Viraj Thakkar

Technical Recruiter

India19 yrs experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in full-cycle recruitment across IT and Non-IT sectors.
  • Proven track record in managing teams and achieving hiring goals.
  • Strong relationships with clients and candidates for optimal talent matching.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Recruitment Specialist with expertise in IT and Non-IT hiring.

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Core Skills

RecruitingTalent Acquisition

Other Skills

Team LeadershipLine ManagementSourcingScreeningSalary NegotiationsCulture IntegrationTechnical RecruitingCustomer ServicefiananceBusinessFinanceDirect SalesManagementRetailSales Management

About

Hello, I’m Viraj Thakkar, a Team Leader in Recruitment with extensive experience managing hiring across IT and Non-IT domains. I specialize in identifying and evaluating specialized technical skills and aligning talented professionals with the right opportunities. With hands-on experience using ATS and VMS platforms, I have successfully supported organizations across Pan India in finding their most valuable asset the right talent. My recruitment expertise includes direct hire, contract, and temp-to-hire placements. I have worked on a wide range of roles across industries, including: Non-IT Roles: Registered Nurse, Residential Advisor, Forklift Operator, Project Controller, Bilingual Quality Control Technician IT Roles: DevOps Engineer, Lead ServiceNow Developer, Full Stack Developer, Lead Java/Kotlin Engineer, Backend Engineer, Data Engineer, RedHat OpenShift SRE Lead, Software Engineer (Java & Python), Data Analyst, and AI/ML roles. I am passionate about understanding both client hiring needs and candidate career goals, enabling me to build strong relationships and create the right talent matches. If you are looking for new job opportunities or know someone who might be open to a change, feel free to connect with me or share your resume. 📱 WhatsApp: 7874655015 Let’s connect and explore opportunities together.

Experience

19 yrs
Total Experience
3 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 7 mos
Current Experience

Insight global

Team Lead

Sep 2024Feb 2026 · 1 yr 5 mos · India

  • ✨ As a Team Lead in Recruitment, I manage a team of 8–10 recruiters to deliver high-quality hiring solutions and achieve client goals. I have strong experience in handling the complete recruitment lifecycle for domestic roles, especially in IT infrastructure and technology hiring for Fortune 500 clients.
  • 💡 My key responsibilities include:
  • Leading and guiding my team to meet monthly and quarterly hiring targets.
  • Understanding client requirements and building effective recruitment strategies.
  • Crafting job descriptions, advertising roles, and managing candidate pipelines.
  • Sourcing top talent through job portals, social media, referrals, and passive outreach.
  • Screening resumes, conducting pre-interviews, and assessing technical/cultural fit.
  • Coordinating interviews, managing feedback, and ensuring smooth hiring processes.
  • Negotiating offers, conducting reference checks, and ensuring timely onboarding.
  • Training and mentoring junior recruiters to improve performance and skills.
  • Tracking recruitment data to optimize processes and improve closure ratios.
  • 🚀 With a focus on team collaboration, client satisfaction, and timely delivery, I ensure we meet critical hiring needs while building long-term value for both clients and candidates. My proactive and people-first approach helps organizations stay competitive with the right talent at the right time.
RecruitingTalent Acquisition

Motion recruitment

Senior Recruiter

Sep 2022Aug 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • Full cycle recruiting including sourcing, screening, interview, reference check, offers, background check, onboarding start date for contract and Technical roles in IT/Non-IT, Engineering, Institutional, real estate, utility and healthcare clients.
  • Recruited front end, middle, backend developers for C#, .Net core, Asp.net, HTML, React, Java, C++, Python/Django, Devops, System Administrators, Bigdata, Business Analysts, Project Managers, Program Managers, Infrastructure, Operations, Production Support, Robotics, Six Sigma, ERP, Machine Learning, Front End, Server side DBA’s, Storage Consultants, IOS, Android, Hadoop Specialists, Information Security, Cyber Security, Helpdesk, QA, Marketing, Digital, HTML, Reporting Analyst, Regulatory, Accounting, Analytic Analyst, SAS, R, Tableau, Unix/Linux Analysts, PMP and Agile Scrum Master.
  • Recruited Admin Assistants, CSR, Receptionist, Logistics specialist, Driver, Accountant, Controller, Construction Manager and many more Non-IT requirements.
  • Recruited IT Technician, Sys admin, Maintenance Technician, PC Technician, HVAC Specialist, Mechanical Engineer, Chemical Engineer, Manufacture Engineer and many more engineering requirements.
  • Worked with 0 Escalation, having a good communication and relation ship with Clients and AE’s.
  • Averaged two hundred requirements monthly, working on 4-5 requirements daily, 2-4 submits daily, screening, set up interviews, coordinate closing, onboarding.
  • Meeting SLA and Managing Tracker sheet of Submission, Hands on experience with CHS – Client Health System.
  • Served as Acting lead and responsible for helping juniors to meet their daily SLA’s.
  • Sourced candidates using Bullhorn, LinkedIn Recruiter, LinkedIn, CareerBuilder, Dice, Monster, Indeed and referrals job boards, social media, and referrals.
  • Experienced with VMS and ATS tools, worked with direct client
  • Negotiate salary and conditions of employment with candidates.
  • Responsible for training and mentoring junior recruiters
Technical RecruitingRecruiting

Ims people possible

2 roles

Team Lead

Promoted

Sep 2021Present · 4 yrs 7 mos · India

  • Responsible for the Full Life Cycle of talent acquisition including sourcing, screening, salary negotiations, culture integration, and providing continuous professional development mentoring for companies such as Caterpillar, Roche, Edwards and Toyota.
  • Leading and managing a team of recruiters to achieve the company's hiring goals.
  • Developing and implementing recruitment strategies and processes to attract top talent.
  • Partner with leadership to identify process improvements and implement new strategies.
  • Conduct performance reviews for contractors to aid in performance enhancement and continuous improvement.
  • Assist leadership in assigning recruiters to new requirements.
  • Plan and present technology trainings for recruiting and sales teams on best practices.
  • Mentor entry level recruiters
  • Lead training sessions for recruitment best practices and technology trainings
  • Partner with stakeholders to ensure best delivery results.
  • Collaborate with appropriate teams to resolve employee issues.
  • Attend networking events (job fairs, college events) to grow headcount and create brand awareness.
  • Coached candidates through New Hire onboarding, culture integration, and conflict resolution to reduce turnover.
  • Successfully led placements in Chicago, Dallas, and Irvine market.
Team LeadershipLine ManagementRecruitingTalent Acquisition

Senior Recruiter

Sep 2021Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos · India

  • Screen the candidates for identifying them as the right match, pay rate negotiation, benefits negotiation, submitting candidate profiles at the client side as well as on internal systems.
  • Proficient with Job postings, sourcing from resume databases.
  • Screening and testing profiles and shortlisting the right profile.
  • Interacting/e-mailing to the screened/shortlisted candidates and checking their interest & availability.
  • Scheduling technical/final interviews either with the technical panel or with the management group and follow up on the feedbacks.
  • Uploading the data of the offered selected and rejected Candidates into the internal database & maintaining the same.
  • Interacting with the candidates, Account Managers and the PMO Coordinator for VMS on Day to Day basis.
  • Coordinating interviews & keeping a systematic record of the candidates who had attended the interview.
  • Reporting to the manager for the Interview Status on a daily basis.
  • Co-ordinate with other recruiters to ensure that as a team we rapidly identify quality Candidates, reduce time to fill, build a diverse candidate database.
RecruitingTalent Acquisition

Jyoti-infosolution

Customer Service Representative

Nov 2019Aug 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos · Ahmedabad, Gujarat

  • Responsible for managing large number of inbound/outbound calls for the customers in USA.
  • Customer’s identity verification
  • Interacting with the customers across USA and convincing the customers to take advantages of the facilities.
  • Generating sales leads
  • Build sustainable relationships and trust with customer accounts through open and interactive communication
  • Meet the daily required targets
  • Take the extra mile to engage customers
Customer Service

Jainam enterpise

Direct Sales Agent

Apr 2019Oct 2019 · 6 mos · Gujarat, India

  • Get in touch with clients to assist them about home loan and mortgage loan.
  • Handling documentation process for the loan applied for.
  • Reach out to client personally for any type of loan assistance.
  • Make sure all the required documents are available from the client to be submitted in the bank.
fianance

Jyoti-infosolution

Customer Service Representative

Jan 2016Mar 2019 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

  • Provided high-quality customer service in a fast-paced environment, specializing in handling auto loan inquiries for U.S. candidates.
  • Delivered exceptional customer service support to U.S.-based candidates, addressing inquiries and resolving issues promptly.
  • Ensured high levels of customer satisfaction by managing interactions with professionalism and efficiency.
Customer Service

Viraj enterprises - india

Self Employed

Jan 2007Jan 2016 · 9 yrs · India · On-site

Business

Education

Mithibai College

Bachelor of Commerce - BCom — Accounting and Finance

Jan 2003Jan 2008

Great Learning

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