Talent Acquisition Intelligence Report

We Exhausted the Mohali Market.

Extensive sourcing efforts across LinkedIn, Naukri, direct outreach, referrals, and leadership-suggested companies. Target: 20 hires. Role: Google Ads Media Buyer.

Mohali / Chandigarh · MarketTarget: 20 HiresRecruiter: Nandani / NidaOngoing 2024–2026

TA Team Verdict

The team conducted aggressive, multi-channel sourcing. The bottleneck is not effort — it is the extreme scarcity of CPS-trained Google Ads experts in the Mohali market.

237
Profiles Sourced
128
Companies Tapped
6
Joined / Joining
237
Total Profiles Sourced
LinkedIn + Naukri + Referral
128
Companies Explored
Mohali, Chandigarh, Punjab
115
Direct Outreach Done
Calls + emails + LinkedIn DMs
122
Awaiting / No Response
Ghosted or unresponsive
52
Screening Rejections
Budget, remote, not interested
36
Rejected by Panel
Nida + Yashvinder rejections
6
Joined
5 joined, 1 joining May 18
5
Offer Declined / Ghosted
Post-offer drop-offs

Pipeline composition

Where every contacted candidate stands today

237
candidates
  • Joined / Yet to join
    6·3%
  • In pipeline
    129·54%
  • Rejected
    88·37%
  • Declined / ghosted
    14·6%

Executive summary

What this pipeline tells us

  • 6 hires closed against 237 outreaches across 128 agencies — end-to-end conversion of 2.5%.
  • 36 candidates reached an interview round and were rejected, mostly on Google Ads depth, CPS readiness, and scaling experience.
  • 129 candidates are still live — recoverable supply for the next 2–3 weeks.
  • Parul ma'am's suggested list was exhausted: 39+ profiles reviewed — Mohali / Chandigarh tri-city is supply-constrained, not effort-constrained.

Wins so far

Candidates who cleared every stage and joined

Shubhamdeep
Joined
Adceptive media · Mohali
Joined on 13th April
Rohit Nayar
Joined
Adceptive media · Mohali
Joined on 20th April
Anmol Thakur
Joined
Safeway Digital · Mohali
Joined on 27th April
Vishal Sheetal
Joined
Digital Sirmour · Mohali
Joined on 9th Feb
Lovepreet
Joined
Nucleo Analytics · Mohali
Joined on 13th April
Akshay Sharma
Yet to Join
Deepdive Media · Mohali
Joining on 18th May