Talent Acquisition Partner with over 11 years of experience in seamlessly driving talent recruiting & TA strategies, Leadership hiring, Talent Mapping, Global hiring, Product hiring, Business partnering, Talent Branding, Employee Referral Program & Candidate Experience.
Currently associated with Amazon Development Centre. A keen communicator with honed problem solving and analytical abilities, ability to make independent decisions, within the parameters of the role and ability to plan, prioritize and organize own work/resources to achieve agreed objectives. Possess the ability to work flexibly, autonomously but recognizing responsibility boundaries and switch between different levels of responsibility
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Recruiter-Campus Hiring
Amazon Development Centre
12.2023 - Current
Enhanced candidate pipeline by utilizing various sourcing strategies, including social media, networking events, and job postings.
Provided exceptional support to candidates throughout the interview process, leading to positive feedback and increased offer acceptance rates.
Leveraged advanced search techniques and Boolean logic to effectively source passive candidates from various online platforms.
Operated and maintained applicant tracking and candidate management systems.
end-to-end hiring activities across some of our most critical business areas across the India region, partnering closely with Coordination, Onboarding, and Sourcing.
Developed and implemented an effective campus recruiting strategy for India, aligned with hiring needs and business goals.
Identify target universities and colleges for talent acquisition efforts.
Build and maintain a strong employer brand on campus.
Managed full cycle recruiting efforts for interns and intern conversions for specific business units and drive to a minimum of 70% conversion rate for all eligible students.
Consult with hiring managers to set expectations, align on required skills, and advise on program details.
Cultivate and maintain relationships with key university contacts, faculty, and career services.
Streamlined recruitment processes for increased efficiency and improved candidate experience.
Trained junior recruiters on best practices for sourcing, interviewing, and candidate management.
Senior Recruiter- Leadership Hiring
Feuji Software Solutions
01.2023 - 12.2023
Provided exceptional support to candidates throughout the interview process, leading to positive feedback and increased offer acceptance rates.
Leveraged advanced search techniques and Boolean logic to effectively source passive candidates from various online platforms.
Implemented innovative recruiting techniques to attract top talent in a competitive market.
Fostered positive candidate experiences through transparent communication throughout the recruiting process.
Conducted thorough candidate screenings, resulting in higher quality interviews and placements.
Negotiated favorable compensation packages for new hires, ensuring company remained an attractive employer of choice.
Reduced time-to-fill metrics by implementing efficient applicant tracking systems and prioritizing high-impact roles.
Maintained up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and labor market data to inform recruitment strategies accordingly.
Built strong relationships with internal and external candidates to ensure an excellent hiring experience.
Collaborated with internal teams to continuously improve recruitment processes and execute as efficiently as possible.
Full Life Cycle Recruiter
Amazon Development Center
06.2020 - 12.2022
Enhanced recruitment process for faster hiring by utilizing various sourcing tools such as job boards, social media, and networking events.
Conducted phone interviews to assess applicants relevant knowledge, skills, experience and aptitudes.
Coordinated schedules to arrange management interviews with applicants.
Negotiated competitive salary packages with candidates, resulting in successful offers and acceptances.
Managed high-volume requisitions in a timely manner to meet client staffing needs efficiently.
Collaborated with hiring managers to understand job requirements and expectations.
Improved employee retention rates through thorough candidate screening and interview techniques.
Partnered with other Recruiters and Recruiting Leaders to bring a holistic hiring picture to the leaders you support.
Driven recruitment strategy by using market data and other metrics to create a narrative and educate hiring leaders on best practices, process and opportunity areas.
Identify opportunity areas and create scalable solutions that will improve the broader Recruiting team with the right level of collaboration and visibility to leadership and appropriate partners.
Collaborated with HR leadership regarding candidate salary determinations.
Evaluated strengths and weaknesses of candidates through effective screening processes.
Talent Acquisition Consultant
Mercedes Benz R&D Bangalore
05.2018 - 06.2020
Manage the entire recruiting process, from requisition initiation to coordinating, shortlisting quality profiles, identifying the right candidate, acceptance of offer and final placement, from discussing the opportunity, negotiating compensation, coordinating interviews, liaison, follow-up, placement & delivery. For ITI/GD & ITI/GS Departments.
Evaluating the requirements of the Business units / groups and strategizing on the hiring front
Hands on hiring through Social media tools- LinkedIn, GitHub, Quota, Facebook.
Worked on Niche Skills like , SAP Hiring , Information Security , Data Science, IoT, Machine Learning,
Network Security, Infrastructure, SCCM, Windows, Automation Skills like SALT, Terraform, Ansible, all SAP Technologies., Cloud technologies (Azure ,AWS), Hot skills like : Kubernetes Architects, CA API Gateways , Project Managers, Salesforce , Devops Architect, Full Stack Developers, Big data Developer/Architects.
Preparing the Dashboards for Stakeholders for the quarterly reviews.
Working Closely with Vice President on the leadership Hiring
Involved in PV45 Assessment to hire the Leadership profiles
Also been an Part of Diversity Hiring (She @ MBRDI) , Successfully reached the target of hiring women for the major roles
Closed nearly 100 Positions in 3 quarters.
Connecting with Compensation & benefits team for Market Mapping and working on the job families.
Working Closely with HRBP, to know about the employee engagements.
Handled External conversions to the payroll involved in the process on continuous follow up with Legal team.
Onboarding:
Making Sure, the business will not affect due to late joining or relocations
Informing the onboarding team Prior changes
Make Sure BGV and medicals are positive before the Candidate onboard
Recruiter
ABB Global Industries & Services Ltd. Bangalore
08.2017 - 05.2018
Manage the entire recruiting process, from requisition initiation to coordinating with sourcing team, shortlisting quality profiles, identifying the right candidate, acceptance of offer and final placement, from discussing the opportunity, negotiating compensation, coordinating interviews, liaison, follow-up, placement & delivery. For GBS (Global Business Services).
Acting as an individual contributor and leading the 2-member team which supports the GBS functions.
Working on the future road maps and initiatives on the RACI to make team strengthen in all
Areas of recruitment. Conduct in-depth interviews to determine candidate’s skills, experiences, and abilities.
Handled different functions in GBS- Finance, HR, SCM, IS (information systems)
Keeping the stakeholder up-to-date on the market analysis.
Made few ideas for hiring Diversity hiring
Achievements:
working directly with the global leaders and hiring the leadership positions.
Had implemented the in-house sourcing& techniques and reduced the cost of vendor
Staffing Advisor
Hewlett Packard Enterprises, DXC Technologies
01.2016 - 07.2017
Manage the entire recruiting process, from requisition initiation to coordinating with sourcing team, shortlisting quality profiles, identifying the right candidate, acceptance of offer and final placement, from discussing the opportunity, negotiating compensation, coordinating interviews, liaison, follow-up, placement & delivery. For Different departments like ES and R&D.
To attract & hire best talents across industries & locations. On-boarding the resources by taking care of cost, quality & time specification and deploying them in to the related projects
Coordinating with the sourcing team to attract maximum quality applicants and to make a good match of skill, role, organizational needs and employee aspiration
Working alongside with the Sourcing team and make best utilization of sourcing tools like: – Job Posting (Company website & Job portal), Mass mailers, Internal database, Employee referrals, Networking, Head hunting, Fetching resume from various Job portals.
Extensively pre-screening resumes and shortlisting quality profiles by engaging in initial telephonic HR interview.
Analyzing authentication of resume, evaluating technical expertise, behavioural assessment, communication skills, attitude, and confidence level, reason/need/urge for change, career objective, expectation level, minimum joining time & relocation status.
Co-ordinate with Hiring Managers for interview scheduling. Set up technical interview for shortlisted and appropriate candidates with project manager of related competency, coordinate with the interview team and the candidates till the final round, receiving feedback, closure and joining formalities.
Conducting competency-based interviews – cultural adaptability, motivation, stability, skills and competencies and other business specific attributes.
Strong negotiation skills with candidates and to bring unreasonable expectations down.
Generation of offer letter to the selected candidates.
Post offer follow-up with identified candidates and to keep them warm up till final joining
Taking complete ownership of closing & successful joining of Candidates by deadline
On boarding/ Joining Documentation:
Getting all pre-& post joining papers properly filled up & duly singed by candidate
Providing offer letter to the finally selected candidates and providing appointment letter after joining
Ensure proper documentation, maintenance and updating of employee records time to time.
Database & MIS Management:
Managing & Upgrading Employee Database from Time to time
Preparing daily, weekly, monthly MIS Report and sending it to the Staffing Manager.
Walk-in drives in various locations.
Reducing the Turnaround Time in recruiting responses. Ensure proper delivery of right resources by deadlines. Strategize and plan on how the requirements can be closed well within the given requirement.
Experience in Hiring best resources in IT, ITES with good understanding of different types of Job profiles on various levels.
Achievements:
Consistently met challenging targets
Successfully hired candidates in niche skills.
Hired people in multiple levels.
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Blue Ocean Ventures
04.2015 - 12.2015
In charge of the full life cycle process for recruitment and placement of contract &Fulltime consultants for national accounts such as TCS, Wipro, Infosys. Interacted with Account Managers to discuss job requirements, candidate qualifications and recruiting strategies. Conduct Full-cycle Recruiting, which includes research, locating, screening, interviewing, negotiating and closing candidates. Scheduled interviews for candidates to meet with hiring managers. Regularly performed Internet recruiting using DICE, MONSTER, CAREERBUILDER, LinkedIn etc. Found resources through cold-calling.
Background in technical recruiting: including interviewing, screening, evaluation, placement and follow-up. Successfully increase profit margins, expand market position, meet strategic objectives and ensure client satisfaction through aggressive programs in highly competitive markets.
Consistently recognized by management and clients for exceptional talents in troubleshooting, problem resolution and interpersonal communications. Capable of handling multiple tasks with outstanding results in a high volume, fast paced environment. Demonstrated track record of identifying and sourcing top IT professionals. Possess excellent negotiation skills. Knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint. Experience with ATS (Applicant Tracking System) Job Diva.
· Responsible for recruitment and placement of IT professionals, engineering, and technical professionals for both contract and direct hire positions.
Involved in Full Life Cycle of Information Technology including sourcing, identifying, screening, formatting and placing personnel in quick turnaround time for contract and contract-to-hire positions in IT industry throughout the United-States.
Recruit in such disciplines as follows: Engineers: Software Developers, Java/J2EE, C# .NET, QA Testers. DBA's: Programmers/ Analyst, Administrators, Web/Data programmer, Project Managers, Architects, Practice Heads,
Managers, Architects, Systems Implementation, Network Service Technician.
Working on C2C and C2H type requirements only
Good understanding on tax terms: W2, 1099 and C2C
Good hands on working experiences with H1-B, EAD, GC, and US Citizen Candidates Updating contact information for candidates and employees regularly in Word/Excel sheet and keeping close contact with them
IT Recruiter
USM Business Systems
01.2013 - 02.2015
Responsible for full life cycle recruiting of contract technology professionals
Utilize Internet, personal database, networking and referral sourcing to recruit Business Analysts, Project Managers, Programmers / Developers and Software Engineers
Posting the job requirements on various job sites to identify the right candidates.
Scanning all the resumes, involving in initial screening and maintained a resume database.
Conduct in-depth interviews to determine candidates’ skills, experiences, and abilities
Prepare, correct and tailor resumes to match client’s standards and needs
Manage candidate and client expectations throughout the interview and hiring process
Determine and set bill rates, pay rates, and margins
Sourced candidates through internal database and job boards
Having extensive experience in using job Portals/boards like Dice, Monster, Corp-Corp,
Maintaining relationships with candidates throughout the process.
Managed a recruiting pipeline for future hiring needs.
Qualify and negotiated contracts with W2, 1099 & Corp to Corp.
Regular follow-up with the candidates and Account managers till the purchase
Education
Bachelor of Science - Instrumentation Engineering
Gitam University
Visakhapatnam, India
04.2001 -
Skills
Boolean Search Techniques
Salary and benefits negotiations
Applicant Tracking Systems
Social Media Recruiting
Database Management
Performance Appraisal
Compensation
Diversity Hiring
Timeline
Senior Recruiter-Campus Hiring
Amazon Development Centre
12.2023 - Current
Senior Recruiter- Leadership Hiring
Feuji Software Solutions
01.2023 - 12.2023
Full Life Cycle Recruiter
Amazon Development Center
06.2020 - 12.2022
Talent Acquisition Consultant
Mercedes Benz R&D Bangalore
05.2018 - 06.2020
Recruiter
ABB Global Industries & Services Ltd. Bangalore
08.2017 - 05.2018
Staffing Advisor
Hewlett Packard Enterprises, DXC Technologies
01.2016 - 07.2017
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Blue Ocean Ventures
04.2015 - 12.2015
IT Recruiter
USM Business Systems
01.2013 - 02.2015
Bachelor of Science - Instrumentation Engineering
Gitam University
04.2001 -
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