May 2013 – Oct 2013 · 5 mos · Pune Area, India

• Managed talent acquisition/hiring across competencies - ERP/SAP, IMS, Oracle, BI, CRM and MIT.
• Managing talent acquisition/hiring across for IMS competency and Regions.
• Hands on sourcing, candidate pre- screening, offer consultation and negotiations, brand building, conversions, and joining formalities.
• Searching candidates from various sources such as - job portals, search engines, networking groups, web crawlers, alumni associations, Linkedin.
• Maintaining Sourcing Mix at the optimum level (Vendor, Portal, Emp ref, Networking)
• Weekly meetings with delivery members for prioritizing and managing criticality
• Feasibility analysis of various pipeline projects from recruitment perspective

Apr 2012 – Apr 2013 · 1 yr · Pune Area, India

• Managing end to end recruitment for Staff-Aug as well an internal Projects across Pune/Hyderabad & South Africa.
• Managing end to end recruitment process, identifying talent acquisition needs, design and implement strategies, market research for niche skills, hands on sourcing, candidate pre- screening, offer consultation and negotiations, brand building and conversions.
• Handled end to end recruitment for strategic accounts / projects for Zensar that contribute significantly in the organisations revenue.
• Ramped up teams by chasing aggressive deadlines for vanilla skills and for niche skills & has proven track record.
• Managing conversion of the overall recruitment
• Process Improvement
• Experience in Campus recruitments.

Jan 2011 – Mar 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Source for various technical requirements for US Based clients from 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.
• . Hands-on experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) like Bullhorn, CATS and Sendouts.
• Active Search: Resume search of active candidates from job boards such as Monster, CareerBuilder and Hot Jobs.
• Passive Search: Search for candidates on various sites such as LinkedIn, Jigsaw and social networking. Using advanced AIRS techniques also identify candidates through search engines.
• Quality check (QC) works carried out by sourcing associates and prioritize short-listed candidates, focusing on placeable candidates matching the job description.
• Add short-listed candidates into client databases such as CATS, Bullhorn, Sendouts, etc.
• 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.

Feb 2010 – Jan 2011 · 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Sutherland is one of the largest privately owned BPO service providers in the world. Founded in 1986, it has over 33000 employees supporting clients through a global delivery network which encompasses USA, Canada, Mexico, Bulgaria, India, Philippines, Egypt, Nicaragua, UK and UAE.
• Key Result Areas:
• Working with one of the esteemed clients based in USA - Recruiting fo the facility sector (Intelligence, Army, Navy & millitary).
• ► Overall Accountability of management (executive) recruitment, reference check and quality check of candidates for all the international locations.
• ► Forecasting & fulfilling manpower requirements in accordance with the business plan / business strategy.
• ► Comprehending, analyzing, and executing the mandates by formulating sourcing strategy.
• ► Crafting the position specifications based on the manpower requirements.
• ► Sourcing, and scrutinizing candidatures against regular indents
• ► Sourcing candidates through effective channels like Internet Job Boards, company mapping, networking & blogging
• ► Evaluating potential candidates with reference to the assigned job indents by assessing and interviewing them, preparing candidate profiles with recommendations, and thereby short-listing suitable fitments with minimal turnaround time.
• ► Preserving the MIS & databank of applications along with short-listed and prospective candidates
• ► Work with internal databases to identify and track candidates.

Sep 2008 – Nov 2009 · 1 yr 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Understanding, identifying & sourcing the best talent as per the client's requirements
• Mobilizing human resources through various means such as Job Portals, Headhunting, Advertising, References, and Existing Databank
• Handling end-to-end recruitment process for senior and middle management level
• Client interaction, relationship management & targeting to acquire more business from the existing clients
• Involved in large-scale recruitment activities that involve searching, filtering, short listing of resumes and scheduling personal interviews
• Screening of resumes for various positions & shortlisting candidates for interview
• Conducting initial round of interview
• Coordinating interviews as per the client's requirements
• Acquiring the feedback, offer negotiations and joining formalities
• Maintaining & updating the Database on the CRM system
• Managing the initial screening process. This would involve assessing the candidates'
• Coordinating face-to-face or conducting telephonic interviews and liaising candidates with the panel members.
• Inform and send candidates' information regarding job description, location, hierarchical structure and any other specific details/queries, as required by the client
• Provide detailed inputs/additions of all information and tracking of candidates in database
• Coordinating with various clients for interviews and scheduling the same in a well-organized manner
• Following up with the clients post-interview and providing feedback to the respective candidates
• Providing value-added feedback to the candidates
• Maintaining Weekly / Monthly MIS reports (offer status, interview status, revenue generated, etc.)

Mar 2007 – Sep 2008 · 1 yr 6 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Joined as a Sr. Executive - Staffing & Recruiting Solutions & got promoted to an HR Consultant in December 2007; Job Responsibilities:
• Handling a team of 3 Support Staff Executives
• Training & development and regularly coaching & mentoring the Support team
• Handling various Investment Banking, Corporate Banking & Retail Banking positions (PAN India)
• Surfing various job portals to search for profiles that match the client's requirements
• Discussing & explaining the open positions to the candidates
• Handling the responsibility of 'Client Servicing'. This involves interacting with Corporate HR personnel & coordinating regarding the status of the open positions with them
• Conducting conference calls with the corporate business/technical teams to get in-depth understanding of the roles
• Achievements:
• Got promoted from a Sr. Executive - Staffing & Recruiting Solutions to an HR Consultant
• Successfully closed several positions across various hierarchies in the Investment Banking, Corporate Banking & Retail Banking Space
• Placed 5 FTE Personnel (including 2 AVPs) with a leading Foreign Investment Bank in Mumbai within the first quarter of joining the organization
• Successfully closed 5 critical & niche positions in the BMA project with a leading Foreign Investment Bank
• Worked in close co-ordination with one of the leading Investment Banks and closed positions across various levels in the Sales, IT, Credit and Collections teams for their upcoming NBFC
• Closed several Trade Finance back-office Operations requirements with a leading Investment Bank in Mumbai
• Other Achievements:
• Signed up 4 new clients in a span of 3 weeks while handling the responsibility of Business Development
• Achieved the highest revenue for the team till date
• Regularly achieved the Monthly & Quarterly Targets
• Proposed & set the Rewards & Recognition (R & R) parameters