Founder, HiredNext Recruitment
Recruitment practitioner focused on executive search, leadership hiring, skills-first assessment and the responsible use of AI in hiring. Her public commentary covers how technology can improve recruitment without replacing human judgement.
Taru’s perspective is rooted in day-to-day hiring decisions: defining the mandate, reading beyond keywords, assessing motivation and potential, and understanding when automation adds signal versus when a recruiter needs to step in.
She comments on executive search, AI-assisted recruitment, skills-first hiring, candidate assessment, workforce restructuring, labour-market change and the practical realities of hiring across India.
Short excerpts from publicly available LinkedIn recommendations and endorsements, linked back to the external source.
“HiredNext is an efficient and reliable recruitment agency. Their deep industry knowledge, personalised approach, and commitment to quality hires set them apart.”
“We were highly impressed with her ability to meet our needs and the quality of her candidates overall.”
“Her commitment and sense of integrity to both, the organization as well as the candidate, is praiseworthy.”
Selected independently published stories and features in which Taru Shikha has contributed commentary or authorship.
Labour reform and reskilling
Read external coverage →Structured staffing and workforce outcomes
Read external coverage →Labour codes and employee compensation
Read external coverage →Labour codes and retirement benefits
Read external coverage →AI and human judgement in recruitment
Read external coverage →AI-assisted recruitment
Read external coverage →Work, careers and Delhi-NCR pollution
Read external coverage →Management layers and workplace pressure
Read external coverage →Skills-first hiring and AI
Read external coverage →Skills-first and always-on recruitment
Read external coverage →HiredNext supports executive search, leadership hiring and specialist recruitment with a human-led, technology-enabled approach.