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Nikita Vagalkar

Toronto,Canada

Summary

Dedicated Talent Acquisition Specialist successful at managing full recruitment life cycle. Develops and implements customized strategies to meet specific position requirements and source qualified candidates. Offering 5 years of recruitment strategy development expertize..

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Recruitment Consultant (North America)

WilsonHCG
03.2021 - Current
  • Led the full cycle recruitment for NielsenIQ (NIQ), Roehm America, Syneos Health, Bridgestone and EverStory Partner in North America (Canada and US)
  • Conducted intakes calls with hiring managers while coaching on recruitment process and presenting market insights and competitive analysis
  • Managed candidate experience from sourcing, screening, setting up interviews, extending offers, drafting offer package, negotiating counter offers/compensation and background checks
  • Generated high volume passive candidates through extensive creative sourcing via various recruitment platforms
  • Partnered with Human Resources Business Partners, hiring managers and stakeholders to strategize on business/hiring needs, recruitment initiatives and projects
  • Handled 32-40 requisitions from junior to exec level at a given time, managed recruitment/marketing campaigns and university recruiting/college programs
  • Led various HR projects such as creating TA FAQ recruiter guidebook, Training videos for sourcing, employee referral program NIQ Global.

Recruiter (Contract)

Randstad National Delivery
08.2019 - 10.2024
  • Led the sourcing initiatives for fortune 500 companies in Canada including but not limited to Scotia bank, TD, CIBC, BMO, Big 4, Toronto Hydro, Enbridge, Google, Microsoft, AMEX, etc
  • Interviewed candidates from junior to managerial level positions
  • Conducted pre-employment testing and negotiated on salary gap
  • Managed onboarding including reference check, employment verification and drafting employment letters
  • Posted job ads on company website and recruitment platforms
  • Managed multiple projects and requisitions while submitting qualified candidates
  • Contributed to client and candidate experience by feedback and post interview follow ups.

Recruitment Specialist Lead (Contract)

Randstad In house Services
08.2020 - 02.2021
  • Led the recruitment team including a team of 2 sourcers for a global automotive client for their Ontario region
  • Coached, developed and trained new hires and sourcing teams
  • Handled 150+ contractors and their queries related to their payroll, hours and schedule
  • Managed sourcing strategies, screening, setting interviews, extending offers and closing the recruitment loop
  • Partnered with various stakeholders such as HRBPS, Hiring Managers and Recruitment leaders on update meetings/recruitment projects.

Recruitment Specialist (Contract)

Randstad Professionals, Finance and Accounting
10.2019 - 02.2020
  • Led and provided full cycle recruitment such as Job posting, talent sourcing, screening, scheduling and conducting interviews, handled the onboarding process
  • Managed college/University programs including job fairs and networking events
  • Successfully filled open and pending niche roles within 24-48 hours from a strong pipeline of 50+ qualified candidates in different regions across Ontario
  • Developed job descriptions and recruitment campaigns
  • Managed job boards (networking websites) and internal dashboards (ATS tools)
  • Extended and negotiated verbal and written job offers
  • Supported Hiring Managers, HR Business leaders and Candidates for excellent HR experience.

HR Recruiting Intern

Randstad National Delivery
05.2019 - 08.2019
  • Responsible for sourcing for multiple roles from Finance, HR, Marketing, sales to Customer Service in different industries for Fortune 500 companies across Canada
  • Assisted teams with recruitment projects, issuing letters and responding to candidate enquiries
  • Partnered with hiring managers on recruitment best practices including sourcing, pipelining candidates for key roles, interview techniques, proper documentation, onboarding process and other assessment tools as required.

Human Resources Administrator

Datsun Shipping Pvt. Ltd. (Mining)
05.2017 - 07.2018
  • Responsible for recruitment on roles such as but not limited to hiring master mariners, in land engineers, engineer drivers, oil men, special status marine crews and office staff like chartered accountants, account officers
  • Supported payroll for 100 headcount, updated employee information via HR tools
  • Processed onboarding requirements such as reference checks, employment verification.

Education

Human Resources Management, Postgraduate -

Humber College of Technology and Advanced Learning
Toronto, ON
08.2019

Bachelors of Business Administration in Travel and Tourism -

Rosary College of Commerce & Arts
04.2017

Skills

  • Client Relations

  • Offer Negotiation

  • Interviewing

  • Client management

  • Passive Sourcing

  • Cold-calling

  • Market Insights and Presentations

  • Applicant Tracking Systems

  • New Hire Onboarding

  • Talent Acquisition

Highlights And Qualifications

  • 5+ years' experience in full cycle recruitment in agencies, RPO and corporate setting
  • Highly experienced in recruiting for roles in Retail, CPG, Technology, Market Research and Analytics, Utilities, Energy, Mining, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Logistics, Food and Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Banking, Insurance, Big 4, Automobile, Transportation, Funeral Services in the US and Canada
  • Proficient in sourcing channels and ATSs/ERPs such as Workday, Smart Recruiters, Handshake, SAP, Paycom, Paylocity, HireRight, Avature, LinkedIn Recruiter, Zip Recruiter, Indeed, Censia, Claro Analytics, Checkr, Canva, Microsoft office (Excel) and Google Suite

Languages

English
Full Professional
French
Elementary

Timeline

Recruitment Consultant (North America)

WilsonHCG
03.2021 - Current

Recruitment Specialist Lead (Contract)

Randstad In house Services
08.2020 - 02.2021

Recruitment Specialist (Contract)

Randstad Professionals, Finance and Accounting
10.2019 - 02.2020

Recruiter (Contract)

Randstad National Delivery
08.2019 - 10.2024

HR Recruiting Intern

Randstad National Delivery
05.2019 - 08.2019

Human Resources Administrator

Datsun Shipping Pvt. Ltd. (Mining)
05.2017 - 07.2018

Human Resources Management, Postgraduate -

Humber College of Technology and Advanced Learning

Bachelors of Business Administration in Travel and Tourism -

Rosary College of Commerce & Arts

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