Venkatragavan. N

• Led end-to-end recruitment processes for senior and executive-level IT positions.
• Collaborated with hiring managers to understand requirements and align recruitment strategies with organizational goals.
• Utilized various sourcing methods to identify, engage, and assess high-caliber IT professionals.
• Conducted in-depth interviews, technical assessments, and reference checks to evaluate candidates' suitability.
• Experienced in working with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to streamline recruitment processes.
• Stayed abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and market conditions to inform recruitment strategies.
• Built and maintained strong relationships with hiring managers, department heads, and key stakeholders.
• Acted as a strategic partner, providing expertise on market trends, talent availability, and best practices in IT recruitment.
• Championed a positive candidate experience through clear communication, transparency, and timely feedback.
• Utilized recruitment metrics and analytics, including ATS data, to evaluate strategy effectiveness and optimize talent acquisition processes.

Key Achievements:

• Successfully recruited for a variety of IT positions, ranging from mid to executive levels.
• Provided valuable market insights contributing to the competitiveness of the organization in attracting top IT talent.
• Enhanced the positive employer brand through a focus on the candidate experience.
• Implemented and optimized ATS usage to improve recruitment efficiency.

• Headed recruitment efforts across PAN India, Middle East, and South East Asia.
• Orchestrated the end-to-end hiring and recruitment life cycle, strategically sourcing top talent from diverse channels.
• Leveraged platforms such as job portals, LinkedIn Recruiter, social networking sites, referrals, and job postings for candidate identification.
• Conducted preliminary interviews, negotiations, and extensive screenings to ensure the selection of qualified candidates.
• Cultivated a robust network on LinkedIn and other professional media, fostering connections across diverse sectors.
• Exhibited expertise in Job Melas, Bulk Hiring, and Lateral Hiring.
• Successfully managed Vendor Relationships and played a pivotal role in salary negotiations and candidate background verifications.
• Collaborated with functional heads and management for seamless execution of the recruitment process, actively participating in hiring decisions.
• Traveled extensively across PAN India for mobilization, training, demobilization, and other business requirements.
• Oversaw the Staffing Dashboard weekly to monitor and assess recruitment activities.
• Issued Offer and Appointment Letters to newly hired employees, ensuring compliance with company policies.
• Developed and maintained the company's salary structure, job documentation, and job evaluation systems.
• Established and managed comprehensive databases/files/records for employee details.
• Prepared and presented daily, weekly, and monthly MIS reports.
• Managed Joining and Exit formalities, including the issuance of experience certificates, address proof certificates, etc.

Employee Induction & Employee Relations:

• Conducted onboarding formalities and coordinated with IT and Admin teams to facilitate logistics for new joiners.
• Devised and executed comprehensive induction programs, ensuring a smooth transition for new employees.
• Handled documentation verification and personal file creation for new joiners.
• Addressed employee concerns and grievances, fostering a positive work environment.
• Organized monthly birthday celebrations and engagement events, enhancing the workplace culture.

Industry Recruitment Expertise:

• Demonstrated proficiency in handling recruitment across multiple industries, including Construction, Infrastructure, Pharma, Logistics, and Import & Export, as well as Shipping.

Key Responsibilities:

• Led end-to-end sourcing, recruiting, and interviewing of candidates through various channels, including job portals, consultants, employee referrals, campus recruitment, and networking sites.
• Managed the full life cycle of recruitment and selection, including job posting, resume screening, interview coordination, salary negotiation, and reference checking.
• Designed, implemented, and managed salary classifications while actively participating in salary negotiations.
• Spearheaded the recruitment process, supporting employee integration through knowledge sharing and teamwork.
• Maintained recruitment dashboards and conducted employee engagement activities to ensure a 100% retention rate.
• Implemented a comprehensive Performance Management System (PMS), competency, and compensation framework to support business objectives and build robust recruitment and engagement processes.
• Ensured coordination with pre-joining and post-joining recruitment procedures, selecting the best individuals for power supply consulting roles.
• Managed daily attendance, leave administration, and assisted in administering benefits, HR programs, and leave of absences.
• Interacted with the networking department during new employee onboarding and prepared appointment letters.
• Planned orientation sessions on new HR policies and programs.
• Developed onboarding orientation programs and materials for a smooth transition and successful incorporation of employees within the organization.
• Conducted exit interviews and participated in terminations, arranging experience certificates, relieving letters, and releasing full & final settlements.
• Surveyed organizational employees to assess motivation, expectations, and grievances for remediation.
• Acted as a single point of contact for employee queries and actions.
• Coordinated with top management in framing and reframing company policies, communicating the same to employees.
• Maintained employee databases and fostered vendor relations through constant efforts.
• Revised employee databases to correlate with providers' monthly statements.
• Worked closely with HR and Legal departments to ensure compliance and consistency.

Industry Experience:

• Specialized in hiring for E-learning and IT recruitment, showcasing a deep understanding of the unique requirements and dynamics of these sectors.

Achievements:

• Received the Employee of the Year Award for reducing Turnaround Time (TaT) in June ’17.
• Successfully led a team of two individuals.
• Ensured recruitment, training, development, and retention of high-quality staff, monitoring achievement of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to identify and implement training requirements.
• Increased retention rates and employee engagement by initiating and implementing an extensive onboarding process for new hires from around the region.
• Conducted employment interviews and termination exit interviews, compiling and distributing acquired information.
• Forecasted manpower requirements and attracted applicants through job advertisements, recruiter contacts, newsgroups, and job sites.
• Performed general human resources functions, including new hire orientations, payroll, employee communications, and employee relations.
• Resolved employee benefit issues and employee relations issues, ensuring clearance of no-dues and removal of resigned employees from the database, making them inactive in the system.

• Forecasted manpower requirements and attracted applicants by strategically placing job advertisements, reaching out to recruiters, engaging with newsgroups, and leveraging job sites.
• Executed general human resources functions, encompassing new hire orientations, payroll administration, employee communications, and managing employee relations.
• Ensured strict adherence to company policies and procedures, identifying and resolving system problems, including timekeeping and payroll database updates.
• Generated ESI and EPF numbers for new candidates, maintained employee attendance using Biometric Fingerprint, and facilitated the generation of attendance logs for seamless payroll processing.
• Resolved employee benefit issues and employee relations matters, overseeing the clearance of no-dues and the removal of resigned employees from the database, marking them as inactive in the system.

Highlights:

• Conducted comprehensive new hire orientations to ensure employees had a clear understanding of company culture, rules, and benefit provisions.
• Monitored and tracked employee performance to achieve targets, evaluating performance through appraisal cycles.
• Successfully managed six branches in the Chennai region, overseeing HR activities in alignment with statutory compliances.