Melissa Grabiner

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

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✍️ 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀: I collaborate with B2C and B2B brands through sponsored LinkedIn posts, promoting products and services that genuinely benefit my audience.

⭐️ 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: I serve as a trusted advisor to early-stage companies and partner with organizations to help optimize their Talent Acquisition strategies.

Please send me a message here or reach me at melissa@grabiner.us

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Top 1% Job Seeker Coach & Advisor - over 500 Job Seekers Coached!

Whether you're struggling to get interviews, making a pivot, or trying to bounce back after a layoff, I offer straightforward help that actually get results. 

My offerings and how I will help you win: 

🔸 Resume rewrites that showcase your true value
🔸 LinkedIn profile makeovers to attract recruiters
🔸 Interview coaching & salary negotiation tips
🔸 Personalized job search strategy & mentorship
🔸 Networking support to help you open real doors

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗲:

I am an Entrepreneur, Content Creator and HR and Talent Acquisition professional with over 2 decades of experience. On LinkedIn, I am considered one of the biggest thought leaders having over 472,000 followers. 

I am Ranked #2 Female LinkedIn Creator Worldwide and Ranked #1 HR LinkedIn Creator in the USA.

In the past year, my posts have amassed 2.1 million engagements and over 194 million impressions. I have been a guest on over 60 podcasts and host various LinkedIn Live Events.

I have been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Market Watch, Fast Company, Indeed Business and was featured three times on the Times Square Billboard in New York City.

Additionally, I am also a multiple award-winning Global Senior Leader with blended HR and Talent Acquisition multi-industry experience. 

• Created and built a strategic Talent Acquisition Function from inception for one of the largest companies in the world.

• Eighteen years' experience managing over 35 direct reports with zero attrition.

• During my career oversaw all hiring activity for over 25,000 employees.

• Expert in building and executing full talent solutions and strategies for both large and small organizations. 

• Skilled at full life cycle recruiting for various roles across numerous levels and functions.

Senior Talent Acquisition Leader

Speaking from my own experience.....

I'm happy to announce that NO company, title or paycheck is worth your peace or health.

Choosing your well-being first is always the smartest career move you can make.

Let’s be real: job hunting can really mess with your head.

The waiting, the rejections, the ghosting, the self-doubt.

Here are 8 ways to build your confidence during the search:

1. Reframe Rejection 
↳ Every “no” is one step closer to your “yes.”

2. Track the Wins – 
↳ Keep a “confidence file” with wins.

3. Update Your Resume Like a Highlight Reel 
↳ Own your impact, not just your job titles.

4. Celebrate Small Steps 
↳ Applied to three roles today? That counts.

5. Reconnect with Your Network 
↳ Don’t isolate, reach out. Most people truly want to help.
 
6. Keep Learning 
↳ Take a course, read a book, attend a webinar. 

7. Speak Kindly to Yourself 
↳ Replace “I’m not good enough” with “I’m still becoming.” 

8. Protect Your Energy
↳ Rest isn’t quitting. It’s recharging so you can come back stronger.
 
Job seekers, sending love and light. 💘

🍀 Please share to motivate job seekers.
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I was laid off twice in five years.

And each felt like a punch to the stomach.

I made a decision that I was done letting a CEO decide my fate.

I started two small businesses, and I only wish I had done it sooner.

Here’s what I’ve learned along the way: 

💡 A layoff doesn’t define you. It often redirects you.

💡 You have more skills than any one job can contain.

💡 Reinvention isn’t starting over. It’s starting smarter.

💡 The best career move you can make is betting on yourself.

💡 Your network is your lifeline, invest in it before you need it.

💡 The things that feel like endings are often just your wake-up calls.

💡 Security doesn’t come from a paycheck, it comes from adaptability.

💡 Confidence grows when you take action, not when you wait for permission.

My layoffs didn’t end my career.

They gave me the power to redesign it, and I've never been happier. 🧡

"I'd give anything to have a job right now."

As a resume writer, I hear this from all of my clients. 

Job seekers are burnt out from:

💡 Being ghosted
💡 Long interview processes
💡 Getting rejected without feedback
💡 Job postings that disappear overnight
💡 Roles that turn out to pay far less than advertised
💡 Endless assessments and take-home projects with no follow-up
💡 Employers who want “10 years of experience” for an entry-level role
💡 Interviewing multiple times to be told they went “in another direction”

Job seekers are not asking for the world.

They are asking for fair hiring practices, to be treated with dignity and respect and to be given a chance.

🩷 Please share if this resonates.
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I've been laid off twice in the last five years.

Both reshaped me and only one made me feel human.

The first time:
↳ The conversation was transparent, and human.
↳ My manager cried when she and HR delivered the news.
↳ I was told face-to-face with respect, empathy and compassion.
↳ My manager gave me a glowing reference and we're still close today.

The second time:
↳ My manager couldn't even make eye contact.
↳ There was no humanity in the process. Absolutely none.
↳ I found out through a cold calendar invite with no explanation.

Here’s the truth: 

Layoffs happen. 

But humanity, respect and compassion should never be the parts that gets cut.

I’ve worked for amazing bosses.

I’ve worked for horrible bosses.

And the difference is night and day.

I truly believe a bad job with a good boss is better than a good job with a bad boss.

People don’t usually quit jobs.

They quit leadership, culture, and how they’re treated.

And if you’re a leader reading this:

Your impact goes far beyond titles and paychecks.

You shape someone’s mental health, confidence, and career trajectory.

Long after the job title fades, people remember how working for you felt.

That’s the true legacy of leadership.

And the type of boss everyone deserves to work for.

🍀 Have you ever worked for an amazing boss? Tag them below. 
They deserve to be celebrated!

Independent consultant

Working as Independent GMP, QA,QMS consultant for sterile, OSD, Biologicals, Biosimilars etc, getting associated with various clients on yearly or monthly contract basis to solve their QMS or production/operations related problems. . We can solve your problems in sterile dosage those of particulate matter, sterility or microbial count problems in your facility. . Mock audits, third party audits, project consultancy and holding hand till client faces any regulatory audit.

Sr consultant

Self-Employed

GMP, Audits, Gap analysis and US FDA, MHRA, Pic/s guidance

Senior Consultant

PCS Netherlands , PCS India, independent

Parallely, I also work as an associate with a  European consulting company for audits, quality systems, GMP training, inspection to help  Indian subcontinent pharma, vaccine, biologics companies. Our company belongs to top consultants from Europe, who are working world over for 25+ years and in India for over last 10 years now. Clients being the " who's who of top Pharma companies" world over. Consulting for all regulatory approvals, GMP, audits, mock-inspections and problem solving,installation of QMS, is our expertise.

Senior consultant ( GMP, quality systems, audits, Injectable trouble shooting,projects.

Serum Institute of India Limited

I headed anticancer division of Serum, Biosimilars and vaccine lyo/fill-finish projects and operations which is  world's one of largest vaccine manufacturers.
We got US FDA approval for this facility in Jan 09 and 7 ANDA approvals in from June 09 all in 15-18 months. Same facility has got US FDA approval again in Dec 11 with flying colors!  It is one of the best injectable facilities.I also got lot of insights in Vaccine manufacture, working, marketing and overall vaccine business as this is the fourth largest vaccine manufacturer.

Director

In top Indian and multinational companies

worked in 4 of India's best companies for 36 years.
Hoechst( Now Sanofi), Core, Wokhardt and Serum Institute of India.
Now free-lance consultant

Hoechst, Core, Wockhardt , Serum Institute in 35 years

wokhardt ltd

I was in charge of their Chennai IV fluid factory.Worked in China for their pharma project and was also looking after Aurangabad IV fluid factory as DGM. Staying and working in China in 98-99 is a lifetime experience. It changed my outlook......

Works manager

Core parenterals ltd Ahmedabad

I worked for Core in their LVP operations and was involved in their largest Sachana based LVP project from drawing board to construction to commissioning. Working with Mr. Sunil Handa was an experience, I cant forget.

Works manager LVPs

Hoechst pharmaceuticals, Mumbai

Those were the days in Hoechst at Mulund! what an organisation? My professional base was laid here which has lasted me till today. One has to be lucky to get such organisation at the start of your career.

executive , injectibles

After working as employee for 34 years in best Pharma companies, started consultation and Consulted about 65 companies in last 12 years of consultancy in the field of sterile and non sterile dosage forms, formulations and API both. Last 7 months did Third party review of 10 sterile lines after client's FDA audit and submitted detailed review and currently doing another third party review of another company for remediation program.
We also help in upgrading existing facilities and person's training in GMP requirements.

We are more prepared and glad to help pharma companies for all international audits..

We are able to fill that wide gap between Regulatory requirements and inspector's expectations which are causing problems to companies now. While QA department of the company focus on requirements only, we also add on what auditors are expecting much more than requirements.

We undertake due diligence of plants/facilities for potential, for products, machinery, capabilities, people etc.

We undertake third party audits on behalf of procurement companies of USA and Europe.

I am  effectively using 45 years experience in Pharma operations including production, projects, Quality,  now working independently in GMP audits, inspections, training, GMP consultations, Quality systems, Risk assessments etc.

Those companies which are going to face US FDA, MHRA, TGA, WHO Geneva audit soon; may approach us for pre-audit and assess their Quality/GMP status or those who have problem with these audits in recent past also should approach us for correction and re-approval as soon as possible with our help!  We can help in both scenarios.

I have experience in putting up and operationalising all sterile formulations projects and production, for last 36 years culminating in US FDA approval for a facility.

pl Contact: +91 9850894074 Email: rrvidwans@rediffmail.com,    rrvidwans@yahoo.com

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