Sonika Raj

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917-***-**** / 843-***-****

SUMMARY:

HR professional with 4 years of functional experience in Human Resource Management. I have experience in HR Generalist roles and have handled complete life cycle of recruitment. Specialized in sourcing profiles from various job boards like Naukri, Monster, Indeed and other job boards, also from social networking platforms like LinkedIn and Chire. I have worked effectively as a team member (individual contributor). I am equipped with the necessary skills in planning and directing all areas of Human Resource that include but is not limited to Recruitment, Vendor management, Employee Relations, Onboarding. In the last 4 years, I have been associated with Sunrise Biztech Systems & currently work with Cognizant Technology Solutions.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS:

• M.B.A (Human Resource, Finance – Dual Specialization) - Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore -2015

• Bachelors of Engineering in Information Science- S.I.E.T, Tumkur - Visweswariah Technological University, Karnataka, 2012.

• Six-Sigma Green Belt Certification-Asian Institute of Quality Management

• Certificates of Appreciation- Sunrise Biztech Systems

SKILLS HANDLED:

• IT: Architects, Java, PHP, VB, . Net, Asp.net, Agile Coach, Pyspark, Abinitio, Kafka, Big Data, Elastic Search, Neo4j, Cassandra, Machine Learning, Pl/SQL, AWS, Ingenium, Base24, Charles River, Eagle, LIMS, ATG, Open Source, iOS, Oracle, WCS, Android, HTML, IT Admin, QA, Python, Hybris.

• Non-IT: Analytics, General Manager, Sales Manager, MIS, TL, Accounts, AM, Process Engineer, PM, PMO, BDM, HR.

• Locations Handled India, USA.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Recruitment

• HR Operations

• Vendor Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai as Recruitment Associate (3rd Party Payroll of DND) Apr 2018 – Present

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Expertise in Entire Recruitment Life Cycle from Sourcing, Screening, Selecting and Pre-Selection process.

• Part of Cognizant Digital Business & Vertical Hiring Team involved in Niche skill & Leadership hiring.

• Working for positions from junior level to Associate Director.

• Predominantly working for all the Architect Positions across pan-India.

• Hands on experience in recruiting for Generic and niche skills.

• Understanding the requirements in retrospect of the candidate’s profile, job description, shortlist the right candidates.

• Sourcing profiles from various job portal (Naukri, Monster) and from Social Media (LinkedIn), screening the profiles briefing the candidates about the job role and processing it for the next level.

• Maintaining own database.

• Managing Recruitment Drives and Scheduled interviews (i.e. face to face, Telephonic, and Video Conferencing). Actively involved in volume hiring through various Walk-ins / Schedule drive.

Sunrise Biztech Systems, Bangalore Jun 2015 – Apr 2018

Talent Acquisition/ Technical Recruiter

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Hired Clients - Verizon Wireless (largest wireless telecommunications provider in the US), Verizon Telecom, Sprint, GPC, and CSC.

• Recruiting, screening and interviewing strategies aligned to assess high volumes of candidates, while also overseeing the pre-employment assessment process for various non-exempt and exempt level roles, which includes negotiating salaries and extending job offers.

• Making candidate recommendations to the management.

• Extending offers and conducting exit interviews.

• Recruiting for Non-IT and core IT Positions including: Oracle DBA, C++ Developer, Java Developer, Marketing Analyst, Senior Administrators, Network Operations Technician, Warehouse Managers, Quality Assurance/Test Engineers, Technical Program/Product/Project Managers, Software Developers, RF Engineers, Business/Systems Analysts, Network/System/Security Engineers, Database Architects/Developers/Administrators, and other IT professionals.

• Used Internal Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Job Diva and other sites like CareerBuilder, Monster and LinkedIn.

• Using Boolean search (AND, NOT and OR) to produce more relevant results.

• Possess excellent knowledge of end-to-end recruitment and hiring processes.

• Giving candidates a prep a call before the interview.

• Managed and strengthened a pipeline of candidates for existing and future positions by proactively seeking new avenues to attract candidates.

• Assist and made recommendations to other recruiters on how to improve their submittal acceptance and increase candidate placement.

• Met or exceeded hiring goals; maintained and reported all hiring and pipeline matrixes.

DECLARATION:

I consider myself familiar with Management Aspects. I am also confident of my ability to work in a team. I Sonika Raj hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to best of my knowledge and belief.

Sonika Raj

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