Human Resources (HR) & Talent Acquisition InternPurple Business | Recruitment, People Operations & Team Management

Company: Purple Business

Website: https://purplebusiness.in

Role: Human Resources (HR) Intern

Department: Human Resources & Operations

Location: Remote / Flexible

Reporting To: Founding Team

About Purple BusinessPurple Business is an emerging AI startup building an intelligent business growth platform to help restaurants, cafes, retailers, and small businesses grow through AI-powered marketing, advertising, customer intelligence, and automation.

We're looking for a proactive, organized, and people-oriented HR & Talent Acquisition Intern to help us recruit exceptional talent, build a solid team, and manage day-to-day people operations.

You'll work closely with the founders and help manage a growing team of 10–20+ members across product design, development, AI engineering, marketing, sales, and business operations.

This is a hands-on opportunity to experience how an early-stage startup builds, recruits, organizes, and manages its team from the ground up.

Key Roles &

• Responsibilities1. Recruitment &

- Talent Acquisition

- Understand Purple Business's hiring needs across technical, design, marketing, sales, and operational roles.
- Work closely with founders and team leads to identify staffing requirements and ideal candidate profiles.
- Identify and source potential candidates through LinkedIn, Internshala, job portals, college networks, referrals, and other recruitment channels.
- Review resumes, portfolios, LinkedIn profiles, and applications to shortlist suitable candidates.
- Conduct initial candidate screening based on skills, experience, availability, and role-specific requirements.
- Coordinate interviews, follow-ups, candidate assessments, and selection processes.
- Maintain a consistent pipeline of potential candidates for current and future positions.

2.

Creation &

• Job Posting
- Understand the expectations, responsibilities, and required skills for each open position.
- Write clear, compelling, and professional job descriptions in collaboration with the founders and hiring managers.
- Create role-specific screening questions, application forms, and candidate evaluation criteria.
- Publish and manage job openings across LinkedIn, Internshala, college communities, and relevant hiring platforms.
- Optimize job descriptions and recruitment strategies to attract high-quality applicants.
- Track job posting performance, application volume, candidate quality, and conversion rates.

3.

Candidate

Screening &

• Interview Coordination
- Evaluate applications and shortlist candidates based on predefined role requirements.
- Review candidate portfolios, previous work, projects, and relevant experience.
- Conduct preliminary HR screening conversations when required.
- Schedule interviews between shortlisted candidates, founders, and team leads.
- Communicate clearly with candidates about interview schedules, responsibilities, and selection outcomes.
- Maintain accurate recruitment records, interview feedback, and candidate status updates.
- Ensure candidates receive timely and skilled communication throughout the hiring process.

4. Team Management & • People Operations




- Help coordinate and support Purple Business's growing team of 10–20+ interns and contributors.
- Maintain regular communication with team members to understand their progress, availability, challenges, and concerns.
- Conduct periodic individual check-ins and collect feedback about their experience working with Purple Business.
- Coordinate with team leads to understand team engagement, workload, and collaboration challenges.
- Track onboarding status, team responsibilities, availability, and agreed work commitments.
- Identify communication gaps, unresolved concerns, and potential team management issues.
- Help create a positive, team-oriented, accountable, and productive remote working environment.
- Escalate important concerns to the founders and relevant team leads.

5. Employee & • Intern Onboarding
- Coordinate onboarding for newly selected interns and team members.
- Prepare and manage offer letters, internship agreements, onboarding documents, and other HR records using approved templates.
- Explain role expectations, reporting structures, communication guidelines, and company policies.
- Help new members connect with their managers, teams, and necessary work platforms.
- Ensure new joiners understand Purple Business's vision, products, and team structure.
- Maintain onboarding checklists and monitor the transition of new members into their respective teams.

6. HR Documentation & • Operations
- Maintain organized records of team members, roles, joining dates, internship durations, and relevant documentation.
- Track internship timelines, renewals, completion dates, and offboarding requirements.
- Coordinate preparation of internship completion certificates and experience letters based on verified contributions.
- Maintain internal HR trackers, recruitment dashboards, and employee directories.
- Help establish HR processes, documentation standards, and communication workflows.
- Handle candidate and employee information responsibly and confidentially.

7. Team Engagement & • Internal Communication
- Maintain active communication channels between founders, team leads, and team members.
- Organize regular team check-ins, feedback sessions, and internal meetings.
- Help recognize individual contributions, achievements, and team milestones.
- Encourage collaboration between different teams and departments.
- Collect team feedback and recommend improvements to internal processes.
- Identify ways to improve motivation, participation, satisfaction, and long-term team engagement.
- Support initiatives that strengthen Purple Business's team culture.

8. HR Strategy & • Process Improvement
- Work with founders to plan future hiring requirements as Purple Business grows.
- Develop structured recruitment pipelines, screening processes, and onboarding workflows.
- Research effective hiring practices for early-stage startups.




- Identify opportunities to improve recruitment efficiency and candidate experience.
- Help define team structures, reporting relationships, and role responsibilities.
- Analyze recruitment metrics such as time-to-hire, interview conversion, joining rates, and team retention.
- Suggest ways to improve productivity, communication, and team coordination.

9. AI-Powered HR & • Recruitment
- Use AI tools such as ChatGPT and other recruitment productivity tools to assist with writing, candidate research, interview preparation, and HR documentation.
- Explore AI-assisted workflows for resume organization, application summaries, candidate communication, and recruitment tracking.
- Help automate repetitive administrative tasks while maintaining human oversight.
- Ensure hiring decisions remain fair, relevant to the role, and based on appropriate candidate information.
- Identify opportunities to improve HR processes through responsible use of AI.

Requirements
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Interest in human resources, recruitment, talent acquisition, and people management.
- Ability to understand different job roles and identify suitable candidate profiles.
- Comfortable reviewing applications, shortlisting candidates, and coordinating interviews.
- Good written communication skills for drafting job descriptions, emails, and professional messages.
- Familiarity with LinkedIn, Internshala, and other recruitment platforms.
- Ability to manage multiple hiring processes and maintain accurate records.
- Comfortable communicating regularly with a team of 10–20+ members.
- Professionalism, discretion, and the ability to handle confidential information.
- Proactive problem-solving skills and willingness to take ownership of assigned responsibilities.

Previous HR experience is preferred but not mandatory. Preferred Skills
- Experience with recruitment, campus hiring, or coordinating student teams.
- Familiarity with Google Sheets, Excel, Trello, Notion, or other team management tools.
- Experience writing job descriptions or managing job postings.
- Familiarity with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and recruitment pipelines.
- Knowledge of basic HR operations, onboarding, and employee engagement.
- Experience using AI tools to improve recruitment workflows.
- Interest in startups, entrepreneurship, and organizational development.

What You'll Gain
- Direct Founder Collaboration: Work closely with the Purple Business founding team on hiring decisions, team building, and organizational growth.
- Real Recruitment Experience: Gain hands-on experience sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding candidates.
- People Management Exposure: Help coordinate and support a multidisciplinary team of 10–20+ professionals and interns.
- Startup HR Experience: Learn how an early-stage company builds teams, establishes HR processes, and scales its operations.
- AI-Enabled HR Workflows: Explore modern AI tools and automation techniques for recruitment and HR management.
- Ownership & Leadership: Take responsibility for meaningful recruitment and people operations initiatives.
- Professional Development: Build practical skills in talent acquisition, communication, coordination, and HR operations.

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