Kritikaa Paddwal

Proactively source and engage high-caliber passive talent using advanced Boolean strings, X-ray search, GitHub, and LinkedIn Recruiter. Profile candidates to assess intrinsic motivation and cultural chemistry rather than just selling a role. Conduct deep-dive technical screenings that accurately align with hiring manager preferences to maintain high offer-to-interview ratios. Manage full-cycle pipeline delivery for complex engineering domains, including Full-Stack, Backend, Frontend, and Data Analytics (AI/ML). Partner with stakeholders using market intelligence to build creative talent-mapping strategies and scalable recruitment processes. Design structured sourcing plans with clear tracking data, deliverables, and timelines to support long-term company growth.

Developing and executing innovative sourcing strategies to attract top-tier talent across all corporate functions, building diverse and robust talent pipelines. Managing full-cycle recruitment processes, including requisition intake, job postings, candidate screening, interviews, and offer negotiations, while ensuring an exceptional candidate experience. Building strong partnerships with hiring managers and stakeholders to understand business needs and deliver strategic recruitment solutions. Facilitating seamless offer processes and collaborated with Talent Coordinators to ensure due diligence and compliance. Leveraging Workday and Paradox to maintain accurate recruitment data, track key metrics, and generate performance reports to identify trends and optimize hiring strategies.

•Lead full-cycle recruitment for Hourly and Salaried roles at distribution centers, including role intake, job posting, sourcing, application review, phone screens, interview scheduling, candidate feedback, and offer negotiations. •Support hiring managers in selecting the best candidates, guiding recruitment best practices and presenting labour market data to assist in decision-making. •Actively attract, engage, and select high-quality talent to support HelloFresh’s growth using various sourcing and interviewing techniques. •Assist in building HelloFresh’s employer brand, focusing on diversity, inclusion, and creating positive candidate experiences. •Manage applicant pipelines, schedule interviews, optimize candidate communications, gather feedback, and facilitate efficient recruiting processes using the ATS (Greenhouse). •Establish connections with universities and employment firms to create a talent pipeline. •Train and provide feedback to hiring managers to ensure consistency across the organization. •Manage relationships with third parties involved in recruitment, including colleges/universities, job boards, and external recruiters/agencies. •Collaborate with the TA & HR team to set up new and improve existing recruitment and hiring processes. •Ensure compliance with applicable employment laws and regulations.

o Responsible for unionized and Non- Union (salaried) staffing activities at the Maple Lodge Farms Brampton and Mississauga location - from internal job transfers to external recruitment o Support full-cycle recruitment for all areas of the business including posting jobs, reviewing candidate profiles, conducting phones screens, interviews and reference checks where requested. o Working with production management to monitor and maintain appropriate staffing levels in all 42 unionized departments o Ongoing communication with the VP of Operations and Plants Managers to understand and hire for the changing labour needs of our 7 Plants of production o Managing internal transfers for jobs within the bargaining group, communicating with the Senior Union Steward to ensure the collective agreement is being followed o Communicating recruitment needs and pending transfers with plant managers and supervisors o Daily data collection and entry of new hires through our new ATS, transfers, terminations and other employee changes into Avanti (HRIS) and TelnetPro (Escala) clocks system transition to Kronos in 2020 o Responsible for ensuring positive engagement and onboarding of new employees through programs designed to enhance leadership skills, build effective communication and strengthen employee retention. o Work as part of cross functional HR team to develop HR practice and process developments o Build and maintain relations with post-secondary institutions, business associations and professional associations o Managing the Co-Op program funded by HR

- Convinced students to attend workshops for Psychology, Web Development, Android App Development, Doodling and Music Production - Trained a team of 13 people with new Marketing Strategies, which increased the business sales by 15% on a daily basis - Helped students to get clarity in building their careers - Involved in Hiring process of new Marketing team members