Structuring Your Resume for an AI-First Hiring World

The Invisible Gatekeeper in Modern Recruitment In today’s digital-first hiring landscape, your carefully crafted resume embarks on a journey that begins not with human eyes, but with artificial intelligence. After two decades in recruitment, I’ve witnessed the evolution of this technology and how it fundamentally changes the way we need to approach resume creation. When […]

Career Decisions That Build Leaders: Why CTC is the Wrong Metric

I met a brilliant product manager last week who turned down a 40% hike to stay at a struggling startup. His friends thought he’d lost his mind. His family questioned his judgment. But six months later, when that struggling startup got acquired, he became the VP of Product at the new entity. That 40% hike […]

Building the Tech & R&D GCC for Align Technology, U.S.

Context Align Technology, a global medical device company best known for its Invisalign® system and iTero™ intraoral scanners, was in the early stages of expanding its technical capabilities with a Technology and R&D Global Capability Center (GCC) in Hyderabad. Although the firm had maintained a presence in India for some time, it was still in […]

Building the India Advisory Team for Aurora Energy Research

Context Aurora Energy Research, Europe’s largest dedicated power analytics firm, was preparing for a strategic market entry into India. With its roots in Oxford and a legacy of deep analytical rigour, Aurora aimed to replicate its success by launching advisory operations in India. This was not a soft launch. The firm was entering at a […]

Building the Chairman’s Office at Murugappa Group

Context  Murugappa Group, a legacy conglomerate, was entering a phase of rapid transformation. With a bold 5-year plan targeting 10x growth, the Group set out to build a high-impact Chairman’s Office in Chennai. This Office was envisioned as the strategic nerve center to shape and drive long-term initiatives across the Group. To power this vision, […]

Building CaratLane’s Core TechTeam in Chennai

Context By 2016, CaratLane had established itself as an emerging name in India’s online jewellery space, steadily growing its digital presence from its Chennai base. While the brand was well-regarded in its retail segment, it had limited visibility within India’s competitive technology talent market. The CTO & Co-founder had a clear vision for the company’s […]

Building a Chairman’s Office in Murugappa #2

The Invisible Gatekeeper: Understanding AI’s Role in Modern Recruitment In today’s digital-first hiring landscape, your carefully crafted resume embarks on a journey that begins not with human eyes, but with artificial intelligence. After two decades in recruitment, I’ve witnessed the evolution of this technology and how it fundamentally changes the way we need to approach […]

Building a Chairman’s Office in Murugappa

The Invisible Gatekeeper: Understanding AI’s Role in Modern Recruitment In today’s digital-first hiring landscape, your carefully crafted resume embarks on a journey that begins not with human eyes, but with artificial intelligence. After two decades in recruitment, I’ve witnessed the evolution of this technology and how it fundamentally changes the way we need to approach […]