The Shape of Work

#421: Padma C on the career landscape and how technology has taken over HR

May 18, 2023 Springworks Season 1 Episode 421
The Shape of Work
#421: Padma C on the career landscape and how technology has taken over HR
Show Notes

“Now employees have a lot more power than before, so organisations have to keep their listening ear on all the time, and adapt to the changing work culture, to attract and retain talent. "

Welcome to another episode of The Shape Of Work Podcast. In this episode, we have Padma C, Chief Operations Officer at Scketch, a group of passionate Engineers, Marketers, and Analysts working towards enhancing business performance with cutting-edge end-to-end web and mobile solutions. Padma sheds light on the current trends in the industry and key factors of a successful recruitment process.

Padma has had a long career with an overall experience of over three and a half decades. She has worked at a couple of different organisations the most prominent one being Sonata Software, where she had spent the majority of her career. She has also worked at Hindustan Aeronautics as Deputy Manager. She did her B.Tech from The National Institute of Technology and her M.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology.

Episode Highlights

  • The current state of the career landscape
  • How has technology taken over the HR industry?
  • The key factors for a successful recruitment process
  • The importance of branding and employee value proposition

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Produced by:
Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host:
Archit Sethi

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.