Dedicated Talent Acquisition Specialist successful at managing full recruitment life cycle. Develops and implements customized strategies to meet specific position requirements and source qualified candidates. Offering 8.5 years of recruitment strategy development.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Consultant – HR
Virtusa Consulting Services
07.2022 - Current
Currently working for Banking & Financial Services: Clients like PNC, BNYM, FIL, Morgan Stanly, JPMC, Citibank, BMO
Significant experience in recruiting technical; middle to senior level professionals across varied skill sets along with functional expertise
Generating profiles across all Recruitment Channels – Job Portals, employee referrals, database, LinkedIn
Working into complete recruitment with client Demand Analysis on open positions forecast & trends for the short term & mid-term demand forecast
Stakeholder's management, synchronizing requirements with business, calibrating business/ stakeholders about availability of candidate pool in market, redefining technical selection parameters and escalation management
Making effective use of ER campaign
Plan and strategize large recruitment drive to meet the rising open demands in the organization, with walk-in & virtual interviews
Responsible for articulating and negotiating job offers with candidates and clearly communicating all aspects of offer including salary, benefits, bonuses, relocations, etc
Experience in working with tools like Taleo, Veriklick, Phenom CRM
Expertise in managing post offer candidate engagement to seamless onboarding
Guiding and mentoring new team members to comply with best HR/Recruitment practices.
Executive - Recruitment
Cognizant Technology Solutions
10.2020 - 07.2022
Roles and Responsibilities: Was working for Cognizant Infrastructure Services (CIS) (Banking Financial Insurance (BFSI), Microsoft Business Group (MBG)
Responsible for hiring within cognizant infra skills like Linux Admin, Oracle DBA, As400 Developer/Admin, DevOps Engineers, Desktop Support roles, Mainframe Developer/Admin and other infra skills
EAS MBG Skills: Dynamics 365 CRM, Dynamics F&O functional/technical
Collaborated with Hiring managers/Leaders for demand forecasting, workforce planning and formulate hiring strategies accordingly
Expertise in creating candidate pipeline through research and proactively creating pipelines
Responsible for candidate prescreening, HR interviews and managing end-end recruitment process
Coordinating region/skill wise walk-in/virtual drives and hiring huge volume of local talents according to HM needs
Experience in creating offer proposals, explaining compensation & benefits to candidates
Able to solve and provide solutions for challenging hiring situations through market data & intelligence.
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Day N Day Services (Cognizant Technology Solutions)
01.2019 - 05.2020
Roles & Responsibilities: Currently working for Cognizant Infrastructure Services (CIS) practice
Responsible for COE (Central of Excellence) hiring within cognizant cloud practice skill sets includes Azure Architect (IaaS/PaaS), Azure DevOps Architect, Docker/Kubernetes expert, AWS Architect, AWS DevOps Architect, AWS Terraform Engineer
Collaborated with Hiring managers/Leaders for demand forecasting, workforce planning and formulate hiring strategies accordingly
Expertise in creating candidate pipeline through research and proactively creating pipelines
Responsible for candidate prescreening, HR interviews and managing end-end recruitment process
Coordinating region/skill wise walk-in/virtual drives and hiring huge volume of local talents according to HM needs
Experience in creating offer proposals, explaining compensation & benefits to candidates
Expertise in managing post offer candidate engagement to seamless onboarding
Responsible for system adherence and compliance
Able to solve and provide solutions for challenging hiring situations through market data & intelligence
Expertise in VMS (Vendor Management System).
Sr. Technical Recruiter
IT Trailblazers LLC/ Cortex Consultants
02.2017 - 01.2019
Roles & Responsibilities: Expertise in staffing and full desk recruiting experience with multinational companies
Proven track record of sourcing, qualifying, and closing IT requirements (contract, contract to hire and permanent)
Having wide range of experience in working with both system integrators like (Virtusa Corporation, TCS, Capgemini,Liquid Hub, Infosys, ITC InfoTech, Aricent) and direct clients (DSM, Quintiles IMS)
Experienced in working with Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, BFSI, Semiconductor companies
Performed database searches on LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri,indeed, and Monster to source qualified IT Professionals
Handled all IT Technologies involving combination of complex skill sets and rare technologies
Conducting interviews with consultants and short-listing consultants
Co-ordination for interview set up & follow up with candidates
Responsible for mentoring junior recruiters.
Technical Recruiter
Pan Asia HR Solutions, A Pan Asia Group of Company
09.2015 - 02.2017
Roles & Responsibilities: Having experience in working with clients like Aricent, Microland, Sasken, Tata Elxsi, Wipro, Global Logic, Tata Communications, Cambridge Investment Group, Capital One, Plymouth Rock Energy etc
Recruited candidates according to client domains like Insurance, Banking, Financial, Pharmaceuticals, Telecommunications, Networking, Retail, etc
I worked with IT consultants of various experience levels on Java/J2ee, Big data, Mobile Development and Testing, Networking, Infrastructure, Oracle, SAP, Data warehousing, UI Development, Embedded Design, Build and Release, Desktop Support, E-Commerce etc
In Depth knowledge & Experience using internet search engines & Job portals such as: Naukri, Monster, Ladders, indeed, Job Diva, Source Hub, Google Search, 3G Wireless Job, Craigslist and social network like LinkedIn
Experience in recruiting across all technologies and levels (Junior/Middle/Senior) from Programmers to Project Managers, Developers, DBA's, Architects, etc
Short listing Candidates and arranging interviews, reviewed all resumes, identified potential candidates, and pre-screened them using a questionnaire
Scheduling candidates for face to face/ telephonic interview; establishing close contact with candidates to ensure participation in interview
Negotiate salaries/rate in accordance with company's approved policies and procedures
Follow up with candidates, vendors, accounts executive, and clients as required
Coordinating with consultants by giving proper updates till MSA has been signed and involved in successfully delivering consultant to client.
Education
Bachelors of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics Engineering Technologies
Vel Tech Multi Tech Engineering College
05.2014
Skills
Sourcing and Recruitment
Candidate Assessment
Employer Branding
Market Knowledge
Relationship Building
Negotiation Skills
Diversity and Inclusion
Certification
Excel with LinkedIn Recruiter Assessment, 08/01/21
Languages
English
Tamil
Telugu
Hindi
Timeline
Consultant – HR
Virtusa Consulting Services
07.2022 - Current
Executive - Recruitment
Cognizant Technology Solutions
10.2020 - 07.2022
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Day N Day Services (Cognizant Technology Solutions)
01.2019 - 05.2020
Sr. Technical Recruiter
IT Trailblazers LLC/ Cortex Consultants
02.2017 - 01.2019
Technical Recruiter
Pan Asia HR Solutions, A Pan Asia Group of Company
09.2015 - 02.2017
Bachelors of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics Engineering Technologies