Nov 2019 – Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Key Deliverables:
• Worked as a Leadership Recruitment Consultant for Digital Shark Technologies & Tech Affinity Global in India in Nov 2019 - Nov-2022
• Performed on their US client’s requirements
• Technologies/Domains Worked On: IOT, Embedded Designs, AI/ML, Telecom Product Development & Analytics, Embedded Test Automation & Software Architecting & Design

Nov 2018 – Oct 2019 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Key Deliverables:
• Lead the talent acquisition vision and strategy for India R&D throughout all business verticals, including IT & Cloud, Storage, Consumer Business Group (Terminal), Network BL, Product & Solutions P&S, and Campus and Contingent staffing
• Handled successful relationships with key BL leaders, as well as serving as the primary owner and driver of the Lateral, campus recruitment strategy, and overall hiring program consultation
• Collaborated closely with business leaders to mold and impact the organization's leadership hiring strategy. Acted as a prominent figure and specialist in the field, influencing leadership on all initiatives related to the project
• Created and executed a thorough strategy to lure and choose the best talent in the industry, worked closely with senior recruiters, HR professionals, and business leaders to establish an exceptional recruiting program that brings in outstanding talent to the company
• Offered exceptional leadership to participate, motivate, and develop the team and ensured that the HR team is professional, business-focused, has a can-do attitude and a strong desire to win, and demonstrates strong engagement and commitment
• Build the business and marketing strategy, social media, diversity, and other initiatives in cooperation with the business and corporate communications team
• Steered overall candidate experience; recognized and attracted top talent leveraging strategic sourcing strategies, with a focus on diverse candidate pools and provided continuous communication with leadership about recruiting status, relevant data, and metrics to inform key decisions about strategy and continuous improvement

Jan 2016 – Nov 2018 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Bangalore, India

• Key Deliverables:
• Managed end-to-end staffing solutioning for RGE top-notch Technical Leadership Hiring from Global Stakeholders to support hosted functions hiring involving (Country head, RGE BU Head, Director, Sr Director, APAC level leader) roles across Microsoft's legal entities viz, CSS, SMSG, IDC, GD, & Datacenter. Handled primarily Leadership roles under Azure group organizations of Microsoft involving predominantly cloud based technology and sales hiring
• Assisted team of 3 members and was reporting to Sr Manager India Talent Acquisition for hiring complex IT niche skills on Microsoft technologies and products
• Recruited the cream of the talent from the market to fit high expectations of the customer with a deep understanding of the talent market
• Strategized staffing methods to suit ups and downs in hiring volumes on monthly hiring targets. Partner with hiring teams to build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches with an ability to manage customer/partner expectations through a deep understanding of business demand and customer empathy
• Value-added hiring practices to make a quality hiring experience for both customers and candidate
• Recruited passive leadership candidates and gauged the chemistry of candidates for fit and motivation rather than simply selling the role
• Partnered with theatre leaders to build effective sourcing, and assessment, closing approaches with an ability to manage customer expectation through a deep understanding of return on investment on each hire
• Put in different resolutions and balances to ensure better screening and slating process to create a long list of candidates for business presentation after requisition fulfillment discussion. End-to-end sourcing meager 0.06% Agency usage
• Periodic customer meets to suggest ideas and strategies related to recruitment that will controlled-based stability and evolution of organization growth with improved collaboration

Sep 2011 – Jul 2015 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Bangalore

• Key Deliverables:
• Lead recruiter and Individual Contributor who has exclusively handled the portfolios of Finance, Manufacturing, Supply chain, Corporate Functions & Cisco Capital hiring for India handling customers from APJC, EMEA & AMS Business Organizations. Reported to the APJC theatre Sr. Manager for Corporate Function hiring based in Tokyo, Japan. Corporate Function -Finance pans across 4SVPs and 11VPs under the CFO. 7 SVPs and 49 VPs under COO. and 49 VPs under COO & Manufacturing/Engineering pans across 3SVPs and 7 VPs under COO. Catering to the Cisco's most niche skills for Leadership requirements both Internal and External as well as for forecasted demand fulfillment. Adept in fulfilling demands at the top-level hiring designates viz, Manufacturing new product Design/Architects, New Product Induction Engineers, Test Development Engineers, Electrical Hardware Architects/Engineers, Power Supply/Mechanical Component Engineers, Product Quality Engineers, SCM Data Analyst (SAP-HANA, Big Data Hadoop, ETL
• Catered to Cisco’s most niche skills for Leadership requirements, both Internal and External, as well as for forecasted demand fulfillment
• Fullfilled demands at top-level hiring designates viz, Executive Directors, Finance Controllers, APJC Finance Heads, Country Head, Director & Sr. Managers
• Handled Internal staffing and talent connection process aimed at shaping the employee’s career in alignment with business needs
• Handled the role of a staffing consultant with a focus more on the customer experience
• Excellence in Hiring Manager SAT & Newhire SAT, and hiring matrices QoQ within the CTTF
• Executed and appreciated for project-based hiring Programs & Hiring from the US and across theatres in a phased manner
• In-depth understanding of Business/Technology for better Delivery. Expert in building relationships and rapport with requisition managers across the globe

Sep 2010 – Feb 2011 · 5 mos

• Key Deliverables:
• Handled hiring for billing requirements of four different competencies viz, @Bility, Customization & Enhancement, Integration, Support, and Integration Verticals of Tecnotree. Reporting directly to the VP of Human Resource
• Sourcing the resource for clients in Iran, Nigeria, and India within the cycle time of the Requirement Request by utilizing the following source mixes
• Employee referrals & Personal data bank.
• Candidate management. – Compensation negotiation, resolving queries at the time of Initial screening, etc
• Short-listed candidates and scheduling for technical rounds of interviews by co-coordinating WebEx Calls between the panelists and the candidates.
• Sharing the requirements with vendors, internal referral emails, posting jobs in portals, and interacting with them daily
• Screening of the profiles from various source mixes, giving the shortlists to all sources of CVs and scheduling them for the weekday interview quota and the weekend drives.
• Organised HR interviews once the candidate is technically selected.
• Conducted outstation recruitment drives and handled the end-to-end co-ordination in terms of technical and HR interviews
• Worked on permanent openings and contract hiring of telecom resources across India
• Technologies Handled in Telecom Billing space:, PL/SQL, C++, Pro*C, Telecom Testing, Java/J2EE, Technical Writers, Technical Trainers on telecom and GET
• Scripting Languages Java Script Linux/Unix scripting
• Conducted Post joining formalities of each candidate and employee background verification

Jul 2008 – Jun 2010 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

• Key Deliverables:
• Handled end-to-end recruitments Individually for Competencies viz, SAP (Fast skills Hiring-ABAP), Open Systems - (Unix, Windows, Networking), L&D (UE, ID, UI, CD, SABA) DWBI, PCE(WCS, Java, ATG eCommerce), EAM (Dot Net, Java, Mainframe, Windows, Unix) for GBS BU hiring across India location
• Experience in the entire life cycle of recruiting, from sourcing to the closure of direct sourcing from portals, Consultants, Referrals, and Networking & using web 2.0 methodologies
• Shared the requirements with vendors, internal referral emails, posting jobs in portals, and interacting with them on a daily basis
• Engaged in the screening of the profiles from various source mixes, giving the shortlists to all sources of CVs, and scheduling them for the weekday interview quota and the weekend drives
• Scheduled, coordinated, and administered multi-skill interviews and written tests for the targeted no. of candidates on weekday and weekend drives
• Upto-date maintenance of Offer tool (HAT) with documents uploading, verification, and updating of recruitment tool (RWS) for all the weekday and weekend select candidates
• Mapped Selected candidates to particular project Req IDs for project-specific hiring
• Taken care of bulk and volume hiring for Account specific requirements by driving events at different IBM locations for multiple skills on weekends
• Have been an Individual contributor achieving the targets set and recruiting amicably for different clients with strong customer-facing and managing skills and Meeting Customer Expectations within the timelines.
• Taken care of events of considerable magnitude, including Job Fairs, Agency exclusive drives & Walk –INS during the weekends
• Handled exclusive campus drives nationally for a particular skill of a BU
• Strong industry network of candidates and recruitment vendors, proven track record in successful delivery across a variety of IT-related jobs

Sep 2006 – Dec 2007 · 1 yr 3 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

• Key Deliverables:
• Responsible for Recruitment, selection, and placement of the right people for the right job at the right time across the company and ensuring the positions are filled in a timely manner by cultivating sources and contacts
• Understanding of the recruitment needs of key clients like Goldman Sachs, Microsoft India, India, Credit Suisse, Sasken, JPMorgan Chase, Texas Instruments, Oracle India, EMC Inc., Sun Microsystems, Avaya Inc, Ford India, GENPACT, Deutsche Bank, Alcatel-Lucent, AXA, Telstra, Reliance Com., Airtel Blackberry, etc. specific job profiles and person specifications in terms of knowledge, skills and other traits required of various jobs
• Sourced the resource within the cycle time of the Requirement Request by utilizing the following sources
• Participated in employee referrals & Personal data bank
• Performed Job Posting through Ads on the Internet. Monster, Naukri, Jobs ahead, Times jobs, Bayt (Middle –East, Australia, and APAC Recruiting), etc
• Identified the target companies in databases, newspapers, networking, and survey. Head Hunting, Expertise in Talent Search, References
• Created a pipeline of skilled resources based on business forecasts and market trends.
• Part of the Recruitment team responsible for Brand Building.
• Accountable for Candidate management. – Compensation negotiation, resolving queries at the time of Initial screening, etc
• Short-listed candidates and scheduling for technical rounds of interviews by coordinating Webex Calls between the panelists and the candidates.
• Tracked competition to understand recruiting trends as well as potential
• Exposure to working in a PCMM Level 5 process-driven environment
• Handled volume, value, and Niche skills requirements
• Considerable knowledge of HR Products, policies, and processes
• Followed the candidates for joining. MIS creation and Maintenance
• Managed overall end-to-end recruitment, apart from conducting interviews

Mar 2006 – Sep 2006 · 6 mos · Bangalore

• Key Deliverables:
• Held the responsibility for regularly supplying manpower requirements to reputed IT companies like TESCO, Tech Mahindra, LG CNS, Allianz Cornhill, Timken, Ness, Aspect Technologies, SRIT, Fidelity, Symphony, Blue star Infotech etc