Vikas Kumar

Recruiter

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India7 yrs 7 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Over 7 years of experience in recruitment.
  • Expert in hiring for AI/ML and mobile development roles.
  • Strong stakeholder management and team leadership skills.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a recruitment expert specializing in IT and technology staffing.

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Skills

Core Skills

RecruitingTalent Acquisition

Other Skills

Applicant Tracking SystemsBasic C and C++ KnowledgeBenefits NegotiationBritish Communication AccentContract RecruitmentCricket CommentatingCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Diversity RecruitmentEmployee RelationsExecutive SearchFull-life Cycle RecruitingGood Analytical skillGood communication skillHiringHuman Resources

About

Thanks for stopping by, and nice to meet you - virtually! I'm Vikas, your go-to recruitment expert for Google's AI/ML, Android and iOS teams. With over 7 years of driving the entire hiring lifecycle from scratch, I've powered talent acquisition for top-tier firms like Artech, Mindlance, and Aditi Consulting. Currently, I'm a Recruiting Specialist at Randstad Sourceright, dedicated to finding the perfect fit for Google's cutting-edge opportunities. I thrive on challenges, constantly learning, and digging deep to connect exceptional talent with their next big role. Outside of work, you might find me honing my mimicry skills (English commentators and Bollywood stars are a favorite!), singing, playing cricket, or exploring the internet to stay on top of the world. Got feedback, suggestions, or just want to connect? Reach out at vvvikaskum@google.com or kumar.vikas@randstad.in.

Experience

7 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 1 mo
Average Tenure
2 yrs 8 mos
Current Experience

Randstad

Recruiting Specialist - Randstad Sourceright supporting Google

Oct 2023Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

  • Working as a Recruiting Specialist - Randstad Sourceright supporting Google
  • About Google:
  • A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.
  • Check out our career opportunities at goo.gle/3DLEokh
  • Responsibilities:
  • Hiring SWE/SDE engineers for Google - Backend, Frontend, Fullstack, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI/ML), Android, iOS.
  • Stakeholder Management.
  • Skills: Talent Pool · Talent Scouting · Hiring · Full-life Cycle Recruiting · Talent Sourcing · Diversity Recruitment · Talent Mapping · Onboarding · Negotiation · Technology Recruitment · IT Recruitment
Talent PoolTalent ScoutingHiringFull-life Cycle RecruitingTalent SourcingDiversity Recruitment+7

Leadstack inc.

Lead Recruiter

Jun 2023Sep 2023 · 3 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · Remote

  • We are one of the nation’s fastest-growing, award-winning, certified minority-owned staffing services provider of contingent workforce.
  • Our certifications and recognitions include:
  • "Best Staffing Firms to Work For" 2023 by Staffing Industry Analysts
  • Certified Great Place to Work
  • "Fastest Growing Staffing Firms" 2022 by Staffing Industry Analysts
  • "Diversity Owned Staffing Firm" 2022 by Staffing Industry Analysts
  • Minority Business Enterprise by NMSDC
  • Inc. 5000 honoree
  • As a recognized industry leader in contingent workforce solutions, we’re proud to partner with some of the most admired Fortune 500 brands in the world.
  • We specialize in IT, Business Professional, Life Sciences and Creative Services suite in a wide variety of industry verticals: Software, High Tech, Pharmaceuticals, Academia, Retail, Energy, Transportation & Aviation, Insurance, Food & Beverage, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment.
  • With our relentless commitment towards serving with excellence, enhancing employee experience and expanding DEI footprint, our differentiated solutions render an unparalleled level of service; thereby, helping us achieve the highest levels of customer satisfaction at each enterprise contingent staffing program that we support.
  • Learn more about how we are making a difference at www.leadstackinc.com
  • Responsibilities:
  • Handling end to end recruitment life cycle.
  • Building a strong relationship with the candidate and the client.
  • Filling all the IT open roles for the client by maintaining a TAT.
  • Coordinating with the hiring manager to understand his requirement in detail.
  • Managing a team of trainee recruiters and helping in making them understand about the recruitment life cycle and other mandate compliance.
  • Clients: Kroger

Bayone solutions

Senior Consultant (US Recruitment Services)

Nov 2021Feb 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Remote

  • BayOne specializes in providing Talent and Solutions & has a passion for diversity in tech #MakeTechPurple.
  • ​We help companies build teams. We find leaders and team players experts in their domains to grow your business- talent who fit in your culture.
  • We specialize in the following domains:
  • Project & Program Management
  • Cloud Computing & IT Infrastructure Management
  • Big Data Services
  • Software & Quality Engineering
  • User Experience Design
  • Visit http://www.bayone.com
  • Responsibilities:
  • Identify potential candidates through our research function, job boards, web searches, referrals, and other sources.
  • Utilized Internal ATS – Job diva and experience in recruiting using Job Sites/Boards, LinkedIn Recruiter Lite, etc.
  • Shortlisting resume against different requirements as per client’s specifications such as salary, skill set, location, and USA work authorization.
  • Identify suitable candidates quickly for client submission, screen candidates negotiate the rate, and coordinate interviews.
  • Attended client call for each assigned job, made a proper note, and share it with the team on regular basis.
  • Clients: Levi Strauss and Co.,

Mindlance

Senior Recruitment Executive

Jun 2020Jun 2021 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

  • Mindlance is a recruitment-centric talent acquisition company, Mindlance provides Technology, Engineering, Scientific, Clinical Research, Digital, Creative, Marketing, Professional & Call-center staffing as well as Direct Sourcing, RPO, Payroll & IC management workforce solutions to enterprise clients across the US, Canada and India. With annual revenue of over $200 million and growing, the Mindlance story is one of calculable achievement, made meaningful by the commitment to keep getting better in a way that is mindful and creates a balance that works for everyone. Mindfulness and balance. The Mindlance way.
  • Roles and Responsibilities:
  • Manage the recruitment process from scratch and business partner.
  • End to End recruitment for both Volume and Lateral (Starting from Sourcing, Screening, Scheduling Interview, Taking & Providing feedback, salary Negotiation, Offering & Joining).
  • Understanding the various requirements and processing the requirement within the time frame.
  • Attending call with the hiring managers along with the Resource Manager for understanding the requirements and planning of the workforce accordingly.
  • Utilized Internal ATS – Job diva. Recruiting using job boards like Dice, Monster, Career Builder; and other out-of-the-box sources like Social Networks LinkedIn.
  • Outsourcing Niche positions on a priority basis to vendors and keep good follow-up with them.
  • Acquiring profiles from social networking sites such as LinkedIn.
  • Scheduling and coordinating the interviews for all the short-listed candidates.
  • Planning and executing new ideas for recruitment when required.
  • Client: City National Bank

Artech l.l.c.

Technical Recruiter

Sep 2018Feb 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Artech Information Systems is the #1 Largest Women-Owned IT Staffing Company in the U.S. and an employer of choice for over 7,200 consultants. We recruit world-class talent for IT, engineering, and other professional jobs at 70+ Fortune and Global 500 companies coast-to-coast across the U.S., India, and China. We are one of the fastest-growing companies in the US and we welcome you to search the thousands of jobs in our cutting-edge GEM system for employment opportunities that fit your qualifications.
  • Roles and Responsibilities:
  • Handling full-cycle recruitment process from sourcing, screening, recruiting, placing, and follow up on-boarding candidates
  • Developing action plans/recruiting strategies to identify qualified candidates.
  • Recruiting using job boards like Dice, Monster, Career Builder; and other out of the box sources like Social Networks LinkedIn.
  • Responsible for achieving a good conversion ratio of submittals into interview/placement.
  • Expertise on sourcing and recruiting US IT candidates on Full time, Contract to hire, Contract and Direct hire roles.
  • Hands on experience recruiting for direct clients, implementation partners, and VMS.
  • Ensuring that the adequate number of qualified candidates are submitted for all assigned client requirements in a timely manner.
  • Adding and maintaining the candidate records relating to conversations, interviews, submission, and placements.
  • Client: Capital One and American Airlines

Objectwin technology

Technical Recruiter

Mar 2018Aug 2018 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • ObjectWin Technology is a minority business enterprise providing staffing services to Global enterprises and Fortune 1000 companies across US and India. We recruit highly skilled resources for IT, Engineering, Finance, Admin/Clerical and other Professional categories.
  • ObjectWin has been a leader in the staffing space for last two decades. We are known for our industry knowledge, worker’s quality, compliance, customer-centric approach, and flexibility. Our center of excellence has built best practice in the staffing resulting in enhanced quality & efficiently and lower costs & risks.
  • Accolades:
  • Hackathon Winner award by Staffing Industry Analysts for 2017, 2018!
  • Recognized by TAPFIN as their “Premier Partner”
  • Deloitte Fast 500 North America Ranking for the year 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
  • Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Texas for the year 2006, 2007 and 2008
  • Houston Business Journal Technology Fast Tech 50 for the year 2007 and 2008
  • INC. 5,000 Fastest Growing Private Companies Ranking for the year 2008 and 2009
  • Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for managing the full recruitment life cycle from receiving the requirement, screening, validation to acceptance of the offer and final placement.
  • Responsible for providing the best of the candidates to the client with the minimum possible turnaround time.
  • Responsible for handling & closing multiple client requirements simultaneously.
  • Identify candidates using sourcing methodologies like job portals, networks, referrals, Internet searches, and utilize the internal database to identify potential candidates
  • Successful in meeting the senior level and niche technology requirements.
  • Conducting telephone and Personal interviews in coordination with departmental heads.
  • Trained the new recruits.
  • Client: Wells Fargo and Gilead Sciences

Aditi consulting

Trainee Recruiter

Jul 2017Feb 2018 · 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Aditi Staffing LLC is an IT Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) providing Workforce Solutions Services to 50 clients across all verticals including 22 Fortune 500 clients throughout. With an IT Staffing expertise developed over a twenty-year technology legacy, Aditi Staffing specializes in filling contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire positions.
  • Aditi Staffing Facts:
  • Established in 1994, headquartered in Bellevue, WA, with offices across the US
  • An MBE - Minority Business Enterprise firm
  • High Revenue Growth in the last 3 years, above industry standards.
  • Support Top 10 Global MSP & VMS firms
  • 100% compliant across all our programs
  • Support wide variety of MSP offerings in scale and niche
  • 100% of Revenue comes from MSP/VMS programs
  • Roles and Responsibilities:
  • Effectively sourced some of the best candidates for Niche skills with a very quick TAT.
  • Always in search of new avenues to find candidates for hard to fill roles
  • Effectively discuss technologies with the candidate and identify the right position for the candidate’s profile.
  • Responsible for sourcing, identifying, pre-qualifying, networking, interviewing, updating feedback of Hiring Manager/interviewing teams to the candidate, initiating credit check/background check and reference check, negotiating offers, explaining benefits and closing the placement with managers and candidates
  • Actively sourced candidate through various job portals and social media platforms.
  • Negotiate between clients and candidates to secure mutually satisfactory salary/compensation packages along with benefits if necessary.
  • Extensively using Job Diva as an ATS and other sourcing tools like Career Builders, Monster, Dice, LinkedIn, Referrals and Job Postings
  • Dealing with US Citizens, GC Holder, EAD, and other visa holders.
  • Familiar with US tax terms such as 1099, C2C, W2
  • Clients: Motorola and Zebra Technologies

Education

Gandhi Institute for Technological Advancement

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Electrical Engineering

Jan 2012Jan 2016

DAV Public School,Bariatu

Matriculation and Intermediate — Science and Mathematics

Jan 2005Jan 2012

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