Talent Acquisition Information Technology

RAVI C. TOKALA

**** ********* ** ● Aurora, Illinois 60502 ● 630-***-****

US Citizen

**********@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Results oriented full cycle, national/global, technical/ financial corporate, talent acquisition recruiter professional with extensive experience and success in reducing operating cost and cost-per-hire, while delivering top talent and locating and securing difficult to fill positions. Possess extensive background in recruiting exempt professionals, salary administration, benefit administration, strategic marketing and recruiting for domestic and global positions. Hiring experience includes IT, Sales & Marketing, Accounting, Engineering and other HR related positions.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CORPORATE & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE:

•A strong candidate with over 15+ years of IT recruiting experience

•Extensive experience in full life cycle recruitment and sourcing, job boards, LinkedIn, GitHub, Snaprecruit, and other social media tools

•Hired IT Professionals, Engineers, Marketing, Digital Marketing, Accounting and HR positions.

•Experience working with ATS like Taleo, Kenexa, Workday, iCIMS and SuccessFactors.

Western Union, Denver CO Nov 2021 to Jul 2022

Contract: Senior Technical Recruiter

Western Union Business Solutions is a global leader in foreign exchange and international payments. We enable companies of all sizes to send and receive cross-border payments and manage their foreign exchange needs. With access to over 130 currencies, and a global financial network spanning more than 200 countries and territories, we help companies spend less time managing their international financial transactions and more time growing their businesses.

As part of the Management and Administration Talent Acquisition Corporate team, responsible for developing relationships with HRBPs, Finance Team, hiring managers, and internal partners to provide full cycle recruiting services to internal and external direct hire technology professionals in a variety of disciplines including senior managers.

Responsible in Hiring Software Engineers, Architects, Data Engineers and IT Project Managers.

Salesforce, San Francisco, CA May 2021 to Oct 2021

Contract: Senior Technical Recruiter

Salesforce, the World's #1 CRM, is one of the fastest growing top five enterprise software companies in the world and we are continuing to experience unprecedented growth

•Full cycle Recruitment of IT Directors, Senior Project Managers, App Dev Engineers, DevOps Engineers and Data Engineers.

•Provide full cycle recruiting activities to include requisition management, candidate sourcing, candidate interviewing and selection, offer development and delivery, and compliance management.

•Worked on Workday as the ATS.

T-Mobile, Chicago, IL January 2020 to Apr 2021

Contract: Senior Sourcing Specialist/ IT Recruiter

T-Mobile is leading the 5G revolution and redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services through leading product and service innovation.

•Sourcing and Recruiting iOS and Android Developers, DevOps Engineers, Java Full stack Engineers.

•Implement proactive sourcing strategies by understanding the trends and gaps in crucial talent pools. Leverage market intelligence to target passive candidates through internet sourcing, resume mining, targeting special interest groups, competitive intelligence, key industries and companies.

•Leverage professional network to gain industry information on current talent landscape. Source, screen, interview and recommend candidates for open positions within professional organizations, including executive level.

•Direct sourcing/screening for critical professional and niche positions as determined by the business needs while complying with organization policy and government regulatory guidelines.

•Develop proactive traditional and out of the box, national sourcing strategies that build relationships with a diverse pool of candidates and results in quality hires.

•Work with executives and managers in functional business areas, presenting best-qualified candidates that meet job requirements.

•Relationship management to include advisement, coaching, influencing and training related to staffing.

UNITED AIRLINES, INC., Chicago, IL April 2019 to Dec 2019

Contract: Senior Sourcer/ IT Recruiter

United Airlines, Inc. It is the world's third-largest airlines. United operates a large domestic and international route network, with an extensive presence in the Asia-Pacific region.

•Full-life cycle recruiting for United Airlines, Inc. ~ staffing for Director of Operations, Director, Data Analytics, Data Management, Big Data Engineers, Sr. IT Project Managers, Sr. Manager, Sr. Analyst, Director, IT Security Intelligence, Operation Data Analytics.

•As part of the Management and Administration Talent Acquisition Corporate team, responsible for developing relationships with HRBPs, hiring managers, and internal partners to provide full cycle recruiting services to internal and external direct hire technology professionals in a variety of disciplines including senior managers.

•Responsible for hiring in Analytics, Data Science and Information and Innovation, UX Designer, UX/UI Designer, Application Security Analyst, Data Operations Analyst, Sr. Manager Security Engineer, Principal Architect – IT Security, Sr. Manager, IT Risk Management, Sr. Analyst Application Security Engineer, Sr. Engineer Information Technology, Sr. Mgr. Vulnerability Management, Hadoop/Big Data Developer, Sr. IAM Cloud Security Engineer.

•Working on Taleo and maintain proper procedures with in-house Applicant Tracking System to track and record all candidates and requisitions.

ALLSTATE INSURANCE, Chicago, IL March 2018 to April 2019

Contract: Senior Recruiter -Corporate and Information Technology

The Allstate Corporation is the largest publicly held personal lines property and casualty insurer in America

•Full-life cycle recruiting for Allstate Insurance- Recruiting for Sr. Project Managers, Sr. IT Business Analysts, Product Managers, Digital UX/UI Designers, Operations Manager, Risk Management, Compliance, Channel Managers, Sales and Marketing, Statistical and Financial Reports, IT Auditors and Information Technology and Operations divisions.

•Full-life cycle recruiting for Arity, a subsidiary of Allstate- DevOps Engineers, Big Data Developers, Hadoop Engineers, Data Engineers, Data Architects, Digital Product Owners, Application Developers and Senior Architects.

•Assess candidates in Talent Connection, SuccessFactors and generates a pipeline in Smashfly (CRM). Utilize LinkedIn Recruiter Lite seat to source passive candidates

•Provide full cycle recruiting activities to include: requisition management, candidate sourcing, candidate interviewing and selection, offer development and delivery, and compliance management

BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS, Chicago, IL January 2017 to January 2018

Contract: Corporate Recruiter

Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) is the largest customer-owned health insurance company in the United States providing health and life insurance products and related services, through its operating divisions and subsidiaries; including Blue Cross and Blue Shield of IL, MN, NM, OK, TX

•Full-life cycle recruiting for BCBS -Business Analysts, Data Engineers, Data Analysts, Big Data Developers

•Worked on an internal ATS, called ‘BlueRecruit’.

•Ensure compliance with Human Resources policies and procedures, including EEO employment guidelines and affirmative action.

•Adherence to HCSC policies and regulations to include OFCCP and all other federal, state and organization compliance standards.

WALGREENS, Deerfield, IL August 2015 to January 2017

Contract: Senior Recruiter –Information Technology

Walgreens is the nation's largest drugstore chain, constitutes the Retail Pharmacy USA Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBA), the first global pharmacy-led, health and wellbeing enterprise

•Full-life cycle recruiting for Walgreens- staffing for Finance, RX Renewal Planning and Program Management, Credit Risk Management, Information Technology and Operations divisions.

•Manage Recruiting function for Digital Technology division within Walgreen Co. Responsibilities include collaborating with multiple business units for strategic talent planning/developing requisitions, talent acquisition strategy development and execution, Client relationship Management etc.

•Successfully owned and managed full life cycle IT recruiting function including but not limited to designing the appropriate contact strategy, Talent sourcing, screening, interviewing, selection, offer presentation, vendor management, on-boarding etc.

•Call Center experience in – Sales, Customer Service, Collections or Telemarketing.

•Worked on ATS, Taleo Recruiting System and Kenexa/BrassRing.

NTT DATA INC., Naperville, IL Feb 2005 to April 2015

Senior Recruiter –Information Technology

NTT DATA, headquartered in Tokyo, with business operations in more than 35 countries, is a premier professional service from consulting, system development to business IT outsourcing.

•Responsible for Talent Acquisition in SAP and Oracle Functional and Technical resources including Project managers and Program managers. Hired Candidates in Oracle Applications, Oracle Fusion and Oracle Finance.

•Responsibilities include full life-cycle recruitment comprising sourcing, screening and qualifying candidates; coordinating and executing interviews, maintaining candidate/ client communication during search engagement process; assessing and recommending prospective candidates and designing, negotiating and closing job offer packages focusing on permanent as well as contract hires.

•Utilize networking skills, direct sourcing, job boards, Internet searches, employee referrals, social media, college placement centers as well as iCIMS candidate management software to identify and track qualified candidates

Education Background

OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, India

Master’s in Business Administration (Major in HR & Marketing)

GULBARGA UNIVERSITY, India

Bachelor’s in Engineering (Major in Electronics & Communication)

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