ASIF PARKAR
Talent Acquisition Manager
Pune,Maharashtra
Summary
Ø Talent Acquisition (TA) Leader with 17 years of rich experience in managing the entire gamut of recruitment life cycle process for volume and leadership hiring across Pan India Locations.
Ø Hands-on expertise in Technical recruitment, Leadership hiring, Volume hiring with proven ability to manage and collaborate with high-performing recruiting large and agile teams, key performance metrics, recruit great talents, increase profit margins, good teamwork, reduce cost, define issues, decision-making skills, and good verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
Ø Traveled to International locations like Singapore, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain to hire best talent in IT Industry for clients.
Ø Accountable and responsible for growing business growth within the dedicated portfolio of business accounts and attention to detailed planning through execution/completion in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment /world.
Ø Experience in Data mining, Creating Recruitment Funnel, Networking, and leveraged portals for attracting the best talents.
Ø Experienced with developing and executing comprehensive talent acquisition strategies. Utilizes advanced sourcing techniques and employer branding to attract top talent. Track record of building strong relationships with stakeholders and optimizing recruitment processes.
Ø Developed skills in dynamic and fast-paced environments, focusing on talent identification, team building, and strategic planning. Successfully managed recruitment processes and fostered employee engagement. Looking to transition into new field, leveraging these transferrable skills to drive impactful results in new role.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Manager -Talent Supply Chain
Persistent Systems
Pune
06.2023 - Current
- Involved in Leadership Hiring, people management, and monitoring a team of 6 recruiters for technical hiring and have established a COE team in Cloud and Infrastructure Practice.
- Managing and supporting all Talent Acquisition activities including sourcing, job posting, selection, and onboarding with proper follow-up on policies and processes.
- Implementing innovative ideas and proactive involvement in talent acquisition activities and strategies.
- Diversity drive every month with significant maintenance of 20% hiring rates consistent quarter-on-quarter basis.
- Maintaining a rich diversified pipeline of resources from different external sources.
- Maintaining a strong relationship with different stakeholders, providing strategic inputs via data-driven insights from market intelligence.
- Setting up high expectations on team performance and also ensuring exceptional experience to all the candidates ranging from rejection or selection level.
- Publish weekly reports on the progress of external hiring requirements.
- Bi-Weekly connect with stakeholders on offered candidates, so that they imbibed values and understand work better before joining organizations.
Manager -Talent Management
ITC Infotech
Bengaluru
03.2022 - 06.2023
- Involved in Strategic Solutions to different Business Cases to manage and sustain scalable growth.
- Innovative ideas, process improvements, best practices, risk mitigation, compliance-driven culture, and resolving complex problems.
- Special Diversity Hiring Drive for ERP & TSL on every Quarter or Quarter with 20% turnaround.
- Effectively using Internal Data-Driven Hiring, Job portals, research, social media (LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp), Employee referrals, Naukri Campaign, FM Radio, Print Ads, Internal Job Postings, and Vendor Management support for prospective/ramp up hiring.
- Attending Business review meetings with Delivery Heads/Hiring Managers to plan/strategize the recruiting needs for continuous improvement, recommendations, and closures on client requirements.
- Provide weekly, monthly, and quarterly Analytical skills by ensuring proper data is shared with the business for Hiring.
- Built high-performing teams through effective recruitment, onboarding, and talent development initiatives.
Manager -People Supply Chain
L&T Infotech Pvt. Ltd
Bengaluru
2 2011 - 03.2022
- Managed recruitment for different LOBs – Investment Banking, Insurance, E-commerce, Consulting, Media and Entertainment, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, CPG (Consumer Goods), Life Science, and Healthcare.
- Manage and Influence Business Partners, design robust talent, and create a diversified pool of resources.
- Involved in Strategic Solutions to different Business Cases to manage and sustain scalable growth.
- Prioritizing the requirements in a high volume, time-sensitive environment within defined SLAs
- Creating a pipeline of short-term and long-term hiring needs for business
- Innovative ideas, process improvements, best practices, risk mitigation, compliance-driven culture, resolving complex problems.
- Involved in Diversity & Inclusion Hiring for Digital and Cloud Practice across the location.
- Effectively using the Internal Data-Driven Hiring, Job portals, research, social media (linkedin, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp), Employee referrals, Internal Job Postings, and Vendor Management support for prospective hiring.
- Conduct and Collaborate floor walks across locations to promote referral events and with employees to refer their friends.
- Timely expressing ideas and communication to candidates as well as managers for proper development on recruitment hiring
- Attending Business review meetings with Delivery Heads/Hiring Managers to plan/strategize the recruiting needs for continuous improvement, recommendations and closures on client requirements.
- Provide weekly, monthly and quarterly Analytical skills by ensuring proper data shared business for Hiring.
- Hands on experience in different ATS (Application Tracking Systems) like Hirecraft, Taleo, SAP Succesfactor
- Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
Senior Consultant -Talent Acquisition
TalentAhead India Pvt. Ltd
Mumbai
07.2007 - 02.2011
- Sourcing profiles for Banking and Financial Services Industry in IT.
- Involved in initial level of screening before processing it to various clients.
- Creating a database from different sources like job boards, internal centralized database, head hunting, social networking and referrals.
- Tracking all detail of candidate, preparing daily dashboard reports to be shared with internal senior management.
- Involved in training activities for different technologies across organization to gain first hand exposure and provide best results to clients with good resources.
- Monthly meeting with clients to understand their business needs and how we can help them to close their requirements within given period of time.
- Key Accomplishments:.
- Received awards from senior management team for outstanding performance in closing the resources.
- Received appreciation mails from clients for closing their very niche requirements.
- Mentored junior consultants, helping them enhance their skills and contribute more effectively to projects.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma - Human Resource Management
NMIMS University
Mumbai 05.2006 - 2008.04
BCOM -
Mumbai University
Mumbai 06.2001 - 2004.03
Skills
Talent Recruitment
Certification
LinkedIn Certified Recruiter
Timeline
Manager -Talent Supply Chain
Persistent Systems
06.2023 - Current
Manager -Talent Management
ITC Infotech
03.2022 - 06.2023
Senior Consultant -Talent Acquisition
TalentAhead India Pvt. Ltd
07.2007 - 02.2011
Post Graduate Diploma - Human Resource Management
NMIMS University
05.2006 - 2008.04
BCOM -
Mumbai University
06.2001 - 2004.03
LinkedIn Certified Recruiter
Recruitment Champion Award
BFS Recruitment Team Award
Middle East Process Award
Manager -People Supply Chain
L&T Infotech Pvt. Ltd
2 2011 - 03.2022
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