#337: Amol Sonawane on talent acquisition and employment in the tech era

"In order to retain talent, you need to have a great career framework. You need to give a lot of options to your employees, not just to grow vertically in their functions, but also to move horizontally."

Today's episode of The Shape of Work podcast features Amol Sonawane, Senior Manager- HR Product at Reliance Industries Limited. He has an overall work experience of four years. He did his B.A in Statistics and Public Administration from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University and his M.A in Human Resource Management from Tata Institute of Social Sciences. He has worked with Reliance Nippon Life Insurance and WhiteHat Jr as HR Manager and HR Business Partner, respectively.

In this episode, Amol talks about the current state of employment in the country and the various challenges in the HR profession.

Episode Highlights:

• Amol's inspiration to work in HR
• Strategies to attract and retain top talent in the country
• The challenges faced by Amol in his career as an HR professional
• What should the youth entering the industry be focusing on?

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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.