Harshad Bahekar

About Harshad Bahekar

Seasoned Talent Acquisition (TA) and Technical Recruitment professional with over 10 years of experience across the complete recruitment life cycle, talent management, skill mapping, and strategic sourcing. Specialized in end-to-end IT recruitment for Engineering, Product, and Leadership roles—from mid-management to VP level. Core Responsibilities:• Lead hiring across R&D, Professional Services, and Support functions in India • Manage stakeholder relationships, TA operations, requisition and vendor management, and act as the employee referral POC.• Work closely with hiring managers to align talent strategy with business needs.• Act as a search specialist, skilled in JD analysis, market mapping, branding, and engaging niche talent. Specialized in Hiring For:• Engineering & Tech: Core Java, Full Stack, UI/UX, QA, DevOps, SRE, Cloud Ops, Cyber Security.• Data & AI: Data Engineers, Data Scientists, ML/AI Experts, Data Analysts.• Enterprise Tech: IAM Admins, ARIS Consultants, webMethods.• IT Infrastructure: Network Engineer, System Administrator, Cloud Engineer, IT Support Engineer.• Corporate Functions: Account Executives, Finance Controllers, L&D, Mobility, Facility Admin, Executive Assistant (EA).• Leadership: Engineering Managers, Directors, VPs, Product & Delivery Leaders. Other Key Skills & Roles Hired:• Programming & Frameworks: Java/J2EE, Spring, Hibernate.NET, C#, ADO.NET, MSBI, SharePoint, MS CRM.• Infrastructure: Oracle/SQL DBA, Linux/Solaris/Windows Admin, VMware, Wintel, Network Security.• Enterprise & Cloud: SAP (ABAP, HANA, Basis, BW/BO, MM/WM, PP-PI, GRC, FICO, SD, HCM, SuccessFactors, etc.), Oracle HRMS, Oracle Apps DBA.• Web & Mobile: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Ext.js, Android, iOS.• Testing: Manual, Automation, Performance, Functional, System Testing.• Mainframes: COBOL, JCL, DB2, AS400, PL/1, RPG400, Console Monitoring Trusted by senior stakeholders for critical and strategic hiring. Talent ambassador with strong grip on market intelligence and candidate engagement.

Experience

1. Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

   Mindcrew Technologies Pvt. Ltd

   May 2025 — Present · Indore, IN

Education

• St.Hopkins College Bangalore

  International MBA

  2011 — 2013

• Amravati University

  BCA, Computer Applications

  2008 — 2011

Skills

• Networking
• Recruiting
• IT Recruitment
• Resume Writing
• Sourcing
• Interviews
• Leadership
• Executive Search
• Contract Recruitment
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Talent Acquisition
• Following Up
• Screening
• Technical Recruiting
• Human Resources
• HR Policies
• Job Postings
• Active Search