AKANKSHA CHOPRA
Resident Visa (**/**/****) ● Dubai, UAE ● +971-********* ● ************@*****.***
SENIOR RECRUITMENT PROFESSIONAL
Technical and Professional Recruitment from Mid-Senior to Executive Level Build Exceptional Management and Candidate Relationships
• Talent Recruitment and Acquisition Professional
with experience in developing and executing
recruiting plans within both agency and in-house
settings
• Full-Cycle Recruitment - Manage all phases of
recruiting - from initial sourcing and screening
through offer negotiations, placement and
onboarding
• Multi Media Sourcing - Creatively source high-
calibre candidates by leveraging recruiting software, social media, cold calling and employee referrals
• Optimize Processes - Analysed and applied lean
principles to Human Resources processes to optimize speed, quality and consistency through the
recruiting process
Professional Summary
Blue Book Global (UAE) Freelancer Recruiter Dec’18 – Present Recruiting for all areas of Digital, Marketing and Technology roles across FMCG, Digital, Retail and Manufacturing industries.
Credvest Realty (UAE) Sr. Manager – Human Resources April’18 – Oct’18 Independently handled all the aspects of HR, starting for End-to-End Recruitment, maintaining paperwork, drafting documents, managing leaves, handing employee records for UAE, India and Singapore offices.
Achievement - Hired 37 employees for the company within a span for 5 months, as well as getting all the required documentation and visa in place American Cyber Systems (IND) Deputy Mgr – Talent Acquisition Aug’15 – Oct’17 Leading in-house recruitment for US and India for 26 offices. 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. Achievement - Worked on Leadership roles for India and US corporate recruitments and achieved 200% of the assigned target. Valued for versatile skill-set as a “floater” within the sales team, as was working on some clients on need basis Artech Infosystems (IND) Senior Exec - HR Sept’13 – Aug’15 Interacting with top management to identify personnel needs and requirements and managing full cycle recruiting process to meet the various goals across all levels within multiple business units for India and US market. Achievement – Developed strong relationship with hiring manager, business leaders and interview teams to ensure job requirements and expectations are clearly understood and reduced the hiring timeframe by 42% Years in
workforce
People
recruited in
various roles
HR &
International
Business
Hotel
Management
BSc
MBA
450+
9+
Planman HR (IND) AM – Talent Acquisition Jun’12 – Mar’13 Managing HR functions involving recruitment, training & development of personnel, skilled in implementing HR policies and procedures. Achievement - Handling end to end recruitments for Planman across all verticals (Pan India), and was serving for the Media, Marcom (Events & Planning’s) and the HR division.
Infocom Network (IND) Senior Exec - HR Jun’09 – Jun’12 Managing the complete recruitment life-cycle for sourcing the best talent from diverse sources after identification of manpower requirements. Achievement – Learned all the nitty gritty of HR Recruitment process and participated in several college hiring’s and job fairs, as the company had bulk requirements to fill in. Gained experience in generalist role as well including Releasing Offer/Appointment Letters with salary breakups, Responsible for Appraisal letter and Relieving letter, Issuing the employee code and their business card, Resolving Employee issues and taking care of employee satisfaction, Proper coordination with Bank Executive for opening the saving accounts of all employees, handled the employees issue related to resignation & termination. Assisted management in Performance Appraisal, Holiday Calendar and HR policies.