Email: ************@*****.***
Looking For Full Time Positions Only Need H1B Sponsorship
Arpana
Objective
Acquire a recruiting opportunity leveraging my abilities and knowledge
in sourcing, recruiting and placing excellent talent, in addition to
providing career growth and knowledge enhancement.
Professional Summary
. Have nearly 5+ years of multifaceted experience with specialization
in Recruitment, Placement and Consultant & Vendor negotiations in
US market.
. Proficient in Recruiting and Marketing techniques such as vendor
networking, job boards, internet search, head hunting, etc.
. Expert level knowledge and work experience in internet recruitment
sites like dice, monster, hot jobs, etc.
. Outstanding persuasion, negotiation and investigative skills with
ability to work effectively in high pressure environments.
. Hands on IT professional, programming background helps in
understanding the requirements in detail.
. Experience in Recruiting technical consultants of all levels, from
programmers to project managers etc.
. Experience in Marketing/Placing technical consultants (bench
consultants) for mid level to high level positions.
. Expertise in full Recruitment life cycle, IT staffing contract and
permanent placements.
. Quickly adopt to any environment and in building strong working
relationships.
. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, creativity,
excellent attitude towards team work and common goals achievement.
. Maintain good relationship with other staffing partners/companies
and helping them to fulfill their client needs.
. Actively participated in team for business development activities
and maximize the revenue growth and exceed goals and objectives.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENECE
Tech Species LLC, CA
Senior Technical Recruiter
Nov 2009 - Present
Responsible to organize company's staffing efforts, perform research; make
recommendations, to fill the client company's needs.
. Performed duties of vendor management, acted as account manager and
assisted the director of the company in biding state projects.
. Meet with client to define job requirements and upcoming needs.
. Managed sub vendors throughout the project engagement. Build
relationships with contract employees through various activities.
. Prepare job description, post jobs, pre-screen, evaluate skills and
interview candidates for the right match. Conduct behavioral and
background checks of candidates, and make recommendations to Hiring
Managers on the most qualified candidates.
. Fill requisitions from entry level through senior experienced candidates
both software/ hardware developers, JAVA, Oracle, SAP, QA, BA, DBA,
Technical Writer, .NET, DoDAF Architect, DFAS, Software Engineers, PM,
Usability Engineers, GIS Developers, MicroStrategy, SOX, Technical Team
Leads and PMs.
. Draft engagement proposals (RFP/RFQ/RLB) for state sponsored IT projects.
. Participated in job fairs, conferences, trade fairs, and college
recruiting.
. Interacted with clients and vendors, build relationship, get
requirements, and put closer.
. Sourced, screen, interview, negotiate and close open positions for
direct and third party clients. Assisted Account Manager in interactions
with client, and managing sub-vendors.
. Posted and maintained online jobs, organized database of candidate
contacts and job requisitions. Sourced IT Professional ranging from but
not limited to PMs, DBAs, BA, SharePoint Developers, Help Desk Support,
QA, JAVA, Oracle, .Net, etc.
. Supported and resolve client needs, follow-up, attended conferences and
initial client meetings.
. Working on Leading Networking Company requirement by locating candidates
using sourcing methodologies like networks, referrals, internet searches,
cold calling.
. Have adeptness in using various job portals like Dice, Monster, Career
Builder and Corp-corp.com and the passive candidate search.
. Good exposure in W2, 1099, and Corp to- Corp deals. Experience in
negotiating & finalizing salary/ rate/hr aspects with GCs, U.S. Citizens, H1B, EAD,TN permit holders, OPT, EAD.
Responsibilities
. Owned full-cycle recruiting process: sourced, interviewed, offered,
negotiated and closed candidates for assigned requisitions.
. Sourcing the candidates for permanent and corp. to corp. positions
and contract to hire, using available resources such as business
contacts, referrals and online databases.
. Have strong knowledge of uploading, monitoring and maintaining job
postings on Dice.
. Determined the needs of the hiring managers. Established and
maintained solid working relationships with them.
. Negotiated salaries, checked references, presented verbal offers of
employment to selected candidates and completed necessary paperwork
after hire.
. Coordinated technical interviews with the interview panel.
. Keeping in constant touch with consultants placed at client sites,
sorting out issues, if any, so as to increase motivation and reduce
attrition.
Clients worked with: Juniper Networks, Cognizant Technology, Satyam,
NetApp, Cisco etc
Bay System Consulting, CA
Senior Technical Recruiter
May 2009-Oct 2009
. Involved in full-cycle recruiting: Responsible for sourcing,
recruiting, screening and placing candidates for various positions
at all levels from various technology domains like DBA, UI
Engineer, QA Engineer, QA Inspection, Environmental Compliance
position, RAM, NSE position etc.
. Sourced via Electronic job boards, internal resources, referrals and
other leads for Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers.
. Sourced IT Professional - JAVA, .NET, Oracle, Network Administration,
Business Analyst, Help Desk Support, QA, etc.
. Identified, prescreened, negotiated, conducted and coordinated in
scheduling interviews.
. Documented, edited and formatted resumes as per the standard formats of
various organizations.
. Have adeptness in using various job portals like VurvExpress,
hotjobs, Dice, Monster, Career Builder and Corp-corp.com and the
passive candidate search.
. Good exposure in W2, 1099, and Corp to- Corp deals. Experience in
negotiating & finalizing salary/ rate/hr aspects with GCs, U.S.
Citizens, H1B, EAD,TN permit holders, OPT, EAD.
Clients worked with: NASA and Air force, Kaiser
Kush Technologies, CA
Technical Recruiter
Oct 2008-April 2009
. Involved in full-cycle recruiting: Responsible for sourcing,
recruiting, screening and placing candidates for various positions
at all levels from various technology domains like Dot Net,
Java/J2EE, C++, C, UNIX, QA/Testing, BA, Oracle, SAP, Informatica
etc.
. Working on Leading Networking Company requirement by locating
candidates using sourcing methodologies like networks, referrals,
internet searches, cold calling.
. Have adeptness in using various job portals like Dice, Monster,
Career Builder and Corp-corp.com and the passive candidate search.
. Good exposure in W2, 1099, and Corp to- Corp deals. Experience in
negotiating & finalizing salary/ rate/hr aspects with GCs, U.S.
Citizens, H1B, EAD,TN permit holders, OPT, EAD.
Responsibilities
. Owned full-cycle recruiting process: sourced, interviewed, offered,
negotiated and closed candidates for assigned requisitions.
. Sourcing the candidates for permanent and corp. to corp. positions
and contract to hire, using available resources such as business
contacts, referrals and online databases.
. Have strong knowledge of uploading, monitoring and maintaining job
postings on Dice.
. Determined the needs of the hiring managers. Established and
maintained solid working relationships with them.
. Negotiated salaries, checked references, presented verbal offers of
employment to selected candidates and completed necessary paperwork
after hire.
. Coordinated technical interviews with the interview panel.
. Keeping in constant touch with consultants placed at client sites,
sorting out issues, if any, so as to increase motivation and reduce
attrition.
Clients worked with: Juniper Networks, Cognizant Technology, Tata
Consultancy, Patni, Mphasis, Satyam and more
Sr.Technical Recruiter
Eminent labs, Bangalore India
June 2004-June 2007
Eminent Labs, is a project-based software-development and technology
company that provides consultants in various areas of software development
life cycle: Quality Assurance Analyst, Business Analysts and proven Web
Solutions and Configuration Management. The company provides Information
Technology solutions and consulting services with a dedicated commitment to
excellence in service and a focus on its clients.
Responsibilities:
. Utilized internal database and search engines like Monster, Dice and
Craigslist to identify potential candidates
. Placed job requirements on the Internet to increase available
candidate pool.
. Developed creative recruiting resources to attract qualified
professionals interested in contract, contract to hire.
. Screened candidates to ensure their qualifications meet open
positions.
. Conducted skills testing, phone interviews, reference checks and
background investigations.
. Presented job opportunities to qualified candidates and negotiated
contract terms.
. Maintained current relationships with consultants and build new
candidate leads.
. Mat established hiring targets.
. Performed duties with minimal supervision: highly experienced with
time management, attention to details and organization.
. Manage the full recruitment lifecycle process for clients which
includes; developing the overall recruiting strategy, determining key
selection criteria, posting requisitions to multiple channels,
screening candidates, scheduling and managing the numerous rounds of
interviews with hiring managers, conducting the pre-employment
verification, packaging the offer, closing the candidate, and
processing all on-boarding paperwork
. Positions recruited for include Program Manager, Product manager,
Business Systems Analyst, Support Analyst, Software Design Engineer in
Test, Software Design Engineer, Web Developer, Builder, and
Application Developer
. Positions recruited for SAP FICO, BW, ABAP, Techno -Functional and
Technical consultant.
. Maintain hiring manager relationships & delivered high quality
recruitment and staffing services in a cost and time effective manner
. Actively monitor various college placement centers and attend local
community college campus recruiting events for potential candidates
. Organize and attend job fairs, and employment resource/education
workshops.
Education
MCA- Master of computer application
BCA-Bachelor of computer application
Skills
. Google doc, Google spreadsheets, Searching techniques, Google
Group, Yahoo Group
. Complete Microsoft Office Suite (professional): Excel, Word,
Outlook, PowerPoint, and Access
. Cbiz One, MS Outlook, Outlook Express, VurvExpress, Bullhorn,
Facebook, Twitter
. Experience in quick Books pro