Srinivas KJ

• Heading the recruitment delivery for India and the USA, leading a team of 13 members, including a team lead and a manager working from Bhubaneshwar (Odisha), and a few recruiters working remotely.
• Regular interaction with internal stakeholders on hiring needs for multiple business units, providing insight about resource availability, cost, competitors, and suggesting the best mode of recruitment.
• Regular interaction with external clients to understand their hiring demand and work towards fulfilling it after careful analysis of job descriptions, skills, rates, and availability.
• Assigning the requirements among the team, helping them understand the requirements, and setting a TAT for the assigned tasks. Hosting the stand-up calls and meetings with the team.
• Helping the team with interview panels and arranging external interview panels, in some cases. Monitoring all technical interviews, from the shortlist to selection. Responsible for conducting the final discussion with selected resources to finalise the offer for both internal and external hiring.
• Work with internal management regarding offer approval and the release of offers. Providing updates on hiring progress to Management, discussing the challenges, and suggesting alternate solutions.
• Negotiating the rates with external clients and obtaining approval on the bill rate.
• Playing the role of SME for an in-house Applicant Tracking Tool by the name of Havana and providing constant suggestions and feedback to improve the functionality and performance of the tool.
• Analysed recruitment metrics and produced reports for senior management, informing strategic decisions.
• Responsible for ramping up and ramping down my team to meet the business strategy.
• As an Individual Contributor, I successfully onboarded resources with niche skills, generating revenue of more than $1.5K monthly, and always striving to generate revenue for the company.

• Prepared all Policy and Process documents from scratch which includes Employee Handbook, Leave Policy, Resource Request Form, Pre-Offer Application Form, Induction Form, Non-Disclosure Agreement, Indemnification letter, Offer letter, Increment letter, Termination letter, Salary Structure.
• Defined the Hiring process from scratch and interacted with Business & Functional Heads (both Onsite & Offshore) to understand recruiting demand, help them prepare the Job Descriptions as well as sharing information about resource availability in the market, target companies, salary band etc.
• As an Individual Contributor, I took the responsibility of closing some of the niche and senior positions.
• Monitored all technical Interviews, from shortlist to till selection. Offer negotiation with selected candidates, releasing the Offer, follow-up with Offered candidates, On-Boarding, Inducting them to the respective Projects/ Functions. Maintaining all Employee documents working across the globe.
• Worked with Health Insurance provider and successfully issued Health Insurance for India based employees. Worked with Insurance on addition and deletion of employee data on time to time.
• Played a key role in setting up the new Office including Interior by working closely with the vendors.
• Worked with Graphic Designing team in preparing Letter Heads, ID Cards and Business Cards etc.
• Played a key role in Campus hiring done, in and around Coimbatore (Tamilnadu) in the year 2023.
• Startup in Data Center and IT Infrastructure Services/ Solutions headquartered in Dubai

• Prepared skill searches from Job Boards like Dice and LinkedIn Group. Efficient search, evaluation of candidates for the requirements on the basis of skills, experience and qualification.
• Conducted calls to check for availability and/or qualified matches. Worked with Implementation partners and Preferred Vendors on multiple requirements across locations in USA.
• Preparing the CV and suggesting any modifications required. Negotiating the Rates with Consultants.
• Experienced working on all 4 different modes of employment - Full Time, Corp-to-Corp, 1099 & W2.
• Keeping the management informed on interviews status, project start dates etc., as well as coordinating with the consultants till he/ she reports to the client’s reporting manager.
• Responsible working with various clients for day-to-day requirements, coordinating for feedback/ updates and always on the hunt for new requirements.
• Responsible covering all priority requirements from the clients and completing the process till the consultant gets on-boarded.
• Maintained an efficient database and documenting, including high to low profile personnel with the help of which I could successfully deliver right candidate in the right time.

• Assisted in establishing AI and ML practices from inception, built the core team.
• Supported recruitment team in India and USA by implementing TalentRecruit and JobDiva applicant tracking systems, contributed to designing operational procedures for daily team activities. Facilitated reporting processes through ATS to ensure management controls are in place.
• Participated in revamping recruitment team for enhanced performance and process improvements.

• Prepared skill searches from job boards such as Dice and LinkedIn Group. Conducted calls to check for availability, and/or qualified matches. Worked with implementation partners and preferred vendors on multiple requirements across locations in the USA.
• Preparing the CV and suggesting any modifications required. Negotiating the rates with consultants. Experienced in working in all four different modes of employment: full-time, corp-to-corp, 1099, and W2.
• Keeping the management informed on interviews status, project start dates etc., as well as coordinating with the consultants till he/ she reports to the client's reporting manager.

• Responsible for professionally driving the entire Recruitment delivery along with managing a team of around 30 Recruiters along with Team Leads spread across Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mumbai.
• Responsible for Account management and Delivery for the assigned accounts, proactively and aggressively work with clients to generate more business from existing/ new clients for account growth which in turn increases the Revenue, Headcount as well as Margin. Always tried to get exclusive requirements by managing a healthy client relationship and mining the existing accounts.
• Consulting with Sales/ Business Development in qualifying prospects / leads for requirement qualification, qualifying the Job Descriptions received from the Hiring / Account / Delivery - Managers, across Business Units.
• Key resource in Implementing TalentRecruit (Applicant Tracking Tool) in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mumbai branches. Design and implement the procedures and principles on how the team will operate on a daily basis. Continuously mentor recruiters to improve their understanding of Business, Technical Skills, Domain knowledge, Screening Techniques, Convincing Skills, Negotiation Skills, Relationship management with internal / external customers, Handling Objections and Emotions.
• Through TalentRecruit, implemented the necessary reporting (Daily-Weekly-Monthly-Quarterly-Half Yearly-Yearly) and governance arrangements to ensure effective management controls are established to oversee the operations.
• Distributing the requirement among the team, helping them in understanding the requirement and suggesting better screening techniques. Posting the requirement across various Job portals.
• Helping the team in arranging Interview panels, monitoring all technical Interviews, monitoring profile movement from shortlist to till selection. Scheduling and monitoring client interviews for shortlisted resources, if required. Conducting the final discussion with selected resources to analyze their qualifications to match the business requirement, understanding their competencies, interest towards the job, making them understand their roles & responsibilities, gathering pre-closure information's like candidate's present, expected compensation, notice period, relocation issues etc.
• Regular interaction with Hiring Team/ Delivery Managers from client end to On-Board selected resources after Rate negotiation, Approval on Bill Rate as well Joining Dates.
• Preparing reports for Monthly / Quarterly meetings with higher Management as well as sharing the Daily / Weekly Delivery reports. Providing updates on hiring progress to Management, discussing the challenges, suggesting alternate solutions.
• Hired Recruiters, Team Leads, Account Managers and Vendor Managers internally for my team to enhance the Delivery capabilities.
• As an Individual Contributor, was successful in on-boarding resources on niche skills like Cloud Architect, Hadoop Architect, Machine Learning and Robotic Process Automation Engineers etc.

SMC Squared (SMC2), Bangalore

Responsibilities:

• Addressing most of the critical and niche requirements for Bangalore ODC.
• Successfully placed Sr. HR Manager within short period and helped Involved in identifying experienced Microsoft (.Net) Developers as well other requirements.

RoboSoft Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bangalore

Responsibilities:

• Identifying experienced Inside Sales and Business Development professionals for in-house sales and successfully placing experienced sales professionals.
• Involved in identifying experienced Mobile Application Development professionals on both Android and iOS platforms.

Digileum Inc., Bangalore

Responsibilities:

Building a practice around Salesforce platform by identifying Salesforce Architect/ Lead/ Senior Developers and Developers.

Involved in identifying experienced professionals in Pardot marketing automation tools and UI Development professionals and Sales professionals.

IndusEdge Technologies Pvt Ltd., Bangalore

Responsibilities:

• Identifying experienced Sales & Business Development professionals like Sales Manager and Sales Lead for their IOT (Internet of Things) products.
• Involved in identifying experienced Java/ J2ee development professionals from Developer to Technical Lead as well Technical Manager for IOT (Internet of Things) product development.

• Interacting with the Business Groups (Sales / Delivery) and understanding their resource needs, meeting the Business Unit Heads, along with Delivery Managers, for resource planning for existing requirements as well as for the upcoming projects.
• Responsible for determining the sourcing channels like staffing through internal resources or contractors or direct hiring.
• Work towards Requirement fulfillment by identifying and interacting with Staffing agencies, getting them empaneled with Endeavour, meeting the Staffing agencies to make them understand our requirements as well as to communicate the urgency of requirements.
• Leading the entire resource management function for Endeavour involving Bench management, Resource Rotation, Coordination with recruitment function, tracking and monitoring effective utilization of resources to the optimum level and managing internal movements as well as streamlining Resource Management Processes.
• Coordinating with end clients in arranging interviews for shortlisted resources and responsible for on- boarding selected resources against respective projects.
• Coordinating with HR, Facility and Infrastructure team in on-boarding the new joiners.
• Interacting with Project Manager’s and Delivery manager’s regularly on Resource performance issues, resolving the issues with appropriate actions without affecting Project deliverables.
• Identifying the non-performers, understanding the need for Training and working closely with HR team in facilitating the training's internally as well as externally to make them competent.
• Played an important role in ramping up resources for a couple of prestigious clients.
• Responsible for preparing Job Descriptions for various roles and getting it validated with Technology Competency Group (TCG) before the hiring process to start.
• Responsible for updating skills, experience as well as allocation of resources against respective projects in Project Open (PO) tool. Interacting with Genpact Resource Management team for allocation of resources in Genpact systems after getting an approval from Genpact Finance team.
• Responsible for the complete Resource Management integration process with Genpact systems and successfully completed the integration in a short span of time.
• Responsible for preparing reports and sharing with Senior Management, Business Unit Heads. Identifying the eligible resources for onsite travel, preparing invitation letters, as well as immigration letters for the resources travelling abroad. Coordinating with respective Project/ Delivery – Managers for getting it signed from the client to proceed with the Business VISA/ Immigration process. Interacting with Finance/ Accounts and Facility teams throughout the VISA process.
• Managing a central repository of individual profiles of all the resources as well as documents related B1 Visa and Immigration letters. Owning the responsibility of creating and managing Technology Groups for internal communication.

• Managing and coordinating the hiring activities for Offshore Development Centres (ODC) located in Bangalore, Noida, and Hyderabad across Business Units.
• Consulting with delivery teams for requirement qualification, qualifying the job descriptions received from the hiring, account, and delivery managers, both onsite and offshore.
• Approving the job description to be uploaded in ICIMS (Applicant Tracking Tool) and reviewing it once the job is created in ICIMS, making necessary changes if required before it goes live.
• Distributing the requirement among the team, helping them in understanding the requirement and suggesting better screening techniques. Posting the requirement across various Job portals.
• Helping the team in arranging Interview panels, monitoring all technical Interviews, monitoring profile movement from shortlist to till selection. Scheduling and monitoring client interviews for shortlisted resources, if required. Conducting the final discussion with selected resources to analyse their qualifications to match the business requirements, understanding their competencies, interest towards the job, making them understand their roles and responsibilities, gathering pre-closure information such as the candidate's present and expected compensation, notice period, relocation issues, etc.
• Submitting the NHR (New Hire Request) to the senior most management for Approval, follow-up on the pending NHR’s for Approval. Submitting the approved NHR’s to the HR team and follow-up on the Offer release. Monitoring the post Offer follow-up done by the team, doing it on my own if the situation demands. Updating the status on Offered resources to Delivery team. Managing 10 members team and reporting to Vice President (Business Development and Global Talent Acquisition, USA) along with Senior Manager (Recruitment and HR, India).
• Preparing reports for Daily / Weekly conference calls with Onsite / offshore reporting managers and account wise weekly reports for conference calls with the Delivery team. Providing updates on hiring progress, discussing the challenges, suggesting alternate solutions, capturing the minutes of the meeting, and updating the status in ICIMS, along with communicating the changes to the team.
• Hired resources on various Technologies like Java (Core Java, Java/J2ee, Sofea, Mule, IBM Portal, Oracle Portal, Pega), DWH (Cognos, Ab Initio, DataStage), Microsoft (.Net, SharePoint, Project Server, MPP), Mainframes, QA & Testing (ETL, Automation, Performance), CSV, IVR etc…

• Heading the overall Talent Acquisition for Offshore Development Centre (ODC) based in Bangalore across 3 Business Units – Application Development & Maintenance (ADM), Testing and Support.
• Analyzing the requirements, liaise with the Business Heads and Function Heads in preparing Job Description, develop recruitment technique and diversify sourcing base for hiring candidates as per the specified TATs.
• Consulting with Global Business Groups (Sales / Delivery) to understand recruiting demand, provide them an insight on market recruitment scenarios and share best practices to meet hiring needs.
• Manage a team of 9 members comprising of – HR Executive, Recruiters, Senior Recruiters and Account Manager along with Administration Executive.
• Maintaining smooth functioning of MIS – HR / Operation / Admin Interface for Bangalore region  Streamlined HR Process & Policies, reframed HR Policies and implemented.
• Monitoring salary and benefits to ensure a balance between cost controls and attracting & retaining staff. Develop an internal and external cross-functional network to keep up with latest trends and best practices.
• Supporting US Team to process the H1 B and L1 Visa. Responsible for legal issues and statutes related to Labor.
• Vendor selection and price negotiations, Follow-up & co-ordination with Sub-Vendors / consultants, conducting consultants meet so as to communicate the business requirement and profiles required for hiring.
• Conducting the final interview to analyze applicant’s qualifications for determining their suitability to match the business requirement, understanding their competencies, interest towards the job, making them understand their roles & responsibilities, gathering pre-closure information like candidate's present, expected compensation, notice period, relocation issues etc.
• Monitoring all technical Interviews, monitoring profile movement across the process, from shortlist to till selection. Offer negotiation with selected candidates and as well as salary normalization with current internal salaries of people at comparable levels along with post offer follow up. Background Verification, Retention and Employee Exit process.
• Coordinating with Administrative Department while On-boarding a new resource, participating in Induction program, introducing them to respective project team etc..
• As an Individual Contributor, I took the responsibility of closing some of the niche and senior positions by myself and updating the status to all the stakeholders on daily basis.
• Supporting Pre Sales team in doing a market survey in terms of resource availability in the market, target companies, salary band etc..
• Was able to set up the entire Product Development Team, Telecom Expense Management Team, Recruitment Team & Inside Sales & Business Development teams, from scratch.

• Played a critical role in setting up a new division within RGS which focuses only on the staffing needs for their prestigious customers, from ground zero.
• Actively involved in Business development, identifying new clients, writing proposals & meeting them, establishing contractual agreements.
• Managing complete recruitment cycle from requirement gathering, analyzing the requirements, sourcing relevant profiles through various channels like Job portals / Candidate Referrals / Internal Database and Screening and Short listing.
• Segregating the requirements among the team based on their experience, skills & strengths. Make them understand the requirements, work with the team in the process of screening and short listing quality profiles.
• Responsible for monitoring and driving the talent acquisition metrics: Cost per hire, time to fill, Client Satisfaction, Cost Avoidance and Pipeline creation.
• Conducting the preliminary telephonic interview to analyze applicant’s qualifications for determining their suitability to match with the client business requirement, understanding their competencies, interest towards the job, applicant’s technical skills & making them understand their roles & responsibilities, gathering pre-close information compensation & relocation issues.
• Sharing qualified profiles with the client, collecting feedback, End to end co-ordination of interviews between client and candidates, monitoring profile movement across the process till the final selection. Negotiation with the selected resources on Salary, joining date and relocation as well as post offer follow up with each candidate to ensure they join.
• Developing and maintaining weekly and monthly reports, updating the status to all the stakeholders.
• Clients served: Aztecsoft, JDA Software Group, Sonovision Aetos, Canarys Automations Pvt Ltd

• Sourcing the resumes through various channels like Job portals / Candidate Referrals / Internal Database and Screening and Short listing the profiles as per the domain, Technical Relevancy, Project Suitability.
• Conducting Initial Round of Interview and scheduling the next phase of Interview with the Technical Panel. Overlooking all technical Interviews, monitoring profile movement across the process, shortlists to the closure stage, Offer and Salary Negotiation.
• Post offers follow up with each candidate to ensure that all the candidates join positively.
• Developing and maintaining weekly and monthly reports.
• Clients served: ORACLE, SIEMENS INFORMATION SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT DYNAMICS

• Primary responsibility is to coordinate with our Manager / Team Lead for requirements, collect and shortlist candidate resumes as per the standard processes / specifications of the client, taking preliminary interview of candidates via telephone, making them understand job role also taking confirmation from them to forward their resume to client and pass their contacts to the client, end- to-end coordination of interviews.
• Full-fledged technical recruiting from sourcing resumes, to technically screening candidates, scheduling and following up till the candidate joins.
• Responsible for full time placements of IT professionals Recruitment via job portals (Naukri, Monster India and Jobs Ahead), Internal Database, Advertisements, Personal Networks, Employee referrals, for a large number of prestigious clients.
• Maintenance of organizations' databases according to various skills, experience, current location...etc and preparing Daily status report and monthly report.
• Also taking care of the entire Administration activities of the Bangalore Office.
• Clients served: ACCENTURE, WIPRO INFOTECH, BRISTLE CONE, CAP GEMINI, EDS, LEHMAN BROTHERS