SUMMARY

• An accomplished/Proactive and dynamic Lead Recruiter with experience in the full life - cycle recruiting process, from sourcing, interviewing and negotiating, to successful on-boarding of professionals in predominantly IT and corporate shared services positions.
• Experience in diverse business environments such as but not limited to Pharmaceutical, Banking, Financial, Telecommunication, Health-care, Insurance, Manufacturing, Automotive, Media & Entertainment industries and more.
• Possess strong technical/business acumen and understanding of technical requirements; deep sourcing skills and experience sourcing passive candidates; excellent candidate assessment skills.
• Strong working knowledge of development applications and operating environments. Proven skills in creative candidate sourcing, efficient utilization of staffing resources and strong decision making skills.
• Self-motivated professional who achieves results and has superior ability to coordinate and perform several projects simultaneously.
• Overall experience in varied field is 5+ years.
• I have had the opportunity of being trained by and working with three highly regarded professional in the field (1. Ex-SVP of Mastech, 2. Ex-Director - Market Strategy of Coca Cola & former employee of Ernst & Young and 3. Ex-Delivery Architect/Manager of TCS).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Lead Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• I was in charge of Recruitment (both IT and Non IT) for one of Artech’s premier accounts, Kaiser Permanente.
• Geographicaly, I handled the requisitions for California (primarily focused on Oakland, Burbank & Downey amongst other locations) along with my team.
• Handling a team of 4 Recruiters (actively involved in their growth). In charge of providing their daily assignments, approving the rates and candidates sourced for submission. Along with being in charge of their leaves, controlling attrition, performance review and driving their results.
• Act as the liaison between Recruitment, Account Management and Service Delivery.
• Preparing performance reports for my team.
• Actively involved in Recruitment as well (my knowledge of recruitment has been enhanced here as I am actively working on Non IT sourcing as well).

Confidential

Sr. Client Delivery Executive

Responsibilities:

• I was responsible for the full-time & contract IT requisitions of AbbVie, Abbott Labs, Halliburton, PG&E, American Express, CareFusion, Axiall, BCBS and others.
• Additional responsibilities included training & guiding junior team members / fresh hires regarding recruitment process, requirement analysis, tax terms and visa types.
• I was the Acting Lead for American Express IT Account since May 2014 and had 2 Recruiters assisting me in this assignment..

Confidential

Technical Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• I was responsible for sourcing and placing the right candidates from various job boards and vendors for the various open contract positions at Deloitte, w3r Consulting, Collabera, Wipro & Tech Mahindra.

Confidential

Recruiter (Technical/ Non Technical - Executive Hiring)

Responsibilities:

• My functions had been enhanced with the added responsibilities of primarily working on two of the most critical accounts of Ztek- namely Genpact & Cognizant - Executive hiring (AVP, VP, Sr. Manager, Associate Director, Director).
• I directly reported to the Partners (Ztek) responsible for the accounts.
• My achievements in this aspect helped further our position as the preferred contact for a quick turnaround.

Technical Recruiter

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Sourced, qualified and placed candidates in both full-time and contract openings across USA and Canada.
• Clients include but not limited to TCS, Wipro, Cognizant, LnT Infotech, Genpact, UST Global, etc.
• Recruited for Fortune 500 accounts and CMMI Level 5 clients and hired candidates in state and out-of-state for contract, contract-to-hire and permanent placements for all IT positions for the clients.
• Trained new recruits on recruitment process and how to properly & effectively use a search string.
• Built-up solid recruiting process to include sourcing, pre-screening, updating of tracking system, coordination of interviews, performing assessments and coordinating for offer letters with client management.
• Facilitated meetings with client managers to revise all hiring needs; ensuring that the hiring is consistent with business goals.
• Successful in sourcing ‘Niche Skill’ Candidates and closing the requirement for the same in the shortest possible time frame.
• Continually built pipeline of high-quality candidates for current openings and a database for up-and-coming requisitions.
• Staff Augmentation included sourcing/ hiring professionals on technologies/ platforms like: Datawarehousing, front end development, back end development, Networking, Admin/DBA, Testing. ERP, CRM, Cloud, etc.
• Familiar with Tax Terms such as W2, 1099 and C2C

Confidential

Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• I joined the organization as a Sales Agent and was promoted to the post of Team Lead in March 2010 based on my performance.
• I was in charge of a 18 member team and pharmaceutical sales process (inbound/ outbound).
• Customer Grievances.
• Recruiting qualified candidates.
• Liaison between Operations Manager and Agents.
• Finalizing sales by taking confidential details such as Credit Card Number, SSN etc.
• Prepping the team for effective sales.
• Handling escalated calls and guiding the Agents on how to do the same.
• Organized and handled Campus recruitment and hiring drive.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: Assembling, Windows Configuration, Troubleshoot

Software: Functional knowledge of varied platforms

Reporting tools: MS Office 2010

Sourcing Tools: LinkedIn (Recruiter & Premium), Monster, Dice, Tech-Fetch, CareerBuilder, SC-Guild, Indeed, Job Diva, Company’s own Database/Portal etc.