SUMMARY:

• Over 10 years of extensive experience in IT Recruitment, Resource Management and Account Management in a high Volume, fast - paced, time sensitive environment.
• An excellent multitasking ability with outstanding organizational and presentation skills.
• IT Services worked with: Larsen & Toubro, Hexaware Technologies, Wipro, Brillio, Tavant Technologies and others.
• Successfully attracted and placed talented Information Technology Professionals such as JAVA/J2EE, .NET/C#, C/C++, SharePoint/Moss, BizTalk, Quality Analyst, IT Business Analyst, IT Project Manager/Program Manager, ETL/Business Intelligence/Datawarehousing, Database Developers, UX/UI Designers & Developers, ASP/VB, SAS & others.
• Strategic Requirements worked on: Client Partner, Account Manager, Business Development Manager, Inside Sales, HR Manager, HR Generalist, Pre-Sales/Post- Sales Engineers and others.
• Sourced for Hard to Find/Niche Skills such as: Actimize, Trillium, RPA/Automation Anywhere, RPA/Blue Prism, Work Fusion, Mantas, EXTJS/Sencha/AngularJS 2/4, Microstrategy SDK and many others.
• Core Skills: Hands on Full Life-Cycle Recruitment, Boolean Search, Sourcing, Technical Screening, Resume writing, Active & Passive Recruitment, Quality Submissions, Client Interview coordination, Salary/Rate Negotiation, Reference Checks, Permanent & Fulltime Recruitment, Contract/Contract to Hire Staffing, Tax Term: W2/1099, Corp to Corp Placements, Cold Calling, Maintaining Relationship with End Clients/Prime Vendors/Sub Vendors, Maintaining Relationship with existing and new IT professionals/Employees & Sub Contractors, Team Lead/Onshore-Offshore Coordinator, Full life Cycle ATS Management.
• Applicant Tracking System/ATS worked on: JobDiva (Expert), CBiz, BullHorn and others.
• Vendor Management System/VMS Worked on: Taleo, Synergy, Kenexa Brassring, Fieldglass, Taleo, Peoplefluent, Agile1, Veritude, Progata, Zerochaos, Beeline, Chimes and others.
• Solid hands on experience in working various job-boards like Dice, Monster, Indeed, CareerBuilder, SimplyHired, Computerjobs, Flipdog, Net-temps and others.
• Hands on every day experience working with Linkedin Recruiter, Twitter, Google Search and other professional Websites/Groups.
• Experienced in working with agreements such as Non-Compete Agreement (NCA/NDA), Purchase Order and Pre Employment Agreement (PEA).
• A passion for professional ethics and adherence to company core values. Cares about people and gets results.
• A team leader with proven skills in organizing, planning, problem solving and communicating effectively at all levels.
• Proficient in using MS Office 2013 (Word, Excel, Power Point, MS Access and Outlook), Proficient with Internet/emails.
• Knowledge on Programming with JAVA/JSP, ASP, HTML, JavaScript, VBScript and Oracle/PL-SQL.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Kendall Park, New Jersey

Account Manager/Senior IT Recruiter (Virtual Office)

Responsibilities:

• Actively involved in dual role of IT Recruitment and Account Management with Larsen & Toubro, Hexaware Technologies, Wipro, LabVantage, Mobileum, Brillio, Tavant Technologies, Marlabs & others.
• Acquiring new job opportunities by phone and meeting with Hiring Managers and Talent Acquisition Heads in New Jersey Office.
• Proactively Recruiting top IT Talent through various sourcing methods including: (Cold Calls, Networking, Internal Databases, Job Boards, LinkedIn and various forms of Social Media)
• Pre Screening, Technical Screening, Candidate submission on Vendor Management System & Email.
• Setting up phone and face to face interview, following up with the clients till closure & offer.
• Working on both Fulltime (80%) & Contract placements (20%) for a combination of easy and hard to find skills.
• Maintaining Daily Reports & Performance Chart on MS Excel 2013, reporting directly to the CEO.
• Maintaining company database by uploading new resumes and updating screening / interview notes & feedback.

Confidential, Princeton, New Jersey

IT Technical Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Worked on heavy volume Contract (80%), Contract to Hire (10%) and Fulltime/Permanent (10%) job openings across USA.
• Worked closely with Direct Clients/VMS/Prime Vendors & Implementation Partners on various IT Requirements in NJ/NY/MA/CT areas.
• Effectively utilizing ATS (JobDiva) to source/find the right candidate based on the requirement needs.
• Sending out multiple email merges everyday distributing the requirements out to multiple active/passive candidates and sub vendors
• Asking for Referrals from existing employees, ex-colleagues and other networks.
• Looking for hard to find skills on various social networking sites
• Interviewing and Collecting candidate’s Basic Information, recent resume, technical details and updating the ATS thoroughly based on the information collected.
• Involved in Screening the candidates technically using sample technical questionnaires
• Negotiating Rates/Salary with the candidate based on the Requirement Rate Cap provided by the client
• Working with the candidates in updating/formatting the resume and putting it on the company letterhead.
• Submitting the Pre-screened candidate resume to the Account Manager with a detailed technical write-up in a pre-defined company template.
• Updating the ATS with the short-listed candidate Internal Submittal to Account Manager and External Submittal to Hiring Manager
• Preparing the candidate for end client interview, providing with all the required details to complete the interview successfully.
• Marking the Candidate Interview/Reporting Details on the ATS and later updating it with the client feedback.
• Working with the HR to get details from the candidates required for References Check, Drug/Background Test and successful on boarding of the candidate.
• Working with the Operations Department to collect the required information in order to initiate the Contract/Purchase Order.
• Maintaining a strong Pipeline of candidates to provide the client with a Back up candidate in the event of a Back out/No Show.
• Completing the candidate life-cycle on the ATS by putting up the start date with Reporting Time, Rate/Salary offer and work mode (Contract/Permanent) of the job position.
• Worked with the Accounting Department to make sure that the candidate is filing up the Timesheet on weekly basis.
• Attending several client/internal company conference calls to discuss the requirement and client needs.
• Keeping the candidates/placements warm by regularly keeping in touch.
• Successfully worked with US Citizens, Green Card holders, GC/EAD, H1B Transfers, H1B CTC, OPT, CPT, L2 EAD, TN Visa holders.
• Submitting the Pre-Screened candidate on Vendor Manager System (VMS) by acquiring the necessary information from the candidate.

Confidential, NY

Account Manager /Resource Manager

Responsibilities:

• Interfacing with the Client Hiring Manager on phone and in person to understand the requirement and their expectation/needs from the desired candidate
• Successfully lead and trained team of 5-15 offshore IT Sourcers/Recruiters based in Chennai, India
• Effectively utilized Boolean Search (AND, OR, NOT) to find skilled candidates from several job boards.
• Researched on various Basic and Advanced Boolean Searches like Flip Search, X-Ray Search and many others
• Worked on High Volume IT needs, managing the requirements effectively by distributing it to offshore team members and guiding them on each step to recruit candidates based on the client needs
• Screening the candidates submitted by the team and lining them up for thorough technical screening
• Working with the candidates to receive the Non-Compete Agreement signed in order to avoid double submission
• Working with the candidates to come up to a feasible rate/salary keeping in mind the company overhead and profit margin
• Submitting the candidates approved by the technical team to the client Hiring Manager
• Setting up End Client Phone and In-person Interview based on the Interviewer and candidate availability
• Working with the Operations Department in bringing the non-local candidates for face to face round by working out on the travel and accommodation expenses
• Extending the client offer and completing the lifecycle with engaging the candidate on the final Start Date
• Updating the Company ATS at each step of the Recruitment life-cycle
• Conducting Daily Status meetings with offshore team members and submitting the Progress Report to the CEO/VP of the company.
• Working with the Sales Department in providing them with Leads for Sales (H1B Transfers/Green Card/Citizens)

Technologies: .NET/C#/ASP.NET/VB.NET, JAVA/J2EE, C/C++, SQL Server Database Developer/DBA, ETL/SSIS/Informatica, Business Intelligence (SSAS/SSIS/SSRS), UI/UX Developer/Designer,, Business Analyst, Quality Analyst, Project Manager/Program Manager and others.