Jan 2025 – Jun 2025 · 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Remote

• Developed and implemented talent acquisition strategies to efficiently manage the contingent workforce and meet business needs.
• Streamlined recruitment workflows, ensuring quick turnaround times and high-quality hires.
• Negotiated vendor contracts and implemented cost-effective staffing solutions.
• Established KPIs to measure hiring efficiency, candidate quality, and vendor performance, providing data-driven insights.

Jan 2025 – Jun 2025 · 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Remote

• Strategic Workforce Planning: Develop and implement talent acquisition strategies to efficiently manage the contingent workforce and align with client needs.
• Vendor & MSP Management: Oversee relationships with staffing agencies, Managed Service Providers (MSPs), and third-party vendors to ensure compliance and efficiency.
• Sourcing & Recruitment: Design and execute innovative sourcing strategies to attract top contingent talent across various skill sets and industries.
• Stakeholder & Client Collaboration: Partner with hiring managers, HR, procurement teams, and clients to understand workforce requirements and deliver tailored solutions.
• Client Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, ensuring seamless service delivery and continuous improvement.
• Process Optimization: Streamline and standardize recruitment workflows, ensuring quick turnaround times, high-quality hires, and alignment with client SLAs.
• Compliance & Risk Management: Ensure adherence to labor laws, company policies, and contract compliance for all contingent workers and client engagements.
• Technology & ATS Utilization: Leverage Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and Vendor Management Systems (VMS) to track and manage contingent workforce data efficiently.
• Cost & Budget Management: Optimize hiring costs by negotiating vendor contracts, implementing cost-effective staffing solutions, and aligning with client budgets.
• Performance Metrics & Reporting: Establish KPIs to measure hiring efficiency, candidate quality, vendor performance, and client satisfaction, providing data-driven insights.

Mar 2023 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo · Iselin, New Jersey, United States · On-site

• Responsibilities:
• Job Requirement Analysis: Understand and discuss contract job requirements with hiring managers to define the skills, experience, and qualifications needed for each role.
• Sourcing Candidates: Utilize various platforms and methods (job boards, social media, professional networks, etc.) to identify and attract contract candidates with the required skills. This may involve active sourcing, building talent pipelines, and networking.
• Candidate Screening: Review resumes, conduct initial screenings, and possibly prequalify candidates via phone or video interviews to assess their fit for contract positions.
• Interview Coordination: Schedule and coordinate interviews between candidates and hiring managers or interview panels. This includes arranging logistics, sending invites, and ensuring a smooth interview process.
• Candidate Relationship Management: Maintain communication with candidates throughout the hiring process, provide updates, and ensure a positive candidate experience.
• Collaboration with Hiring Managers: Work closely with hiring managers to understand their needs, provide updates on candidate pipelines, and gather feedback on candidates.
• Negotiation and Offer Management: Discuss contract terms, rates, and other details with candidates, and facilitate the offer process in coordination with HR and hiring managers.
• Administrative Tasks: Manage and update candidate data in the applicant tracking system (ATS), prepare reports, and handle documentation related to the hiring process.
• Feedback and Continuous Improvement: Gather feedback from hiring managers, candidates, and other stakeholders to improve recruitment strategies and processes continually.
• Building Talent Communities: Engage with potential candidates, even if they're not actively applying, to nurture relationships and build a pool of talent for future contract roles.

Dec 2021 – Nov 2022 · 11 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Responsible and primarily accountability for technical hiring for Engineering, Product, Technical Support department for Qualys across North America region.
• Source, screen and evaluate candidate qualifications against job requirements, and conduct phone, video interviews to determine overall fit.
• Build relationships with hiring managers to understand their talent acquisition needs and translate those needs into a recruitment strategy with actionable recruitment plans in partnership with the Human Resources team
• Understand and balance department team needs and priorities with the priorities and needs of the business
• Practice full life cycle recruiting from requisition approval to offer to acceptance

Aug 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos · North Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

• Establishing a strong rapport with hiring managers at headquarters and in international field offices to understand their strategic staffing needs and fill vacancies in a timely manner.
• Ensuring clear mutual understanding of staffing priorities and practical constraints.
• Guiding the hiring managers through the recruitment process where needed.
• Managing communications between applicants, hiring managers and others to keep all parties apprised of the status of each search.
• Recommended creative and alternative advertising venues and strategies.
• Reviewing online/offline applications, evaluate qualifications of both internal and external candidates, conduct pre-screen interviews to analyse candidate experience and fit, coordinate pre-employment tests as needed, and develop a short list of potential candidates.
• Present fully-screened qualified candidates to hiring managers in a timely manner and coordinate interviews. Arrange travel and lodging (international and domestic) for applicants, as needed.
• Manage candidate interview results and selection decision with hiring manager.
• Provide candidates feedback on interview results as appropriate.
• Complete reference check and background checks on selected candidates, as requested.
• Participate in the offer process including negotiating offers with candidates.
• Prepare offer letter/employment agreement for signature.
• Liaise between new hires and human resources, ensuring submission of all documentation required.

Jul 2018 – May 2019 · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Client: Toyota Financial / Cap Gemini / Infosys
• Followed Traditional and Non-Traditional Recruiting methods for Sourcing Active and Passive Candidates on W2,C2C.
• Maintained & updated Employee Data on internal ATS (Job Diva) and used versatile recruitment job boards and social media recruiting methods.
• Prepared & posted Job Requirements, handled End to End Recruitments. Performed web and market research. Vendor Management Interaction.
• Spearheaded, Trained, and mentored teams of On-site Offshore Recruiters, Sources and maintained the performance metrics.
• Delivered quality submissions, met client requirements, coordinated the paperwork with compliance team, Timesheet management and invoice processing.
• Requirement Gathering, Analysis, source, recruit candidates, Pre-Screening Candidates, Setting up Interviews.

Jan 2018 – Jun 2018 · 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Orchestrated on SAP and its modules to find the relevant profiles.
• Handled the complete recruitment life cycle, sourcing and screening the resumes, validating the resumes, scheduling the interviews and Negotiating on the salaries.
• Collected feedback from the technical team and provided it to the candidates.
• Orchestrated to implement new recruitment or selection strategies as per staffing projections, ensuring cost and time saving.
• Carried out competitors’ surveys w.r.t. to compensation structure.
• Responsible for Employee Engagement, Documentation, Joining and Relieving letters, MIS, Employee Grievances.
• Sourcing/pre-screening candidates, interviewed them, checked their references, developed job offers and tracked candidates via various job boards, industry contacts and internal candidate database, LinkedIn Recruiter

May 2017 – Jul 2017 · 2 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Responsible for Stakeholder Management, Process Mapping, Data Management and Content Management tools (SharePoint).
• Quality Assessment management guided by the Quality Team. People management and presentation and Team management
• Maintained control frameworks, database management and eliminated errors in processes.
• Strategically planning and working upon potential customers or clients, work on ad- hoc projects and do proper documentation.

Mar 2016 – Dec 2016 · 9 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Vendor & Stakeholder Management: orchestrated on reporting frequency by changing the whole format which received multiple accolades from stakeholders.
• VMS Used Fieldglass for Requirement posting, submission, allocation, and allotment of requirement for delivery team and handling full client requirement delivery cycle from sourcing to resource delivery on assigned job order.
• ATS: Used Job Diva application tracking system to Assign job order and tracking performance status of delivery team.
• Recruitment & Sourcing strategies, Planning, Delivery, Resource Allocation, Internal Hiring, Team Mentor, training, floor support etc.
• Maintained database of Active, Passive and Referral Candidates on Niche Skills and C Level in company database for future requirement.
• Social Media Recruiting (LinkedIn, Facebook) for C Level and Niche Skills positions.
• Used Traditional and Non-Traditional Recruiting methods for Sourcing Active and Passive Candidates Applied Boolean sourcing techniques to identify candidates with Niche skills.

Aug 2015 – Mar 2016 · 7 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Client: Infosys/Apple, HPE, GE Transportation
• Single point of contact for each client VMO program related to requirement discussion, interview follow up, offer closer and agreement, Onboarding follow-ups.
• Googled candidates with various passive sourcing techniques such as (People search, Name generation techniques, X-ray search etc.).
• Team Management, vendor and Stakeholder Management.
• Used Fieldglass for end-to-end Requirement, Used Job Diva application tracking system to Assign job order. HRMS: US consultant onboarding process, which includes offer letter initiation, employment agreement, client document preparation. India operation internal hiring process and HR activity.

Apr 2014 – Nov 2014 · 7 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

• Working on client / Preferred Vendor requirements.
• Responsible for the full hiring cycle, Sourcing the right resources, pre-screening, coordinating technical managerial interviews, negotiating, and finally performing new hire orientation.
• Demonstrating success in IT Consulting, Bench Sales, and Full Recruitment Life cycle.
• Lay a lot of emphasis on the quality, experience & attitude of a candidate before presenting it to the client. Monitoring a team of Sr. Recruiters, getting things done from them by providing them with the required assistance.
• Facilitated the recruiters in getting the potential consultants for the requirements. Collecting submittals from the recruiters and submitting the same to the account managers after verifications and approvals.

May 2013 – Oct 2013 · 5 mos · Mangaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Vendor and Stakeholder Management, Experience with vendor management system (VMS) called Fieldglass, Used Job Diva application tracking system.
• Responsible for Recruitment and Sourcing strategies, Planning, Delivery, Resource Allocation, Internal Hiring, etc. Prepared & posted Job Requirement while managing requirements on MSP/HR/DM on contract, contract to hire and full-time position.
• Follow-up with candidate on interview process until they accept the offer & start date. Maintained database of Active, Passive and Referral Candidates in company database.

Oct 2012 – Feb 2013 · 4 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Accountable for Recruitment and Sourcing strategies, Planning, Delivery, Resource Allocation, Internal Hiring, etc.
• Prepared & posted Job Requirements on job portal like Dice, Net-Temps and Tech-Fetch and then searched for profiles.
• Managed requirements on MSP/HR/DM and handled a team of recruiters.
• Engaged with various recruitment vendors pan country to right source suitable consultants.

Nov 2008 – Jan 2012 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Pune, MH & Chennai, TN

• GTSS Inc (Now GTSS Inc. (GTSSMinds | Embedded360 | SRM Technologies)
• Responsibilities:
• SPOC: Single point of contact for each client managers related to requirement discussion, interview follow up, offer closer and agreement, Onboarding follow-ups
• Team Management: Requirement distribution, performance matrix, recruitment escalation resolution
• Improved traction with stakeholders in other geographies with the offshore recruiting team.
• Vendor and Stakeholder Management: Worked out reporting frequency, and changed the whole format, receiving multiple accolades from stakeholders
• VMS: Used Fieldglass for Requirement posting, submission, allocation and allotment of requirement for delivery team and handling full cycler client requirement delivery cycle from sourcing, allocation, pre-and post-interview sessions follow-ups and work order management and resource delivery on assigned job order.
• ATS: Used Jobdiva application tracking system to Assign job order to team and keeping track of performance status of delivery team
• Recruitment: Hands on recruiting for client exclusive requirements for C-Level, Director, VP and PMO as well as developer roles
• Hands on experience in Traditional (Job Posting, Internal Database and Job Board Search) and Non-Traditional (Online through LinkedIn, Facebook or through Recruitment Evenest, Referrals) Recruiting methods for Sourcing Active and Passive Candidates.
• Used most effective ways to source for talented individuals through online search applying Boolean sourcing techniques to identify candidates with Niche skills.
• Practiced techniques such as googling of candidates with various passive sourcing techniques such as (People search, Name generation techniques, X-ray search etc.) to identify candidates with Niche skills

Mar 2004 – Oct 2008 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Pune, MH

• Responsibilities:
• SPOC: Single point of contact for each client managers related to requirement discussion, interview follow up, offer closer and agreement, Onboarding follow-ups
• Team Management: Requirement distribution, performance matrix, recruitment escalation resolution
• Improved traction with stakeholders in other geographies with the offshore recruiting team.
• Vendor and Stakeholder Management: Worked out reporting frequency, and changed the whole format, receiving multiple accolades from stakeholders
• VMS: Used Fieldglass for Requirement posting, submission, allocation and allotment of requirement for delivery team and handling full-cycle client requirement delivery cycle from sourcing, allocation, pre-and post-interview sessions follow-ups and work order management and resource delivery on assigned job order.
• ATS: Used Jobdiva application tracking system to Assign job order to team and keeping track of performance status of delivery team
• HRMS:
• US consultant Onboarding process which include offer letter initiation, employment agreement and client document preparation and India operation internal hiring process and HR activity.
• Internal Team hiring and operation management activities which included hiring recruiters, interview process, offer generations, Onboarding, Admin and HR generalist and management task