ARUN KARTHIK S

Sr. US IT Recruiter

ac3j78@r.postjobfree.com

+91-957*******

PROFESSIONAL SUMMMARY

More than Five plus years of total experience in both IT & Non-IT sectors especially with two plus years in Recruiting and sales with US IT Staffing Companies.

Involved in full cycle Recruitment involving sourcing, identifying, and interviewing, screening and placing personnel in quick turnaround time in contract, contract with hire and permanent positions.

Created and maintained a high volume pipeline of candidates for numerous clients by daily making maximum number of cold calls, emailing to candidates, asking for referrals and posting jobs.

Having experience in performing needs analysis, requirements definition, consulting on sourcing strategies, recruiting, screening, scheduling interviews, reference checking, negotiating, making offers, creating contracts and closing candidates that can help actualize corporate missions etc.

Possess knowledge of sales and recruiting processes including sourcing, interviewing, reference checking, tracking, salary negotiations, and closing.

Effectively recruited candidates through Internet research, internal database, referrals, and other sourcing strategies

Understanding the client requirements, coordinating for short listing and screening including preliminary interview of the candidates

Handled most of the IT Technologies involving combination of complex skill sets and rare technologies.

Extensive experience of Internet Recruiting for candidates and industry leads, pre-screening to quality potential candidates.

Negotiating the rates on Contract, Contract to hire basis, W2.

Understanding the clients requirements, coordinating for short listing and screening including preliminary interview of the candidates.

Coordinating, Scheduling & Conducting Interviews.

Successfully placed consultants to Microsoft, Aetna, Goldman Sachs and for IBM, TCS, Healthcare clients.

Experience in using job portals like Dice, Monster, indeed, Tech Fetch, Career Builder and etc.

Keeping Track of Responses & Short listing Profiles.

Performed intake calls to understand client needs, and performed searches on behalf of clients using the internal and external database, LinkedIn, job postings, and working with existing and past candidates to generate referrals.

Good interpersonal and technical skills to interact with end user, managers and technical personnel.

Ability to work independently and multi task in a fast paced environment.

Proficient with MS Office packages like MS Word, MS Power point, MS Excel.

EDUCATION

•Master of Business Administration HR & Marketing from Wisdom School of Management under Bharathiar University - 2012 with 70%

•B E- Mechanical Engineering from Nehru Institute of Engineering and Technology under Anna University - 2010 with 73%

•Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from RMPT College - 2007 with 82%

JOB BOARDS EXPERIENCE

•Linkedin (17K+ Connections)

•Dice

•Monster

•Indeed

•Career Builder

•Tech Fetch

•The Ladders

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. US IT RECRUITER Mar 2016 - Present

E.P Software Technologies

Coimbatore

Client: Sourcing

Description:

Sourcing candidates for given requirements mostly on W2 and C2C terms. Sourcing the relevant candidates for the given client requirements. Most of the requirements are critical in terms of skills and terminologies. Successfully managed and sourced relevant candidates for most of the positions.

Responsibilities:

Handled the tasks of screening, selecting and submitting candidates to job orders within a defined discipline.

Assigned the tasks of utilizing on-line database, candidate referrals, internet and networking to identify potential candidates.

Assigned the tasks of negotiating offers with candidates to meet target gross margins of the organization.

Established business contacts in target markets through active vendor relationships.

Responsible for recruiting and maintaining good relationship with existing candidates of the organization.

Performed recruitment tasks by applying the policies, rules and procedures of the organization.

Responsible for market research and analysis for some critical requirements.

Handled most of the complex skill sets and rare technologies.

Dealing with consultants on H1B, GC and CITIZEN, TN, EAD and etc.

Good knowledge in US Work Authorization and Employment Definitions (H1B, TN, Permanent Resident, Citizen).

A proven Track Record of identification and placements and well versed in contract negotiations including Corp to Corp, 1099 and W2.

Negotiating the rates to our target rates.

For some positions, documents such as MSA, NCA, NDA are required.

All the documents are verified twice before submitting to the client table.

Follow-up interviews and candidates for potential closure.

Client: Sourcing

Description:

Assigned to perform tasks on sourcing and market the bench consultants for various positions to fulfill the client needs.

Responsibilities:

Carrying out strategic sourcing strategy, to find the suitable candidates for the requirement.

Conducted phone and in person interviews, reviewed resumes and evaluated candidates to find the most qualified professional for client's requirements.

Responsible for continuously updating and maintaining recruiter database for daily activity pipeline management and forecasting data.

Performed detailed and thorough reference checks, reviewed candidates qualifications to meet customer's requirements and business initiatives.

Validated and locked down candidate's commitment to new position reviewing all possible avenues for applicant hesitation

Negotiated appropriate contract rate for open position with applicant and client.

Client: Sourcing & Bench Sales

Description:

Majority of my work comprises of Bench sales for this client. Sourcing part done for some backfill positions.

Responsibilities:

Most of the consultants are TN Visa consultants.

Effectively marketed and placed consultants with Top clients.

Responsible for recruiting, identifying, negotiating, interviewing candidates for open positions company-wide.

Responsible for closures of technical professionals for contract employment opportunities.

Negotiating, Reviewing and Executing Master Agreements and Bill Rates with Vendors and Clients.

Utilized Sourcing resumes from our own database and from LinkedIn with Advanced Search.

Sourced candidates via internal database, referrals, Internet (i.e. Monster, Dice, Career builder, etc.) and industry contacts to ensure a quick turnaround on all open positions.

Responsible for developing relationships with external partners for contracting and other staffing needs.

Co-ordinate with Account managers and Account coordinators concerning new positions, clarification on new requirements, feedback on candidates, setting up interviews and acceptance offers from candidates.

Develop and maintain relationships with candidates and existing employees for referrals and future placement.

Developed relationships with US IT Staffing Vendors and successful placed the consultants directly with US IT Giants.

FREELANCER / TRAINEE RECRUITER (Training)

SKY LIGHT HR Solutions & Services Pvt Ltd

Coimbatore

Responsibilities

•Internship based practical training on both Recruitment and Payroll.

•Good understanding and experienced on end-end recruitment.

•Highly motivated, dedicated and results-driven to attain growth goals.

•Excellent verbal / written communication & interpersonal skills.

•Utilize Internet searches, database searches, referrals, third party sub-contracting, and Job Boards like dice, monster, and career builder to source candidates.

•Actively sourced candidates, reviewed resumes, pre-screened qualified applicants through phone interviews.

•Communicate the interview timings to the consultant which is confirm from the client.

•Doing follow up with candidates.

•Taking feedback after interviews.

•Maintaining Daily Report.

•Provided full life-cycle recruitment and sourcing for positions within quality.

MANAGEMENT TRAINEE [Sales & marketing] Feb 2014 - Oct 2014

LGB

Responsibilities

•Worked in Sales & Marketing functions for industrial components manufactured in FPD.

•Closely following up the client needs whether the components are ready to dispatch on time.

•Follow up the schedule of monthly and weekly dispatch of products.

•Checking of delivery and order schedule given from the vendor side.

•Backup with component stocks in store for emergency purpose.

•Shipping the packed goods and arranging for transportation.

•Arranging for client meetings.

•Forecasting monthly schedules with reference to client order schedule.

JUNIOR MERCHANDISER Feb 2013 - Dec 2013

Anusham Knitters Pvt Ltd

Responsibilities

•Procuring new developments of the fabric / samples and sending to the buyers.

•Procurements of the technical sheets and processing of the sampling and the orders.

•Getting the approvals for Fabrics, trims, Print, embroidery, washing Quality, Proto, sms, s/s & PP samples in time.

•Ordering the required fabrics / trims / thread etc., relating to the orders.

•Coordinating with the different departments in the factory and Buyer clients on daily basis to do follow ups on the orders to make ease of shipment

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE Nov 2012 - Nov 2015

ING Vysya Life Insurance

Responsibilities

•Worked as both Full Time / Part Time.

•Worked as a life insurance advisor for marketing policies.

•The job was to calculate the human life value of the clients and convince the clients to invest in the company.

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