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HeadHonchos.com
Company Name HeadHonchos.com
Mission India’s premier job search portal, exclusively for senior management professionals
Overview

HeadHonchos.com is India’s leading job search portal exclusively for senior management professionals. It has been founded by ABC Consultants, the pioneer of organised recruitment services in India, with a vision to redefine senior management recruitment and to offer experienced professionals a robust online model that addresses their specialised job search requirements. 

At HeadHonchos, we've distilled over four decades of senior management recruitment experience to create a targeted online platform that attracts serious, high quality candidates for senior roles.

Here's a glimpse into what HeadHonchos delivers:

  • Every profile is hand-screened - Our high-touch candidate registration process ensures that every profile is qualified, validated & updated.
  • We charge a subscription fee to candidates - We believe that free job sites actually go against the interests of employers and senior candidates. Our subscription model discourages non-serious & irrelevant candidates from applying; thereby ensuring a pool of high quality candidates.
  • Powered by recruiter insight - Our search engine is powered by recruiter insight on ´ensuring the right fit`. We provide relevant matches and a spam-free online search experience.
  • Confidentiality & ‘Not for everyone’ - We give great importance to protecting the interests of the senior job seeker.

 We consider it an endorsement of our ability that we work with some of India’s finest talent and companies.
Launch September 2010
Founder

Shiv Agrawal,

Chief Executive Officer, ABC Consultants

Shiv is a management graduate from the London Business School and possesses 14 years of experience in the executive search and selection industry.

Since October 2005, when he took over as the Chief Executive Officer of ABC Consultants, Shiv has carried forward and grown the legacy of the organisation that is widely acknowledged as a pioneer in the recruitment industry. Today, he is also focused on driving the company into newer markets such as the Middle East and is transforming the firm into a multi-market, multi-product organisation. 

The launch of www.headhonchos.com in 2010 is a step in this direction.
 

Uday Sodhi,

Chief Executive Officer

An authority in the Indian internet space, Uday drives HeadHonchos.com with unrelenting passion. The last 10 years of his 20-year career have been in the internet business, and he has led the Marketing and Business Development teams of companies before moving into strategic general management roles. He brings to the table a deep & insightful understanding of the internet, honed at organizations including Balaji Telefilms-New Media Business, Rediff.com and Net4India Ltd.

Prior to joining HeadHonchos Uday was the CEO-New Media of Balaji Telefilms, where he was responsible for building a mobile VAS and internet business. He holds a post graduate degree in Marketing from the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

 
 

Ajay Kamath,

Vice President-Operations

The man behind the smooth running of HeadHonchos, Ajay leads the Operations & Career Services team that is the backbone of HeadHonchos, ensuring that we deliver on every promise. He has14 years of experience and hands-on exposure to sales and operations in the banking, recruitment and training domains. Before coming on board as a founding member of Team HeadHonchos, Ajay has worked with organizations including ICICI Bank, GE Money and Dun & Bradstreet.

Ajay is a BE in Electronics & Communications from the University of Mysore and a PGDM from ITM, Bangalore.
 

Atul Luthra,

Chief Information Officer

 From driving him to be an engineer to winning him honours from Facebook & IDG, Atul’s love for doing something new has always compelled him to explore new frontiers in technology. A tech wiz, he deftly handles multiple facets of technology including architecture, development, engineering, compliance, and adoption to keep HeadHonchos ahead in the game.

An Engineering graduate, he has over 16 years of experience in the IT domain and has worked with companies including PVR Limited, WNS Global Services and Sprint RPG before joining HeadHonchos.

 
 

Hansa Sachdeva,

Chief Marketing Officer

As the chief custodian of brand HeadHonchos, Hansa spearheads brand communication & consumer acquisition strategies. She brings to the table a combination of analytical ability & intuitive consumer insight that is backed by 20+ years of B2B and B2C experience in traditional and internet media. Prior to joining HeadHonchos as a founding member, Hansa has been associated as a professional & an entrepreneur with organisations including Bennett Coleman & Co Ltd (The Times of India group), PVR Ltd, Le Meridien and Universitas 21 Global.

Hansa is an Economics Honours graduate from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University and holds an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University.  

 
 

Prabhakar Shastry,

Vice President- Product Research & Development

The complete internet professional, Prabhakar’s experience spans every aspect of product development. At HeadHonchos he dives deep into User Behavior and Usability to fine-tune user experience. Prabhakar has earlier worked with corporates including media powerhouses, Dainik Jagran and Times Business Solutions Ltd, and has considerable experience in launching Web 2.0 and enterprise solutions. 

With an interest in Mathematics that goes back to University, his passion for usability and design are often rooted in astute business intelligence.
 

Rahul Malhotra,

Head - Business Development

As the Head-Business Development for the portal, Rahul drives HeadHonchos' employer interaction activity across India. Rahul has close to a decade of experience across the Executive Search, Recruitment, Retail and Internet verticals. One of the first to the come on board, he was Practice Head at Planman Consulting prior to joining HeadHonchos. His complete knowledge and understanding of the recruitment space make him an invaluable asset to the team.

He holds an MBA degree from IMI, Belgium and a Diploma in Information Technology from Swinburne, Australia.

 
Location New Delhi
Team 70+
Segment  Internet/E-commerce
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30 Apr 2013

I took platinum membership of headhonchos after persistent calls and colourful picture of services by their marketing team. But having paid them the money, I realised, I made a big mistake.

First of all, dedicated recruiter is a person who calls you twice a month. The call lasts for 1 minute to tell you, they have not found anything suitable. They do not 'look' for job for you, nor do they have any 'internal vacancies' known only to them. They have only those things which are available to entire world on all job portals.

They make promises over the phone to send you some 'job profiles' which are mostly not honoured. Basically, they are of no use or assistance.

The free resume critique is the most useless service. It just says 5-6 points about what is lacking in your CV. It is of no consequence or use in making your CV look better.

To sum it up, the recruiter has not suggested me a single job which matches my profile so far. Now, I have decided to look for it on my own.

It is not the waste of money that I am regretting, it is the fact that I fell for this trap, is what makes me upset.

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03 Apr 2013

Headhonchos - I am sorry to say that I am deeply disappointed in the company and its offerings. I am a platinum paid member for their job search service and have seen ZERO value add until now. I have a senior in the IT industry and working for a very reputed US firm. Due to time pressures and lack of human network here in India, I chose to use one of the so called leading job search firms - Headhonchos. I even read through some articles like the above to get some idea on their performance. Though backed up by ABC Consultants, this part of the company does not keep up the promises to its paid customers. They claim to have a dedicated recruiter whose job is to provide you individualized attention and job searches with a bi-weekly calls to talk about the progress. I have been a platinum member for the past two months and haven't been contacted by the recruiter outside the initial call. I have sent multiple complaints and emails and NO RESPONSE. the INR 9000 seems to have gone into a black hole. I am now thinking of legal action against this company. My best advice to the individuals looking to engage their service, BEWARE... set your expectations to allocate enough time to get frustrated with their lack of service. Now thinking back, if I had known about the time required to follow up and escalate issues with this firm, I could have very well use it to do your own job searches.