Kousika Rajendran
Chennai
Summary
Experienced recruitment consultant with over 6 years of expertise in technical recruiting, GTM hiring, candidate engagement, and teamwork. Skilled in managing complex requirements and advancing from Junior to Senior level roles. Valuable asset in the recruitment industry.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate - Talent Acquisition
Hexnode
06.2024 - Current
- Developed and maintained applicant tracking system, tracking all job openings, applicants and interviewing activity.
- Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service.
- Developed and maintained strong working relationships with executives, HR team, and hiring managers to foster partnerships that produced consistent results.
- Created and distributed job postings on job boards, corporate career sites and social media networks to increase reach.
- Sourced and screened candidates for open roles and worked with hiring managers to coordinate interviews, offers, and onboarding.
- Collaborated with hiring managers to determine job requirements and understand departmental needs.
- Conducted telephone and in-person interviews to assess candidate experience and qualifications.
Deputy Manager - Talent Acquisition & Mobility
Schneider Electric
03.2023 - 10.2023
- Hands-on experience in recruitment, resourcing and people management.
- Coordinated with candidates for seamless pre-boarding and onboarding, generating employee codes, and connecting with hiring managers.
- Conducted HR induction for 10-20+ new joiners, explaining policies and discipline.
- Sourced profiles through diverse channels like headhunting, networking portals, job portals, and internal references.
- Preparing the monthly sourcing data, updates on results and publishing the reports to the stakeholder & leadership.
- Maintained reports to track requirements, submissions, selections, and other recruitment metrics.
- Organized Employee engagement activities for offered candidates.
Senior Executive - Talent Acquisition
TVS Next
05.2019 - 02.2023
- Getting the requirement from the Business/Project Manager, analyzing the requirement with them to assess the exact requirement with respect to technology, deadline, number of resources required, and expertise expected of the resource, etc.
- Prioritizing the requirements to ensure timely delivery of the manpower requirement.
- Identifying Talent through Job portals, Internal Database and Agencies.
- Sourcing & Screening resumes & identifying prospective candidates according to skill required.
- Conduct initial short listing of the candidate by evaluating him through telephonic interview for skills, communication, stability, confidence, suitability to the project and commitment to the company.
- Conduct the Initial HR interview to collect details like technology, employment details, educational details, project details, CTC, Expected CTC & notice period etc.
- Schedule & co-ordinate technical telephonic / In-person interview of the candidates with Technical Panel & Project manager.
- Documents Verification before offer Release.
- Releasing the offer & helping the candidate understanding the procedures and formalities of offer and the company.
- Follow up with the selected candidates and keeping them warm till their actual joining.
- Working for volume hiring, Leadership roles, Diversity and Niche skills.
- Independently organized and successfully managed several events i.e., walk-in drives and virtual drives.
- Maintaining, updating multiple excel sheets & sending timely reports to Senior Management.
- Handled a team of 2 members and working closely with the team to maximize closures of Requirements.
- Mentoring the new joiners in Recruitment Process/Client/Technologies.
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Adomita Technologies
05.2018 - 05.2019
- Understanding the client's requirement.
- Good experience on Client Interaction & Client Coordination.
- Recruited on almost all spheres of IT skills for junior, senior, middle and higher management levels and niche requirements.
- Good technical knowledge and Fast Learning ability to understand new technologies.
- Expertise in the areas of sourcing, screening interview coordination.
- Having good experience in Job portals like Naukri & LinkedIn.
- Technically screen candidates for their technical skills as per the requirements.
- Following up with prospective candidates until they complete all rounds of the interview.
- Follow ups with the candidates regarding acceptance of offer, joining dates and ensure the candidates join the organization.
- Highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities and work effectively under pressure.
- Received spot award in the field of recruitment in TVS Next.
- Received Star performer award in the field of recruitment in TVS Next.
- Received extra miler award in the field of recruitment in TVS Next.
Education
Master Of Business Administration -
PSG Institute of Advanced Studies
Chennai, Tamil Nadu01.2016
Bachelor of Technology - IT
Hindustan College of Engineering
Chennai, Tamil Nadu01.2013
Skills
- Business requirement analysis
- Targeted sourcing strategies
- Project technology insight
- Marketing skills
- Effective multitasking
- Resume screening
- Behavioral interview techniques
- Candidate evaluation
- Presenting a Candidate
- Detail-oriented approach
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Patience & Listening skills
- Negotiation and closing expertise
- Employee integration and support
Accomplishments
- Received spot award in the field of recruitment in TVS Next.
- Received Star performer award in the field of recruitment in TVS Next.
- Received extra miler award in the field of recruitment in TVS Next.
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge.
Timeline
Associate - Talent Acquisition
Hexnode
06.2024 - Current
Deputy Manager - Talent Acquisition & Mobility
Schneider Electric
03.2023 - 10.2023
Senior Executive - Talent Acquisition
TVS Next
05.2019 - 02.2023
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Adomita Technologies
05.2018 - 05.2019
Bachelor of Technology - IT
Hindustan College of Engineering
Master Of Business Administration -
PSG Institute of Advanced Studies
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