Palak Gupta

Experience

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  Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd

  Oct 2018 - Nov 2018

  Finance Intern

  Evaluated the short and long-term investment decisions of a bank in the various scheduled bank under the Reserve Bank of IndiaCompleted a project on IL&FS crisis and acquired an insight into the dealings of DFCIL(MOR) with JICA and IBRD

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  GALLEON CONSULTANTS

  Nov 2019 - May 2020

  Recruitment Consultant

  Sourced & assessed candidate profiles from various job search engines & conducted end to end recruitment for finance-based rolesGenerated a talent pipeline of the qualified potential candidates for various job openings for industries like IT consulting and BPO

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  ByteDance

  May 2020 - Aug 2020

  Human Resources Intern

  Responsible for a full cycle of recruitment, including multi-channel sourcing, screening, assessment and compensation negotiationsWorked on 25 job positions and assisted in the onboarding operations of 15 candidates over the course of two monthsBuilt the talent pipeline for key leadership roles and ensured regular engagement with the potential candidates Helped in the recruitment process of the monetization division and worked with key business stakeholders in hiring their teams

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  IIM Indore PGPHR Placement Committee

  Aug 2020 - Mar 2022

  Placement Coordinator

  Coordinated with the Recruiters & the Placement Office, handled pitching to Recruiters & salary negotiations Organized Guest Lectures, Workshops and Seminars to help the PGP- HRM participants get industry exposure Worked as the Placement Preparation Committee for Resume building process for the entire PGP HRM batch

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  Dabur India Limited

  Apr 2021 - Jun 2021

  Summer Intern

  Analyzed Employer branding strategy from employees & B-school students perspective; Improved the campus hiring plan of DaburAnalyzed the current EVP for various stakeholders through primary research & developed a formal EVP statement for Dabur IndiaDesigned the new onboarding plan,competition plan, lateral program, career page improvements and employer branding calendar

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  Aditya Birla Group

  Aug 2021 - Sept 2021

  Industry Interface Program Intern

  Benchmarked ABG competitors regarding their global employer branding presence & recommended a strategyCreated brand identity,brand voice,brand persona &content attributes for ABG’s social media employer brand Consumerization of ABG’s brand & designed a social media strategy for Linkedin & Instagram for organic growth

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  Michael Page

  Feb 2022 - Apr 2022

  Human Resources Intern

  Sourced and assessed candidate profiles from various job portals and conducted end-to-end recruitment including screening CVs, performing preliminary screening and setting up interviews for 50+ job positions in multiple domains like operations and salesGenerated a talent pipeline of potential candidates from multiple employment portals for industries like freight forwarding etc

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  IBM

  Jun 2022 - Feb 2023

  Strategy and Change Consultant

  Supported the Change Management efforts for 4000+ employees across 11 locations for a global implementation of Workday systemWorked on change activities such as vision alignment, stakeholder engagement plan, change risk assessment, change readiness plan, and adoption plan across Finance and HCM business unitsConducted 25+ interviews with various finance stakeholders to record 100+ change impactsDeveloped multiple personas, empathy maps and journey maps by conducting a design thinking workshop with 200+ employeesDesigned and executed change management, training, and communication plans within the business unit, aimed at diverse stakeholders including senior and executive leadershipDesigned and developed training materials & communication deliverables for various stakeholder groups Built a change champion network of 50+ employees to cascade communications; Owned regular engagement meetings with change champion network to discuss relevant information Provided logistic support to deliver training for train the trainer sessions and end user sessionsMonitored & analyzed Change Adoption Dashboards by measuring KPIs, leveraging communications analytics and change effectivenessRefined change interventions based on user adoption insights during testing and feedback from the change champion network Show less

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  Accenture

  Mar 2023 - now

  Management Consulting Analyst

  1. Oracle implementation (S2P) for a Global financial service Giant (Headquartered in USA) – Change management consultant​Developed change strategy and aligned with the leaders in respect to the change success measures (KPIs) and adoption strategies​Conducted multiple workshops with various stakeholder to record the change impact analysis (today vs tomorrow)​Took part in stakeholder analysis to take a pulse check among various stakeholder and get the inputs for the change strategy​Designed and executed training strategy workshops to finalize the training strategy and plan​Worked with the client to develop a training needs analysis for 6500+ end users.​Built the strategy for the change network having 125+ change champions in all the business units specifying their roles and responsibilities.​2. Cybersecurity tool implementation for a Retail Giant (Headquartered in USA) – Change management specialist​Worked on change activities such as communication plan, change risk assessment, change impact analysis, and training plan​Developed 8 personas through the change impact analysis to foster better communication and training ​Led the content development of themed cybersecurity end user communication campaigns for 1100+ employees​Created the training documents including user guides , quick user guides, FAQs and Updated the SOPs as well.​Provided post go-live hyper care support​ Show less