Manager Sales

Ranjani Raman

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SUMMARY: TALENT ACQUISITION SPECIALIST

. 5 years of experience in IT Talent Acquisition and full life-cycle

recruitment

. Experience as a corporate recruiter and a recruitment consultant

. Good business knowledge in resource management, talent acquisition &

retention

. Consistent performer and always aiming to exceed expectation

. Proven track record in a fast paced result oriented environment

. Ability and experience working in a multicultural environment

. Good team player with good communication and interpersonal skills.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

. Master of Business Administration (Specialization in HR & Marketing

Management) from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University,

Chennai, 2004

. Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science), from University of Madras,

Chennai, 2002

SPECTRUM OF PROFILES HANDLED IN TECHNICAL RECRUITMENT

Business Development Managers, Project Managers, Solution Architects,

Project Leads, Team Leads, Business Analysts, Quality Analysts, Technical

Consultants, Functional Consultants, Application specialists, Developers

and Senior Developers, DBA, System/ Networking Engineers/ Administrators,

Infrastructure specialists, Information Security specialists were sourced

in various technologies

Domains handled

. Banking and Financial Services, Capital Markets, Insurance

. Manufacturing, Logistics, Emerging markets, Embedded Systems, Telecom

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Kelly IT Resources, unit of Kelly Services, Singapore, as Consultant, March

2008 - July 2008

Responsibilities: (Reported to Head, Professional & Technical Division)

. As an account manager, was responsible for recruiting and filling

permanent positions for the clients

. Identifying and generating new businesses through outside sales

activities such as cold calling, prospecting and relationship

building.

. Sourcing for suitable candidates using various recruitment channels

and continuously explore innovative and alternative avenues to attract

the right candidate for the job

. Attracting passive talents by cold calls, networking sites, extensive

internet based searches like X-Ray searches, Boolean searches,

semantic searches etc

. Established ability to understand requirements and make suitable

recommendations to the clients leading to placements

. Handled clients and requirements in Banking and Financial Services and

end users segment

. Efficient in using the VMS/MSP like Fieldglass and Resource Management

System like turboRECRUIT for candidate and client management.

. Attending networking events and HR seminars

Cambridge Solutions Pte Ltd, Senior Executive Staffing, Aug 2005 - Feb 2008

In Singapore office from Feb 06 - feb 08

Responsibilities: (Reported to VP - Staffing)

. Overseeing and handling entire recruitment activities for the APAC

region - including Singapore, Malaysia and Japan, Australia.

. Implemented effective recruitment strategies that resulted in low cost-

per-hire and increase in the number of hires per month.

. Contributed a significant role in setting up the Development Centre in

Malaysia

. Handled recruitment across the verticals - Banking & Financial

Services, manufacturing, Logistics & Emerging Markets and Telecom

. Demonstrated good track record in recruiting talent through various

sources, which included headhunting, job portals, consultants,

vendors/ agencies, employee referrals, extensive internet searches and

networking sites

. Led a team of recruiters - delegating the requirements to the team for

sourcing and interview coordination. Overseeing the overall

recruitment process.

. Handled the resource management activities in APAC in the movement of

resources from other locations (in India/ US) to APAC and reverse.

. Interacted with Business Unit Heads, Sales team & Delivery Managers

for understanding resource requirements

. Scheduled and organized the interviews as per Technical Panel and

client requests.

. In charge for interviewing, hiring decisions, candidate Salary

negotiation, offers and follow-up till the joining

. Conducted HR interviews to judge the candidate's suitability,

attitude, academic & professional qualification, experience,

communication skills etc, and arranging for the technical evaluation

before forwarding the profiles to the client.

. Maintained all the records of the candidates as per the Quality

standards

. Successfully cleared external audit in for recruitment in APAC with

'zero' NC

. Regularly updating all the recruitment reports - daily, weekly,

monthly, vertical wise

. Updated the key hiring progress for the APAC region during the Weekly

Key Resourcing Conference call, which is organization wide that

includes India, US, EMEA and APAC

. Single point of contact for handling Employee Referral program in

APAC.

. Participated and hired graduates from campus recruitment drives in

colleges/ Universities in Singapore and Malaysia

. Was consistently rated as "Outstanding Performer" during annual

appraisals

. Established, built and maintained beneficial clients and candidate

networks.

In Chennai India, from August 2005 - Feb 2006

Successfully fulfilled project based requirements for the projects and

received several appreciations for my contributions from clients and hiring

managers

Responsibilities: (Reported to Assistant Manager - Staffing)

. Handled end-to-end recruitment in Capital Markets and BFS domains.

. Discussions with the Hiring Managers on the requirements & resources

. Sourced the profiles through various sources (Job portals,

Consultants, Vendors, Employee referrals) and ensuring all the source

channels are active

. Prescreened the profiles and conducted HR interviews and coordinated

interviews schedules with the technical panel

. Negotiated and made offers to the selected candidates

. Facilitated the joining formalities

. Single point of contact for Employee Referral Program in Chennai and

was successful in promoting this channel for profile sourcing.

. Participated in campus recruitment

Virtusa India Pvt Ltd, Chennai as Staffing Coordinator, March 2004 to July

2005

Responsibilities: (Reported to Senior Executive - Staffing)

. Spectrum of profiles handled - Software Engineers & Senior Software

Engineers

. Sourced the profiles through job portals and vendors

. Single point of contact for Employee Referral Program

. Conducted HR prescreening for the profiles and coordinated interviews

schedules

. Maintained recruitment trackers and tracking progress status

. Conducted Reference checks for offered candidates

. Offer Letters preparation for offered candidates

. Facilitated the joining formalities and coordinated with Training

Department for organizing induction for all the New Joinees

. Participated in campus recruitments

Awards EARNED:

. Recruiter of the Quarter Award for the quarter Q4 '05 (including Oct,

Nov, Dec '05) in Scandent Solutions, Chennai India.

. Certificate of Appreciation Award for Outstanding Contribution towards

Hiring Coordination for the quarter Q2 '04 (including July, Aug, and

Sep 04) in Virtusa, Chennai, India.

ADDITIONAL CREDENTIALS:

Presented papers and won prizes in various inter college seminars during

MBA, on the following topics - Employee Empowerment, Business Process

Outsourcing, Evolution of Brands

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