Mar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Remote

• Startup Grind is the most valuable startup community in the world, delivering education, connections, and opportunities to help startups and scaleups grow. Through local events, flagship global conferences, startup membership, partnerships, mentor and investor programs, and online content – Startup Grind .
• collectively reaches over 4 million startups in 600 cities and 125 countries worldwide.

Apr 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos · US/India

• InterviewDesk is world’s leading On Demand Interview Platform built to disrupt traditional hiring methods and works on a unique concept of outsourced interviewing.
• Founded in the year 2019 by an ex Amazonian, InterviewDesk is headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. With our curated approach, organizations can now save up to 50% of time and cost spent on hiring. It helps companies to build their engineering team faster. InterviewDesk is redefining how tech-hiring happens across the globe. We have built an interview-as-a-service platform to solve this and have big logos under our customer portfolio. In short, we are primarily here to create exceptional interviewing experience for the job seekers, employers as well as the interviewers.

Feb 2013 – Present · 13 yrs 4 mos · India & US

• Hunt & Badge recently got acquired by Global Brand Nasdaq Listed Company in US-Hudson Global(HudsonRPO). We are now part of Hudson Global Group !
• Pichumani Durairaj, Founder, Principal Recruiter of Hunt & Badge Consulting Pvt Ltd, presently based at Salvador , Brazil.He did his Post Graduate Honour Diploma in Personal Management & Industrial Relations(PMIR) from Madras School of Social Work(Reputed Institute in India).He has more than decade of experience in Recruiting for both Technology and Non- Technology Hiring. Prior Starting this Firm, he has played a vital role in some of Top Fortune Product Companies like Amazon,KLA- Tencor ,Flextronics etc.He is very passionate about Recruiting and interested in facing and solving the Hiring Problems.
• About Hunt & Badge :
• Hunt & Badge Consulting is a fast growing Start up Recruiting Company based in Chennai , India and have Global presence in Salvador, Brazil, founded by a seasoned Recruiting Professional who brings a more than decade of experience with proven track record in the Industry. We began as experts in recruiting the best and brightest talents for organizations that truly understand the key to success is investing in their people.
• Recruiting is our passion! The detective work required in sourcing the best candidates, the expertise required to determine the candidate who is the best fit, and the sales ability to close and deliver the best candidate all get the positive adrenalin flowing.
• Technology Hiring Expertise(But not Limited though)...
• Internet /e-Commerce/Semiconductor/Embedded/Electronics Manufacturing Services/
• Telecom/Automation/Banking , Financial & Insurance Services etc.

Feb 2012 – Jan 2013 · 11 mos · Salvador Area, Brazil

• Helping Companies on their Recruitment/Staffing needs through Social Media Recruiting tool.
• Doing Research & Analysis on Social Media Networking to improve the efficiency and effectiveness while using as a tool for Recruitment.
• As recruiters, we are in the business of finding the right people. We’re matchmakers between job seeker and enterprise.
• To recruit is to build relationships and connections; and social recruiting is about finding those people and interacting with them. Social networks have made that
• easier – and more personal, if you do it right. Using the social web, we can now engage and communicate on a mass scale, while still developing a one-to-one Connection.
• Employer/Recruiter: If you are looking to fill leadership/tech positions please inbox me to pichumanid@gmail.com.
• Candidates: Are you looking for an interesting new opportunity/position in a leading internet companies, please feel free to contact me.

Apr 2010 – Feb 2012 · 1 yr 10 mos · Chennai Area, India

• Recruitment Lead- June 2011 – Jan 2012.
• Responsible for hiring entire Retail Tech Business Group with team size of Two.
• Senior Recruiter- April 2010 to May 2011.
• Responsible for recruiting Middle & Senior Level Technical (Leadership)Hiring for Various Business Groups based at Chennai Dev Centre.
• Key Responsibilities:
• Managing end to end recruiting process in fulfilling technical hiring and also ensuring a smooth and positive candidate experience.
• Partnering with Business & Respective Hiring Managers to understand their requirements and fulfill the same within stipulated time and thereby meeting requirement targets.
• Preparation of Data Reports and other recruiting metrics on regular basis to senior management.
• Actively sourcing Passive candidates through Social Networking sites like Linkedin, Twitter, and Facebook etc to build the candidate database across different job families.
• Working closely with HRBP’s on Compensation & Offer Approval process to generate the offer roll outs for the successful candidates.
• Implementing Innovative ideas in sourcing which will improvise in finding the right talent pool.
• Setting up the right expectations with the Hiring Managers/Business Leaders
• Implementing effective staffing strategies to focus on recruiting the most qualified candidates and provide a qualified and diverse candidate pool.
• Ensure in providing great Customer( Candidates & Hiring Manager/Business Leaders) experience by effectively interacting with them and updating them status in the shortest possible time
• Managing the relationships with hiring managers by building relationships & earn trust within each business unit. Doing this by maintaining reports and weekly meetings to share update on each open requisition
• Awards & Recognition:
• Received “Team Excellence Award” For the contribution & Dedication towards Best performance in Talent Acquisition.

May 2008 – Mar 2010 · 1 yr 10 mos

• As a Senior HR Recruitment Business Partner- for Three Business Unit Verticals (Offshore, APAC & Middle East region):
• Interacting with Business Unit Head to understand their requirements and fulfill the same within stipulated time and thereby meeting requirement targets.
• Managing the end to end recruitment process in fulfilling the requirements within Stipulated time Period.
• Responsible for meeting the delivery of Resumes to the client in hour’s time basis.
• Interacting with Client/Sales Coordinator for getting the requirements on day to day basis
• Also supporting and handled the offshore recruitment on critical positions.
• Managing the complete recruitment life cycle starting from sourcing to On-Board of New Hires.
• Conducting Final HR interviews with candidates.
• Completing fitment process to offer the technically shortlisted candidates.
• Salary negotiations resulting in acceptance of the offer and candidate joining.
• Ensuring the completion of joining duty formalities and Conducting Induction Programme for new recruits.
• Responsible for Preparation of recruitment related reports and monitor the progress.
• Presentation to the management on the recruitment status and suggest suitable promotional campaigns to attract the best talent in the industry.
• Monitoring the overall functioning of processes, identifying improvement areas and implementing adequate measures to maximize desired results

Feb 2006 – Apr 2008 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 · 2 yrs