ShivaKumar N

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India27 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 30 years of experience in talent acquisition.
  • Founder of innovative Interview as a Service platform.
  • Expert in recruitment processes and HR solutions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned HR and recruitment expert specializing in SaaS and talent acquisition.

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Skills

Core Skills

Interview As A ServiceRecruitingTalent AcquisitionExecutive SearchRpoHuman ResourcesBusiness Development

Other Skills

Account ManagementBenefits NegotiationBrand ManagementBusiness AnalysisCRMConsultingContingent HiringCross-functional Team LeadershipCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Employee EngagementEmployee RelationsHR AdvisoryIT Contract StaffingIT trainingKey Account Development

About

πŸš€ Meet Shivakumar: The Catalyst for Career Transformation! πŸš€ In the dynamic world of talent acquisition, experience speaks volumes. Enter Shivakumar, a seasoned veteran with an illustrious 30-Year journey weaving through Sales, Marketing, Recruitment, and Business Incubation processes. His footprints adorn the corridors of renowned entities like HP, TeamLease Services, and TASC Outsourcing UAE, among others. But he isn't just another corporate figure; he's the visionary architect behind RESOURCETREE GLOBAL SERVICES PVT LTD. With an innate knack for sculpting integrated HR solutions, he's reshaping the landscape of human capital development. From Executive Search to Diversity Hiring, RESOURCETREE offers a kaleidoscope of services, ensuring clients unearth the brightest talent gems. But that's not all! RESOURCETREE goes beyond conventional offerings with cutting-edge services like Interview as a Service (Improviu), redefining the recruitment game. His expertise doesn't stop at strategy; Shivakumar is a virtuoso in recruitment processes, mastering everything from RPO to Volume Hiring with finesse. His mission? To pave the way for over 100,000 careers, igniting the aspirations of countless professionals across the globe. But Shivakumar's impact extends beyond boardrooms and strategy sessions. A multifaceted individual, he thrives on sharing knowledge, be it as a forum speaker, an author penning insightful articles, or a perpetual learner exploring new skills. His love for art and music mirrors his creative approach to problem-solving, infusing every endeavor with passion and innovation. Behind the professional accolades lies a leader who not only dreams big but also delivers. He's not just about projects; he's about people – mentoring and guiding cross-functional teams to deliver transformative results, both in India and abroad. So, join Shivakumar on his quest to redefine talent acquisition, one career at a time. Together, let's embark on a journey of innovation, inspiration, and unparalleled impact. Are you ready to transform your career trajectory? The future awaits. πŸŒŸπŸ’Ό #CareerTransformation #HRInnovation #DreamBuilder πŸŒŸπŸ’Ό

Experience

Improviu

Founder (Director)

Jun 2024 – Present Β· 1 yr 9 mos Β· Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India Β· On-site

  • Interview as a Service - https://www.improviu.co.in
  • Use of Improviu for Organisations - https://www.improviu.co.in/organisations
  • Use of Improviu for Interviewers - https://www.improviu.co.in/interviewers
  • Use of Improviu for Candidates - https://www.improviu.co.in/candidates
  • Outsourcing interviews is becoming increasingly popular as businesses seek to improve operational efficiency. This strategic move allows hiring managers to focus on other critical tasks, rather than sifting through applications and conducting numerous interviews. "Improviu – Interview as a Service" offers a seamless solution to this challenge. By leveraging the expertise of over one hundred seasoned interviewers who have collectively conducted more than 5,000 interviews, companies can significantly enhance their recruitment processes. The benefits of using outsourced interviewing services include increased time efficiency, higher quality hires, faster recruitment cycles, and substantial cost savings. "Improviu" provides tailored interview services to meet your specific needs, greatly alleviating the burdens of the hiring process.
  • For many clients, this is an ideal solution as it alleviates hiring pain points and shortens recruitment timelines. Hiring managers become more productive by focusing on key deliverables instead of conducting multiple interview rounds, a task we handle for them. ResourceTree’s Interview Panel comprises skilled professionals with 5 to 30 years of industry experience. Currently, Improviu offers expertise in over 50 key IT skills. If a specific skill set is not available, we can arrange it within one week to meet your needs.
interview as a serviceHR AdvisoryRPOSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Business DevelopmentRecruiting+1

Resourcetree global services pvt ltd.

Founder (Director)

Jun 2020 – Present Β· 5 yrs 9 mos Β· Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • 🌍 Elevate Your Talent Acquisition with ResourceTree Global Services! 🌍
  • At ResourceTree, we prioritize Quality | Scalability | and Consistency in Human Resource Management, ensuring your organization gets top-tier talent, every time. Whether it's Executive Search, Mid-Senior Hiring, Diversity Hiring, or our unique Interview as a Service (IaaS) platform, we’ve got you covered!
  • With a proven track record across industries like IT, Healthcare, BFSI, Consulting, Real Estate, and Manufacturing, we specialize in leadership and mid-senior roles, identifying the best-fit candidates to drive your business forward.
  • βœ… Serving India, UAE, UK, and the US
  • βœ… Strong industry ties for effective talent scouting
  • βœ… Tailored recruitment models to meet your commercial needs
  • From head-hunting to post-offer follow-ups, we ensure a smooth hiring process, reducing early flight risks and strengthening onboarding. Let us help you build a diverse, high-performing team!
  • πŸ“§ Contact us at: info@resourcetree.co.in
  • πŸ“ž Call us: (+91) 6366013922
  • Let’s shape the future of your workforce together! πŸ’Ό #HR #TalentAcquisition #DiversityHiring #ExecutiveSearch
RPOSoftware as a Service (SaaS)interview as a serviceHR AdvisoryHuman ResourcesTalent Acquisition+1

New era india

Senior Vice President

Jan 2019 – Jun 2020 Β· 1 yr 5 mos Β· Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • "Enabling Success" to the Customer, Candidates and Community is the Key mission which Shiva has taken up with his role with Newera India (enworld India).
  • He was responsible for the P&L with service offerings of RPO (Recruitment process outsourcing), Permanent hiring in industry sectors such as IT, Engineering, Embedded, Semiconductor, Product development, E-commerce, Banking, Fintech, Pharma, Manufacturing and other.
  • He was also overseeing the Sales, Marketing and PR aspects of the organisations along with new initiatives.
RPOSalesMarketingPR

Teamlease services limited

2 roles

Business Head (Industry sector - Services)

Apr 2018 – Dec 2018 Β· 8 mos

  • Shiva heads the Business Vertical - "Services" which encompasses industries such as Telecom, Consulting, E-Commerce, Education, KPO / BPO, Media & Entertainment, Healthcare, Logistics, Travel and Tourism, Hospitality & Facility, Retail, Aviation and others. He is responsible for the P&L and service delivery of recruitment in this segment Pan India. His role is to enable opportunities identified and offer long-term recruitment solutions to organisation with the service offerings of TeamLease Services Ltd. Such as Leadership hiring, RPO, Lateral hiring, Recruiter on Demand
Leadership hiringRPOLateral hiringRecruiting

Business Head RPO

Jun 2015 – Mar 2018 Β· 2 yrs 9 mos

  • TeamLease Permanent Recruitment services include Executive Search, Contingent Hiring, Talent Exports as well as Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) - Project RPO, Process RPO, Enterprise RPO, Recruiter on Demand
  • Shivakumar has the below responsibilities with the Current role.
  • Leading the P&L responsibility for Vertical - Services for Pan India
  • Sector consist of hiring for Telecom, E-commerce, Education, Retail, Logistics, Travel and Tourism, Media and Entertainment and others.
  • Create valuable association with organisation on catering to their organisational hiring needs
  • Building hiring competency in each of the industry to enable People Vs Job synergy
  • Nurture internal team across Regions - North, South, West
  • Conceptualizing various recruitment propositions suiting the customized need of organisation
  • Building sustained recruitment capablities
  • Previous Roles and Responsibility:-
  • Responsible for Inception and growth of RPO Business vertical Pan India
  • Mentored multiple RPO s in various locations
  • Business Development, Client acquisition, Project delivery planning, Resource allocation, Information system, Compliance, Billing, Client engagement, Marketing
  • Creating Customised solutions for Recruitment needs of clients
  • Creating RPO awareness by various Marketing activities, Events, Collateral, Digital Marketing and Media
Executive SearchContingent HiringRPORecruiting

Tasc outsourcing llc

Country Head - India

Sep 2012 – Feb 2015 Β· 2 yrs 5 mos Β· Bangalore, Dubai

  • Responsible for Incubating & Mentoring India Delivery Centre with sustained profitability and agility for the contract staffing business for UAE region
  • Formulating annual business plan (Budgeting – Revenue and cost functions)
  • Rich Experience in the Nuances of Middle-East recruitment
  • Account management of Large accounts with multiple hiring needs
  • Executing various creative and need based sourcing strategies for complex, Niche, Volume based, Multi- nationality requirements
  • Formulating employee productivity matrix (KPI’s) incentive policies, Recognition and rewards, Employee engagement programs for higher productivity
  • Client Management, Escalation control, Client Satisfaction surveys, RFP response and bids
  • Created industry specific skill competencies across IT / Retail / Banking / Telecom / O&G and other verticals
  • System and Process Automation with Integration with various departments
  • Spearheading new business verticals to make Strategies, Business plans and roll out projects
  • Innovations – Incremental and Disruptive in various aspects of process and functions
  • Formulating Various Employee HR policies and procedures, Employee Engagement, Retention programs, Improvement of service levels in Recruitment processes
contract staffingclient managementemployee engagementRecruiting

Hewlett-packard

Head Resource Management

Dec 2011 – Sep 2012 Β· 9 mos Β· Bangalore

  • Head the Resource Management division for HP Application Global Delivery (India)
  • The responsibilities are to cater to the overall needs of Human capital against the demand of the organization.
  • Strategic Forecasting of Quarterly organizational demand
  • Interact with multiple Delivery teams and Provide staffing guideline to the projects based on the pyramid and Projected FTE Walk through
  • Head the Contract workforce recruitment across Apps GD India
  • Based on Project Kick off, plan and implement resource allocation and initiate external hiring
  • Efficient management and mitigation of Bench through resource fitment, Training and deployment
  • Manage internal sourcing through specific recruitment events, Bench, Rampdown Partially billed resources
  • Liaise between the PMO, Delivery Managers, Talent Acquisition to assign proper and effective resources for customer projects as well as being tasked with managing fulfillment for multiple Demands
  • Effectively monitor and drive capacity planning and demand approval and management.
  • Skills management and custodian with learning & development and projected forecast
resource managementstaffing guidelinescapacity planningHuman Resources

Qsource global consulting pvt ltd

2 roles

General Manager

Dec 2006 – Nov 2011 Β· 4 yrs 11 mos

  • IT Contract Staffing services, RPO
IT Contract StaffingRPORecruiting

Sr. Manager

Dec 2006 – Oct 2009 Β· 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Responsible for ascertaining organizational profitability by forecasting and achieving revenue targets of the organization by Developing recruitment strategies and annual processes to ensure the timely submission, appraisal and approval of scheme delivery/business plans.
  • . Provide Strategies on Risk mitigation, Revenues and growth on Human Capital
  • . Allocating projects to teams, Accountability of capacity and skills within the team
  • . Determining governance structures through adherence of suitable quality processes for recruitments
  • . Providing management and leadership to the recruitment Teams with coaching, mentoring and professional development as necessary, maintaining an overview of the team's performance and that of individuals and achieving a steep change in the team's delivering capabilities
  • . Designing multiple offerings to generate additional revenues from existing and new Clients
  • . Ensure seamless recruitment patterns through multi-pronged approach in coordination with multiple delivery teams across India.
revenue targetsrecruitment strategiesRecruiting

Stg international limited

Regional Business Development Manager

Oct 2000 – Dec 2006 Β· 6 yrs 2 mos Β· Greater Chennai Area

  • Business Development - IT Training (Microsoft, Redhat, IBM, Sun, Novell, Oracle)
business developmentIT trainingBusiness Development

Globus

Operations Manager

Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 Β· 1 yr

Sterling holiday resorts limited

Sales Manager

Jan 1995 – Jan 1997 Β· 2 yrs Β· Greater Chennai Area

Education

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Executive Education Program β€” Strategy and Leadership in VUCA world

Jan 2020 – Jan 2020

Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies

M.B.A β€” Human Resource & International marketing

Jan 2001 – Jan 2003

Madras University

M.A. Economics β€” Economics

Jan 1993 – Jan 1995

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