Dhananjayan Ramaswamy
Talent Acquisition - Lateral Hiring
chennai
Summary
Over 15+ years of experience in Human Resources, Recruitment, Resource Management and Operations. Strategic, full life-cycle recruiting professional with extensive experience supporting business objectives throughout all aspects of the talent acquisition process. Implement expert candidate sourcing techniques and innovative solutions to identify top talent for hard-to-fill, niche positions in technology, senior leadership and various business categories. Conducting of preliminary HR interviews to understand more about the candidates and to validate the credential against the job specification. Possess strong technical/business acumen and understanding of technical requirements; deep sourcing skills and experience in sourcing passive candidates; excellent candidate assessment skills. Vendor Management with real time evaluation mechanism. Successful implementation of Internal Job Posting (IJP) and Employee Referral programs Utilize knowledge of multiple recruiting sources such as Dice, Monster, Career builder, Naukri, 3rd party vendors, Independent consultants and execute various recruiting strategies. Hands on Experience in Internet navigation and on-line recruiting technology/tools and social networking like Linked- In, Facebook etc.
Forward-thinking Recruitment Manager successful at developing effective strategies to fill vacancies with well-qualified candidates. Collaborative and hardworking leader with excellent communication and planning abilities. Bringing a [Number]-year record of success in the field.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Language
Work History
Recruitment Manager
HTC Global Services
03.2013 - 04.2014
- Develop a recruiting strategy to meet current and future hiring needs.
- Networking and building a healthy pipeline through various channels like employee referrals and vendors to meet the requirements.
- Effective and balanced utilization of sourcing channels, both conventional and innovative, like consultants, employee referrals, internal job posting, job sites and social media.
- Understanding of business priorities and managing stakeholder requirements to augment resourcing capabilities.
- Handling SAP requirements are SAP FICO, SAP REFX, SAP SD, SAP MM, SAP PP, SAP HR, SAP ABAP, SAP ABAP HR, SAP FIORI, SAP BI/BW/BO, SAP BPC, SAP PS, SAP PM, SAP Project Manager, SAP APO etc
- Proactive hiring by liaising with the business heads.
- Recruitment analytics to track internal recruitment cost effectiveness through cost per hire, turnaround time, rejection rate, source mix percentages and quality of hire.
- Regular Interaction with the hiring managers in understanding the requirement and business needs.
- Have conducted/organized drives/ walk-in across cities to fulfil open positions within the given SLA.
- Updating the recruitment database accordingly and providing daily and weekly reports on the recruitment status to the top management.
Sr Recruiter
Logica
02.2011 - 02.2013
- Responsible for Full Life Cycle Recruitment for Application Management, Infrastructure Management, Professional Services and BPO (Shared services).
- Develop and implement staffing plans in line with our business priorities.
- Interaction with Top / Middle management to understand their technical needs and hiring plans.
- Partner with BU head/Hiring Managers on overall talent acquisition strategy, planning and delivery.
- Worked on senior positions for Accounting department, GL Accounting.
- Devising diverse sourcing strategy and provide access to resource pool.
- Extensively collaborate with global teams on Talent Acquisition efforts across BU's
- Responsible for timely closure of requirements, meeting 'time-to-hire' SLAs. Agree on monthly targets with BUs and fulfillment of the same.
- Accountable for the End to End hiring of candidates right from acquiring profiles, conducting personal-HR interview and Rolling out offers.
- Actively liaison with various business units, technical team, staffing partners etc.
- Monitoring the hiring cost to be within agreeable limits by effective sourcing of profiles, minimal Joining bonus, on time joining to avoid billability loss.
Recruitment Manager
I Media Pvt Ltd
04.2010 - 02.2011
- Handling multiple strategic positions for all levels on end to end recruitment for internal positions.
- Manpower Planning and Recruitment, such as Graphic Designers, Flash Programmers, Creative Leads, Web Developers etc.
- Responsible for Resource Allocation and Mandays Allocation.
- Involved in Time Office and Payroll Process.
- Registration & amendment of Shops Act, CLA, ISMA & BOC Act etc.
- Update & maintain registers under Shops and Establishment Act.
- Conduct monthly compliance inspection for contractor’s statutory records.
- Filing annual returns under CLA/ISMA.
- Preparation of Offer Letter, Appointment Letter, Confirmation Letter, Increment Letter, Transfer Letter etc.
- Reference check & Background check for selected employees.
- Map the client’s requirement and co-ordinate exclusive headhunting using networked database.
- Experienced in vendor management.
- Responsible for exploring alternate channels of hiring.
- Provide external marketplace information (Salary analysis and Recruitment related information) to Higher Management related to Competitor’s salary bands, Salary hikes provided by them.
- Preparing various MIS reports, e.g. manpower strength – Norms Vs Actual.
- Assisting HR Director in formulating company’s policy, giving suggestion for alternative options to attract the best talent, gather market information that would help in hiring and retention, maintenance of minutes of important meetings and other confidential matters.
Senior Recruiter & Account Coordinator
SavvySoft Technology Pvt Ltd
07.2005 - 04.2010
- Utilizing market information and personal network to develop market intelligence for generating leads.
- Identify & generate business from new accounts, enhance business from existing accounts.
- Initiating & developing relationships with key decision makers in target organizations.
- Manage individual teams of account managers and recruiters specifically focused on a vertical market strategy.
- Placed high-end technical professionals in the area of Information Technology Industry in contract and full-time positions. Specialized in Software Engineers/Architects (Distributed and Mainframe), Database Architects/Developers/Administrators, Network/System/Security Engineers, Web Developers, Quality Assurance/Test Engineers, Technical Program/Product/Project Managers, Development Managers, and Business Analysts.
- Effectively recruited candidates through Internet research, internal database, referrals, networking and other strategies.
- Sourced and Recruited Software Architects, Business Analyst, Project Managers, Web Developers for Clients like BCBS, Nike, US Cellular, PepsiCo , Navistar, Accenture etc.
- Source, screen, evaluate and select candidates through a structured recruitment process designed to obtain the best candidates. Inform applicants of job duties and responsibilities, compensation and benefits, work schedules and working conditions, company policies, promotional opportunities and other related information.
- Responsible for checking references, negotiating terms and rates for each project, coordinating the interview process, extending offers, and closing candidates.
- Recruited and hired candidates in state and out-of-state for contract, contract-to-hire and permanent placements for all IT positions for multiple clients.
HR Executive
Spectrum H R systems & Solutions
10.2002 - 01.2005
- Statutory Compliance under all the Labor laws liaisoning with Government authorities.
- Preparation of ESI & PF.
- Handling Payroll process & prepare monthly PF & ESI reports.
- Prepare & Maintaining statutory records & registers under Factories Act.
- Prepare and timely submission of half yearly, annual returns under PF/ESI/Factories Act.
Education
MSW - Personnel Management & Industrial Relation
Mohammed Sathak College of Arts & Science
04-2002
B.COM - undefined
T.S.Narayanaswami College of Arts Science
04-2000
Skills
Java Full Stack, Mobility, SAP – Functional/Technical/ Basis/Security, Oracle Applications- Functional/Technical/ DBA, ERP CRM, Salesforce, Microsoft Technologies, IBM Technologies
Disclaimer
I hereby confirm that the above-declared facts are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Professional Training
- Undergone six months concurrent fieldwork training at Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd in the areas of personnel management.
- Under gone block fieldwork training at HINDUSTAN COCO - COLA BEVERAGES PVT LTD., Areas of Exposure
- Performance Appraisal, Canteen Administration, Security
- Administration, Safety Aspects, ESI & PF procedures Welfare facilities etc.
Timeline
Recruitment Manager
HTC Global Services
03.2013 - 04.2014
Sr Recruiter
Logica
02.2011 - 02.2013
Recruitment Manager
I Media Pvt Ltd
04.2010 - 02.2011
Senior Recruiter & Account Coordinator
SavvySoft Technology Pvt Ltd
07.2005 - 04.2010
HR Executive
Spectrum H R systems & Solutions
10.2002 - 01.2005
B.COM - undefined
T.S.Narayanaswami College of Arts Science
MSW - Personnel Management & Industrial Relation
Mohammed Sathak College of Arts & Science