Oct 2022 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos · London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid

Oct 2021 – Aug 2022 · 10 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

• Role was impacted due to Meta Layoff

Dec 2018 – Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• A team player of an integral part in driving growth by hiring top tier talent. When a new business is innovating or strengthening certain key areas, strong research is required.
• Identifying leads for niche roles at all Leadership hiring levels
• Selected conferences and networking events to attend.
• Building reporting and metrics to help leadership make informed decisions and influence recruiting strategy in complex markets.

May 2017 – May 2018 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Privileged to be a part of Google's cloud expansion! You can find information about our platform here: https://cloud.google.com/
• Hiring for Top Talent in Cloud technologies -Google Cloud APAC.
• Solution Architect -Bangalore India
• Strategic Cloud Engineer - HYD/GUR

Mar 2014 – Mar 2016 · 2 yrs · Bangalore

• Building the Target.com India team from scratch by sourcing, screening and hiring the brightest and the best talent working around large scale distributed systems, Java,Cloud, Bigdata and Analytic
• Why work @Target.com:
• Work with a top-notch team of smart, motivated engineers, pushing the envelope to produce the most advanced analytics platform for machine-generated time series data.
• Competitive Salary.
• Daily catered gourmet team lunches
• Sourcing for the niche and the best talent in the E-commerce Product development experience.Currently hiring Niche Technology
• Current Opportunity
• Strong Java/J2ee,Spring Webservice,hibernate with E-commerce domain knowledge or work exp with new NoSql skill like Mongodb,Cassandra,Node4js,
• Devops -looking for ppl with Chef cook book new automation tools in Devops along with Hands on Java/J2ee,Spring,Hibernate hands on development
• To apply or to know more shoot me a mail at Shashank.chikodi@target.com

Dec 2011 – Sep 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bangalore

• NOSTG Business Unit .
• Was part of the Networking Operating System Technology Group & Global Talent Acquisition Hiring team responsible for crafting and executing
• the Talent Acquisition strategy in India. Supported External & Internal channels to help effectively
• communicate Cisco Employment Brand as well as increase overall application rate & hires from Sourcing the Right talent from the right Sourcing Channel
• As part of the Talent Hiring team my keys Roles and Responsibility :
• Interacting with Hiring managers & directors to make hiring plan and strategies
• Worked closely with senior technical team to understand products, technical requirements, business stake holders, customers/end-user of the software products developed by hiring team.
• Sourcing, Evaluate/Qualify, Pre-screening and take HR Interview for technical round qualifiers.
• Screen Employee referral resume & respond back to them
• Presenting weekly hiring report with Managers & Recruitment Lead
• Engage with coordination and Sourcing team to complete the hiring process successfully
• Conducting week-end recruitment drive for Niche requirements & larger volume hiring
• Involve preparing offer fitment & propose salary recommendation to managers by comparing internal team parity
• Technology Skilled hired on :
• C, C++, Python, Java/J2EE, L2/L3 Protocols, TCP/IP/ Layers /HTTP/DHCP/SSL/DNS/IPSec/Networking, VPN, Firewall, Data/Packet Inspection, Cryptography, L2/L3 Testing, Test Manager, Dev Manager, Build & Release, WASS protocols, Linux /Unix Internals, System Testing, Automation, Security

Aug 2009 – Dec 2011 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Product & IT Service)-Bangalore
• Responsibilities
• Reason to Quit-Contract got over.
• Handling the Thoughtworks requirements at all levels, this includes sourcing, scheduling, negotiating salary, making offers, recommending the salary and levels.
• Interacting all managers efficiently and meeting the dead lines.
• Involved in interviews and recommending salary.
• Developing relationships with managers to better assist with staffing problems and provide appropriate solutions.
• Sourcing candidates through networking, referrals, Internet sites, Agency and company's database.
• Efficiently sourcing right profiles with efficient technical screening.
• Maintaing the consultants and increasing the flow of quality resumes.
• Handle Campus hiring for 2010-2011
• Recruitment Induction for the New Joined across location
• Worked with Marketing team For Finding the right Candidate

Oct 2007 – Jun 2009 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• (Thru TVAInfotech-RPO), Bangalore.
• Handled profiles through various sources for Niche Skills.
• Sourced Profiles and map skill sets to technical needs of the recruiting assignment.
• Coordinate between Practice & Consultants/ Agencies to meet requirements.
• Processing the Employee Referral Profiles on high priority.
• Coordinate with Panels for scheduling interview and interview process
• Large and Mass Hiring
• Technologies
• Java/J2EE Technologies, Java Architect, Project manager, principle Consltant,Marketing,Sales, Dot net, Asp .Net C# ,Testing: Automated/ Manual / Database , C/C++ with Linux/Unix/Solaris/HP UX/Red Hat Linux, Telecom: VOIP, SIP Database: Oracle PL/SQl, ERP: ORACLE APPS, SAP ABAP, SAP FICO SUPPORT REQ: Application support / Tech Support Bluetooth,BACL2 Support, People soft HRMS, L1 server support, Datacenter manger,