Shoba Konidala 

Shoba Konidala is a Certified Mindfulness Coach who has a versatile background. Has been providing training on Effective Communication, Personal Branding & Corporate Values. Having professional

background from Masters in Communications with 18plus years of corporate experience, starting from being a Corporate Communications Executive with Cholamandalam Finance Ltd., (part of Murugappa group), who then turned into a Recruitment Specialist after moving to Japan. Having worked as Executive Search Consultant with some of the Established Consulting firms like Robert Half International, Randstad, Longhouse Consulting, Standard Chartered Bank as well as ANSR (specialist in setting up GCC’s).

Coaching Experience as an Effective Communication specialist imparted program to Corporates for Junior professionals to handle Strategi Communication at work on topics like Persuasive Communication, Conflict Management.

CAREER EXPERIENCE 

Senior Manager, ANSR Global Private Limited                                 Jun 2022- Aug 2023

Roles & Responsibilities:

As a TA Head liaise with the cross functional teams and leadership team right from Headcount planning as per the forecast planning.

Analyze the existing headcount against the Business requirements.

Deep knowledge of roles right from Consulting, Operations and Business roles by identifying the right talent using the Recruitment mix like Employee Referral, Agency channel, LinkedIn. Able to handle end to end hiring for the 70 plus closures within the 7months of joining the company.

Building the EVP and Employer Branding for the Internal ANSR hiring.

Handling the next growth phase at ANSR by effectively collaborating with the Hiring Managers for the leadership roles like Client Partners, Client Principals, Project Managers, HR consulting roles, Compensation and Benefit, Employer Branding roles.

Key Achievements: 

• Implemented ATS tool-
• Came up with a proposal for ANSR
• Able to work in a very complex and fast paced and agile
• Gained experience in handling the transition

Managing Associate, Korn Ferry Professional Services Oct 2021 – June 2022

Roles & Responsibilities:

Requirement gathering, role briefing & debriefing and able to develop a Position Delivery Strategy & Timelines.

Mapping the talent landscape of the competitors, allied industry, building a pool of talent using LinkedIn and referrals as well as the existing database.

Providing the Initial interim report by showcasing the initial set of candidates to ensure there is a role understanding

Preparing Candidate reports of the shortlisted candidate through a complete candidate interview process and showcasing to the client

Managing end to end recruitment until the offer stage and engaging with the candidate until they join as well as keeping in touch.

Extensive client engagement on weekly basis and stakeholder management, collection and all the uploading the information in our internal portal.

Key Accomplishments:

As part of the GTM (Global Technology Markets) helping some of the Fortune 500 companies helping them set up the Leadership team for their Centre of Excellence for an International Telecom company was able to hire 4 key roles

• SAC Reporting Development Manager
• Finance Report Rationalization
• SAC Planning Development Manager
• Information Governance Manager
• Also, for a Services company was able to hire .Net Development Senior Manager
• Helping a Health Technologies company hire Technology Strategist

Executive Search Consultant, Catalyst Advise                                  Feb 2019- Sep 2021

• Handling end to end recruitment for Executive Search roles across industries Edtech, Ecommerce, FMCG, D2C, Private label brands, NBFC, Tech based Handling searches by mapping passive candidates using professional social networking sites.
• I have working as an External Consultant with a renowned Venture Capital Firm-Elevation Capital to help them hire Leadership team for the non-Tech hiring across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Operations, Business Strategy, Finance Controller and HR heads and so

Some of my Key accomplishments include: 

• Helped a Fintech firm hire Digital Marketing Head as well as a Customer Success Head
• Helped a Edtech firm Digital Marketing Head, VP Operations, SEM Specialist

Service Delivery Specialist, Standard Chartered Bank                     Feb 2018- Jan 2019

Standard Chartered Bank is India’s largest international bank with 100 branches in 43 cities, and we have been operating here since 1858. Key clients’ segments include Corporate & Institutional Banking, Commercial            &          Private       Banking     as         well      as         Retail   Banking.

Standard Chartered also has the following subsidiaries operating in India: Standard Chartered Securities (India) Ltd; Standard Chartered Private Equity Advisory (India) Private Limited; Standard Chartered Investments and Loans (India) Limited; Standard Chartered Finance limited and Standard Chartered Global Business Services Pvt. Ltd.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Providing services right from raising a Job requisition, sourcing, interviewing, Background verification, Creating Employee id till on boarding services to the profit-making division of Standard Chartered Bank, India- Corporate and Institutional Banking as well as Commercial Banking
• Stakeholder management of 60 plus Hiring Managers and also taking care of roles from Senior Manager till Executive Director level.
• Minimize or almost zero utilization through internal sourcing
• Identify the internal talent pool as well use the sourcing mix like LinkedIn and other sources like Employee referral and so
• Update all the activities on our HRIS system- Taleo as well as PeopleSoft
• Also handle international movements for certain crucial roles which needs expat for the role due to the
• Provide weekly update to the HRBP and fortnightly update to the Business on the open
• Candidate engagement as well as Engage the business for smooth
• Work closely with the Background verification team, TA Operations, HRBP as well as HRBP’s

for the day-to-day operations.

Senior Delivery Lead, Randstad India                                      Jan 2016 – Feb 2018

Randstad is a Dutch multinational human resource consulting firm headquartered in Diemen, Netherlands. Randstad is the world’s second-largest HR service provider.

Have strong knowledge in non-IT recruitment including Search as well as Selection across the different industries with specialized industries like Banking, Financial Services as well as Internet/ Ecommerce. Had success on the Sales, Business Development, Marketing, Credit Roles, Product Head, HR Head, Finance, Strategic Alliances, banking Alliances.

Had closed several roles for a single start-up client who is a B2B ecommerce company (Msupply.com), worked closely with Fintech companies like Capital Float, Versura Shiksha and so on.

Having good experience doing searches from Senior Managers to CXO level.

Achievements:

Part of the CEO club for the year 2017. Only 24 people Pan India are part of it among 1000 plus employees.

Senior Research Analyst, Longhouse Consulting.                                    Sep 2014- Jan 2016

Specializing in start-up space within the ecommerce and new age industries right from Vice President to CXO level.

• Endto end delivery of mandates, Search strategy, industry & talent mapping, establishing candidate contact and assessment, candidate presentations & reports (Candidate

profiles, Status update report, suggestions/recommendations etc) and various assignment management related co-ordination (Organizing interviews, reference Verifications, compensation & offer), Billing execution and Payment follow up, Business Development support.

• Responsible for anchoring search mandates, mapping, headhunting, candidate validation under stringent timelines
• Involved in designing an effective sourcing strategy based on case requirements
• Industry mapping and compensation surveys
• Delivering retained searches across the different searches right from sourcing the profiles by mapping the Organizations based on the talent Finding the right talent for the role based on the technical as well as the personality match.
• Successfully delivered searches in different functions like Sales, Marketing, Finance controller, Credit and      Risk,     HR        and In a year’s time   able   to   close   9   positions   successfully   billing   of   90Lacs-1CR. Worked on multiple assignments and always able to learn new areas quickly and deliver at the earliest. Careful selection of inactive candidates who would be suitable for the role technically as well as the personality match. Understanding the client’s business and act as a face of the client and able to sell the role to the candidates effectively by acting as an interface between the client and candidate. Closure rate of the some of the searches was within 60- 90 days from the start date. Effective understanding of the search and ensuring that the candidate as well as the client happy with each other and ensuring a smooth process for a successful relationship.

Key Achievements:

• Successfully closed four positions with a single client in 6months period (2 VP Sales roles, 1 Marketing role, 1 Credit & Risk Head) role. Created a strong impact and got several positions from the client as an
• In a year’s time able to close 10 positions successfully billing
• For a single position, closed 2 candidates (Finance Controller role) for a mid-start-up.
• For an early start-up not yet launched able to close positions in less than 2 months’

Senior Consultant, Careernet Consulting, Bangalore.                             Dec 2011- Mar 2012

Managing the complete recruitment process -writing the Job Description, sourcing the profile using the portals, social network media and through referrals.

Identify the right talent, sourcing, screening, interviewing and then introducing to the client, managing several rounds of interviews till the offer letter signing and ensure the candidate has joined the company and then on he or she is on board and settled down with their job.

Achievements:

• Was the first person to make an international placement for a permanent role at for a contingency recruitment in my first month of joining

Reason for leaving: Due to Personal reasons

Robert Half Japan (part of Robert Half International)                 Mar 2006 – Mar 2011 Recruiting Manager, Robert Half Japan    Mar 2010 – Mar 2011

Recruitment Specialist, Robert Half Japan                                   Sep 2007- Feb 2010

Research Manager, Robert Half Japan                                        Mar 2006- Aug 2007

• Manage the overall recruitment process right from sourcing of candidates through cold calls as well as other channels like job boards, professional networking websites as well as through referrals and
• Interview candidates and screen them for suitable positions based on their skill-sets as well as Personality.
• Arrange interviews for suitable candidates and ensure the interview process is smooth and manage the process until the offer signing as well as manage post placement
• Develop new clients and manage existing clients. Fee negotiation with the client and also ensure to provide the right support for their hiring
• Sourcing of Job leads through various channels and delivering at the right
• Bridge the gap between hiring manager and he candidate by taking care of salary negotiation and ensure both of them are satisfied.
• Gain complete trust with both Clients and

Achievements:

• Maintaining a successful track record of able to being consistent performer, and able to manage the candidates and clients efficiently.
• Always able to deliver revenues consistently
• Efficiently balancing between Business Development and

Reason for Leaving: 

Due to the Tsunami in March 2011 I left to India permanently.

Recruiting Resourcer, Ingenium Ltd., Japan                               Aug 2004- Feb 2006

• Sourcing candidates for the positions through cold calling without using any
• Identify the candidates with the right industry background and skillsets required for the
• Gained knowledge of dealing with different industries like Automotive, Semiconductor, Consumer, Finance & Banking

Corporate Communications Executive, Cholamandalam Finance part of Murugappa Group, Chennai

Mar 2001- Mar 2003

• Managed all PR related activities right from Ad planning, Media coverage, Press releases and timely interaction with the
• Liaise with the media for press releases including the financial
• Work closely with the HR team for successful running of the Intranet wherein all the HR policies, leave form are available online.
• Work closely with the Finance team for posting the financial reports in the
• Marketing collaterals designing, printing process co-ordination.
• Co-ordinate with different departments for all their Advertising
• Circulating information from Top Management to employees and ensuring that corporate governance in carried out
• Corporate gifting like Annual Diaries, greeting cards were taken care by coordinating with the
• Crisis Management

Achievements:

• Developed intranet for the
• Revamped corporate

Business Development Executive, Cybervision Solutions                        Feb 2000- Feb 2001

• Develop business through strategic tie-ups with college campus training
• Bringing new business via advertising, other channels
• Career counselling to students and provide them the benefit of doing the different

Career Counsellor, NIIT Ltd., Chennai                                                    Jun 1999 – Dec 1999

• Career counselling
• Prepare Daily sales report
• Ensuring the applicants take up suitable courses based on their

Education

Pursuing MDP course-Strategic Management program from IIM Lucknow PGCHRM from XLRI April 2019.

1997- 1999: Master of Arts in Communication, M.O.P. Vaishnav College affiliated to Chennai University.

1994 – 1997: Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Anna Adarsh College affiliated to Chennai University.