Meenakshi Anand
Contact No.: +91-965*******
Email id: *********.*********@*****.***
Summary
• Dynamic and result oriented individual with 10 years of overall experience and 6.5 years
of technical recruiting experience, focused in the placement of Software
Engineers/Architects (Distributed and Mainframe), Database Architects / Developers
/Administrators, Network / System /Security Engineers, Web Developers, Quality
Assurance/Test Engineers, Technical Program/Product/Project Managers, Development
Managers, and Business Analysts.
• Possess strong technical/business acumen and understanding of technical requirements;
deep sourcing skills and experience sourcing passive candidates; excellent candidate
assessment skills.
• Possess excellent knowledge of recruiting and hiring processes including sourcing,
interviewing, reference checking, tracking, salary negotiations, and closing.
• A resourceful, solution focused professional with excellent interpersonal and rapport
building skills.
• Responsible, loyal, reliable, and independent worker with high level of enthusiasm and
creativity.
• Self motivated professional who achieves results and has superior ability to coordinate
and perform several projects simultaneously.
• Excellent customer/vendor interfacing skills coupled with the ability to negotiate effectively
and drive all cost saving initiatives.
• Good understanding of different ATS’s: Bullhorn, Maxhire, Zoniac, Taleo, Smartsearch,
Thingamajob etc.
• Work extensively with H1B, OPT, L1/L2, EAD, GC, Citizen through vendors and portals.
EMPLOYMENT
Implify Inc. May 2012 Present
(Remote work)
Senior Technical Recruiter/Bench Sales
Responsibilities:
• Actively involved in all phases of recruiting sourcing, identifying, interviewing, screening,
cold calling, resume, reference checking, salary negotiations, closing and also
compensation analysis, offer letters and on boarding process for new employees.
• Extensively utilize Internet job search engines like Dice, Monster, career Builder, writing
job posting advertisements and sourcing candidates.
• Conduct thorough technical screening and reference checks for selected candidates.
• Establish and maintain strong business relationships with account managers while
working closely with clients and account managers to meet their staffing and technical
requirements.
• Performed all Hiring functions including Creating offer letters, all the paperwork related to
joining etc. Overall coordination for recruitment, joining of candidates, record verification,
and verification of candidate’s medical and all the other formalities related to joining.
• Responsible for entire hiring life cycle: analyzing job requirements with managers,
sourcing qualified Candidates, database mining and internet recruiting, screening
candidates, scheduling interviews.
• Analyze the client requirements and get a clear understanding of the requirement
• Conducting interviews to obtain work history, job skills, education, training and salary
requirements.
• Working effectively with Layered business (i.e.) target right vendors, Generate
requirements support accordingly.
• Follow up with clients regarding the status of submitted candidates and updated the same
to consultant. Preparing Job Specifications based on the requirements. Well experienced
in maintenance of Jobs and Resumes Posted on Jobsites. Posting of jobs and resumes
of consultants on Dice maintaining these postings and using them for the best results.
• Coordinating for the Interviews Scheduled with due Reminders
• Promptly delivering the Feedback.
• Preparing daily, weekly and monthly reports of the teams and forward to hierarchy.
Sales and Marketing:
• Involved in full cycle Recruitment involving sourcing, identifying, interviewing,
screening, qualifying and negotiating rates.
• Conducted Internet searches, telephonic interviews, performed reference checks,
identified opportunities, candidate selection and preparing candidate for effective
marketing.
• Developed contacts with key decision makers of various companies to facilitate more
business.
• Manage internal employee referral programs, monitor progress and track trends in
order to maximize efficiency and build a better team of recruiters.
• Manage H1 transfer/GC processing cases.
HCL Global Systems Inc. May 2010 – May 2012
(Home Office)
Senior Technical Recruiter / Vendor management
• Recruited and hired candidates in state and out of state for contract, contract to hire and
permanent placements for all IT positions for multiple client companies.
• Identified, qualified, and closed candidates through the use of the Internet sites, senior
technical resume database, and referrals.
• Filtered through and reviewed completed candidate profile/resume and evaluated
applicant’s work history, education and training, job skills, desired salary/hourly rate, and
personal qualifications against open requirements.
• Made initial contacts, scheduled and conducted full cycle interview, reference checked
and submitted for the matching position.
• Negotiated salaries and hourly rates, extended offers of employment to successful
candidates and filled all the necessary paper work after the hire.
• Prioritized clients’ requirements in a high volume, time sensitive environment to meet
deadlines.
• IT careers recruited for: Web Developers, Software Developers/Analysts, Database
Developers/Administrators/Analysts/Architects, Network Administrators/Engineers,
Technical Writers, QA Testers, and Program/Project Managers.
• Interface with vendor/employer to negotiate rates/salary, hiring fee etc.
• Work with vendors closely to get them work on requirements and to try to minimize
turnaround time.
• Interact with Prime vendors/Direct Clients to get interview schedule/updates.
• Follow up and interact with consultants till hire.
• Ensure paperwork is in place with vendors for every candidate.
• Involved in internal hiring of recruiters and bench sales candidates.
Elite Recruitment Group
(Home Office)
Senior Recruiter July 2009 – May 2010
Elite Recruitment Group is a specialist international recruitment agency in the fields of Rail
Recruitment, Real Estate and Construction Recruitment, Oil and Gas recruitment, Infrastructure
and Transportation Recruitment.
Responsibilities as Senior Recruiter
• Handling Recruitments for Middle East, Far East Countries, Africa, Asia and European
Countries.
• Develop strategies to target and recruit candidate pool using a variety of tools and
techniques, including, but not limited to, third party job boards, industry events, etc.
• Identify and the best mix of resources to source top talent – using our research function,
job boards, web searches, referrals and industry specific sources
• Understand the client company, the market they are in, the products they produce, the
strategic direction of the company, and the specifics surrounding the role we are working
to fill.
• Oversee the entire recruitment and selection process from creating job advertisements;
qualifying candidates to position requirements for current and future opportunities;
candidate assessment and present qualified candidates with overall assessments and
hire recommendations (prescreening to identify “fit” and aptitude).
• Cold calling candidates for positions and acting professionally in representing the firm
• Leverage candidate tracking systems (Maxhire ATS) to ensure future searches leverage
all data gathered during the process
Responsibilities as Business Development Researcher (Part time) Jan 2010 – May 2010
• Participate in business development strategy sessions to help build the tech and
consumer practices.
• Generating business lead through internet research using conferences, events, articles,
Google, LinkedIn, company sites etc.
• Searching groups, forums, discussions etc. to promote company and owned websites to
find prospective clients and candidates.
RPOworldwide (Arm of Igate Inc.)
(Home Office)
Team Lead Recruiting August 2006 – November 2008
RPOworldwide's innovative offshore model offers round the clock access to the world's best
candidates, delivering the maximum number of high quality hires, with shorter time to fill, at
reduced cost per hire. Our Global Recruiting Centre of Excellence located in Asia, Central
America and Europe deliver a full range of recruiting services, including; Sourcing, end to end
Recruiting, Assessments, and On boarding. RPOworldwide leverages leading tools, technologies,
and proprietary process methodologies. RPOworldwide is a division of global talent
acquisition/systems integration/information technology consulting provider Mastech.
Responsibilities as Team Lead
• Managing a team of sourcers and recruitment coordinators.
• Analyzing the requirements sent in by the client.
• Explaining and helping team members to source resumes; satisfying
/meeting the expectation of the requirements.
• Checking the sourced resumes for quality and standards.
• Preparing reports for clients on day to day /weekly activities.
• Preparing reports for the management about the team performance.
• Interacting with the customer/client and attending conference calls thus
bridging between the customer/client and the team.
• Handling the team members’ concerns.
• Focusing more on strategic recruitment.
• Ensuring the best candidates with utmost quality are sent to the customer’s
recruiters/hiring mangers.
• Training and mentoring team members and new hires
• Responsible for process optimization and improvements
Responsibilities as Sourcing Specialist
• Sourcing resumes from Dice, Monster, Career builder the most leading job
boards in US for searching IT Professionals and non IT Professionals. Also sourcing
resumes from offbeat searching as Linkedin, Google, DevBristo and using groups, blogs,
forums etc.
• Identify and recruit Project Management and technology professionals with skills
including SAP, People soft, Oracle, Siebel, SQL, Data warehousing, Quality Assurance,
Technical/Report Writing, Java, .NET etc.
• Non IT professionals in Construction, Infrastructure, Transportation sectors.
• Recruiting from Developer/Sr. developer level to Project Manager, Project Director,
Business Head, EVP/VP, Director and other managerial level positions.
• Prescreen resumes and send these resumes to the hiring manager.
US Tech Solutions
Technical Recruiter July 2006 – Aug 2006
Effectively recruited IT Professionals in a time sensitive environment.
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Placed high end technical professionals in the area of Information Technology Industries
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in contract positions. Specialized in Software Architects/Developers (Distributed and
Mainframe), Database Architects/Developers/Administrators, Network/Security
Engineers, Web Developers, Program/Product/Project Managers and Quality Assurance
Testers/Analysts.
Located potential candidates through Internet research, internal database, cold calling,
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referrals, networking, job fairs, and other strategies.
Qualified candidates for appropriate positions through a process of sourcing, screening,
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and interviewing.
Performed reference checks, negotiated terms and rates for each project, coordinated the
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interview process, extended offers, and closed candidates.
Performed extensive recruiting for Sr. Project Managers and Application Developers
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using the .NET Framework.
North Star India Pvt. Ltd
Asst HR Manager March 2005 – June 2006
• Involved in Client Interaction Meetings and Conference calls to discuss
Operational and Productivity Standards and Practices
• Assisting training department in preparing process specific product
knowledge and soft skills modules and identify training needs within the group, as also
to mentor and assist new recruits.
• Mentor, Coach and supervise team regularly and consistently as a positive
role model to provide timely feedback on their performance.
• Organizing and coordinating recruitment and selection process.
• Updating and Maintenance of Employee Personnel Files.
• Maintaining attendance & leave records.
• Issue of Offer Letter and joining formalities
• Preparation of Induction Schedule.
• Assisting HR manager in Performance Appraisal
• IT and non IT recruitment (3 months US recruitment)
Ishir Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
HR Executive September 2003 – February 2005
• Recruiting, evaluating, and testing potential of technical
employees who meet the needs of organisation.
• After identifying qualified candidates, negotiate, set up
interviews and, if successful, finalize employment contracts.
• Maintained, Initialized successful relationship with all outside
recruiting vendors.
• Keep Salary and leave record of employees
• Set Agendas & Policies with the help of HR Manager or Dept
Heads
• Stock Maintenance, Stationery In charge, Library In charge
• Communication and coordination between management and
employees
• Follow ups with vendors
Home Automation (I) Pvt. Ltd.
Executive – Office Management February 2000 September2003
• Stock Maintenance (Access Database)
• Proper Filing, Maintaining Petty Accounts
• Import – Export Documentation
• Data entry of Sale and Purchase
• Handling and Dispatching Order
• Communication & Co ordination with employees
• Follow ups with vendors, Lining up candidates for interview
• Set Agendas & Policies with the help of HR or Dept Heads
• Making Travel Arrangement and Hotel reservation
• Event Management
• Follow ups with vendors, screening of resumes and
interview, managing database and further coordination.
• Searching the Internet for particular products / things that are required or assigned.
EDUCATION
1. Completed senior secondary from CBSE, Delhi with 65% in 1998
2. Completed secondary from CBSE, Delhi with 72% in 1996
3. Completed graduation in B.Com from Delhi University
4. Completed MBA from Symbiosis University, Pune.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
Done BCA from IGNOU
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Skills
Operating System: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 7
Other tools: MS Office and Internet Operations
Personal Information:
Marital Status : Married
Nationality : Indian
Location : Delhi
Awards and Achievements
I was promoted as a Team Lead within 5 month after joining the RPOww.
I was promoted as Business Development – Recruitment with Elite in 3 months.
Working as Sole recruiter with HCL Global reporting Accounts head and handling bulk
requirements single handedly.