A Preferred Talent Acquisition Partner to Multinationals and Leading Indian Businesses: ABC Consultants

Over the years, talent acquisition has become a go-to term for every human resource department. It is quickly becoming a unique profession, perhaps even distinct from the practice of general recruitment. Talent acquisition professionals are usually skilled not only in sourcing tactics, candidate assessment, and compliance and hiring standards but also in employment branding practices and corporate hiring initiatives. And as global organizations need to recruit globally with disparate needs and requirements, effective recruiting requires a well thought out corporate messaging around hiring and talent development.

Founded in 1969 by Dr. Bish Agrawal, ABC Consultants is the pioneer of organized recruitment services in India. Over the years, the company has acted as preferred talent acquisition partner to multinationals and leading Indian businesses to emerge as the leading recruitment brand nationally.

ABC’s roots in management consulting enable us to bring a unique approach to recruitment in the middle and senior management levels. The company recruit across various industry segments for multinational corporations as well as leading Indian business houses and have helped shape the careers of over 1,65,000 professionals over its 49-year history.

The company’s network includes 9 offices spread across 8 major Indian cities. Ithas over 465 consultants who have over 2800 man years of experience with leading Indian and international companies and operate within domain-specialist teams spread across the country, providing customized recruitment solutions across 24 industry practices.

ABC is proud of its long standing relationships in the industry and the fact the 75% of its business is in the form of repeat business from existing clients is a testimony to the quality of work it does.

The Top-Tier Services

ABC Consultants offer a wide range of customized, high-quality, research-based talent consulting services. It is uniquely well-positioned to help address your talent needs by leveraging its know-how, relationships and service capabilities built over four decades.

• Executive Search: Exclusive and retained, its Executive Search practice is focused on Board and CXO level leadership hiring
• Senior &Middle-Level Hiring: It helps Multinational & Indian clients across 24 industry segments recruit mid-senior level talent across functions.
• Recruitment Process Outsourcing: It acts as an extended arm of its clients and helps manage their end to end recruitment needs
• Recruitment Marketplace: It is an online recruitment marketplace that helps in sourcing candidates from 1800+placement agencies through a single screen
• Global Sourcing: Addresses global talent needs of companies looking at employing Indian or expatriate talent for their overseas operations
• Career Transition Services: Comprehensive outplacement services based on the unique needs of clients
• Market Intelligence: It enables organizations to make informed talent decisions. Offerings include Talent Mapping, Compensation Surveys & Independent Reference Checks
• Recruiter Training Programmes: Its recruitment leaders leverage years of experience and knowledge to train corporate Talent Acquisition teams on the art and science of recruitment.
• Interim Management: It providesfull-time management executives across functions to organizations on a short-term basis

Life at ABC

Words from the Chief:

“While our practices are structured nationally, our teams are spread across locations. To interact and bond, we travel as well as connect virtually. At work, some of us have individual corners to decorate and call our own, while others float and occupy ‘Hot Seats’. Our offices are spacious, comfortable and are equipped with the necessary comforts and resources. We make it a point to decorate our offices to reflect our unique culture and aesthetics.

Flexi-timings and work from home arrangements enable us to balance our professional and personal priorities. We rarely miss an opportunity to celebrate festivals and birthdays, enjoy the company of li’l ones on our kid’s day, go for team outings, and play pranks. Our day-outings and off sites are a blast and everyone eagerly looks forward to being part of the Annual Conference. When we’re not doing all of this, we connect with clients and candidates and work as well.”

Meet the Chief

Shiv Agrawal, Managing Director: Shiv is a management graduate from the London Business School and possesses over 20 years of experience in the executive search and selection industry. He has led the organization for the past 12 years with a consistent and undivided focus, resulting in ABC emerging as the largest recruitment services firm in India.

Shiv is a second-generation entrepreneur and joined ABC while studying in college and followed a diverse path within the firm. He began his career in 1995 and thereafter moved to Delhi from the Kolkata office. He took over as CEO of ABC Consultants in 2005 and the organization tripled its revenue within a span of 5 years.

An avid cricket aficionado, an art collector, Shiv was the lead guitarist in a rock band in his younger days. He has featured on Young Turks on CNBC and won the Vodafone Drive into the Big League contest in the past. He is an Independent Director on the board of Dr. Agarwal’s Healthcare Limited, a Chennai headquartered chain of eye hospitals. Shiv is a member of the Delhi Chapter of Young Professionals Organization (YPO).

“We have an unmatched experience in helping companies recognize, grow, and promote real talent.”