"Being an HR professional, I think there were several challenges that emerged during the pandemic. Many businesses had to quickly do transition towards remote work, which required HR to rapidly create new policies and also to provide support to employees working from home”

This latest episode of The Shape of Work introduces our listeners to Sahil Shah, Assistant Manager- HR Business Partner at Publicis Groupe- the third largest communications group in the world, a leader in marketing, communication and digital business transformation. In this episode, Sahil shares his thoughts on the various challenges faced as an HR manager in an organisation.

Sahil has an overall work experience of nine years. He started his journey as a recruiter. After nine years, he has now reached the position of HR business partner. He has spent his time meeting many people, in India and from abroad as well. He has worked at Datamatics and Capgemini prior to his time at Publicis Groupe.

Episode Highlights

• Challenges of being an HR professional
• What challenges did the pandemic bring as an HR professional?
• Approach to talent acquisition and employee retention
• How to support employee development as well as employee growth?

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Aparajeeta Boro

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.