Khushi Diwan

An accomplished HR professional with close to 6 years of experience specializing in comprehensive strategic AI recruitment and stakeholder management. Proficient in talent pipelining.

Application Tracking System (ATS) utilization, Workday Management, strategic cost reduction, candidate retention strategies, and managing the full recruitment lifecycle for diverse global teams across various talent acquisition projects.

Recognized with corporate accolades including Rising Star of the Year 2021 for outstanding dedication and performance as a newcomer, and Special Recognition 2023 for exceptional leadership in critical projects.

Advanced through two promotions ahead of the average cycle at Cvent. Possesses multilingual proficiency in English, Hindi, and French.

Full Stack 360° TA
• UAE/US/India Hiring
◦ Executive Search
◦ Talent Intelligence
◦ AI Sourcing
◦ ATS Transformation
◦ Team Leadership
• Own end-to-end 360-degree recruitment lifecycle across UAE, US and India: intake calibration, sourcing strategy, market mapping, screening, interview
governance, stakeholder feedback, offer negotiation, pre-boarding and onboarding.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across Dubai and global business units to translate growth plans, workforce localization needs and hiring forecasts into execution
ready TA roadmaps and priority hiring cadences.
• Reduced open-to-offer TAT from 90 days to 22 days since 2022 by redesigning hiring workflows, standardizing role-intake governance, automating repetitive
steps and tightening interview decision cycles.
• Lead, mentor and performance-manage 4 Talent Acquisition Partners supporting UAE and global hiring; drive weekly pipeline reviews, requisition health checks,
recruiter productivity routines and SLA discipline.
• Deliver executive, leadership and high-demand tech/business hiring through LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean/X-Ray search, referral channels, passive outreach,
talent communities and targeted market-mapping campaigns.
• Build UAE talent intelligence packs covering competitor mapping, candidate availability, salary indicators, source effectiveness, skill scarcity and location
feasibility to improve stakeholder decision-making.
• Use Workday, iCIMS and recruitment analytics to track funnel health, aging requisitions, source mix, conversion ratios, offer acceptance, TAT and candidate-drop
indicators for leadership reporting.
• Apply AI-enabled sourcing with ChatGPT, Claude, Boolean optimization and personalized outreach prompts to improve candidate discovery, response quality, JD
calibration and recruiter research productivity.
• Strengthen compliance-driven hiring across UAE, US and India by improving ATS data hygiene, interview documentation, dashboard accuracy, approval
workflows and candidate communication standards.
• Support offer strategy, compensation alignment, candidate experience, remote hiring and onboarding for competitive UAE and global roles, improving offer
acceptance and reducing onboarding ramp-up time.
• Create role-intake scorecards, search plans and recruiter-ready hiring briefs to align job scope, must-have skills, screening questions, interview panels and
evaluation criteria before launch.
• Drive employer branding and candidate nurture through personalized outreach, referral campaigns, proactive follow-ups and structured feedback loops across
active and passive talent pools.