Vidula Bodke

Talent Acquisition Leader with 12+ years of experience in end-to-end technical recruitment across Product and IT Services organizations. Expertise in full-cycle hiring, stakeholder management, technical sourcing, niche hiring, executive search, recruitment analytics, employer branding and AI-enabled recruiting. Currently designated as Lead Talent Acquisition while operating primarily as an Individual Contributor responsible for owning critical technology hiring, partnering with business leaders and mentoring a team of recruiters.

Experienced in hiring Java, Golang, DevOps, Cloud, Data Engineering, QA, Full Stack, Mobile and UI/UX professionals.

Lead - Talent Acquisition - Perennial Systems

(2018-10)

• Successfully hired 500+ technology professionals across Product and IT Services organizations.
• Mentored and guided a team of 5 recruiters while personally handling niche and leadership hiring.
• Despite handling primarily niche and critical technology hiring as an individual contributor, I successfully achieved 45+ joins with a 85% offer-to-join conversion rate in the last FY.
• I actively leverage AI tools such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Claude to enhance daily recruitment activities, including Boolean search creation, job description optimization, candidate outreach, interview question generation, resume screening, and recruitment communication. This has improved productivity, reduced turnaround time, and enabled higher-quality hiring outcomes.
• I also contributed beyond individual hiring by supporting intern hiring, referral hiring, and mentoring recruiters, ensuring consistent delivery across multiple hiring channels.
• Collaborate closely with hiring managers to define job requirements, develop job descriptions, and set candidate evaluation criteria
• Conduct thorough candidate screenings, interviews, and assessments to ensure alignment with role requirements and company culture.
• Build and maintain a talent pipeline using internal HRIS, ensuring a steady pool of qualified candidates for current and future openings.
• Provide guidance and consultation to hiring managers on best practices for candidate assessment and selection.
• Working in agile setup to avoid bottlenecks. Initiate & participate in daily, weekly and monthly recruitment strategy meetings to align talent acquisition efforts with organizational goals.
• Continuously assess and enhance the recruitment process to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Identify bottlenecks, areas for improvement, and implement solutions to streamline recruitment workflows.
• Collaborate with HR and hiring managers to facilitate a smooth onboarding process for new hire.
• Recruiting experience for various technologies and roles such as Java ( Developers, Team Lead / Architects ), Front End ( VueJS, NextJS,ReactJS, ReactNative), & Full Stack ( MERN / MEAN), Golang, DevOps Engineer, Data Engineers and Analysts, Android, iOS ( Native & Hybrid platforms like Ionic, Flutter ), .Net, Manual & Automation Testing, UI/UX Design Experts.
• Sourcing candidates through various channels like Job portals ( Naukri, LinkedIn Recruiter etc ).
• Vendor Management : Collaboration, Training and mentoring vendor recruiters on the new requirements, keep the vendors up to date on the referrals.
• Team Leading : Delegation of tasks, weekly analysis of the data, finding bottlenecks and guiding them to reach their goal effectively.

HR Recruiter - e-Zest Solutions Ltd

(2015-03 - 2016-02)

CMMI L3 Software Services Company

• Sourcing Resumes
• Scheduling Interviews of candidate for different clients.
• Planning of manpower as per clients requirements.
• To source profiles through various portals.
• Executing entire gamut of task in recruitment encompassing sourcing, screening, short-listing, selection and appointment, etc.
• To develop and maintain MIS reports and other operation report.
• To maintain database of selected candidates and to circulate the same with employers.
• Post interview follow up with candidates.

HR Recruiter - Seed InfoTech Ltd

(2014-01 - 2015-02)

Associate HR - Tracmail India Pvt Ltd. - Pune

(2012-01 - 2013-05)

HR Recruiter - Global Talent Track Pvt Ltd. - Pune

(2010-04 - 2011-12)

Post Graduate Diploma - Business Management – HR - Pune University (2010 - 2012)