Nishtha Saraf
Houston, TX *****
346-***-****• adtibr@r.postjobfree.com•linkedin.com/in/nishtha-saraf-69b23718/
Recruiter and HR Professional
Result driven professional with 6+ years of experience in the field of Recruitment and HR Operations. making connections with people, motivating and inspiring them through commitment. Possess strong initiative, self-direction and effective communication, interpersonal & problem-solving skills
Outstanding capabilities in coordinating full cycle recruiting experience, from talent sourcing and attracting candidates to interviewing and hiring great employees. Nishtha has rich experience in supporting end-to-end candidate journey, sourcing, screening and selection, offer, conversion hire and on-boarding. She has shown tremendous skill in hiring large number of candidates for a variety of growing and established organizations
Core Competencies:
Recruitment Process
Lateral Recruitment (Permanent & Contract)
Campus Recruitment
Compensation & benefits
Performance Management
Microsoft Office
Rejoining and Joining Process
Vendor Management
Employee referrals
Designing job descriptions
Employee engagement and Employee Relations
Professional Experience
Capgemini, Bangalore, India
Senior Consultant – Talent Acquisition, 7/2016 – 10/2016
Tower Lead for Software Services Tower (Middleware & Batch Mgmt.) under Infrastructure BU.
Predominantly working as the BU SPOC for these service lines.
Leading a team of 2 recruiters and I am responsible for end-to-end delivery of these Towers.
Hiring for skills like Biztalk, WAS Admin, Apache/ Tomcat Admin, SQL DBA, JBoss Admin etc.
Tata Communications, Pune, India
Consultant – Talent Acquisition, 1/2015 – 3/2016
Sourcing (Third-party and Lateral hiring)
Track of all the open requirements.
Discovery call with business about the job requirements/plan of hire.
Decision on mode and channel of hire (contract/full time) based on the requirements.
Sourcing the profiles through social network, internal database, employee references, references from the candidate, vendors
Sourcing the profiles through vendors for contract hiring requirements.
Interview scheduling
Initial screening and shortlist the profiles for the interview process.
Interview schedule for the shortlisted candidates.
Arrangement of logistics for the interviews.
Arrangement of panels for the technical and managerial interviews.
Interview coordination.
Recruitment
Discussion with project team/business unit about the requirements and assign it to Vendors to source the profiles.
Shortlist profiles.
Collect all the details about the requirements, panel details to conduct interview.
Collection of documents from the selected candidates.
Conduct HR interview for the selected candidates.
Offer management
Offer release for the selected candidates by collecting all the necessary documents
Follow up with the offered candidates to get them onboard at the earliest
Assist candidates to complete joining formalities in the internal recruitment portal which has to be filled by candidates before joining.
Resource management
Search for the internal resource availability for the open requirements.
Work with central RMG team /vendors for the bench resources data and deploy them for the open requirements.
Contract management for employees hired as on-contract
AbsolutData – Research & Analytics, Gurugram, India
HR Executive, 04/2012 – 8/2013
Vendor Management
Empanelment of good vendors & consultants.
Processing of payments for vendors.
Ensuring good line ups from respective consultants.
Handling vendor contracts and provide feedback to them.
Recruitments and Designing Job Description
Interacting with business unit heads and other key managers discussing the role and key responsibilities to design the JD with best possible explanation of the profile.
Expertise in Entire Recruitment Life Cycle, Recruited candidates on contract & permanent roles (Lateral & Campus Recruitment from Engineering Colleges).
Handling multiple walk-in and Scheduled recruitment drives.
Interacting with business unit heads and other key managers to develop the recruitment plan for current and pipeline projects requirements.
Developing and implementing vertical-wide recruitment strategies and programs with Delivery Manager / Manager - Human Resource.
Compensation & Benefits
Reviewing existing compensation structure & revising it as per current business demands
Track changes in compensation trends in marketplace. Understanding of industry standards of compensation across all levels in the organization as per a Compensation Survey conducted across industries
Working on pay benchmarks with respect to various market players in the same sector.
Prior experience as HR Consultant (11/2007 to 5/2010) for Spring Talent, India (2012), Quest Career Solutions, India (2010-2011)
Education and Credentials
MBA – HR & Marketing (2008-2010)
Amity Business School, India. Secured CGPA 7.15
Bachelor – Home Science
Lady Irwin College, Delhi Secured 77.5% (Ist Division)
Certifications
Agile Scrum Master Certified
Professional Development
Certificate for participating in Platinum Jubilee International Conference - EPIGENESIS-2007 organized by Delhi University, India.
Certificate for participating in "Yuva Shakti Mela" - 2008 (A part of Extension Program) organized by Department of Development Communication & Extension, Delhi University