Pooja Pednekar

Address:

**** ******* ******, ****** ******* – 33327

Mobile number: 954-***-****

Visa Status : Green Card Holder

Email ID: adioj3@r.postjobfree.com

Linkedin profile: www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Pooja/Prabhakar

Resume Summary:

Presently working as Recruiting Consultant for the start up Executive Search Firm Walk Water Talent Advisor based out of Sunnyvale,CA - handling IT & Technical Requirement both onsite in US & off shore in India .Also worked as Associate Consultant – Manufacturing Industries, at a diversified Multinational Human Resource Consulting Firm -Future step A Korn/Ferry Group (one of the world’s largest Human Resource Consulting Company).

Responsible to strategize and achieve revenue targets for the high value business in IT Technical,Start ups & Manufacturing Industries .Task and Process Oriented Human Resources Consultant with great zeal & a proactive attitude, driving new business and ability to initiate team bonding and develop good relations with the clients. Have excellent communication and negotiation skills adding to flexibility and adaptability to take responsibility with an attitude to handle pressure effectively.

Bachelor in Art Graduate with over 8 plus years of experience in executive & managing senior level recruitments with brands like First Naukri.Com, Bombay Marine Engineering Works Pvt Ltd, Mafoi Randstad Consultant Services, Futurestep- A Korn/Ferry Company & Walk Water Talent Advisor .

Work Experience:

Mar 2017 Till date Walk Water Talent Advisor,Florida

Recruitment Consultant

WalkWater also has a Business Unit-Alticus Consulting-which focuses on mid to senior level hiring across sectors. Started by Recruitment industry leaders in 2011, WalkWater Talent Advisors is one of the fastest growing Executive Search and Talent Advisory Company in India. Headquartered in Bangalore, the Company has operations in two countries (India and USA) and has five offices – Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Gurgaon and Sunnyvale, US. WalkWater is also a part of Access Search Partners (ASP), a global partnership of specialized executive Search firms across major global markets.

The firm follows a unique mix of - Intensive client partnering, Deep domain knowledge and Global coverage, which is coupled with a start up drive to excel; thus providing an unparalleled experience to clients and candidates.

WalkWater has impressive track record across sectors – Technology; Consumer and Retail; Industrial; Pharma, Healthcare & Lifesciences; and BFSI. Apart from assisting hundreds of companies build its leadership team, WalkWater has also completed around 40 bespoke Talent Advisory engagements for established organizations and startups.

Job Responsibilities:

Talent Acquisition for Senior and Middle Level management for internal placements as well as for MNC clients.

Understanding the role, doing research about the client & the space its works in.

Carrying out market research &mapping different organizations & its Structure

Sourcing candidates from job portals & LinkedIn

Cold calling the candidates & pitching a role /position

Making progress reports, candidate reports & documents them

Headhunting people for various roles.

Apr 2010 – Jun 2011 Futurestep- A Korn/Ferry Company Bangalore

Talent Specialist

Futurestep is the global industry leader in high-impact recruitment solutions; offering fully customized, flexible strategies to help organizations meet specific workforce needs. The Futurestep story starts back in 1969 when Lester Korn and Richard Ferry founded Korn/Ferry International in the US. Their company grew from success to success throughout the 1970s, moving beyond the US into Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region to become the world’s largest executive search firm by 2006 (Fortune Magazine).

Job Responsibilities:

Talent Acquisition for Senior and Middle Level management for internal placements as well as for MNC clients.

Mapping of companies and Headhunting of candidates.

Presenting an acceptable long list / shortlist for the engagements within the agreed time frame – sourcing through social networks like LinkedIn and various job boards.

Head hunting for very senior positions specially for internal hiring.

Conducting interviews – Initial face-to-face, Skype and telephonic round.

360 Degree Recruitment Cycle- Sourcing,head hunting,Mapping,Meeting & Interviewing,Shortlisting, Anchoring & Engaging ( Candidates & Clients),Offer Negotiations, Reference Checks & on boarding

Follow up with placed candidates.

Maintain accuracy and ‘real time’ entry of all data

July 2011 – Oct 2011 Futurestep- A Korn/Ferry Company Bangalore

Promoted As an Associate Consultant

Job Responsibilities:

Was actively involved in developing a search strategy to locate the suitable candidate pool in synchronization with client's requirement

Identifying & Mapping the relevant companies & required level of hierarchy.

Mapping Hiring needs to the Competencies & skills Matrix for positions & streamline the recruitment process Post recruitment – Collections & Client relationship enhancement.

Performing research to develop thorough understanding of the client's company & requirement.

Tracking market developments relating to people and companies (e.g. mergers) and identify opportunities for business development in consumer domain.

Assisted in building the knowledge base of the firm, in particular to ensure that all information

Obtained during the course of an assignment is available to others and retained.

Mar 2007 - Apr 2008 Mafoi Management Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd Mumbai

Assistant Consultant

Mafoi Management Consultant is an international Hr service provider servicing world class companies across the globe. Ma Foi which was started in 1992 has grown into full spectrum HR services provider for clients worldwide. It has helped generate career opportunities for more than 2,50,000 individuals in 36 countries and has worked for over 204 Fortune 500 organizations

Job Responsibilities :

Generating (New business Development) and servicing new & existing business, Team & Individual billing Strategy, Candidate Pool Attraction, Industry Mapping & Pipeline Creation, Operational Activity – Training Candidate Database Trackers, Client Servicing Trackers & Mapping Trackers.

360 Degree Recruitment Cycle- Sourcing,head hunting,Mapping,Meeting & Interviewing,Shortlisting, Anchoring & Engaging (Candidates & Clients),Offer Negotiations, Reference Checks & on boarding.

Define + Negotiate+ Review SLA /Contracts with the vendors & elevate existing clients thru tactical consulting solutions to key accounts.

Account mapping & building up a sizeable database across various skill sets.

Mapping Hiring needs to the Competencies & skills Matrix for positions & streamline the recruitment process Post recruitment – Collections & Client relationship enhancement.

Client Servicing, Account Management & New Business Development.

Jan 2006 – Feb 2007 Bombay Marine Engineering Works Pvt Ltd Mumbai

Assistant Consultant

Bombay Marine Engineering Works has over twenty five years experience in ship building, ship repairs, offshore engineering, heavy engineering & manpower consulting presence in Middle East,Europe & South East Asia.

Job Responsibilities

Recruiting for overseas client.

Preparing Target Company list based on client companies revenue size, product & service offerings etc.

Researching & preparing Talent brief on select candidates.

Screening candidates based on Job specification.

Handle individual assignments of clients

Dec 2005 – Dec 2006 First Naukri.com Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai

Sales Coordinator

First Naukri.com is a naukri.com group portal and is one of the biggest job search networks for college students and recent graduates.

Job Responsibilities:

As a sales Coordinator I was responsible for selling products of First Naukri to corporate clients. This task includes tapping new clients & convincing them to purchase First Naukri products, this also includes upgrading existing clients. Clinet servicing is also an important role of the profile. I have been handling rest of West India area, this was a new initiative taken by the organization & this new piece was handled by me with sense of responsibility & sincerity.

Apr 2004 - Dec 2005 BPL Pvt Ltd Mumbai

Sales Executive

BPL is a household name in India and has diversified product range from Home Entertainment, Televisions, kitchen appliances, mobile and landline phones.

Job Responsibilities :

Worked for cooperate sales – for BPL telecom division.

Was responsible for selling to SIM Cards to Cooperated trough Tele –calling.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in History & Sociology from Mumbai University – Sophia College 2004

Other Data

Active in Dramatics at school & college.

Other interests: traveling, reading & dancing.

Personal Details:

Birth Date – 21st March 1982

Sex – Female

Marital Status- Married

Nationality – Indian

Visa – Green Card holder

Language – Can fluently speak & write in English.

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