Smrudhi Gauns
Senior Technical Recruiter
Summary
With 7 years of recruitment experience, I've worked at Citrix (3.7 years - Present), Google (3.2 years), Tesco (1 year), and interned at Iberotel Miramar Al Aqah Beach Resort UAE for 2 months. My expertise spans tech and non-tech roles, including research, talent mapping, sourcing, phone screening, technical interviews, salary negotiation, and end-to-end recruitment. Proficient in tools like LinkedIn, Naukri, Hirist, Iimjobs, Instahire, workday (ATS), Hirebridge (ATS) and Hiretual, I've maintained a passive candidate database on platforms like Workday. My skills cover manpower planning, stakeholder management, and diverse sourcing methods, with a focus on diversity hiring.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Technical Recruiter
Cloud Software Group (Citrix)
05.2022 - Current
- Collaborating closely with Hiring Managers to understand needs and identify the right talent.
- Successfully close positions through strategic negotiations, ensuring a seamless onboarding experience and maintaining continuous communication.
- Create and implement plans to find the right people, screen candidates carefully, and present well-qualified choices for managers to consider.
- Skillfully sourcing and hiring candidates across diverse organizational tiers, spanning from Directors to Junior Engineers.
- In my current role, I've excelled in recruiting diverse talent, spanning technical roles such as Software Engineers (Front-end, Back-end, Full-stack), DevOps, Cloud, UI/UX, Machine Learning, Network, Security Engineers, as well as non-technical roles including Product Managers, a Director of Product Security, and positions in Marketing and HR Business Partnerships. My success lies in strategically assembling a comprehensive and high-performing team across various disciplines to meet organizational goals.
- Ensuring the efficient recruitment of highly skilled professionals through strategic processes and diverse sourcing methodologies.
- Leverage various platforms, including job websites, social media channels, and employee referrals, to identify and attract top-tier talent effectively
- Manage end-to-end hiring processes, meeting efficiency goals for a positive candidate experience.
- Provide timely and informative responses to inquiries from candidates, referrals, and managers, fostering robust and transparent communication
- Lead negotiations during the offer stage, making sure candidates understand and accept final offers smoothly.
- Conducted interviews utilizing diverse methods and approaches to assess candidate qualifications and suitability for roles within the organization.
- Engaged collaboratively with internal teams to enhance and streamline recruitment processes, optimizing efficiency and effectiveness.
- Conducted phone interviews to assess applicants relevant knowledge, skills, experience and aptitudes.
- Collaborated with HR leadership regarding candidate salary determinations.
- Built strong relationships with internal and external candidates to ensure an excellent hiring experience.
- Proactively develop strategies to identify and attract talent, continually improving the hiring process.
Subject Matter Specialist -Talent Acquisition
Google Deployed by Cognizant Technology Solutions
11.2019 - 12.2020
- Lead A Team Of 25 In Terms Of Mentoring, Providing Training And Continuous Growth Along With Client And Project Handling
- Actively Involved In Preparing Weekly, Monthly And Quarterly Reports Specific To Progress, Productivity And Success Factors Of Various Projects Within The GPS Talent Research
- Along with prescreening & HR interviews candidates and Ensuring best candidate experience by giving timely feedback to the candidates
- Hiring Tech And Non Tech Candidates For Client From APAC, EMEA And Globally For Hardware, Quant, SWE, UI/UX, Data Warehousing, Technical Program Manager, SET, Embedded, Technical Writer, Site Reliability Engineering, Corp Engineers, Web Developer, Networking, App Engineers, Machine Learning, Infrastructure, Semiconductor, Cloud Hiring, SoC Engineer, HR, Staffing, Sales, Marketing Roles
- Responsible for ensuring system adherence and compliance
- Perform Team's Work Audit Process To Drive Continued Efficiency And Process Optimization
- Successfully Headed A Number Of Tech And Non Tech Projects Right From Its Initial Stage Until Completion
- Responsible For Driving Month-on-month Employee Engagement And Team Building Activities
- Managing complete end to end recruitment process Handling complete stakeholder management and vendor management and also Develop a sourcing strategy in partnership with your hiring managers through market insights to enable talent decisions
- Develop Unique sourcing strategies along with the team to get the best candidates Initiate In-depth And Innovative Sourcing Strategies Based On The Requirement
- To The Best Of My Knowledge And Belief.
Senior Process Executive (Talent Acquisition)
Google Deployed by Cognizant Technology Solutions
11.2017 - 10.2019
- Focusing On Global Talent Acquisition For The World's Largest Search Engine
- My Responsibilities Include - Talent Mapping And Talent Mining Of Qualified Leads Via Open Web And Other External Social Networks (like: LinkedIn, GitHub, Stack overflow, Medium, Facebook Etc.) To Locate Top Talent
- Doing Research & Analysis On Candidates Data By Using Various Tool & Updating In Internal Tool
- Training The Newbies To The Team
- Working Closely With The Functional Sourcing Teams In US To Develop And Complete Profiles Of Talent Leads For Selected Roles, Skills And Of Educational Backgrounds
- Sourcing For Tech And Non Tech Candidates For Client From APAC, EMEA And Globally For Hardware, Quant, SWE, UI/UX, Data Warehousing, Technical Program Manager, SET, Embedded, Technical Writer, Site Reliability Engineering, Corp Engineers, Web Developer, Networking, App Engineers, Machine Learning, Infrastructure, Semiconductor, Cloud Hiring, SoC Engineer, HR, Staffing, Sales, Marketing Roles
- Accessing The Candidates Over The Call On Various Attributes Like General Cognitive Ability, Leadership Skills, Culture Fitment, Role Related Knowledge Etc
- Worked On Channeled Sourcing Strategies Towards Building A High Profile Talent Pipeline For Google For Relevant Technical And Non Technical Roles Via Open Web And Other External Social Networks.
HR Officer In HR Shared Services
Tesco HSC
06.2016 - 12.2017
- Managing Entire Recruitment Process Which Involves Placing Adverts, Sourcing, Screening & Short-listing Suitable Profiles Against The Requirement And Interviewing
- Sourcing Candidates And Ensuring That The Selected Candidates Have Best Fit With The Job Requirements Through Proper Screening And Assessments
- Posting Vacancies On Tribe Paid For NI And UK Stores
- Answering Queries Of The Stores And Applicants On Calls
- Sending Reports And Letters To Stores
- Closing Up The Jobs On The Request Of Stores Or Based On The Closure Protocol And Re-advertising And Reposting The Jobs On Store Request.
HR Executive Intern
Iberotel Miramar Al Aqah Beach Resort
06.2015 - 07.2015
- Post Job Vacancies In Caterer Global Website
- Screen Good CV's From Caterer Global
- Interview Candidate On A General Basis
- Send To Department Head Concerned For Interview
- Coordinate And Schedule Skype Telephone Interviews With Department Head.
Education
MBA( HR & Marketing ) -
Mysore University - Ramaiah Institute Of Management
B.Com ( Finance & Banking ) - undefined
Goa University - St. Xavier's College
Class 12 ( Sociology ) - undefined
Goa Board - Cuncolim United Higher Secondary School
Class 10 - undefined
Goa Board - Maria Bambina Convent High School
Skills
Expertise in End-to-End Recruitment
Sourcing and Screening Candidate
Specializing 85% Technical and 15% Non-Technical Hiring"
Networking
Onboarding
Offer Negotiations
Relationship Building
In-Person and Telephone Interviewing
Training and Mentoring
Team management
Awards
- Certificate Of Merit For Securing Distinction For Third Year B.Com By ST. Xavier’s College Of Arts, Science And Commerce.
- A++ Grade In 2nd Category - In All India Society For Electronics and Computer Technology.
- Certification For Volunteering As A Discipline Committee Member In Perception (All India Management Fest) At M.S. Ramaiah Institute Of Management.
- Guiding Completion Certificate By The Goa State Board Of Secondary Education.
- Certification Of Having a Work Experience Of 23 Days At ST. Xavier’s College Library.
- 2ND Prize In Dancing Competition – Cuncolim United Higher Secondary School.
- Class Representative Of Human Resource For The Year 2015-2016.
- Dance Performance At Tesco Campus.
- Holding 2 Stellar Performer Certificate As An Achievement At Tesco. 2) Holding a Three Cheers Performance Certificate As An Achievement At Tesco. 3) Achieved An Value Cards On The Successful Completion Of The Presentation To The Stake Holders At Tesco. 4) Achieved A Value Card On The Guidance For The Team For Success Of The Hand Screening Project.
- Holding 2 Spot Light Performer Certificate As An Awards At Cognizant (Google) 2018.
- Holding 2 Highest Performer Of The Month Awards As Recruiter At Cognizant (Google) 2019.
- Holding 2 Best Performer Of The Month Awards As SME (Subject Matter Expert - Talent Acquisition)at Cognizant (Google) 2020.
Projects
A Study On Job Satisfaction Of Employees With Special Reference To Big Bazaar Malleswaram Bangalore.(Emperical Study MBA)
- To Observe The Level Of Satisfaction Among The Employees Relating To The Nature Of The Job And Other Factors.
- To Examine Satisfaction Regarding The Salary And Other Benefits Of Its Employees.
- To Evaluate The Working Environment In Big Bazaar.
Iberotel Miramar Al Aqah Beach Resort UAE (Summer Internship Project MBA)
- Recruitment And Selection Process.
- Post Job Vacancies In Caterer Global Website.
- Screen Good CV’s From Caterer Global.
- Interview Candidate On A General Basis.
- Send To Department Head Concerned For Interview. Coordinate And Schedule Skype Telephone Interviews With Department Head.
- Working As Part Of a Team.
- Also Worked As An Accountant For Few Days.
Women Empowerment in goa ~ A Study on Cashew Industry (B.Com)
- To See The Empowerment Of Women In Cashew Industry.
- To See The Benefits Which They Get Through This Job.
- To Check The Number Of Women’s Getting Employed.
- To See Whether They Are Satisfied With The Working Condition Or Not.
contact details
+917411159838 / +917768822586
smrudhi.gauns@yahoo.in
Timeline
Senior Technical Recruiter
Cloud Software Group (Citrix)
05.2022 - Current
Subject Matter Specialist -Talent Acquisition
Google Deployed by Cognizant Technology Solutions
11.2019 - 12.2020
Senior Process Executive (Talent Acquisition)
Google Deployed by Cognizant Technology Solutions
11.2017 - 10.2019
HR Officer In HR Shared Services
Tesco HSC
06.2016 - 12.2017
HR Executive Intern
Iberotel Miramar Al Aqah Beach Resort
06.2015 - 07.2015
MBA( HR & Marketing ) -
Mysore University - Ramaiah Institute Of Management
B.Com ( Finance & Banking ) - undefined
Goa University - St. Xavier's College
Class 12 ( Sociology ) - undefined
Goa Board - Cuncolim United Higher Secondary School
Class 10 - undefined
Goa Board - Maria Bambina Convent High School