Oct 2022 – Jul 2023 · 9 mos

Oct 2012 – Oct 2022 · 10 yrs

Oct 2012 – Apr 2022 · 9 yrs 6 mos

• At Red Hat, we connect an innovative community of customers, partners, and contributors to deliver an open source stack of trusted, high-performing technologies that solve business problems. We’re a billion dollar S&P 500 company offering solutions from Linux to middleware, storage to cloud, together with award-winning global customer support, consulting, and implementation services.

Oct 2012 – Apr 2022 · 9 yrs 6 mos

Oct 2012 – Apr 2022 · 9 yrs 6 mos

• Responsible for Hiring in Product and Technology group; Opensource; Linux, Middleware, Storage, Virtulization, Openstack, Cloud and Docker.
• Make a Strategy for all requirements with respective Business Units.
• Creating a Talent pool in India for requirements.
• Creating and following the recruitment process.
• Mentoring and preparing strategy or Plan for Junior Colleagues
• Updating the team on latest trends, technology, strategies during team meetings.
• Strategy around Employee Referrals
• Make sure hiring a good experience for all hiring managers and business heads.
• Make sure candidate also has smooth and hassle free hiring experience.
• Target Hiring from Social sites like Linkedin, facebook, twitter and opensource community.
• Work with co-ordination team for scheduling and offers.
• Work with Global teams for helping them with requirements.
• Various training's done for Hiring Mangers, teams on Recruitment and Interview process.

Aug 2010 – Sep 2012 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Pune

• Emptoris was Acquired by IBM - ISL in month of Feb 2012, and now we are completely part of ISL.
• BM has long focused on the art and the science of developing the world’s best business and technology professionals. From its earliest days to the present, IBM has achieved competitive advantage by fostering a distinctive brand of thinker and doer – the “IBMer.”
• IBM India Software Lab houses people who are driven by passion and commitment to innovation and technical leadership. The lab's vision of continuing technological progress depends on its excellent and highly skilled people that include Distinguished Engineers(DEs), Senior Technical Staff members(STSMs), Senior IT Architects,IBM Fellows and members of the Academy of Technology (AoT).
• ISL is a unique development lab for IBM in that it houses product experts and development missions for all SW, Systems, Storage, Hardware and Networking brands under one roof.The lab engages the best technical minds and has a well defined growth path for its employees to build strong long term careers.
• Join us. Be an IBMer for an exciting career in ISL under any of our sub groups. you can make a world of difference and interact with the best technical minds.
• We are currently looking for proven Technical & Management leaders who want to work in leading edge technologies with the BEST Systems & Technology development team in India to develop products that help build a Smarter Planet.

Dec 2009 – Aug 2010 · 8 mos

• Recruited niche skills like: Abinitio, Cognos, Teradata & SAS.
• Understanding the company’s Talent Acquisition strategies and sourcing profiles which match the expected job responsibilities and business requirements.
• Setting up a one to one expectation meeting with Hiring Managers, Business Heads and Stake holders.
• Developing creative and cost effective sourcing strategies to recruit senior and niche candidates. (Employee referrals, Web Portals, Direct Sourcing, Networking Sites etc).
• Involved in the complete recruitment lifecycle activities like Pre-screening, Interviews, selections, offer, Negotiation, closing, regret mails etc.
• Make sure all the requirements are serviced before time or on time.
• Well ordered documentation of all the candidates & constant follow up with the candidate until they on board.
• Weekly/Daily meetings with Hiring Managers & Line Managers.
• Interacting with external vendors in line with existing requirements.

Mar 2009 – Dec 2009 · 9 mos

• Skills recruited: Oracle DBA, Sys Admin, CCNA, MCSE etc.
• Understanding the client’s requirement and source matching profiles which match the expected job responsibilities.
• Scrutinizing, co-ordination & scheduling interviews.
• Sourced good quality, relevant resumes within a short span from web portals, database & networking sites.
• Be a single point of contact with the candidate for the interview process and track each resume at different stages.

Sep 2008 – Feb 2009 · 5 mos

• Skills recruited: Java, J2EE, ERP: Oracle Apps, & Non IT senior positions.
• Responsible for 15 junior IT recruiters.
• Responsible only for Senior positions, like Project Manager, Team leader, VP, CIO, Practice Head etc.
• Responsible for Account Management & target achievement of the team.
• Training the team on different techniques of head hunting, referencing and sourcing.
• Responsible for distribution of the requirements among the team.
• Preliminary screening of CV’s done to check various aspects like candidate qualification, current company, job location etc.

Feb 2004 – Aug 2008 · 4 yrs 6 mos

• Skills Recruited: Oracle Apps (Financials, Mfg, and Techno- functional, DBA), PeopleSoft, Siebel, SQA, Websphere, Open Source, Linux etc.
• Responsible for 7 junior IT recruiters.
• Recruitments through various methods like head hunting, cold calling, networking etc. for sourcing quality candidates within the least time.
• Identify specialised candidates through job portals (Naukri, Monster), Employee referrals, walk-ins and internal database.
• Schedule interviews, and verify candidate’s credentials & career expectations.
• Worked across all the skills in IT and Non IT for sourcing and placing the candidates.
• Placed Candidates globally; Mauritius, Middle East, Abu Dhabi, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Qatar, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands etc.
• Educate team on KRA / Performance Appraisal Process.
• Involved in sourcing, initial screening, salary negotiations, setting up interviews with the clients and Interview panels.
• Follow up on clients & candidates for feedback.
• 99 % candidates sourced matched the requirements.

Jan 2001 – Jan 2004 · 3 yrs

• Skills Recruited: C, C++, Java, J2EE, Mainframes, Oracle DBA, Oracle Apps, UNIX, Oracle D2k, VB, VC++, PowerBuilder, Dot Net, WebMethods, Siebel etc.
• Understanding the requirements accordingly and identifying the resume that best suits the client requirements.
• Sourcing CV’s by various means like Head hunting, referencing, data base, networking sites, (Portals were infamous at that time.)
• Responsible for 5 junior IT Recruiters
• Conducting preliminary telephonic discussion with the candidate to check his interest and availability, reasons for change, proficiency in the required technical skills, communication skills, and attitude & salary expectation.
• Timely co-ordinate with the all the clients during various recruitment drives held at various cities.
• Ensuring the candidates joins once offered.