Akanksha Ranaut

Committed to helping companies create winning work cultures and top-performing teams, I take pride in providing value-adding advisory and support services to my employers and strive to catalyze continuous improvement. My passion for people—combined with an understanding of HR best practices—has contributed to numerous initiatives across HR spectrum, delivering exceptional results.

Core Competencies:

•Organizational Development | Employer Branding| Orientation and Onboarding

•Attrition Management | Capability Retention | HR transformation and automation

•Talent Acquisition | Campus Hiring | Behavioral-Based Interviewing

Here is the summary of my experience:

• 18 months of experience in managing full-cycle recruiting for technical and skilled trades, high volumes, mid and senior-level management for sales, marketing, operations, technology, finance and HR positions within staffing, banking, retail, and manufacturing sectors.
• Led B-school campus placement process; was solely responsible for developing relationships with the schools, creating company presentation and interview assessment forms, screening resumes and conducting initial rounds of interviews; liaised with over 250 universities and onboarded 2000 campus hires in 10 months
• Assisted Regional Service Manager in manpower planning for 60 branches in the New Delhi region; Planned and executed recruitment drive with footfall of 800+ candidates, closed 80+ positions for 60 branches in 10 days
• 24 months of experience in managing employee relations, leave, attendance and payroll cycle for over 600 employees in 6 locations
• Led employer branding projects and handled external communications on social media platforms
• Advised executives on complex employee relations to minimize risks of litigation on areas such as harassment, wrongful dismissal, policy interpretation, and conflict resolution
• Led a team of two HR trainees to conduct extensive market research for industry mapping and to create a database for competitive benchmarking of performance metrics, organization policies and processes
• Organization Development Projects: Initiated a new hire induction and training program with a focus on cultural alignment to enhance the welcoming experience, resulting in a 25% improvement in early attrition rate; Conceptualized and launched innovative sales-incentive schemes that enhanced employee engagement level on the floor and boosted sales growth
• Working towards CHRP Certification