Kiran Pukhrambam

Experience

• 

  The Hindu

  Feb 2010 - Apr 2012

  Senior Consultant

  • Played an important role in recruitment, sourcing, talent acquisition and coordinating with HM.• Close interaction with the business understanding the requirement and sourcing candidate through campus, referrals, job boards and LinkedIn.• Interviewing candidates and explaining Job description, taking screening interview and move it to next Managerial round.• Responsible for mentoring interns and explaining joining formalities to new joiners.• Business development and tie up with educational institution, hotels and corporates.• Hosted and coordinated some of the major annual events like Principals’ Meet, Young World Quiz, Drawing Competition, etc.• Market analysis - to know the perception of the brand The Hindu Newspaper.• Actively participated in Monthly, Quarterly, Annual Management Review Meetings. Show less

• 

  Hewlett-Packard

  Jan 2013 - Dec 2014

  Talent Acquisition Consultant.

  • Responsible for handling complete recruitment life cycle- Sourcing, Screening, Evaluating, Scheduling, and Salary Negotiations.• Responsible for sourcing the right talent for different HP entities including HP R&D and HP services. Sourcing talents from different channels which include portals, internal database and passive sourcing through passive resources via LinkedIn and candidate reference.• Evaluating candidate and ensuring time bound closure of selected candidates, reference checks, salary negotiation and fixation.• Interact and coordination with Hiring managers and Business HR partners. Attend weekly meeting with different HM from different business units. Ensuring delivery of profiles and closing the requirements within forecasted month.• Defining SLAs, Metrics for smooth recruitment process • Coordinating and managing 3rd party vendors.• Handle and manage process & Business escalations appropriately.• Coordination of HP Alumni hiring (Rehire case) for HP IT team.• Mentor and lead new joiners to adapt them to the HR process Show less

• 

  Akamai Technologies

  Apr 2015 - Mar 2019

  Talent Aquisition Consultant

  • Execution of end to end recruitment process, comprising of sourcing strategies, market intelligence, Networking, interviewing, salary closures and hand holding till joining.• Interacting with the hiring managers regarding their requirements & keeping them updated on the Progress.• Regular meeting with the Hiring Managers on the open requisition, to discuss the details about the Requirements, setting hiring manager expectations, hiring plan.• Expertise in recruitment through channels like jobsites, extensive Networking, Ad Postings via Indeed, Hirist, Instahyre.• Sending the mailers to all the employees at regular intervals to invite the Employee referral programmed for critical requirements.• Gathering pre-close information of candidates (present and expected compensation, location/ relocation information, availability, and motivation factors etc.).• Preparing and maintaining weekly, monthly reports, dashboard to ensure that relevant data is captured, and Goals are achieved. • Conducting HR interviews personally, detailed discussion of Salary negotiations, other benefits at the time of Salary closure, extensive follow up with all offered candidates till they come onboard.• Providing regular updates and feedback to TA managers and Hiring Manager and stakeholders on recruitment progress.• Involve in Internal Audits process and check for the scope of process improvements.• Provide Market Intelligence data (current trends, skill availability, competitors' analysis, etc.) to the Stakeholders' to facilitate effective resource planning and forecasting.• Update Daily Candidate Tracker and Follow up with Business Unit for Feedback. Show less

• 

  Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company

  Apr 2019 - now

  Senior Technical Recruiter

  Responsible for handling complete recruitment life cycle- Sourcing, Screening, Evaluating, Scheduling, and Salary Negotiations.• Responsible for sourcing the right talent for different HP entities including HP R&D and HP services. Sourcing talents from different channels which include portals, internal database and passive sourcing through passive resources via LinkedIn and candidate reference.• Evaluating candidate and ensuring time bound closure of selected candidates, reference checks, salary negotiation and fixation.• Interact and coordination with Hiring managers and Business HR partners. Attend weekly meeting with different HM from different business units. Ensuring delivery of profiles and closing the requirements within forecasted month.• Defining SLAs, Metrics for smooth recruitment process • Coordinating and managing 3rd party vendors.• Handle and manage process & Business escalations appropriately.• Coordination of HP Alumni hiring (Rehire case) for HP IT team.• Mentor and lead new joiners to adapt them to the HR process Show less

• 

  Cloud Software Group

  Jun 2022 - now

  Principal Recruiter/ TA lead Recruiter

  . Owning sole ownership of Enginering hiring for Citrix BU with strong experience in stake holders (Hiring managers, HRBP, TA shared service team) handling end to end recruitment. · Responsible for managing hiring escalations from the team and business.· Partnering closely with the leadership team (business leaders, partners, directors across the location)· Design and implement recruiting strategies including diversity hiring, talent mapping, locationstrategy, proactive talent pipeline from top tier companies· Responsible for sending out reports weekly, quarterly and annually for TA hiring to the stakeholders.· Responsible for mentoring and guiding team members.· Responsible for ensuring process compliance are followed by team members. Show less