About

Sushmita Kar is a highly skilled HR professional with over 5 years of experience in recruitment and retention. Currently working as a Junior Manager Recruitment at Paytm, Sushmita is responsible for hiring leaders for enabling functions for critical verticals such as finance, legal, compliance, lending, telecom, HR, analytics, and marketing. With a focus on mid-senior and designated roles, Sushmita manages multiple stakeholders, handles end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, and encourages and conducts employee referrals to elevate branding. Prior to her current role, Sushmita worked as a Team Lead Recruitment at Paytm and a Senior Executive Human Resources at Spinny. At Spinny, Sushmita was responsible for manpower building and acquiring talents, managing virtual walk-in drives at the pan-India level, bulk hiring, vendor management, campus hiring, and multiple stakeholder management. She also spearheaded talent acquisition and supported the growth of the organization through lateral hiring as well as managing walk-in drives. Sushmita holds a post-graduation diploma in HR and administration from Tata Institute of Social Sciences and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Gauhati University. She also completed her higher secondary education from South Point School, Gauhati. With her extensive experience in recruitment and retention, Sushmita is a startup enthusiast who is passionate about hiring the best talents and building up teams for business expansions. She has a strong understanding of business requirements and manages expectations with deliverables while finding effective ways to attract the best talent. Sushmita is an expert in talent scouting, JD preparation, sourcing, screening, conducting and managing walk-in drives, joining formalities, issuance of offer and appointment letters, induction and orientation, salary negotiation, and reference checks.