SUMMARY:

• Seasoned and dedicated HR professional with a MBA in Human Resources Management.
• More than 15 years professional experience and ten years of proven success in full life cycle talent acquisition, within the technology domain.
• Highly effective and creative individual with extraordinary relationship building and management skills at all levels of the organization.
• Strong knowledge of the entire recruitment function, talent acquisition practices, principles and applications including attraction, interviewing and assessment.
• Key Skills: Talent Acquisition, Technical Recruiting, Benefits Negotiation, Applicant Tracking Systems (Synergy, TALEO, IQN), HR Policies and Procedures.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. Talent Acquisition Consultant

Confidential, San Ramon, CA

• Contract hiring and full life - cycle recruiting in a dynamic organization across various business units - TECH, CRM, Center of Excellence, Product Testing Group and Life Sciences.
• Drive end-to-end hiring process from candidate expectations, hiring budgets, compensation and benefits negotiations, extending offers, BG and reference checks, immigration, through relocation and onboarding.
• Ensure legal compliance with respect to job postings, candidate assessment, interview process, extending offers and hiring; used applicant tracking systems, published weekly trackers and status reports.
• Articulating, clarifying and marketing the Cognizant brand with an ever evolving recruitment process.
• Key Clients: Apple, eBay, Intuit, Autodesk, Salesforce, Gilead, Geico, JPMC, Wells Fargo, Travellers, Healthnet, Anthem and Suntrust among others.
• Handled varied niche skills - Pega, Service Virtualization (CA Lisa), Salesforce, Devops, Oracle EBS, Security Testing, Automation Testing, IVR Testing and more.

Sr. Talent Acquisition Manager (Consultant)

Confidential, Mountain View, CA

• Full life-cycle sourcing and recruiting in a very complex organizational structure for exempt positions, primarily in the areas of cutting edge software technologies.
• Drive the offer process by having an end-to-end view of candidate and manager expectations, budgets, and provide sound compensation and hiring recommendations when extending offers.
• Excelled in sourcing, assessing and recruiting candidates at all levels of an organization, specializing in technology and key management positions.
• Extensive experience data mining for passive, semi-passive candidates using tools such as LinkedIn, Indeed and general website searches at Monster, Dice, Career Builder, etc.
• Key Clients: Apple, Google, Cisco, AT&T, Credit Suisse, McGraw Hill, Fedex, BCBS, Nevada Energy, Electronic Arts among others.

Account Manager

Confidential, Danbury, CT

• Managed full cycle talent acquisition using active sources (job boards) and passive sources (open web searches, social media) to fulfill recruitment needs
• Guide new employees reach full productivity as soon as possible, to foster loyalty, instilling values and behaviors critical to success.
• Discussed market data and defined talent profiles with hiring managers to arrive at accurate job descriptions that crisply highlight required vs optional requirements.
• Designated HR manager for central region associates responsible for personnel placement, personnel recruitment, training and implementation of HR policies.
• Solicit feedback for the consultants from clients and present it to the candidates in manner that is effective and actionable.
• Spearheaded external vendor contract negotiations and agreements to position Magna favorably to allow for longer term & mutually beneficial partnerships with vendors & clients leading to higher margins.
• Educate consultants on market trends in terms of overall growth, specific skill set and market verticals allowing them to stay current & prepared for the job market.
• Conduct regular check-in with consultants to gauge their evolving aspirations and help them to achieve them.
• Maintain broad industry contacts, and actively develop new contacts.
• Conducted regular follow-ups with existing customers to ensure continuity of revenue streams and drive customer satisfaction.

HR Coordinator (Training & Recruitment)

Confidential, Sterling, VA

• Responsible for full life cycle recruiting process developing job descriptions, recruiting and sourcing for IT technology professionals by way of job boards, cold calling, networking events, trade shows
• Successfully catered resumes to average 30 requisitions a week and scheduled & conducted interviews
• Counseled job and training applicants on the suite of training products available.
• Generated reports using excel and access to facilitate resource scheduling and coordination.
• Developed talent pools through creative sourcing techniques including referral generation, networking, direct sourcing, and advanced Internet sourcing.
• Worked with hiring managers to discuss compensation, bonus, and overall job offers
• Sourcing using various internet job boards such as Monster, Dice, CareerBuilder, Flipdog.com, Craigslist, Social business networking sites such as Linkedin.com
• Placed high-end technical professionals in the area of IT Industry in contract and full-time positions.
• Schedule interviews with hiring managers and pre-close candidates by presenting organization's work environment

Project Coordinator

Confidential, San Diego, CA

• Successfully managed delivery of multiple projects from RFQ process up to the invoicing process.
• Setup, managed and maintained projects within the QuickBase application.
• Coordinated the delivery schedule between the clients and the manufacturing units.
• Maintained accurate records of multiple projects within the intranet application.
• Provided weekly status reports to clients and management regarding the status of various projects.

Sr. Sales Executive (Project Coordinator)

Confidential

• Dedicated account manager for three of the company's major customers
• Successfully managed implementation of 30+ projects worth Rs.60 million over a period three years
• Setup and maintained project schedule and managed customer expectations
• Directly responsible for the deliverables during both initial deployment and ongoing maintenance
• Negotiated pricing and delivery times for equipment with suppliers from various countries
• Closely interacted with engineering and finance among other groups to implement the projects
• Key customer interactions: Shipping Corporation India, National Institute of Oceanography, Bharati Ship Yard
• Key vendor interactions: Raytheon- USA, Koden Electronics -Japan, S. P. Radio -Denmark, etc

Sr. Training Manager

Confidential

• Scheduled and coordinated various corporate training programs on site and on premises.
• Reported to corporate head office on the status of various projects and activities that were being conducted at this location.
• Single point of contact for all the corporate customers.