Shivani Parekh

• Team Management: Providing leadership and strategic direction to a team of 5 by guiding and supporting, promoting a culture of continuous improvement, high performance, ensuring clear communication, goal setting & continuous development. • Screening & Interviews: Managing the interview process, screening resumes, and conducting client interviews, walk-ins, onboarding. • Job Analysis: Collaborating with hiring managers to define job requirements and create job descriptions. • Interviews & Selection: Lead the interview process, ensuring fairness and consistency, and making final decisions on candidate selection. • Process Optimization: Streamline hiring processes and ensure consistent best practices across the team. • Strategy Development: Designing and implementing talent acquisition strategies to attract top talent. • Data & Reporting: Tracking recruitment metrics and providing regular reports to senior management • Employer Branding: Promoting the company's culture and values to attract top-tier candidates. • Onboarding: Ensuring a smooth onboarding process for new hires.

• Provide support and assistance to the Talent Acquisition team, fostering a collaborative and positive work environment. • Manage and Oversee the recruitment cycle for internal senior to director-level positions across various departments, Onboarding- ensuring alignment with organisational goals and culture. • Job postings, client interview scheduling, evaluating and guiding candidates, and managing offer negotiations. • Trained junior associates with recruitment processes, answering queries and ensuring clarity. • Sourced and identifed top internal talent through internal job boards, employee referrals, and succession planning initiatives. • Coordinate and schedule interviews with hiring managers and internal candidates, ensuring a seamless and professional interview experience. • Conduct in-depth interviews to assess internal candidates' skills, experience, and cultural fit within the organization's evolving needs. • Proactively engage with employees through networking, talent reviews, and discussions to identify potential candidates for internal opportunities. • Communicate clearly and consistently with candidates throughout the recruitment process, providing timely updates and constructive feedback. • Partner with department leaders and hiring managers to understand their internal hiring needs and develop strategic plans for talent mobility. • Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, ensuring a robust talent pipeline and fostering employee retention. • Collaborate with HR to streamline orientation, training, and team integration for internal hires. • Organize walk-in recruitment drives for internal candidates, managing logistics and scheduling. • Verify employment documents and manage background checks to ensure compliance. • Coordinate background verification, including reference checks and employment history validation.

> Extensive experienced in Full-Cycle Recruitment, Specialised in IT and Non-IT roles across various industries, including Pharmaceutical, HealthCare, Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Aerospace, and Financial Services. > Successfully recruited for diverse roles such as Maintenance Manager, Mechanical Technician, Engineering Technician, Laboratory Technician, Scientist, HR Business Risk and Controls Manager, R&D Scientist, Production/Manufacturing Engineers, Accounting, Finance, Project Managers, and QA professionals for top-tier clients like Sallie Mae, H&R Block, Cargill, Moog, Becton Dickinson, Hydro Extrusions, Johns Manville, Moog Aerospace, L3Harris, Medtronic, Merck. > Proficiency in full recruitment life cycle process, including sourcing, screening, salary and rate negotiations, and submission for both contract and direct-hire positions. > Recruit candidates for W2, C2C, and Individual C2C models, ensuring the best fit for organisation and client needs. > Skilled in interview preparation and scheduling, providing candidates with guidance to present their best during client interviews. > Experienced in managing ATS & VMS tools to prioritise jobs, log activities, maintain reports, monitor KPIs and SLAs, and build a robust talent pool for future hiring needs. > Expertise in Job diva, LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Monster, Career builder, Dice, Field-glass for candidate submission, tracking interview and offer statuses, and ensuring compliance with notifications and updates. > Consistently generated leads through innovative sourcing strategies and maintained a talent pool of qualified candidates to meet both current and future demands. > Prepared and extending offers, managing post-offer compliance, and ensuring a seamless onboarding experience. > Collaborated effectively with Onshore account managers to schedule interviews and meet hiring goals.

• Worked as a Recruitment Consultant in pharmaceutical domains for Pfizer, BMS and Eisai. • Sourcing candidates for various job roles like Lab Technician, R&D, Scientist, Production Manager/Engineer, and Maintenance department. • Conducting phone screens with applicants, identifying qualified candidates, and collaborating with candidates and Account Managers/Onsite Recruiters to schedule next-stage interviews. • Worked for Dell, ADP Bank, Google, Bank of America, Merck, Medix and BMS for IT/non-IT and Financial Roles. • Built and Maintained a talent pool that can meet the company’s and clients future hiring needs. • Utilised the ATS tool to manage job priorities, candidate qualifications, logging activities, maintaining reports, monitoring KPI & SLA, and managing talent pool & and hotlists. • Successfully generating leads throughout the different stages of candidate sourcing, create and maintain best practices to research, source, screen attract, and contact potential candidates to develop a diverse slate of qualified candidates. • Knowledge in Visas – H1B, H4 EAD, Green Card holder & US Citizen. • Responsible for Sourcing profiles through various ATS & VMS-Job Portals like Dice, Monster, Carrier Builder, Job Diva, Bullhorn, Indeed, LinkedIn,X-Ray Search, Naukri.com, ZipRecruiter, Field-Glass.