Manager Information Technology

DHIRAJKUMAR GADDAM

**********@*******.*** / dhiraj.gaddam22@gmail.

US Citizen

Executive Summary:

Dhirajkumar has 10 years of technical recruiting in corporate and contract recruiting roles. He has extensive experience in full cycle recruiting and the hiring process that includes sourcing contract fulltime to permanent contract IT & non-IT consultant candidates. On a weekly basis, he averages 15-20 open technical requisitions. Last year he successfully placed over 26 candidates in various fields such as SAP Functional/Techno Functional, DevOps, MicroStrategy, Microsoft Dynamics Functional/Technical, Java/J2EE Developers/Architects. Dhirajkumar has excellent communication skills and is a results-driven, detail-oriented and a self-starter and would be great addition to any recruitment team.

EXPERIENCE

Vigna Solutions Inc., Sterling, VA July ‘14 – Present

Senior Technical Recruiter

Duties:

• Full lifecycle recruiting technical consultants for long-term Contract positions, full time positions, & Contract to Perm positions

• Support the CEO, work closely with Hiring Managers and Team members

• Job is to work with clients understand the requirements

• Effective recruited candidates through internal database, social networks, job boards,

• Third party agencies and candidate referrals

• Responsible for checking references, negotiating rate and terms for each project,

• Coordinating for interview process, share interview tips with consultants, extending offer, closing candidates

• Performed recruiting for Senior DevOps, Oracle Database Administrators, Web Developers, Project Managers, Business Analyst, Business Systems Analyst, Data Analyst, MicroStrategy Developers, Network Engineers, and more

Neo Prism Solutions LLC, Schaumburg, IL Sep ’13 – July ‘14

Senior Technical Recruiter

Duties:

• Manage full lifecycle recruitment for Contract positions, Contract to Hire Positions, Full Time positions

• Established, built and maintained relationship with Managers, Client hiring manager, and Team members to meet talent needs

• Sourcing resumes via job boards, internal database, Social media, candidate referrals, network

• Correspond with Candidates/Consultants to coordinate and conduct interviews

• Screen Candidates/Consultants based on their qualifications, make sure they are right match for the position, negotiate Hourly Rate/Salary,

Sign Pre-Interview documents

• Prepare background check, submitting resume to the client Hiring Managers

• Prepare Candidate/Consultant for the client interview, extending offer, closing Candidate/Consultant

Meta Sense Inc. Cherry Hill, NJ/Mt. Laurel, NJ May ’11 – Aug ‘13 / June ‘09 – Jan ‘10

Senior Technical Recruiter/Staffing Solutions

Duties:

• Full lifecycle recruiting including recruiting technical consultants nationwide for long-term

• Contract positions, Full time positions, & Contract to Perm positions

• Clients recruited for primarily Fortune 500 Companies in Financial, Healthcare and other industries

• Work with clients to determine requirements for consultant based projects

• Utilized various recruiting tools to locate candidates including company database, job boards, internet searching techniques, social networks, third party agencies and candidate referrals

• Phone screen candidates to ensure their qualifications meet open job position specifications and route their resumes to hiring managers

• Coaching consultants through the client interview process. Conduct pre-Human • Resources interview, check VISA, Communication Skills, Current Salary and expectations

• Partner with Hiring Managers and Team members to develop and implement recruiting

• Sourcing strategies that ensure a targeted pool of technical and non-technical candidates

• Responsible for IT Recruiting at the company: Help desk, DBAs, Network

• Engineers/Administrators, Java, Oracle Database Administrators, PL SQL, SharePoint • Developers, Web Developers Designers, Data Warehousing, Network Architects, Director

ITM, Edison, NJ Jan ’10 – March ’11 / Feb ’06 – Jan ’07

Senior Technical Recruiter

ITM (Information and Technology Management), Women-owned (WBENC) corporation, provides Information Technology staffing and consulting solutions nationwide.

Industries include: Financial, Banking, Insurance/Reinsurance, Healthcare, Telecom, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing & etc.

Placement Expertise include: Senior Level Management, Web Technology, Project Management, CRM/Data Warehousing, ERP, Systems/DBAs, Client/Server Development, PMO,

Duties:

• Hired contract, contract to hire, and permanent employees and increased revenue from 20% to 30%

• Managed a team of 3 Recruiters

• Full-cycle recruiting: Prepare candidates for client interviews and close candidates on

• compensation prior to submittal, facilitating smooth offer and acceptance process

• Work with clients to determine requirements for consultant based projects

• Managed all aspects of the recruitment process to include screening resumes, interviewing all levels of candidates and hiring

• Effectively recruited candidates through Internet research, internal database, cold calling,

• Seek out and develop positive relationships with vendors to maintain a pool of qualified job applicants

• Develop creative methods of networking and sourcing candidates

• Supported account manager in numerous markets throughout the USA

• Demonstrated problem resolution and leadership skills within recruiting team, delegating • recruiting efforts

• Successful recruiting for Vendor Management programs

• Responsible for ensuring employee disciplinary actions adhere to company and state guidelines

• Hired, managed and mentored part time recruiters to support accounts, manage daily activities, workflows, and contribute to the bottom line

• Provide active feedback and advice to recruiters about their candidates

• Self-disciplined and result-oriented, capable of undertaking and completing multiple tasks and projects

• Perform Management Style Interviews for candidates and offer opinions to recruiters regarding their candidate

Trustek Inc, South Plainfield, NJ Dec ‘07 – May ‘09 Senior Technical Recruiter

Duties:

• Drove the hiring process in a high-volume / time-sensitive environment, working directly with hiring managers and managing candidates through the process to have them placed on assignments

• Managed a team of 2 to 3 Recruiters

• Placed high-end technical professionals in Information Technology Industry in contract and direct hire positions

• Work with clients to determine requirements for consultant based project

• Specialized in 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

• Effectively recruited candidates through Internet research, internal database, cold calling, referrals, networking, job fairs, and other strategies

• Conducted in depth interviews with candidates both in-house and by telephone to determine skills, knowledge, interest, market value, and availability

• Coaching consultants through the client interview process

• Responsible for checking references, negotiating terms and rates for each project,

• coordinating the interview process, extending offers, and closing candidates

• Liaison between consultant and client; Conduct Pre-Human Resources interview, check VISA, Communication Skills, Current Salary and expectations

• Matched the candidate with appropriate jobs and marketed candidates to the Account

• Executive responsible for that position

• Developed sales plans to increase business within key accounts. Sold strategic product and service offerings/solutions and negotiated pricing. Increased revenue by 25%

EDUCATION: Bachelor in Electrical Engineering (BS), Birla Engineering College, India Diploma in Computer Applications (DCA), AP, India Java 2.0 Training, Deccan Soft, AP, India

Honors: BS in First class with Distinction from Birla Engineering College, Gujarat, India.

VOLUNTEER WORK Conducted training classes for IT Recruiters.

Achievements Mentored Junior Recruiters Opened New Businesses in offshore

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