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Get the brief right
What the role really needs, what can flex and why the right person should care.
For family & founder-led businesses
You have a hundred things to do.
Hiring can be mine.
I take on select hiring assignments for growing businesses where one person is doing all of HR, or where the founder is the HR team. I build the search, engage the right candidates and keep you posted at every step.
What I take on
The part of hiring a busy team never quite gets to.
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Find beyond applicants
People who fit the role, even when they aren’t actively looking.
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Keep good candidates engaged
Conversations, feedback and next steps, with expectations set plainly on both sides.
When to call
When to bring me in
01One person is handling HR alongside everything else, so hiring keeps slipping.
02Applications are coming in, but the right people aren’t.
03You hire a few times a year, so a full-time recruiter doesn’t make sense yet.
How I work
Close enough to understand the role. Structured enough to run the search.
01
Agree on what good looks like
Before I search, we settle the must-haves, the trade-offs and what a strong candidate looks like.
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Review for relevance
Shortlists of people worth your time, not CV dumps.
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Keep the process visible
Clear trackers and direct updates, so you always know where things stand.
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Work with your team, not around it
Whether it’s you or your HR person, you stay in every decision. I just take the legwork off your plate.
What I bring
I’ve worked inside the search - and across the systems around it.
The craft
AMS
Sourced the roles.
Hands-on sourcing and market mapping for clients including Google Operations Center, Hindustan Unilever and JSW Steel.
Ownership
Smart Working
Learnt what ownership means.
Worked with the founders to keep 24+ live roles moving across a 20-member team, from daily funnel reviews to leading the Lever ATS rollout.
Perspective
Weekday (YC W21)
Saw 100+ hiring teams up close.
In the Founder’s Office, worked with founders, TA leaders and recruiters on how they search, hire and where it breaks.
Today
Every search, handled by me.
The craft, the ownership and the perspective, now on your hire.
Why I do this
The right person can change a business. The right job can change someone’s life.
Seeing both happen is the part of this work I care about most, whether the role is in Delhi, Jaipur or Ambala.
Have a role in mind?
Tell me about it.
Send me the role, the location and what has made it hard to fill. I’ll tell you directly whether I can help.
The first call is on me. If it’s a fit, we’ll agree on terms after.
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