Nagaraja Pothani

Recruiter

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India15 yrs 2 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Expert in end-to-end talent acquisition processes.
  • Strong background in IT recruitment across multiple sectors.
  • Proven ability to manage high-profile government projects.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned IT recruitment specialist with expertise in government and enterprise staffing.

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Skills

Core Skills

RecruitingTalent AcquisitionTalent Management

Other Skills

Active DoD Secret ClearanceApplicant Tracking SystemsArtificial Intelligence for BusinessBankingBoolean SearchingBrand AwarenessBusiness StrategyCandidate AssessmentCandidate ExperienceCandidate ManagementCandidates SearchingCareerBuilderClient Follow-UpClient ProspectingClient Relations

About

Experienced Talent Specialist/ Lead with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Management, Interviewing, Business Development, Recruiting, and Human Resources. Strong human resources professional with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. For more Java roles join this group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/10420645/ For more .Net roles join this group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/17104130/

Experience

15 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 10 mos
Current Experience

Apexon

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • · Experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist for state government projects, I specialize in sourcing and recruiting top-tier candidates with niche skills for high-profile projects, including those with Deloitte.
  • · Proven ability to prioritize and source candidates with active or recent security clearances (Public Trust, Secret, Top Secret), ensuring compliance with federal and state project requirements.
  • · Good knowledge on Workday Recruiting for end-to-end talent acquisition lifecycle, including job requisition creation, candidate sourcing, screening, interview management, offer generation, and onboarding.
  • · Enhanced the candidate experience and ensured data accuracy and compliance by optimizing career site postings, automated notifications, and maintaining recruiting workflows, approvals, and audit-ready records within Workday.
SourcingRecruitingWorkday RecruitingCandidate ExperienceComplianceTalent Acquisition

Athreya inc

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Aug 2024Present · 1 yr 10 mos

Athreya inc

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Aug 2024Present · 1 yr 10 mos

  • · Reporting to the Manager, Recruitment and managing the end-to-end recruitment process
  • · Extensive hands-on-experience in recruiting IT, Telecom & Investment Banking Clients
  • · Full cycle hiring information management, including candidate details using ATS (Oorwin ) Platform.
  • · Responsible for preparing review reports, recruitment reports, and submitting to the Management
  • Tools : Monster, LinkedIn
  • Clients : State clients
End-to-End RecruitmentCandidate ManagementReportingRecruitingTalent Acquisition

Photon

Assistant Manager Human Resources

Oct 2019Dec 2023 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Experienced US IT Recruitment Lead adept at team leadership and process refinement.
  • Skilled in sourcing, interviewing, and metric tracking.
  • Proficient with ATS and HR databases.
  • Strong in fast-paced environments.
  • Effective communicator and team manager.
  • Focus on innovation and strategic hiring.
  • Having worked in the telecom sector formerly at T-Mobile, Samsung and AT& T, I understand our client’s requirements and their work environment on a wide array of projects.
SourcingInterviewingMetric TrackingTeam LeadershipRecruitingTalent Acquisition

Iqgateway

2 roles

Global Talent Partner

Jan 2018Oct 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Conducted end-to-end recruitment processes,, mentoring in interviews and diversity.
  • Managed senior role recruitment across sectors.
  • Oversaw vendor relations for government IT staffing.
  • Collaborated on needs, supporting candidates.
  • Negotiated offers, ensured job description compliance.
End-to-End RecruitmentMentoringVendor RelationsRecruitingTalent Management

Team Lead

Jan 2018Oct 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • · Leadership, management and mentorship with Enterprise level staffing departments and teams with items such as: Interview Training, Search process, Referral Process, Job Description Training, Utilizing References, Cross-Training within Recruitment and HR teams, Diversity Metrics, Contact Management Tool, Tracking external postings (such as expiring, etc.), Automated Systems or Processes to help screen certain positions, Skills Testing, Increased ERP Awareness, Incorporating New Hire Feedback, incorporation and utilizing organized internal documents for Recruitment Resources.
  • · Lead recruiting efforts towards highly skilled professionals that vary in diversity of skill sets primarily focusing on mainly senior technical level, managerial across a variety of different industries
  • · Liaison between vendors and managers for various service needs. Review contracts and act as point-of-contact for various service requests.
  • · Perform IT Staffing Augmentation as certified vendor to State and federal government project to various departments.
  • · Interact daily with hiring managers to review open requisitions and staffing requirements.
  • · Work closely with leads, hiring manager and Human Resources to define hiring needs.
  • · Provide support to candidate throughout the interview process. Recognized for providing excellent service to leads.
  • · Provide leads with thorough overview of company and benefits. Successfully find and close cleared qualified leads.
  • · Negotiate, coordinate and monitor all extended and pending offers to leads.
  • · Assist in preparing government compliance reported.
  • · Supported the recruiting needs of hiring managers at different office locations
  • · Worked with third-party contractors/staffing firms as point-of-contact for temporary hires.
  • · Obtained job descriptions from hiring managers and maintained electronic job description files for online use.
  • Clients worked : LTI & ITC
LeadershipMentorshipRecruitment TrainingRecruitingTalent Acquisition

Idc technologies, inc.

2 roles

Senior US IT Recruiter

Dec 2017Dec 2018 · 1 yr

  • Facilitated daily meetings with Business Development team.
  • Prioritized requirements for the recruitment team.
  • Conducted quality checks on forwarded resumes.
  • Sourced candidates from various channels.
  • Screened candidates for technical skills and suitability.
  • Utilized job boards like Dice, Monster, and LinkedIn.
  • Negotiated rates with vendors.
  • Managed recruitment life cycle and tax terms.
SourcingScreeningNegotiationRecruitingTalent Acquisition

Lead Recruiter

Jun 2016Dec 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • · Involved in daily meetings with Business Development Executives and Managers.
  • · Assigning the requirements to the team based upon the priority.
  • · Quality checking of the resumes forwarded by the recruiters.
  • · Analyzing the requirement and sourcing the resumes from different portals, groups, and referrals.
  • · Screening the profiles according to the market demand for those technologies, their Visa Status, Technical Skills, Communication skills and relocation constraints.
  • · Judging the communication and suitability of the candidate for the related position by telephonic Interviews.
  • · Sourcing, Searching, identifying consultants using job boards like Dice , Monster& Linked in and Internal Database.
  • · Preparing Search strings and short listing the candidates.
  • · Finding the availability of the consultant and then conducting tele screening for them.
  • · Negotiating the rates with the vendors including hourly, per day and annual on W2/1099/C2C/C2H.
  • · Forwarding the suitable profiles to the Business Development Executives and Managers.
  • · Getting the confirmation from the consultant and employer through E-Mails. On rate confirmation agreement.
  • · Doing a follow up with the consultant if he gets any interview schedule.
  • · Sound knowledge of total recruitment life cycle and all tax terms like W2, 1099, C2C and C2H.
  • · Negotiating the pay package and getting the required documents signed by them as well their employers.
  • · Taking care of the concerns of the consultants whom I have hired.
  • · Checking for the referrals from those consultants
  • Clients worked on : TCS/ Wipro
SourcingScreeningNegotiationRecruitingTalent Acquisition

Dynpro inc.

2 roles

Senior Lead

May 2013Jun 2016 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • · Responsible for full life cycle recruiting, including sourcing, interviewing, qualifying and placement of full range of software engineering, IT and management candidates for Fulltime, contract, contract to perm and direct hire positions
  • · Handling entire End-to- End recruitment process.
  • · Recruited and interviewed candidates for permanent and contract positions with corporate clients throughout the US.
  • · Recruiting resources include: resume databases, internet searches, employment advertising, user groups, internet job postings and employee referrals.
  • · Interview candidates to determine skills and criteria for their job search. Specialties
  • · Extensive experience working on Monster, Dice, Hot Jobs, Career builder, linked in,
  • · Followed up with the candidates to ensure they accept the offer and join the company
  • · Good experience in using Job Boards like Monster, Dice, Corp-Corp, Careerbuilder.
  • · Developing and maintaining of database on the basis for immediate and future requirements.
  • · Recruit for all IT levels of consultants in all categories - Citizen, Green Card,H1B.
  • · Extensive knowledge on different Tax terms W2, 1099 and C2C.
  • · Found and matched prospective candidates by telephone, e-mail and the Internet to determine skills, experience, and areas for geographic employment, preferences, and availability with the requirement
  • Clients Worked on : LTI
Full Life Cycle RecruitingSourcingInterviewingRecruitingTalent Acquisition

Senior Recruiter - US IT

Jan 2013Jan 2016 · 3 yrs

  • Handled full life cycle recruiting for software engineering, IT, and management positions, utilizing various resources and job boards.
Full Life Cycle RecruitingSourcingNegotiationRecruitingTalent Acquisition

National systems consulting l.p banglore

Senior Technical Recruiter

Feb 2013May 2013 · 3 mos

  • · Working for all the job descriptions of the Direct Client Requirements.
  • · Source candidates using the following methods: referrals, networking, Internet, database mining, user groups.
  • · Resume formatting, Negotiate salaries, extend offers, explain benefits & create new hires.
  • · Qualify candidates through our interview process
  • · Recommended Highly qualified candidates for submittal to our clients for interview
  • · Screening the resume according to the client requirement, location and other constrain.
  • · Manage the entire recruiting process, from requisition initiation to sourcing, to acceptance of offer and final placement from discussing the opportunity, presenting the resume,negotiatingrates,coordinatinginterviews, follow-up,placement& delivery.
  • · Scheduled and coordinated interviews for candidates with clients as per the schedule requested by the account manager/client.
  • · After the interview is done, collected the feedback from the candidate and interviewers / account manager about the suitability of the candidate to the position.
  • · Job Postings and Resume Screening and contacting probable candidates in the United States.
  • · Create, Maintain and update the database of profiles.
  • Clients Worked : Bank of America
SourcingScreeningNegotiationRecruitingTalent Acquisition

Primus global services inc.,bangalore

Recruiter

Mar 2011Jan 2013 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • · Handled US recruitment in various Technologies. It involved interacting with consultants and clients to get the work done in a professional manner, including resumes screening, Job and placement, negotiating rates, scheduling interviews, keep follow up etc.
  • · Primarily get the requirements from Account Manager.
  • · Check the resume database for the relevant match if I have. If not the search online on search engines like Dice, Monster, Corp to corp. etc
  • · Evaluating the candidates resume is matching with the requirement that the prime vender or client has sent. After the evaluating the candidates resume, then get Remuneration expectations.
  • · Willingness to relocate.
  • · Corp-to-Corp, H1 Transfer, W-2 or 1099.
  • · Date of availability (not conflicting with start date).
  • · Two references from last two projects.
  • · Negotiating any constrains regarding Face-to-Face if required from a particular client.
  • · Negotiate the Rate with consultant & getting Pre-Interview Agreement signed from the consultant & Non-Compete Agreement signed from their employers (In case of W-2 or 1099 Non-Compete Agreement signed from the consultant).
  • · Responsible for posting advertisements for various Engineering professionals on computer job boards on the Internet.
  • · Worked as the best Recruiter, where in a team of Seven US IT Staffing Recruiters.
  • · Preparation of weekly review meeting report. Discuss goals and practical aspects with team members and try to get appropriate solution to solve the problem in time
  • · Creating and maintaining daily reports. Generation of weekly and monthly reports
  • In House Recruitment: Scheduling Tele-Interviews for short listed candidates. Co- ordinating with the technical panel for interviews. Introducing the new joiners to the respective staff. Collecting the relevant documents viz. photographs, academic certificates Filing the documents and giving it to the induction team
  • Client s worked : HP, Apex Systems
SourcingScreeningNegotiationRecruitingTalent Acquisition

Primus global

Technical Recruiter - US Staffing

Aug 2010Dec 2012 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Manage full recruitment process for Direct Client Requirements, utilizing various sourcing methods.
  • Format resumes, negotiate salaries, extend offers, and explain benefits.
  • Qualify candidates, recommend highly qualified ones for client interviews.
  • Coordinate interviews, collect feedback, and maintain candidate database.
SourcingScreeningNegotiationRecruitingTalent Acquisition

Education

SV University

Jan 2008Jan 2010

Sri Venkateswara University

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Jan 2008Jan 2010

SV University

Jan 2008Jan 2008

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