RIYA PILLAI

DATE OF BIRTH:
02/05/1989
CONTACT NO: (+91)9876543210
E-MAIL: riya@gmail.com

I am, presently, a Human Resources consultant Associate, assisting in

Organisational Development and Human Resource Information Management
System
(HRIMS)
verticals
at
Employee
Experts
Solutions
Pvt.Ltd.
(http://www.employeeexperts.com/EE/index.html),
an
organisational
transformation company that focuses on employee services and enablement as the
central idea to build a sustainable organisation culture. I graduated in 2010 from
Christ University, Bangalore with a distinction in Psychology and completed my
post-graduation course in Industrial Psychology from the University of Madras in
2012. I consider myself to be an eager learner keen to work with the best minds in
the Human Resources industry and in an organisation where I can put my
professional skills to best use in order to make a significant contribution to the
organisations commercial, strategic and cultural growth.

WORK EXPERIENCE
Employee Experts: June 2012 to present

End to end recruitment

Familiarising with organisation culture management and statutory

compliance.
Assist in the development, testing and implementation of a cloud based SaaS
platform.
Soft Skills Training.

Client support and interaction.

Organising team building exercises and engagement activities to enhance

cohesiveness of teams.
Planning and scheduling project timelines.

Employee Relations and Grievance handling.

Publishing relevant industry related blogs.

Carborundum Universal Ltd (CUMI), Murugappa Group

Internship between December 2011 and March 2012

Sourcing candidates through various job portals, databases, referrals, mass

mailing, etc. Scheduling interviews for shortlisted candidates.
Communicating and follow-up with the candidates from the start till process
ends.
Maintenance of MIS Reports.
Organisation of Staff Welfare activities.

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Hinduja Global Solutions

Internship between May 2011 and June 2011

Recruitment and Selection: Identification and sourcing of prospects at an

entry level and lateral level and subsequent induction formalities
Training and Development: Preparation of training calendars and MIS
reports, collation of feedback forms and gathering of nominations for training
sessions.
Employee Relations: Trained on how skip level meetings are handled to
resolve employee grievances and was involved in organisation team building
activities and employee separation formalities.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
2010-2012: Completed M.Sc. HRD -Psychology from University of Madras, one of
Indias top 10 universities for study in the various aspects of human resource
management and related psychology.
AGGREGATE: 69.8%
20072010: Graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in triple main
branch of Psychology, Sociology and Literature from Christ College, Bangalore:
AGGREGATE: 66%

PROJECT DETAILS

The objective of the thesis was to find the relationship betrween ceretain
personality traits like Psychoticism, Neuroticism, Extraversion and Body
image dissatisfaction on Verbal and Indirect Aggression.
Ex-post facto, Cross sectional Univariate reserach was used to collect and
analyse the data.
Sample size was 100

TESTIMONIALS

Distinction in Psychology from Christ University.

Certificate in Transactional Analysis-2 day workshop.

I have also been awarded Proficiency Certificates in school for academics and
all-rounder achievements.

Participated in various national and international conferences, the most

recent one being a conference conducted byCertificate of participation in
MBTI- 1 day workshop.
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Participated in various national and international conferences, the most

recent one being a conference conducted by BCIC on cloud computing.

Certificate of participation in Guidance and Counselling- 2 day workshop.

Student representative for Department of Psychology (Masters).

Student Representative for the Psychology Department in Christ in 1st year.

EXTRA CURRICULARS TESTIMONIAL

Secured 1st prize in Bharathanatyam, Mohiniyattom, Kuchippudi, Ottanthullal

and A grade in Arabic Poem Recital for the Kerala state youth festival, and
was awarded the Kalathilakam for the year 2004.

Silver Medal Holder in State Judo Championship (2003).

Secured Best Actress Award in All Kerala CBSE Schools Shakespeare Play
Competition (2005).

Holder of 377 prize certificates in extracurricular activities alone (viz; Dance,

Poetry Recitals, Versifications, Debates, Sports etc) starting from age 3 till 18.
Student representative for Department of Student Representative for the
Psychology Department in Christ in 1st year.

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