POOJA SONI
https://www.linkedin.com/in/psoni**** San Jose, CA 510-***-**** ad5c6c@r.postjobfree.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE
Full-cycle technical recruiter with 7 years of proven success finding and hiring next-generation technology, top-tier, and hard-to-find software engineers. Owns the process from strategy to sourcing to offer and understands the nuances of recruiting passive candidates. Has built multiple startup, EV, and hyper-growth teams.
Full Stack Frontend API Web Application Backend Developers Engineers Programmers Coders AI/ML
Enterprise IT Cybersecurity EV-AV Mission Operations Portfolio Companies for Venture Capital
CORE skills COMPETENCIES
Full-Cycle Recruitment
Sourcing Recruiting
Talent management
Google Workspace
Client Interaction
Candidate screening & building strong pipelines
Job vite
Linkedin recruiter
MS Office
Onboarding
Negotiation
EDUCATION
MBA Finance & Marketing. The Institute of Chartered Financial Analyst of India (ICFAI) 2009
BBA Marketing, South Gujarat University, India, 2006
Re excellence Boot camps by UrpanTech and Mentor Channels, for advanced Boolean and Social media recruitment and Client management 2013 and 2016
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ORANGEIT CORP.COM
SENIOR TECHNICAL RECRUITER SAN JOSE, CA NOVEMBER 2023 – PRESENT
Partnered with the client’s hiring manager to understand their hiring needs, skills required and company culture.
Manage full life cycle recruitment.
Build and maintain candidate pipeline.
LARSEN AND TOUBRO INFOTECH LIMITED / MINDTREE
TECHNICAL RECRUITER SAN JOSE, CA APRIL 2018 – May 2023
Handled full recruitment and placement cycle with candidates including initial recruitment, resume reviews, conducting qualifying interviews, facilitation and coordination of client interviews, pre-interview preparation and post interview debriefing, offer negotiations, and resignation and job transition coaching
Build and maintain relationships with candidates and business partners
Utilize various recruitment tools to identify and attract passive candidates including networking, cold-calling, referrals and Linkedin
Onboarding/Training new hires
Screened, interviewed and managed candidates for large Fintech firms.
Uncover passive and active candidates through data mining and networking to develop diverse talent pipelines
Coordination and completion of reference check
Serving as the primary contact for candidates for any kind of issues and further conveyed it to concerned departments.
Perform effectively under high-pressure situations while maintaining the highest ethical standards.
INMATA
TECHNICAL RECRUITER SAN JOSE, CA APRIL 2016 – MARCH 2018
Managed sourcing for 20+ candidates through personal talent database and connections, job boards, LinkedIn recruiter, Boolean search Google, X-ray search, Github, StackOverflow.com, Meetup.com
Monitored and reviewed the daily influx of candidate resumes, screening against skill matrix and submission in
applicant tracking system (ATS).
Contacted candidates and conducting preliminary interviews, which include communication skills, required skills and expectations.
Maintained reports on Google Sheets for the daily job requirements from VMS and Sales team.
Helped other recruiters within the team to understand new jobs and providing samples resumes to educate them better about the stellar profiles.