#410: Saarthak Chandna on creating a positive work culture and the future of HR

“We need to be flexible in such a way that we keep our learning and development in line with the demand of the market.”

Today’s episode of The Shape of Work podcast features Saarthak Chandna, Senior Executive - HR Talent Partner and Special Project at Cognizant- a IT Services and Consulting Company.

Sarthak completed his B.Tech in Computer Science from DIT University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. He worked in Wipro and Crossbow Labs as a Project Engineer and Quality Assurance Engineer respectively. Later he joined St. Xavier’s Institute of Management (XIM Bhubaneswar) where he finally decided to pursue his dream of doing an MBA. Post Graduation he worked as an HR Intern in companies like L'Oréal and Roots Company. He currently works at Cognizant as a Senior Executive where he focuses on talent management process, employee engagement and so on.

Episode Highlight

• How can we create a positive work culture?
• What are the strategies to ensure that technology supports the goal of the organisation?
• What steps should we take to continue learning and adapting as the digital landscape evolves?
• Changes that will occur in the HR industry in the future

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Riddhi Agarwal

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.