201-***-**** Krish Acharya ad0zke@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kacharya09/

Swedesboro, NJ 08085

Summary

Motivated recruiter with over 8 years’ experience with highly competitive global industries. Proven ability to plan and complete multiple tasks within tight deadlines to meet aggressive staffing goals. Quick learner, able to communicate effectively at all levels. Team player, focused on developing, managing, and executing recruiting/sourcing strategies and programs in the IT, Finance and Pharma industry. Generate leads through Internet recruiting, employee and candidate referrals, research lists and cold calling into target companies using Web 2.0.

Proficient with applicant tracking systems including Workday, Job Diva, Taleo, Jobvite, Bullhorn, Greenhouse, IBM Kenexa BrassRing and SAP SuccessFactors/talent central.

Well experienced in hiring for major sectors such as Technology, Finance, Consulting and Pharma

Collaborate with stakeholders to understand hiring needs and team goals.

Identify top talent and passive candidates for positions, from entry level engineers to VP and C suite.

Facilitate, negotiate, and close tough deals as an unbiased 3rd party.

Network and effectively communicate across all cultures and levels of management.

Hired 30 employees for HCL’s new services in Capital Market like Investment Research & Analytics Management, Finance Solutions

Professional Experience

Recruiter II (Contract) December 2022 – Present

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia / AgileOne

Hired to work with the Recruitment Director directly and HR leaders to help with extremely tough requisitions of SRC department.

Worked on most difficult requisitions such as Examiners, Credit Risk manager/Specialists, etc.

Created new sourcing and candidate engagement channels within 1 month.

oResulted 38 % increase in total # of applications and 63% increase in candidate satisfaction.

oFilled 1 positions within first month and filled 5 positions within 1st quarter with 82% Hiring manager satisfactions rate which was higher than ever.

Led the strategy meetings with internal TA team to create solid strategy for most aged reqs and standard process of creating supporting documents for each requisition.

Worked on a special project to build FRB website content for the TA department.

Technical Recruiter (Contractor)

Amazon Robotics / Insights global February 2022 – December 2022

Responsible for sourcing and screening candidates for hard to fill Hardware, Firmware and Electrical engineers’ roles and building the pipeline of strong candidates and hired my 1st candidate in July.

Took over Tim Ong’s prg (SCOUT TEAM) after recruiter left Amazon and started connecting with the hiring leaders once in a week to keep them engaged in the recruiting process.

Used RDS to create and share the hiring activities to the hiring managers, their leaders and my manager to keep them updated about the progress.

Currently, using Amazon Hire, Workday and Beamery

During my last 6 months, 14 inclined candidates so far with 12 offer accepted candidates

oL4 - 1 (It was L5, but downgraded to L4 as he meets (not exceeding) L5 bar

oL5 - 7 Inclined (2 declined the offer due to salary)

oL6 - 3 inclined

oL7 - 2

Technical Recruiter (Contractor)

CVS Health / Rose international April 2021 – February 2022

Responsible for sourcing and screening candidates for hard to fill Data Scientist and Analytics consultant roles.

Worked with both Retail Analytics and Front Store’s leaders to fill the aged requisitions

Filled 2 positions within first 2 months and kept the interview pipeline strong for most of my assigned roles

Worked with my manager to create the simple effective process to make recruiting process smooth

oIntroduced to a new way to simplify the screening process for HMs

Organized weekly calls with business to discuss the critical needs of the company and progress

ATS used Workday and IBM Brassring in collaboration for full cycle recruitment

oJob postings (externally and internally)

oScheduled multi region individual /panel interviews via "Interview central"

oCreated multi language offer letters format for easy offer process

oOnboarded candidates for US, UK, France, and Brazil locations

Head of Recruitment September 2020 – April 2021

Blue5Green – Princeton, NJ

Lead the national recruitment efforts and strategy, ensuring clear goals and accountabilities are established and achieved.

Manage full-cycle recruitment, including building a diverse and talented candidate pipeline, conducting resume screens, phone and in-person or video interviews, and expertly managing all stages of candidate experience across levels and functional areas

Proactively source passive candidates by utilizing numerous tools (social media, databases, job fairs, etc.)

Develop best employer branding practices to provide a consistent and positive candidate experience for talent at all levels.

Ensures an end-to-end recruiting process is aligned with the company, human resources and recruiting strategies.

ATS used CEIPAL for full cycle recruitment

Technology Recruitment Specialist March 2019- September 2020

Wiley – Hoboken, NJ

Manage full life cycle recruiting for critical IT and Finance positions, both domestic and international (US, UK, France, Brazil).

Identifies and recommends recruitment strategies for all assigned open positions and communicates strategy with hiring managers, TA Manager, and HRBP when required

Implement proactive sourcing action plans and formulated sourcing strategies to include making salary recommendations and advice on hiring decisions.

Develop and maintain strong client and candidate relationships, utilizing regular touch points and diligent follow through while leading candidate presentation, selection, offer, negotiation, closing and various administrative components involved in full life cycle recruiting

Received 95% business satisfaction in 3rd quarter business survey

Troubleshoot difficult positions and sources while identifying, attracting, securing and closing hard-to-find positions and candidates. Conducted detailed phone screens

Filled 8 “200+ days open” position within 60 days of joining with along 10 new requisitions

Work with local technical recruiters to improve recruiting efforts and create new sourcing strategy

Used a variety of sourcing tools/techniques (job boards, internal database, LinkedIn, Boolean, referrals) including referrals and networking events to connect with top talent in the local market territory

Responsible for interviewing both online/in person and shortlist qualified candidates based on the selection criteria

Used SAP SuccessFactors’s Talent Management for 1st 3 months, then Workday for the rest of the employment.

oPosition creation under the HM

oResponsible for requisition initiation after HM and upline manager approvals

oJob postings (externally and internally)

oScheduled multi region individual /panel interviews via "Interview central"

oCreated multi language offer letters format for easy offer process

oOnboarded candidates for US, UK, France, and Brazil locations

IT Recruitment Specialist

HCL America Inc. NYC, NY (Contractor) (Client-Google) August 18-February 19

Developed, managed, and supported project plans for hiring contractors/FTE employees.

Worked with 65+ vendors in order to ensure availability of resources

Developed new hiring model improving vendor response by 47% with 90% satisfaction score

Provided resources for urgent $1.5 million project within 2 weeks for new contact person at Google

Ownership and accountability for all assigned recruitments and independently delivered timely resources with excellent 100% Google’s satisfaction, filling 12 positions within 2 weeks and increasing delivery manager projects based on exceptional performance

Excellent written and oral capabilities to effectively deliver communications, aligning style to a wide variety of Google and internal situations, and maintained daily contact with members of internal working group to obtain information and resolve issues and attend working group meetings.

Sourced/Recruited consultants for various positions such as QA Analyst, Java (Front end, back end and full stack) developers, BI/BA analyst, Tableau Developers, Project/program managers, etc. using Dice, Monster, LinkedIn recruiter, Indeed and Zip recruiter

Demonstrated a willingness to learn from setbacks, optimized personal interactions and built high value networks, within and outside the Firm, and identified opportunities to provide additional services to the client

Used Workday for full lifecycle recruitment and onboarding.

Mercury Systems Inc. February 2016 – July 2018

Business Director/Account Executive (2/17 – 07/18)

Directed strategic consulting, business and sales development, marketing and branding. Provided recruiting, sales, marketing, and management expertise to train, supervise and motivate a team of recruiters & Account Executives. Facilitated training and re-organization of Recruitment Department and initiated performance optimization, staff performance appraisals, and positive team motivation.

Designated Full Cycle Recruitment specialist for direct clients and implementation partners such has Goldman Sachs, Capital one (Specifically for Walmart credit card project) and Fidelity Investments

Enhanced recruiting and sales team performance through internal training, development.

Utilized strategy driven sales and marketing practice and achieved highest client satisfaction.

Automated candidate interaction process through ATS (e-interview, RTR, emails, skill matrix), resulting in 15% increase in submission numbers.

Implemented e-interviews, reducing proxy interviews by 7%

Manages peer-level client relationships (expectations, communications, negotiations, escalation, feedback, etc.) and successfully placed with the hardest client in the history.

Built strong relationships with all hiring-manager to develop a thorough understanding of the client culture and uses that understanding to help recruiters to find best candidates

Created new milestone with the strongest quarter along with 98% client satisfaction

52% Business enhancement from existing direct clients and implementation partners

Recruiting Manager (10/16 – 02/17)

Managed, mentored and trained recruiters to ensure maximum submission rate with high quality profiles.

Devise and execute strategic recruitment plans aligning with company’s recruitment strategy.

Onboarded few new clients from Pharma industry such as Pfizer, Bayer and Ajanta Pharma

oSuccessfully recruited for new pharma clients and hired Scientists, Technical IAM Managers, Data engineers and Laboratory Analyst

Developed and implemented improved recruitment metrics to enhance metrics reporting.

Conducted ongoing risk assessment of all recruiting processes, including compiling and filing all required governmental reporting

Educated and guided team members in the successful utilization of various recruiting methodologies, e.g. database, cold calls, referrals, networking.

Distributed the requirements to the team based on their criticality and strengths of team members.

Helped team to achieve second highest successful quarter in the company's history by monitoring and implementing staffing goals and objectives weekly.

Technical Recruiter (2/16 – 10/16)

Full Life Cycle Recruiting: Source, Interview, Qualify, Negotiate and Close candidates, specializing in IT and Finance. Direct-hire placement of Accounting and Finance professional talent through research, competitive intelligence, direct cold calling, lead chasing and networking referrals.

Locate and identify finance and accounting professionals, develop and implement a targeted search strategy to identify active and source passive candidates

Acted as a Subject Matter Expert for the Resource team on H1-B, L1, TN and EAD related visa issues and situations such as Corp-to-Corp, 1099 and W2.

Sourced resumes from job portals (Monster, Dice, CareerBuilder) and networking sites (LinkedIn).

Established long lasting relationships with quality technical candidates through consistent contact.

Manage the complete candidate’s lifecycle process, including sourcing, screening, and closing.

Search/Source candidates through major online job boards and other creative means

Foster good working relationships with candidates to maintain a database of prospective hires.

Achieved a record-breaking placement with sought-after client within the 1st two months.

VST Consulting Inc. October 2015 – January 2016

Technical Recruiter

Full-Cycle Recruiting: Collecting requirements, Studying, Analyzing, Sourcing, Screening, Shortlisting, Interviews, offers, negotiating and closing candidates for assigned requisitions.

Sourced candidates using major Job-websites such as Monster, Career Builder, LinkedIn, passive search and through Employee Referrals, Consultants, etc.

Utilized current trends/innovative techniques for competitive, state-of-the-Art recruiting practices.

Understand & articulate business and technical job requirements, source talent through non-traditional methods and also through more aggressive and creative methods.

Screened candidates (Quality of the Resource), Understand requirements/skills/deliverables/level of expertise, conduct 2nd level closings – checking availability, location, pipeline etc.

Build strong long-term client and contractor relationships by providing excellent customer service.

Achieved Client’s favorite recruiter award

Masterex Technologies Inc. April 2014 – August 2015

Training & Recruitment Coordinator

Administered employment processes to ensure compliance and efficiency of hiring and provided support to staffing teams and hiring managers. Communicate process and procedures across all levels of management.

Participated in requisition status and candidate review meetings.

Effectively execute, manage, and prioritize, varied and steady workload.

Arrange Travel for Candidates visiting onsite locations.

Organize, develop or source training programs to meet specific training needs.

Present training programs using recognized training techniques and tools.

Design and apply assessment tools to measure training effectiveness, track and report outcomes.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration - Global Tech Institute of Management (GTIM) (New Delhi)

Diploma in Computer Application - Mahavir Computer Centre – Anand, Gujrat

Awards

Certified Brown Belt Recruiter, Employee of the month, LinkedIn recruiter advance level, Goal Achiever, JobDiva expert, Recognized by “Who's Who”

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