and industry professionals to identify potential candidates, stay informed about industry trends and gain insight into skills and qualifications in demand.

Major Clients: Hewitt Associates, Corbus India, Navisite, Wipro Technology, Keane India, Infogain, Nucleus Software Exports Ltd.,

Education

NIILM University
New Delhi

MBA from Human Resource
04.2004 - 04.2006

Guru Nank College
Yamunanagar

Bachelor of Computer Applications from Information Technology
04.2000 - 04.2003

Skills

Recruitment and hiring

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Timeline

Founder and Recruitment Director

Srijan Spectrum Private Limited
04.2015 - Current

Manager - Recruitment

Xecute Hr Solutions Pvt Ltd
04.2011 - 11.2014

Senior Recruitment Specialist

Comviva Technology
12.2009 - 03.2011

Senior Technical Recruiter

Mercer
10.2008 - 02.2009

Senior Technical Recruiter

7N India Pvt Ltd
01.2007 - 09.2008

Recruitment Trainee

Adecco India
05.2006 - 01.2007

NIILM University

MBA from Human Resource
04.2004 - 04.2006

Guru Nank College

Bachelor of Computer Applications from Information Technology
04.2000 - 04.2003
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