Rijo Mathew Cherian

Recruiter

Nagpur, Maharashtra, India16 yrs 2 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 12 years of HR experience in IT industry.
Expertise in talent acquisition across multiple sectors.
Proven leadership in managing recruitment teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with extensive experience in IT and HR sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionTechnical RecruitingVendor Management

Other Skills

Contract RecruitmentIT RecruitmentLateral HiringHead HuntingContract NegotiationSalary NegotiationsVendor NegotiationStrategic NegotiationsStrategic PlanningDiversity SourcingRecruitment Life Cycle ManagementVendor ContractsNew Vendor DevelopmentStakeholder ManagementStakeholder Engagement

About

• Dynamic HR professional with over 12+ years’ experience in IT/HR Industry. • As a Human Resource Professional with 6+ years of experience assisting and fulfilling organization staffing needs and requirements. • Proven track record of using my excellent personal, communication and organization skills to lead and improve HR departments, recruit excellent personnel, and improve department efficiencies. • Team player with good communication skills, high quality of work, driven and highly self-motivated. Strong negotiating skills and business acumen and able to work independently. • Professional competencies in managing entire range of HR functions - Induction, Wages and Salary Administration, Employee Service Conditions, Safety, discipline. • Rich leadership experience, recruitment and personnel development expertise having supervised small teams consisting of members at different levels and functions.

Experience

16 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs

Average Tenure

9 yrs

Current Experience

Persistent systems

4 roles

Associate Manager, North Americas Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos

Partnering with leadership teams in executing talent acquisition strategies to attract and cultivate professionals in software technology, management and non-technical roles across BFSI, Cyber Information Security, Life Science & Health Care and Industrial Service.
Responsible for hiring across all levels of business requirements across locations in the USA using Talent Acquisition system software.
Effectively manage, prioritize and execute full recruitment life cycle activities to include the following: Diversity Sourcing, screening, interview, and evaluate candidates.
Review and understand technical job requirements in partnership with respective hiring teams within the company.
Collaborate with HR Business Partners, Executive Compensation and Talent Management to align key talent objectives of business units and execute end to end recruitment processes with a One HR approach.
Managing a small team consisting of an Executive Recruiter, Executive Sourcers, and Executive Coordinators to facilitate hiring plans of the company.
Working with leadership teams to plan present and anticipate future hiring needs.
Creation of job descriptions for various technical and non-technical roles.
Candidate follow-up from initial application to offer stage and till onboarding.
Develop comprehensive talent sourcing strategies to build diverse talent pools and pipelines. Talent mapping & competitive intelligence gathering.
Partner in creation and implementation of software systems to automate recruiting processes.
Manage data and processes through Human Resource Management Systems.
Plan and lead employer branding initiatives by participating in local recruitment branding events and also through social media branding.
Creation and implementation of effective employee onboarding and creating legally compliant policy documentation.
Managing internal stakeholders and also partnering with vendors on a day-to-day basis to facilitate talent acquisition needs.

Talent AcquisitionContract RecruitmentTechnical RecruitingIT RecruitmentLateral HiringHead Hunting+5

Assistant Manager, North Americas Talent Acquisition

Jul 2021 – Jun 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Partnering with leadership teams in executing talent acquisition strategies to attract and cultivate professionals in software technology, management and non-technical roles across BFSI, Cyber Information Security, Life Science & Health Care and Industrial Service.
Responsible for hiring across all levels of business requirements across locations in the USA using Talent Acquisition system software.
Effectively manage, prioritize and execute full recruitment life cycle activities to include the following: Diversity Sourcing, screening, interview, and evaluate candidates.
Review and understand technical job requirements in partnership with respective hiring teams within the company.
Collaborate with HR Business Partners, Executive Compensation and Talent Management to align key talent objectives of business units and execute end to end recruitment processes with a One HR approach.
Managing a small team consisting of an Executive Recruiter, Executive Sourcer, and Executive Coordinators to facilitate hiring plans of the company.
Working with leadership teams to plan present and anticipate future hiring needs.
Creation of job descriptions for various technical and non-technical roles.
Candidate follow-up from initial application to offer stage and till onboarding.
Develop comprehensive talent sourcing strategies to build diverse talent pools and pipelines. Talent mapping & competitive intelligence gathering.
Partner in creation and implementation of software systems to automate recruiting processes.
Manage data and processes through Human Resource Management Systems.
Plan and lead employer branding initiatives by participating in local recruitment branding events and also through social media branding.
Creation and implementation of effective employee onboarding and creating legally compliant policy documentation.
Managing internal stakeholders and also partnering with vendors on a day to day basis to facilitate talent acquisition needs.

Technical RecruitingContract RecruitmentIT RecruitmentVendor ManagementVendor ContractsNew Vendor Development+7

Senior Executive Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Jan 2020 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos

Partnering with leadership teams in executing talent acquisition strategies to attract and cultivate professionals in software technology, management and non-technical roles.
Responsible for hiring across all levels of business requirements across locations in the USA using Talent Acquisition system software.
Effectively manage, prioritize and execute full recruitment life cycle activities to include the following: Diversity Sourcing, screening, interview, and evaluate candidates.
Review and understand technical job requirements in partnership with respective hiring teams within the company.
Collaborate with HR Business Partners, Executive Compensation and Talent Management to align key talent objectives of business units and execute end to end recruitment processes with a One HR approach.
Managing a small team consisting of an Executive Recruiter, Executive Sourcer, and Executive Coordinators to facilitate hiring plans of the company.
Working with leadership teams to plan present and anticipate future hiring needs.
Creation of job descriptions for various technical and non-technical roles.
Candidate follow-up from initial application to offer stage and till onboarding.
Develop comprehensive talent sourcing strategies to build diverse talent pools and pipelines. Talent mapping & competitive intelligence gathering.
Partner in creation and implementation of software systems to automate recruiting processes.
Manage data and processes through Human Resource Management Systems.
Plan and lead employer branding initiatives by participating in local recruitment branding events and also through social media branding.
Creation and implementation of effective employee onboarding and induction programs and creating legally compliant policy documentation.
Managing internal stakeholders and also partnering with vendors on a day to day basis to facilitate talent acquisition needs.

Talent Acquisition Executive

Feb 2017 – Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Partnering with leadership teams in executing talent acquisition strategies to attract and cultivate professionals in software technology, management and non-technical roles.
Effectively manage, prioritize and execute full recruitment life cycle activities to include the following: Diversity Sourcing, screening, interview, and evaluate candidates.
Review and understand technical job requirements in partnership with respective hiring teams within the company.
Working with leadership teams to plan present and anticipate future hiring needs.
Creation of job descriptions for various technical and non-technical roles.
Candidate follow-up from initial application to offer stage and till onboarding.
Develop comprehensive talent sourcing strategies to build diverse talent pools and pipelines. Talent mapping & competitive intelligence gathering.
Managing internal stakeholders and also partnering with vendors on a day to day basis to facilitate talent acquisition needs.

Platys group llc

HR Manager - US Operations

Jul 2015 – Feb 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos · Nagpur Area, India

Responsible for planning and managing recruitment and selection of staff.
Used job portals like Dice, Monster, Career builder and other social networking sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, sulekha etc, for the open jobs within the allotted time frame.
Responsible for conducting new employee orientation.
Identify and manage training and development needs for employees.
Developed and implemented human resources policies and procedures.
Administer HR policies and procedures.
Handling employee complaints, grievances and disputes.
Administering employee discipline and decorum.
Conducting exit interviews.
Review and update employee rules and regulations.
Designed and implemented benefit plans and packages for the employees.
Knowledge of W2, Corp to Corp, 1099 etc to name a few, handling all contracting and legal responsibilities of the company.
Monitor efficient working of U.S. immigration programs and assist to provide appropriate response to all immigration questions and resolve all issues according to required legal requirements.
Maintain and update log for all VISA and maintain knowledge on all status and assist to hire and terminate all employees and supervise all internal processes and manage all visa petitions.
Assist all managers and employees with all work visa and permanent residency case information as per requirements and prepare documents for same and design and prepare report metrics for all immigration processes and programs.
Directly reporting to the president of the company and assisted the president of Staffing and Top Management with RFPs and RFI and provided other information when required.
Represent the management at meetings that involve employee benefits, compensation and discipline issues.
Conducting with and advising management and supervising human resource issues; investigating human resource related problems and making recommendations to the organization.

Denave

Microsoft Trainer

Jan 2014 – Feb 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · Nagpur Area, India

Delivering training on Microsoft Products to Store Demonstrator and Retail Sales Person at Channel Partner retail stores.
Training RSP’s on Selling skills.
Delivering Training on soft skills and customer handling.
Conducting mystery audits and monitoring Microsoft Partners and Distributors, in order to cut down piracy ratio.
Conducting periodically Training session and assessment for Microsoft BDM and PAM to assess their knowledge level on Microsoft Channel Business.

Wipro

Sr. Associate (Business/IT Analyst)

Apr 2009 – Sep 2013 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Pune Area, India

Dynamic professional with over 4 year experience in IT Service Industry.
Managed training for new Joinees in batch mode, trained them on day to day process and company policies.
Scheduled daily trainings, handled trainee issues, shift management and rostering.
Managed & lead teams for running successful process operations