The Shape of Work

#413: Akshay Shinde on strategies for talent acquisition and retention

May 15, 2023 Springworks Season 1 Episode 413
The Shape of Work
#413: Akshay Shinde on strategies for talent acquisition and retention
Show Notes

“It is absolutely essential for employees, managers, leaders, executives to practise active listening in the workplace which helps with a clearer mode of communication”

Today’s episode of The Shape of Work podcast features Akshay Shinde, Associate Vice President of HR at WNS- a leading Business Process Management (BPM) company. Akshay is a Human Resource professional with almost 15 years of experience in the domain of Consulting, Information Technology, Captive Centres and Business Process Management Industries. He graduated with an MBA from the ICFAI University, Tripura, and has associated with multiple organisations post that.

In this episode, Akshay talks about understanding the perspective and the needs of the employees.

Episode Highlights

  • How to understand the perspective and the needs of the employees?
  • Strategies for talent acquisition and retention
  • How HR practices have adapted to respond to the changes brought about by the pandemic?

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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.