Atul Singh
Present Location: New Delhi, India
Email: *******@*****.***
Linked-In: https://in.linkedin.com/in/atul-singh-08754917
Summary:
Seasoned Talent Acquisition Professional with 7+ years of vast industry experience in US and Canada Staffing within Financial Services, IT & ITES, Healthcare and telecommunication.
Leverage depth of experience in recruiting to provide thought leadership.
Experienced in mentoring recruiting team and creating recruitment strategies.
Consistently provides a collaborative approach to strategic recruiting, performance metrics and adept at utilizing innovative methods to identify top industry performers.
Professional Synopsis:
Infinity Offshore – (A TalentBurst Inc., company – www.talentburst.com) Nov’2014 – Present
Recruitment Consultant / Lead (Hands-On)
TalentBurst is a leading provider of contract Information Technology, Engineering, healthcare, Accounting & Finance, Marketing, Utility and Compliance staffing and consulting solutions to over 50 Fortune 1000 corporations. We have branch locations in Boston, San Francisco, Miami, Houston, Milwaukee and international offices in Toronto, (Canada) and Gurgaon, (India).
Contribution:
Responsible for hands on recruitment and mentoring a team of 5 recruitment professionals to deliver recruitment services that would ensure an integrated and coordinated approach for providing staffing and consulting services to the Clients.
Providing on-going training and support for new recruiters and serve as a resource for learning and navigating senior technical recruiters through policies and procedures.
Working as a primary/lead recruiter and reporting to account director.
Manage end-to-end recruiting process for assigned job vacancies ensuring consistent application of company process, selection criteria, and policy. Activities include posting jobs, sourcing and screening resumes, scheduling interviews and extending position offer.
Attend client’s conference calls to get the status and updates on positions and share it with the team and take appropriate action. Work on the positions according to the updates to ensure the delivery of qualified and sufficient resumes as per the client’s request.
Prime focus is to serve the open requisitions at Western Union, M&T Bank, and GAP Inc., and also responsible for on-time, under-budget and quality resource delivery at Home Depot Inc., Duke Energy, First National Bank, and Xerox Corporation.
Using ATS tool JobDiva and job boards (Monster, Dice, LinkedIn, CareerBuilder) for recruiting process.
Source candidates via Internet, cold calling, networking and other creative sourcing techniques to generate additional candidates.
Recruiting for IT and non-IT positions, including but not limited to: software architect /developer (Java/J2EE, .Net, C/C++, Cobol), database developer/ DBA (Oracle/SQL), security engineer (CISSP, CISA), network architect, network engineer, systems engineer, program/project manager, business analyst, financial analyst, project coordinator, administrator, etc.
Recruiting for only direct clients in USA and Canada which includes but not limited to Western Union, M&T Bank, The Home Depot Inc. Gap Inc., Duke Energy, and Xerox Corporation.
Recruiting for contract, contract to hire, and permanent positions.
Clients: Western Union, M&T Bank, GAP Inc., Home Depot Inc., MasterCard, First National Bank, Duke Energy, Xerox Corporation.
Primus Software Corporation – (www.primussoft.com) Aug’11 – Nov’2014
Sr. Technical Recruiter
Primus Software Corporation is an Information Technology Solutions company based in Georgia. Our Services include IT Staff Augmentation, Custom Applications Development and Consulting.
Contribution:
Provide lead support to the recruitment team bringing to the table long-term experience and knowledge in searching, identifying, screening and interviewing IT candidates for potential placements for both F/T and Contract/Contract to hire positions.
Accomplished full cycle recruiting methodologies, using internet recruiting methods, phone and face to face interviews and referral sources. All recruitment was on time and under budget.
Work with senior management for increased support for new software applications.
Majorly worked on Fiserv Inc.’s IT and non-IT positions, and also worked on ACS (American Cancer Society), Verizon Wireless, NGC and Cox Communications as second priority.
Responsible for coming up with “out of the box”/creative ways to source qualified candidates for the open requisitions within the Fiserv Inc., ACS (American Cancer Society), Verizon Wireless, NGC, and Cox Communications Accounts.
Specialized in recruiting Software Engineers / Architects, Database Architects/ Developers / Administrators, Network/ System / Engineers and Admin, Web Developers, Web Designers, Quality Assurance, Technical Program / Project Managers, Development Managers, Data Warehouse, Business Analysts / Business Systems Analyst, .NET/ Java/ SQL /Oracle developers (actively looking candidates as well as passive candidates).
Used conventional avenues to source qualified candidates (Dice, Monster, CareerBuilder, LinkedIn, Indeed, Bullhorn…etc.), and recruiting IT and telecom professionals, citizens and GC holders only where SSN plays a crucial part. Also worked in applicant tracking systems Maxhire and JobDiva.
Provide search strategies involving social networking sites such as Linked-in, Indeed, Facebook, postjobfree and related “recruitment” websites.
Responsible for recruiting consultants for the client’s nationwide locations. Worked on contract, contract-to-permanent and permanent positions and negotiated with the candidates on their salary expectation based on W2.
Instrumental in laying groundwork for applicant tracking systems, guidelines for resume presentation, Internet searches, interviewing techniques, networking and other tools in the recruitment process.
Clients: Fiserv Inc., ACS (American Cancer Society), Verizon Wireless, NGC, and Cox Communications.
GCB Services LLC – (www.gcbservices.com) Jan’11 – Jul’11
Sr. Technical Recruiter
General Communications and Business Corporation (GCB) provides optimal engineering and business solutions for the wireless telecom industry by offering professional wireless network design, optimization and deployment services.
Contribution:
Trained new joining recruiters on the full life cycle recruiting process.
Clearly communicate all aspects of the offer including salary, benefits, bonuses, relocating, etc.
Responsible for full life cycle recruitment process (sourcing, screening, interviewing, reference checking, preparing resumes, and scheduling interviews with clients, follow-up calls, contract negotiations, signing consultants to contracts).
Worked for the clients like T-Mobile, Ericsson, Sprint, NBC Universal, Lockheed Martin, Birla Software, Dominion etc.
Worked on applicant tracking systems Bigbiller and sourced candidates from job boards such as Monster, Dice, CareerBuilder, and Telecom Careers, matching candidates’ skills / interests with open positions and coordinating with them to be interviewed, either by phone or in person.
Recruiting IT professionals and professionals like citizens, permanent residents, H1B and Canadian citizens for direct clients and third party requirements
Responsible for recruitment for contract, permanent, and contract-to-permanent positions and negotiating with the candidates on their salary expectation based on W2, 1099 and C2C.
Clients: T-Mobile, Ericsson, Sprint, NBC Universal, Birla Software, Dominion, Lockheed Martin.
Acro Service Corporation – (www.acrocorp.com) Sep’09 – Sep’10
Technical Recruiter
Acro Service Corporation is a privately-held staffing firm servicing clients in the Detroit, Michigan area in workforce management solutions including staff augmentation services and managed service staffing program services in Information Technology (IT), engineering, professional, accounting, finance, administrative, light industrial, manufacturing, and other labor categories. Acro has 28 offices across the U.S., with its global headquarters located in Michigan, and five international offices in Europe and India.
Contribution:
Provide full-life cycle recruiting to attract and hire mid and senior level professionals by leveraging best practices around process, systems, candidate development and research
Responsibilities Include effective closure of Open Requirements from the Direct Clients in USA, including interactions with the Account Managers and Vendors in the US
Recruited for contract, permanent, and contract-to-permanent positions
Consultation on daily basis with Account Managers to determine recruiting needs and develop strategies to meet both short and long term goals
Worked extensively on applicant tracking systems IRM (internal resource management) and various job boards such as Monster, Dice, CareerBuilder and Clearance jobs.
Responsible for Recruiting IT professionals and professionals with high-level security clearances Secret, Top-Secret, DOD clearances for Fortune 500 companies and government entities which include clients like Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Aerojet and Honeywell.
Responsible for the overall Recruiting process. These duties include sourcing, screening, interviewing, reference checking, submitting resumes, coordination of feedback and scheduling interviews with clients, follow-up calls, contract negotiations, signing consultants to contracts and cold calling
Negotiate with the candidates on their salary expectation based on W2 or 1099.
Successful track record in technical recruitment
Clients: Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Aerojet and Honeywell.
Education:
Professional:
GNIIT, Software Engineering (C++, C#, ASP.NET, Java, SQL Server, HTML, XML), A - 2005 – 2009
NIIT Limited – www.niit.com (2009)
Academic:
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biology, 2005 – 2008
Government P.G. College, Satna MP (2008)
HSC, (PCB) MP Board, Satna, MP (2005)
High School, MP Board, Satna, MP (2003)
Skills:
IT Recruitment, Staffing Services, Management, Resource Management, Screening Resumes, Talent Management, Applicant Tracking, Cold Calling, Temporary & permanent Placement, Networking, Reference Checking, Training, Onboarding coordination, Employee Benefits coordination
Technical skills:
Knowledge of Java, J2EE, C++ and .Net, Database (SQL Server 2005), Operating System (Windows 2000, XP, Win Vista, Win7), Application (MS-office, Lotus Notes, outlook), Basic knowledge of Computer networks, and Security (Firewalls & Routers)
Personal Profile:
Date of Birth: 1st Sep 1988
Marital Status: Single
Languages Known: English & Hindi
Hobbies: Working out, listening music, playing games, traveler and reading.