Zoheb Sheikh
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Certified LinkedIn Recruiter, Certified LinkedIn Success Coach, Diversity Recruiting Certified,
Hirist Certified Tech Recruiter
Professional Summary
With an MBA in Marketing and HR, and 16 years of professional experience, 15 of which were in recruitment/talent
acquisition, I have gained experience in industries such as IT, engineering, utilities, consulting, customer service/BPO, and
retail. I have performed multi-cultural, PWD, diversity and campus hiring. I have extensive experience in headhunting and
attracting talent through various channels, such as social media and professional networking websites. I am a proven team
manager with experience in global recruitment, managing teams of recruiters/senior recruiters and implementing sourcing
strategies. I am also experienced in offline recruitment programs, referral programs, and campus hiring.
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Global recruitment experience (India, UK, EMEA, US)
Extensive experience in in-house, Corporate, Consulting & Agency environment.
Proven experience in managing team of recruiters
Implemented different sourcing strategies including Head Hunting, Executive Search, etc.
Recruited talent across different levels-Campus, Lateral & Leadership Hiring.
Proven ability in utilizing the perfect sourcing mix, perform market research.
Hands-on working on niche and leadership positions
Expert LinkedIn Recruiter
Experienced building strategic relationship with internal and external stakeholders
Experienced working in a fast paced environment
Proficient with ATS such as Workday, iCIMS, fieldglass, Synergy & other in house tools such as wisestep, can
pickup new ATS within no time
Extensive experience in head hunting and attracting talent through Social (Github) / Professional Networking
websites
Experienced in hiring for following roles: CA/Non-CA, Internal Audit, Cyber Security & Infrastructure services, cloud
& infrastructure services, Real Estate, Data Analytics, Domain & Consulting, Web Application, Salesforce, etc.
Offline recruitment programs, Referral / References programs, forums, etc.
Experience in coordinating with Colleges and Universities facilitating Campus Hiring
Certificates:
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Certified LinkedIn Recruiter
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Certified LinkedIn Success Coach by LinkedIn Talent Solutions
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Employer Branding Certified by LinkedIn
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Certified LinkedIn profile Optimizer
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Diversity Recruiting Certified by LinkedIn
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Impactful and Influential Leader Certified by LinkedIn
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Project Management Foundation Certified by LinkedIn
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Social Media and Digital Platforms Hiring Certified by LinkedIn
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Hirist Certified Tech Recruiter
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Certified HR professional by The Open University
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Google Analytics for Beginners Certified by Google Analytics Academy
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Oracle HCM Certification (in progress)
Education:
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Passed MBA (Marketing/HR) from Punjab Technical University in 2007
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Passed B.Com from Utkal University in 2003
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Intermediate (Commerce) from Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) in 2000
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High School from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in 1998
Technical snapshot:
Job Portals: naukri, jobsite, Monster, Indeed, Dice, Jobvertise, Jobserve, totaljobs, cwjobs, Tmdr, Resumebook360, Bayt,
naukrigulf
Professional Networking: LinkedIn Recruiter, Xing, Viadeo, etc.
Social Media Hiring: Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, GitHub
ATS: Workday, Synergy, iCIMS, Fieldglass, Resumefox
AI: Chatgpt, Bing AI, Google Bard
Work Experience:
ValueLabs LLP
Assistant Manager
May 22 – July 23
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Managing team of recruiters, senior recruiters and leads
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Taking care of practice hiring at Leadership level
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Supporting Service Desk, Java, Microsoft, SFDC, DevOps, QA, BFS and Enterprise Architecture Practices
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Working closely with stakeholders at leadership level
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Connecting daily with Consulting Heads, VPs & SVPs on the hiring needs for different practices and COE
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Conduct daily standup meeting with team to review hiring status
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Managed Banking and Financial Services practice hiring involving both IT and non-IT.
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Sharing MI with leadership on pool availability for critical skills
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Understand recruiter focus areas and enable training whenever required
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Facilitate weekly training sessions on recruitment techniques, process and Linked
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Keeping team motivated throughout to help achieve the numbers using recruitment best practices
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Handling team conflicts whenever the situation arises
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Ensure equal opportunity is provided to each individual
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Personally recruited critical Practice Head positions
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Imparting org-wide training on LinkedIn recruitment skills
PwC Acceleration Center
Senior Associate
June 21 – Apr 22
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Responsible for lateral hiring for multiple Operating Units(OUs) within Cyber, Risk & Regulatory Line of Service
(LoS) for Advisory
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OUs involved Enterprise Technology Solutions, Data Analytics, Internal Audit, GRC, Enterprise Risk & Controls
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Working on niche roles such as ITGC, Archer Developers, ERP security, etc
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Conduct Weekly status calls involving LoS Leader along with OU leaders and provide update on pipeline
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Chalkout plan of actions for upcoming positions
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Involved in working end to end recruitment process right from sourcing to closing offer discussions
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Working along side sourcing and scheduling team to ensure smooth flow of recruitment activities
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Working with vendors/external agencies on building pipeline
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Negotiate offers with candidates and counter the counter offers
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Reach out to business in case of fitment challenges and designation upgrade
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Continuously follow up with candidates by conducting and HC and Business connects and ensure the offer
acceptance to joining ratio is high
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Managing team of recruiters, senior recruiters
Wipro Limited through Avance Consulting
Senior Recruitment Consultant
Apr 17 – Apr 21
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Responsible for IT and non-IT hiring
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Independently managing multiple Business Unit & Practice Hiring
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Understanding requirements from Business, participate in standup/daily standup calls & update hiring status to
hiring managers
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Participate in calls with Workforce Management Group, BU Heads, SDMs and PMs & update pipeline
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Operating in a large scale matrix reporting environment with multiple stakeholders
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Targeting and prioritizing key requirements and implementing effective sourcing strategy
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Took part in multiple career fest events
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Conducting salary negotiation and HR discussion
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Working with vendors/external agencies on building pipeline for hard to fill positions
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Train and mentor team members
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Build and maintain industry specific (company-wise) market intelligence for target-based hiring.
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Managed a team of 4
Talent Grail a First2Group company
Senior Recruitment Consultant
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Reporting to Director
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Involved in full life cycle recruitment
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Volume hiring for hospitality, healthcare, BFS, Retail, BPO and Telecom clients
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Managing clients directly by gathering roles and requirements from them
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Sourcing and screening profiles based on job requirements/description
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Supplying resources in lowest TAT possible based on SLA.
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Follow up with client regarding feedback.
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Managing a team of 2 recruiters
May 15 – Feb 17
Avance Consulting
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Reporting to delivery lead
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End to end recruitment
Apr 14 – Apr 15
Senior Recruiter
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Communicating with client regularly and understanding the priorities and urgency of roles.
Working with internal and external stakeholders
Account Management
Gathering Requirements from Client directly
Sourcing and screening profiles based on job requirements/description
Supplying resources in lowest TAT possible based on SLA.
Scalable Systems Ltd.
Recruitment Manager
This was US based recruitment; I was into Account Management maintaining Cognizant account.
Oct 13 – Jan 14
Damcosoft Solutions
Senior Executive-Recruitments
Jan 12 – May 13
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Provide full life cycle/end to end recruiting.
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Independently handled IT recruitment based on target.
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Source candidate resumes from various job boards such as jobserve, career builder, monster, tmdr, etc. and
through references.
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Perform extensive research on non-traditional methods of sourcing and closed multiple positions in locations such
as Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Czech Republic and Norway.
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Switch board calling, Company Mapping, Client Mapping.
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Trained and mentored colleagues, juniors and team members in traditional and non-traditional sourcing.
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Extensively working on professional networking sites such as LinkedIn, Xing, Viadeo, etc.
Avance
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Consulting Services Limited
Senior Technical Recruiter
Mar 11 - Dec 11
Provide full life cycle/end to end recruiting.
Company Mapping, Client Mapping.
Source candidate resumes from various job boards such as jobserve, career builder, monster, tmdr, etc. and
through references.
Extensively working on professional networking sites such as linkedIn, Xing, Viadeo, etc.
Implemented sourcing plan effectively combining the potential strength of pre-defined multi-channels.
Sourced and closed positions for sectors such as Banking/Finance, Insurance, Energy Trading, Oil and Gas.
Talent Logic Inc. Formerly Sai People Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Staffing Manager
Sept 09 – Mar 11
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Involved in full life cycle/end to end recruiting.
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Independently handled US IT recruitment based on a target.
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Source candidate resumes from various job boards such as monster, dice, resumebook360, etc.
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Implemented sourcing plan effectively combining the potential strength of pre-defined multi-channels.
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Builds, maintains industry specific (company-wise) market intelligence for target-based hiring.
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Maintain cost containment by utilizing creative and effective sourcing methods
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Prepare weekly reports on the job and candidate status.
Concentrix (Formerly Convergys India Services Limited
Customer Service Specialist
Aug 07 – Sep 09
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Started career as customer support executive working for UK based client
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Handling queries related to phone accounts
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Assisted HR in handling recruitment drives.
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Developed and reviewed with team leaders and departments the sourcing plan to attract applicants and to fill
specific openings
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Coordinated with technical teams, scheduled the Technical interviews.
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Ensure recruiting and hiring practices are in compliance with organizational policies, and other regulatory
requirements.
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Conduct walk-in interviews to check their experience and Voice quality, performing initial screening
Languages Known
English, Hindi, Urdu, Oriya, Punjabi, Telugu, Bengali
Zoheb Sheikh
