About

Praachi Pathak is an Assistant Manager of Leadership Hiring at Deloitte India (Offices of the US) who has 8.37 years of experience in talent acquisition. She has a passion for understanding human behavior and bringing transformative talent to the workplace. Praachi started her career in talent acquisition with two startups, Zomato and Roposo, where she worked closely with business leaders to identify and support talent needs in the event of attrition or new hires. Currently, Praachi is a part of the Leadership Talent Acquisition team (PDAT) at Deloitte India, where she manages a team of 3 FTEs and leads sourcing efforts for Senior Manager and above hiring across 4 verticals. She is responsible for strategizing team goals and managing operational activities, coaching, and team engagement. Praachi has also scaled up the leadership hiring team by conducting level 1 interviews for candidates. She has managed a threefold increased demand for SM and above hiring from the previous year while maintaining the diversity hiring ratio at 50% (WIN Targets). In her past roles at Deloitte, Praachi served as a Senior Analyst in Leadership Hiring and Talent (Passive Sourcing). She found and engaged talent through active and passive channels across leadership positions, supported hiring events, and delivered market intelligence reports to stakeholders for targeted decisions on leadership hiring. Praachi was also part of the Sourcellence project, which focused on identifying changes in hiring patterns, the role of technology in recruitment, and industry updates. She prepared the editorial and wrote articles for the quarterly newsletter - BrEW. Praachi has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Lady Shri Ram College for Women and a Master of Arts in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Delhi University. Her tech stack includes Blockchain, Senior Software Engineer, and Search. Praachi is a recognized LinkedIn recruiter, ranking among the top 25%. Her passion for understanding human behavior and bringing transformative talent to the workplace makes her an asset to any organization.