Richa Shrivastava
@richashrivastava
Senior Talent Acquisition specialist focused on startup hiring, leadership recruiting, and onboarding.
What I'm looking for
I am a dedicated HR professional with 4.5+ years of experience in full-cycle Talent Acquisition and HR operations, primarily serving high-growth startups and early-stage companies.
I have led end-to-end hiring across functions including product, engineering, design, sales, finance, and marketing, and closed roles from mid-level to leadership such as Engineering Manager, Director, CFO, and Heads of Marketing.
My strengths include sourcing via LinkedIn, Naukri, Instahyre and referrals, recruitment strategy, stakeholder management, offer negotiation, candidate experience, onboarding, and documentation.
I have experience mentoring junior recruiters, managing hiring pipelines, and supporting recruitment for diverse industries including Fintech, HealthTech, EdTech, Logistics, Gaming, Fashion, NBFC and E-commerce.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Talent Acquisition
Catalyst IQ
Jul 2021 - Present (4 years 3 months)
Lead end-to-end hiring across fintech, healthtech, edtech, logistics, gaming, fashion, NBFC and ecommerce, closing leadership and senior technical roles for clients like Paytm and CoinDCX. Built JDs, managed sourcing and pipelines across LinkedIn, Instahyre, iimjobs and Naukri to reduce time-to-fill for critical mandates.
Senior HR
R Dot Venture
Feb 2021 - Jul 2021 (5 months)
Managed tech and non-tech recruitment (backend, frontend, DevOps, sales, digital marketing) and owned onboarding, documentation, offer letters and exit formalities while mentoring junior recruiters to support team ramp-up. Supported client coordination for hiring mandates.
Operations Consultant
Uber
Aug 2019 - Jul 2020 (11 months)
Conducted onboarding, verification and issue resolution for Uber partners and supported internal recruitment drives for city operations teams to improve partner activation and retention.
HR Recruiter
Skillventory
Jan 2019 - Jun 2019 (5 months)
Recruited talent for BFSI clients including banks and NBFCs, managing sourcing, screening and shortlisting to meet client hiring targets.
HR Intern
RackBank Datacenter
May 2018 - Jul 2018 (2 months)
Supported HR policy drafting and internal sourcing for technical roles, contributing to onboarding and documentation processes.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Prestige Institute of Management & Research, Indore
Master of Business Administration, Human Resources
2017 - 2019
Completed a Master of Business Administration in Human Resources with focus on HR operations and talent management.
St. Aloysius College, Jabalpur
Bachelor of Business Administration, Human Resources
2014 - 2017
Earned a Bachelor of Business Administration specializing in Human Resources, covering foundational HR principles and practices.
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