About

Ishani Patankar is a Technical Sourcing Recruiter at Expedia with over 5 years of experience in the recruitment industry. She is a people's person who enjoys finding the right opportunities for individuals and matching them with careers that allow them to grow and prosper. With a focus on discovering people's dreams, Ishani chose a career in Human Resources. Ishani's specialties include recruiting methods such as LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards like Monster, Naukri, and CareerBuilder, and other sourcing techniques. She is experienced in full life cycle recruiting, sourcing, interview scheduling and coordination, high-volume recruitment, corporate recruitment, executive recruitment, talent scouting, and Boolean search. She is also proficient in people-related tools and systems, including Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), resume databases, and internet sourcing tools. In her previous roles, Ishani worked as a Volunteer Recruiting Lead at Helpful and as a Technical Recruiter-Engineering at Amazon. At Helpful, she led the recruiting efforts to collaboratively fill open positions in a timely manner, mentored a team of 5 recruiters, and sourced for technical as well as non-technical roles. At Amazon, she partnered with hiring teams to set sourcing strategies, identified bottlenecks, and found creative solutions to attract top talent for the Alexa and Devices teams. Ishani holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Human Resource Management & Organizational Behavior from the University of North Texas G. Brint Ryan College of Business, an MBA in Personnel Management & Human Resource Management from Maeers M.I.T. School of Management, and a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) in Business Administration and Management from Symbiosis. Her tech stack includes experience as a Research Scientist, Software Engineer, and Search. Ishani is currently hiring Software Engineers and UX Researchers across Seattle and Austin and believes that nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.