Nov 2021 – May 2022 · 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Affinidi is founded by Temasek, a global investment firm headquartered in Singapore.
• Affinidi is building technology solutions to promote the growth of a Self-Sovereign Identity-enabled (SSI) ecosystem
• Define and execute on the recruitment strategy for our India hub
• Directly source high calibre technical talent using tools like LinkedIn, GitHub, StackOverflow to name a few
• Manage the end of end recruitment process from direct sourcing, interviewing, and offer negotiation
• Partner with a variety of hiring managers to create robust interview processes
• Articulate company culture and values throughout recruiting process
• Use data and metrics to measure our performance and provide insights on how we can improve our recruiting efforts
• Build talent pools of candidates for key disciplines like Product and Engineering
• Develop and implement a delightful candidate experience
• Partner with our global Talent Team and work on key strategic projects

Jul 2019 – Nov 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Worked with multiple startup clients from San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA, Sydney, NSW with their sourcing and recruitment requests.
• Worked with Fortune 500 clients for their staffing needs
• Responsible for signing the necessary contracts.
• Closed various Technical positions and Non-Technical positions.
• Responsible for generating invoice depending on the timesheet of candidates or for the number of hours spend on sourcing projects.

Jul 2018 – Jul 2019 · 1 yr · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• As the 1st hire in the RPO Module I was responsible for:
• Creating and executing strategies to identify potential RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) clients using aggressive lead generation and marketing techniques.
• Generate leads, make cold calls, go B2B, and set meetings to establish new business both locally and internationally.
• Build and maintain relationships with potential and active clients to effectively grow business.
• Develop a team of recruiters and hold them accountable for setting and hitting their goals and activity metrics.
• Qualify job orders and review them with the team, to ensure success submissions. Negotiate contracts with potential clients.
• Develop a community presence by networking with local leaders and associations.
• Work closely with teammates to identify, assess, and service current and new accounts.
• Sourcing, pre-screen job applicants and negotiate rates if required.
• Interact with clients and obtain required documents and contract for RPO.
• Do hands-on full cycle recruitment right from sourcing, screening to Submitting candidates to the client.

Oct 2017 – May 2018 · 7 mos · Gurgaon, India

• As a Sourcing/ Recruiting Consultant, I am responsible for proactively identifying and assessing technical talent for Vaco, which includes making recommendations to and executing the internal recruitment strategy. I report to the lead recruiter and support a team of recruiters and account managers with the objective of increasing the candidate pipeline through assessing qualifications and discussing appropriate opportunities with candidates.
• Source candidates using internal tools, Boolean searches and web sourcing.
• Review resumes and credentials for appropriateness of skills, experience, and knowledge in relation to position requirements
• Work closely with the senior recruiters to develop and execute tactical sourcing strategies aimed at generating candidate flow to meet overall recruiting goals
• Call, email, screen and qualify technical candidates and assist them through the recruitment process.
• Implement a consistent screening process for all candidates
• Ensure consistent communication regarding candidate search.
• Track, analyze and report candidate pipeline status, recruiting trends, and key performance indicators

Oct 2015 – May 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos · Noida Area, India

• Work directly with hiring managers and decision makers of the organisation.
• Short listing of resumes ranging from trainee to VP/ Director & arranging their interviews.
• Handling first round of HR Interview in order to judge the candidate's suitability, Attitude, Academic & professional qualifications, experience, communication skills etc before putting up to the technical panel.
• Developing and implementing different candidate sourcing strategies.
• Briefing the candidates about the job profile, salary package, organization, etc.
• Salary negotiation with successful candidates
• Obtain references and carry out reference checks, escalating issues as appropriate.
• Review and monitor recruitment strategies on a periodic basis.
• Report directly to Joint Managing Director/ Recruitment Head.

Sep 2014 – Oct 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Source high quality candidates using various Internet-based sourcing techniques: job boards, web crawlers, search engines, social networking tools, university alumni sites, blogs, local organizations websites, discussion groups, and public and proprietary resume databases.
• Search and short-list candidates from various job sites, social networks, and public and proprietary databases and also directly via search engines using different search techniques such as Boolean strings and AIRS (Advanced Internet Research Skills).
• Mostly work on Software, Legal and Sales & Marketing industry.
• Thorough knowledge of sourcing process for different employment statuses like W2, Corp-to-Corp, 1099 and for U.S. Citizens, GC, H1B, TN-1, and EAD holders.
• Hands-on experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) like Bullhorn, CATS etc.
• Active Search: Resume search of active candidates from job boards such as Monster, CareerBuilder and Dice.
• Passive Search: Search for candidates on various sites such as LinkedIn, Spoke, Jigsaw and social networking. Using advanced AIRS techniques, also identify candidates through search engines.
• Quality check (QC) work carried out by sourcing associates and prioritize short-listed candidates, focusing on placeable candidates matching the job description.
• Compile candidate submittal reports for each job order that include a ranking (Hot/Warm/Okay) for each candidate and a detailed reason for the ranking.
• Geography Covered - USA