HETANSHI VAKTA

+1-914-***-**** ac5103@r.postjobfree.com New York, NY 10009

Industrial & Organizational Psychology Professional looking forward to apply data driven and evidence based experience in Talent Management, Organizational Development, Leadership Development, and Change Management. EDUCATION

New York University, Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York, NY May 2018 M.A. in Industrial/ Organizational Psychology; GPA: 3.70/4.00 Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gujarat, India May 2015

• Bachelor of Business Administration (Honors); GPA: 3.90/4.00

• Diploma in Liberal Studies; GPA: 3.90/4.00

Awards: Valedictorian; 2nd Place and Most Innovative Business Recipient -National Business Competition, India RELEVANT DATA/ RESEARCH DRIVEN PROJECTS

• Organizational Development Client Proposal – Ameritas Insurance Corporation

• Human Capital Strategy Proposal – Improving Cardinal McCloskey Community Services’ management process

• Talent Management Client Proposal – Redesigning the Personnel Selection Process at Seattle Fire Department

• Team building, virtual team training development and cross cultural communication training - AIM Strategies

• Survey Design and Implementation – Employee Job Satisfaction and Organizational Culture at Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

United Nations New York, NY

Human Resources Intern- Examinations and Tests Section Oct 2017 to Jan 2018

• Supported the process improvement of the examinations and tests section, and collaborated with senior leaders in the strategic analysis and development of a global hiring strategy for International Civil Servants

• Created training material and facilitated virtual training to 45 employees spread in 40 countries

• Conducted interviews with senior leaders to get an insight into the firm’s processes and key areas of improvement.

• Collected and analyzed qualitative and quantitative data for a sample size of 5000+ using Excel and SPSS

• Built dashboards and data visualizations of statistical analyses on Qlik Sense for an in depth understanding of trends

• Drafted communications for various stakeholders and scheduled, coordinated and supported the administration of paper and internet-based tests for the UN Young Professionals Programme across 58 countries Ameritas Insurance Corp. New York, NY

Human Capital Strategy Consultant Intern Feb 2017 to June 2017

• Conducted comprehensive evaluation of organizational processes to identify areas of improvement through observational studies, interviews, focus groups, collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data. The result was a significant increase in organizational visibility, sourcing, onboarding and employee retention processes

• Conducted job analysis and created job descriptions for targeted talent pool

• Managed recruitment to ensure a diverse workplace while striving to seek and hire highly communicative professionals Visiting Nurse Service of New York New York, NY

Organizational Climate and Social Network Analyst Feb 2016 to May 2016

• Conducted qualitative research initiatives to explore, evaluate, and assess the organizational climate and culture

• Administered OCE Climate Survey to explore the actual and desired organizational climate, and determine any statistically significant discrepancies in Flexibility, Responsibility, Standards, Rewards, Clarity, and Team Commitment Reliance Industries Limited Ahmedabad, India

Human Resources Intern Sept 2015 to Nov 2015

• Co-facilitated the pre-boarding and on-boarding sessions of 50+ employees every week

• Worked on SuccessFactors and Salesforce for employee lifecycle management and tracking the hiring process of 750+ candidates for 10+ company offices throughout the state

• Conducted training needs analysis and created a high impact behavioral training module for 45+ employees

• Created and administered surveys to assess organizational culture improve employee job satisfaction RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Vakta, H (2018). Personality Assessment as a Tool for Measuring the Intrapreneurial Approach among Employees: An Empirical Study. Personality, Work and Wellbeing: A Collection of Research Findings in Indian Context

• Vakta, H (2015). Correlation between Self-efficacy and Stress

• Vakta, H (2014). An Empirical Study on Work-Life Balance and Quality of Life of Working Women in Public and Private Sector. International Proceedings of Economics Development and Research, 78 o Presentation: 2014 International Conference on Society, Education and Psychology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia SKILLS AND INTERESTS

Technical: Microsoft Office Suite, SAP SuccessFactors, Tableau, Salesforce, SPSS, Qlik, SurveyMonkey, Qualtrics, Ucinet Interests: Photography, Traveling, Reading, Soccer, Adventure Sports Languages: Fluent in English and Hindi, working knowledge of French Certifications: Train the Trainer by The Human Matrix