Rajesh Kumar Balakrishnan
Chennai
Summary
A diligent Professional having over 14 years of experience in IT Recruitment, Team management, Client Interaction, Vendor Management, Employee Relations, and Organizational Profitability, targeting lead level roles with a reputed organization.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Team Lead
Mastek
03.2023 - Current
- Collaborated closely with hiring managers to understand staffing needs and successfully onboarded the right resources for the company.
- Managed end-to-end recruitment for staff augmentation positions, including niche roles such as data engineers, and ensured timely closure of these positions.
- Led fresher walk-ins and handled reporting for recruitment activities.
- Oversaw the entire onboarding process, including offering candidates and facilitating onboarding through the ATS.
- Created Purchase Requisitions (PR) in Ariba for subcontractors and ensured smooth vendor registration, service sheet creation, and invoice processing.
- Developed and managed MSA (Master Service Agreement) and SOW (Statement of Work) documents, ensuring timely approvals and signatures from the relevant stakeholders.
- Acted as a liaison between finance and vendors to ensure effective communication and resolution of any concerns.
Associate Manager – Talent Acquisition
Altimetrik India Pvt. Ltd.
07.2022 - 03.2023
- Involved in IT recruitment from stem to stern; analyzing manpower requirement for projects, handling recruitment activities, creating and implementing various plans/procedures/strategies to achieve numbers for business prospects
- Attending project calls to gather and understand the requirements in detail
- Initiating offers to the selected candidates in Offer Approval System
- Maintaining and Analyzing Data, Preparing Hiring Updates for Weekly call with Business Managers
- Responsible for HR interviews, candidate Salary negotiation offers and declines
- Collaborate with line managers in evaluating existing/future talent requirements, defining critical roles, core competencies and finalizing acquisition plans for sourcing potential talents
- Define/implement innovative sourcing strategies for identifying and hiring candidates on Java, GCP, Hadoop, Reactjs/nodejs and other skills
- Ensure 100% compliance to hiring process, employee verification and joining
- Successfully on boarded resources on various technologies within the SLA
- Responsible for hiring for PayPal project and supporting other business verticals
Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist
Perficient
06.2016 - 07.2022
- Managed and lead an eight member team
- Delivered proactive recruitment support to the business
- Built a pipeline of strong applicants to support future business needs
- Worked with on and off-shore teams to increase customer satisfaction through better quality of hires and enhanced candidate experience
- Ensured efficient recruitment service in line with KPI timescales
- Assisted team members in closing calls with prospective candidates Managed and handled vendors when required
- Computed Gross profit margin against individual offer approval
- Reporting to the Director and AVP, India
- Handled Recruitment MIS, Prepared weekly, monthly & quarterly dashboards
Intellect Design Arena | A Polaris Company
12.2015 - 06.2016
- Handled end to end recruitment
- Ensured recruitment SLA’s
- Handled escalations from Business/ line mangers
- Interacted with engineering managers to understand the role and create the job
- Maintained recruitment reports
- Conducted weekday interviews, weekend drives and bulk/volume Hiring
- Conducted walk-in interviews in other states
Executive – HR
ABCO Advisory Services
12.2011 - 11.2015
- End to end IT Recruitment
- On boarding
- Liaison between employees and external vendor for B1 Visa
- Coordinated fitness program for the employees
- Organized and coordinated Sports activities
- Conducted walk-in interviews and weekly drives
Talent Acquisition Executive
Covenant Consultants
08.2010 - 11.2011
- Sourcing resumes from job portals, screening of candidates against the requirement, discussion with the candidates about the job profile
- Recruiting for all levels of Information Technology skilled candidates from developers to senior Project Managers
- Experience in screening candidates in various technologies such as; Data warehousing, IT infrastructure, ERP Modules etc
- Used an internal database, job portals and referrals to source qualified candidates
- Co-ordinate in setting up the interview and closing the loop and ensuring joining once confirmed for the assignment
- Regular communication with the candidates/employers during the duration of assignment to maintain the relationship
- Experience in RPO process
- Interview coordination
- Handled walk-in interviews in client place
Education
MBA - HR
Rajalakshmi Engineering College
B.Sc. - Microbiology
Vel’s College of Science
XII - undefined
Dr. GMTTV Higher secondary school
X - undefined
Dr. GMTTV Higher secondary school
Skills
- Talent acquisition
- Team Management
- Employee Engagement
- US Visa processing
Certification
Certified Scrum Master, 1386234, https://bcert.me/bc/html/profile.jsp?k=cqxpkjn
Accomplishments
Pat on the back Award - 2021
True Mastekeer Award - April 2024
Gem - True Champion Award - December 2023
Languages
Tamil
English
Personal Information
- Father's Name: Balakrishnan. T
- Date of Birth: 01/23/86
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Team Lead
Mastek
03.2023 - Current
Associate Manager – Talent Acquisition
Altimetrik India Pvt. Ltd.
07.2022 - 03.2023
Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist
Perficient
06.2016 - 07.2022
Intellect Design Arena | A Polaris Company
12.2015 - 06.2016
Executive – HR
ABCO Advisory Services
12.2011 - 11.2015
Talent Acquisition Executive
Covenant Consultants
08.2010 - 11.2011
B.Sc. - Microbiology
Vel’s College of Science
XII - undefined
Dr. GMTTV Higher secondary school
X - undefined
Dr. GMTTV Higher secondary school
MBA - HR
Rajalakshmi Engineering College
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