APEKSHA PESHKAR
Pune
Summary
Talent Acquisition leader with over 10 years of rich experience in handling the entire spectrum of talent acquisition.
- Expert in Technology, Leadership, Niche and Volume hiring.
- Extensive experience in Recruitment Lifecycle, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Sourcing and Market Intelligence, Talent Strategy, Leading Teams, Project Management, Diversity Hiring, Vendor Management and Employee Engagement.
- Major domains hired for- Banking/BFSI/FinTech, Payment, Telecom and IT Security domains.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Analyst – Talent Acquisition
Deutsche Bank
Pune
10.2022 - 09.2023
- Oversee the end-to-end recruitment process for the entire CTO Business Unit.
- Working as Talent Acquisition Associate- supporting and mentoring team within their function in the process of sourcing talent either at any level, performing initial cv screening, arranging interviews, processing pre-employment checks and screening for new joiners, requesting references, processing employment paperwork and/or verification of qualifications.
- Leverage HR technology to simplify the workflows and with focus on automation of the recruitment process via Workday, HR Connect, and other Recruitment Tools.
- Set up meet and greet events for CTO for upcoming joiners.
- Developing various recruitment dashboards and reports- and publish them at regular intervals.
- Ensuring effective and high-quality regular weekly, monthly and quarterly communication with the hiring manager community and various key senior business stakeholders/Directors, facilitating a consultative recruitment experience through knowledge and intelligence sharing, as well as accurate reporting.
- Create and drive differentiated Talent Acquisition Strategy, in alignment with business needs and requirements, and create benchmarks with external job market.
- Build and execute recruiting strategies including panning for upcoming hiring drives- successfully managed Diversity AVP, VP and Director level hiring drives.
- Influencing process efficiency improvement and technology tool adoption to enable productivity and hiring scale whilst ensuring a positive candidate and business experience.
- Communicate appropriately, proactively and consistently with Hiring Managers, HR Business Partners, external contacts and potential candidates to ensure a positive stakeholder and candidate experience.
- Maintaining an excellent joining ratio with superior level post offer follow-ups and query resolution with adherence to Governance and Compliance as per Bank’s policy.
- Maintaining relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure recruitment goals are achieved.
- Participated in diversity initiatives within the organization.
- Partnered with hiring managers to develop job descriptions and ensure accuracy of position requirements.
- Coached hiring managers on best practices for interviewing candidates.
- Designed and executed talent acquisition strategies to enhance organization visibility in key recruiting markets.
- Created a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
- Built robust pipeline and diverse pool of candidates to meet current or future hiring needs.
Recruitment Relationship Manager
HSBC
Pune
09.2021 - 09.2022
- Leading Strategic Hiring Team for HSBC India’s major Business Units.
- Single handedly was managing HSBC’s Cybersecurity Division, later-on got promoted to Leadership hiring division.
- Developing an effective talent pool framework for all business units to include: job segmentation, defined sourcing strategies, reverse recruitment, and an articulated engagement plan per role type.
- Leading the successful fulfillment of open vacancies with relevant hiring managers and to be the first point of contact for the hiring needs.
- Working collaboratively with and provide direction to the Recruitment Sourcing Specialists and Recruitment Coordinators to fulfill the hiring needs.
- Planning, Organizing and leading weekly/Monthly Quaterly meetings, representing the latest data with reports and Dashboards.
- Monitoring and analyzing recruitment activity of designated business area for accurate volume forecasting.
- Planning and strategizing for recruitment events and Campus hiring needs.
- Communicating the process and benefits of the solution to key stakeholders, including changes in process, new initiatives/ projects and additional service offerings
- Managing relationships with external stakeholders.
- Recruiting, inducting and training new team members where and when required
- Organizing and driving weekly Business calls for recruitment updates
- Created and updated reports on frequent basis to present information to leadership teams.
- Conducted comprehensive relationship reviews to understand and develop solutions for client needs, partnering with specialists to resolve specific issues.
- Worked with cross-functional teams to achieve goals.
Talent Acquisition Lead
PROGRAMMER RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL INC. (PRI Global)
01.2020 - 09.2021
- Supported the company in setting up new office in Pune.
- Build and managed(recruited) team from scratch.
- Managed a team of 10 recruitment specialist as well as worked as an individual contributor for critical BFSI requirements. Own the full cycle recruiting process: Source, scout, screen, and recruit the best talent.
- Developed and implemented strategies for attracting, recruiting, and hiring qualified talent. Specialized in the IT Financial markets (FinTech), sourcing individuals in the development, technical lead, project management space.
- Responsible to create the dashboards of all requirement and present in front of stakeholders(weekly/monthly/quarterly) to give clarity on active requirements, attending position clarity meetings with hiring managers/ project managers
- Closely collaborate with hiring managers to define required skills and backgrounds for open positions, create assessment and interview schedules and seamlessly manage coordination.
- Mentoring recruiters on sourcing and recruiting tactics on niche hiring.
- Experience in hiring talent for large accounts/projects and supporting the large business units.
- Develop and execute the recruiting strategy, including employer branding, running hiring campaigns, candidate management, and interview process management
- Coordinate with hiring managers to identify the staffing needs and proactively build and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified candidates
- Assess candidate information, including resumes and contact details, using our Applicant Tracking System(Taleo).
- Foster long-term relationships with past applicants and potential candidates.
- Provide process improvement ideas and standardization and guide the team with the purpose of achieving talent acquisition goals and metrics.
- Working on Market mapping and market intelligence for critical positions.
- Organizing and coordination goal setting meetings with the team members.
- Using interpersonal skills to build and nurture relationships and also creating effective working environments.
- Consulted with hiring managers to further understand business requirements and inform pipeline development.
Team Lead-Recruitment
Charter Global Inc. (A CMMI Level 3 -Product based Company)
02.2015 - 10.2019
- Worked as Team Lead-Talent acquisition as well as individual contributor
- Team management including work allocation, target-setting, problem resolution and reporting.
- Grew and nurtured accounts right from scratch to making them the “Key Accounts”. Handled the entire end-to-end recruitment cycle for assigned positions including super niche IT positions.
- Mentoring/Coaching team members to ensure productivity in terms of target achievement on a regular basis.
- Expertise in Mass Hiring and Leading multi-location recruitment Drives to maximum outcome. Hands on experience in handling Volume Hiring, and Niche Skill Hiring, Leadership Hiring within turnaround time.
- Experience in hiring for APAC region (Singapore).
- Preparation of Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews Dashboards-Update weekly recruiting activity report on open/filled positions on application tracking system (ATS) and attend weekly recruiting meetings to discuss recruiting strategies.
- Utilizing multiple resource as hiring equipment: Sources (LinkedIn/Employee References/Job Boards /Career-page and other social networking sites).
- Salary Negotiation/Handling the candidates FAQ and releasing offers.
- Took dual responsibility for both Talent acquisition and Talent engagement group as and when required which includes employee engagement, appraisals, training and development and employee grievances handling.
- Was a part of Corporate induction, Orientation programes. Carry out the people connect activities such as one-on-ones, open houses, and town hall meetings on a periodic basis.
Recruitment Executive
FUJITSU CONSULTING INDIA
07.2014 - 10.2014
HR Executive
SEO MASTER TEAM
05.2012 - 01.2014
- Played the role of HR Generalist starting from Identifying Manpower requirements to conducting Exit interviews.
- Responsible for Manpower planning & Budget for company and getting approval from Director.
- Responsible for Recruitment, Selection & short listing the candidates
- Sourcing CVs from Different source and Conducting preliminary screening & taking initial interviews, Salary Negotiation etc.
- Planning, organizing and executing Campus Hiring events.
- Short listing & Screening of candidates, conducting Final round interview & thereby creating positive perceptions among candidates about the company
- Formulating and implementation of HR Policies, Planning HR Strategies implementation with an intent to improve organizational effectiveness.
- Involved in Induction, Training and Development, Employee Engagement, Over all Employee Satisfaction & MIS.
- One-point contact for all queries (leave records, payroll and employee grievances).
Education
MBA/PGDM (HR) - Human Resources And Industrial Relations
Indian Institute of Planning & Management
01.2012
B.Sc. (Computer Science) - Computer Science
DAVV University
01-2009
HSC (12th) -
C.B.S.E Board
01-2006
SSC (10th) -
C.B.S.E Board
01-2004
Skills
- Recruitment/Talent Acquisition Lead
- Team management
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Employee Referral Programs
- Candidate Sourcing
- Applicant Tracking Systems
- Talent Management
Accomplishments
program'sQuarterly
Deutsche Bank, Pune.
Oct 2022 to till date·
- Got Reward and recognition from BU Director for fulfilling the super niche open roles under ‘End-User Computing’ in few weeks time.
- Got Appreciation (as a part of Thankful Thursday) from BU Director for successfully achieving CTO numbers in terms of Diversity.
- Got Appreciation for successfully settinCoEI “ServiceNow CoEI” team for Bank’s one of the upcoming projects in CTO within three months of joining the Bank.
HSBC, Pune.
Sept 2021 to Sept 2022
- Got Appreciation from Cyber Securities- Asia Head for successfully closing super-niche Cyber positions in set timelines.
- Got promoted to strategic Leadership Hiring Team and successfully closed major internal as well as external positions.
Charter Global Inc. February 2015 to Oct 2019.
- Awarded Star performer of the year 2016 & 17 for Outstanding Performance in Charter Global Inc.
Personal Information
Marital Status: Married
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Marathi
Certification
- Completed ‘Cybersecurity Professional’ Certificate from Edureka with Grade A.
Affiliations
- Worked as a chief editor for Annual magazine of college while pursuing B.Sc.
- Represented school in 100 mtr Race, 400 mtr Relay Race and Long Jump at state level.
Languages
Marathi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
Sr. Analyst – Talent Acquisition
Deutsche Bank
10.2022 - 09.2023
Recruitment Relationship Manager
HSBC
09.2021 - 09.2022
Talent Acquisition Lead
PROGRAMMER RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL INC. (PRI Global)
01.2020 - 09.2021
Team Lead-Recruitment
Charter Global Inc. (A CMMI Level 3 -Product based Company)
02.2015 - 10.2019
Recruitment Executive
FUJITSU CONSULTING INDIA
07.2014 - 10.2014
HR Executive
SEO MASTER TEAM
05.2012 - 01.2014
MBA/PGDM (HR) - Human Resources And Industrial Relations
Indian Institute of Planning & Management
B.Sc. (Computer Science) - Computer Science
DAVV University
HSC (12th) -
C.B.S.E Board
SSC (10th) -
C.B.S.E Board
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