Pannu Nikhade

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Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Qualcomm

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Overview

Pannu Nikhade is a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Qualcomm, leveraging a background in engineering to recruit for technical roles. With an MBA in Human Resources from NMIMS, she specializes in the full-cycle recruitment process, hiring strategies, and sourcing talent for the semiconductor industry.

Her career path is unique, having transitioned from a hands-on DevOps Engineer role at Amdocs, where she managed CI/CD pipelines, into a strategic HR professional.

Personality Overview

Hard To Convince

Challenger

Persuasive & Assertive

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.  They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing  They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information.

Topics They Care About

Technical Recruiting
Focuses on hiring specialized engineering talent, including roles in Embedded Systems, WLAN firmware, and display development for a leading semiconductor company.
Recruitment Strategy
Has experience formulating hiring strategies and revamping recruitment processes to accelerate hiring and reduce attrition in past roles.
Embedded Systems
Actively sources candidates with deep expertise in C programming, RTOS/Linux operating systems, and device drivers for various embedded technology roles.

Media Appearances

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Work History

4-2024
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Qualcomm
1-2022 - 2-2024
Staffing Specialist at ALTEN
9-2021 - 12-2021
staffing Exe at Wafer Space - An ACL Digital Company
11-2018 - 8-2020
Associate Engineer at Amdocs

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA from SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)
2014 - 2018
Bachlor of Engineering from S G B Amravati University

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Insights For Selling To Pannu

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use phrases like ‘clear evidence’, ‘data-based results’ etc.
  • Use a combination of data as well as stories for your pitch, a ppt might not be necessary
  • Build rapport slwly without rushing, it will come handy to handle hard questions later

DONT's

  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal even if you come to form one
  • Avoid making offhand commitments, understand the root of their concerns first
  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously. They are easily deterred

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Pannu is

  • Proven value, strong objective evidence are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Pannu

  • They are practical and friendly, but can give a clear response with a little prodding

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Pannu move?

  • They like to be detailed, so unless they develop strong conviction, they can take their time to arrive at decisions
  • Can Pannu take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and do not take risks that often, unless you can get them to develop strong conviction

You And Pannu

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