RAJU THOMAS

** ******** ***** *** ****, NY *****

Cell: 646-***-**** adg72z@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/rajthomas

Education: AIRS - Certified Internet Recruiter (CIR) AIRS - Professional Recruiter Certified (PRC) AIRS - Certified Social Media Recruiter CSMR LinkedIn Recruiter Certified - LIRC Berkeley College – MCSE Morgan Methodology-Trained Transit Wireless New York City

Talent Acquisition Partner 5/2020-Present

• Responsible for all 100% of all recruitment across all of Transit Wireless including Engineering, Sales, Director level, FPA and Data Engineering roles from NY to LA

• Develop the entire recruitment function from scratch, as well as functioning as Taleo SME. OpenText/Carbonite Inc New York City/Virtual

Talent Acquisition Professional 5/2017-5/2020

• Work cross functionally across various business functions in North America, Canada and APAC regions of Carbonite.

• Identifying and technically qualifying candidates against Carbonites needs in G&A, HR, Software and Quality Engineering, Infrastructure and storage. Qualify candidates with backgrounds not limited to C/C++, C# JavaScript, Java, React.JS, Angular, Golang, Python, PowerShell, DevOps, Selenium, SolarWinds Network Engineers/Architects, Windows/Linux Systems Engineers, Tech Support, Servers and Storage Engineers, NetSuite Implementation. As well as, Business Analyst, Office Admin, HRBP.

• Trained new recruiters on sourcing/recruiting methods, including Taleo, LinkedIn and other avenues of candidate generation.

• Created training materials on Taleo and helped to train existing members in identifying candidates cutting Agency cost.

• Tested and implemented new tools and strategies for finding candidates for tough to fill positions and markets.

*Success/Highlights – Cut agency fees by finding candidates internally through Taleo. Amazon Web Services New York City/Virtual

Contract Talent Acquisition Sourcer 10/2016-2/2017

• Support all North East regions and all of Canada for Amazon Web Services in identifying of Solutions Architects for Commercial sectors.

• Qualifying candidates against Amazon’s core values in business as well as their technical which includes but not limited to Application Development/Programming, Networking infrastructure/DevOps, Storage, Virtualization and Security.

• Working with Hiring Managers on various times and continents to assure qualified positions were filled in a timely manner.

*Success/Highlights – 95% of candidates submitted have reached to 2nd round of phone screens within the short period of time. Commvault Tinton Falls, NJ/Virtual

Talent Acquisition Professional 4/2016-9/2016

• Supported all areas of Information Technology including Development, Customer Experience, IT/IS, Legal and Finance.

• Sourced and recruited professionals in Security, C/C++, Java, DevOps, QA, Java/J2ee, .Net/C#, JavaScript, AngularJS bootstrap.

• Geographically covered Tinton Falls, NJ and Santa Clara, CA. Sourced and recruited on a national level.

• Worked closely with marketing and branding teams within Commvault.

(Reorganized)

NetSuite New York/Virtual

Contract Talent Acquisition Specialist/Recruiter 6/2014-Feb 2016

• Supported various business groups within NetSuite including their recent acquisitions within US, Canada, UK and Philippines.

• Worked closely with other sourcers/recruiters and assist them in their search for talent in tough markets such as San Mateo, Oklahoma City, Austin, RTP and Waterloo by using an Agile based approach.

• Worked closely with marketing and branding teams within NetSuite and help coordinate NetSuite related social events.

• Sourced and recruited candidates by using traditional job boards as well as effectively utilizing Social Media such as Facebook, Twitter and Meetup groups.

• Sourced and recruited professionals who are experienced with Java/J2EE, Web Developers and Designers, Product Manager and Engineers, Systems Engineers, QA/SQA, Big Data/Hadoop, Scala and all aspects of IT Security for Applications as well as Infrastructure.

ADP Automatic Data Processing New York/Virtual

Talent Acquisition Sourcer 4/13-5/14

• Supported internal recruiter in Service as well as IT side of ADP Business Unites this includes Dealer Services, Corporate, SBS and Implementation within US and Canada.

• Sourced Candidates through use of Social Media, CareerBuilder, Dice, Monster, Source Point and Virtual Edge Databases.

• Sourced candidates for Project Titanium involving IT Security this includes Network Infrastructure Security as well as Application Security. These candidates are experienced with CISSP and CEH certifications.

• Sourced, screened candidates nationally with experience in HCM Implementations of Workday, Kronos and SuccessFactors.

• Sourced Screened candidates experienced in Payroll, QKA, QPK, FINRA compliance.

• Sourced heavily for Mobility Architects, Technical Project Managers, Developers/Programmers experienced in Java/J2EE and .Net within an Agile Scrum environment, as well as Big Data, Hadoop and Data Scientist.

• Hold and lead team calls on best practices, test and demonstrate new sourcing tools.

• Write business cases for new tools.

(Reorganized)

Adecco – Onsite at Ann Taylor New York, NY

Talent Acquisition Sourcer 2/13-4/13

I was hired by Ann Taylor directly on a 60-day contract to provide Sourcing Support on 4 open requisitions. As Ann Taylor was in the process of bringing in-house applications that were hosted externally. Positions included Inventory, Purchasing Management, Business Analyst, SAP Retail and Project Manager.

Korn/Ferry International – Futurestep Franklin, TN/Virtual Sr. Technical Recruiter - Client VGT 6/12 – 1/13

• Assembled a team of qualified Recruiters with experience working in Information Technology, Engineering and Compliance to work in high profile and highly lucrative Casino Gaming Industry.

• Mentor, train and lead a group of offshore teams (India and Buenos Aries).

• Train team members to effectively use Deep Web Search, Flip, and X-Ray, Boolean, Site, Peel Database mining, Social Media, and Meta Search Engines.

• Source and Recruit Professionals using Social Media not limited to Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, Deep Web Searches, Searcher Express Data Base and Avature.

• Source and Recruit qualified professionals with experience in Windows Embedded technologies, C, C++, C# Developers, .Net and Java Software Engineers, Project Managers, Product Owners, Marketing Managers, Quality Assurance 1, 2, 3, and QA Leads with Scrum, Agile, Waterfall methodologies.

• Held daily/weekly meetings with Futurestep Leads, Sourcers, and VGT Hiring Managers/HR about candidates’ updates and status of applicant pipelines.

(Contract with VGT expired)

Accenture New York/Boston/Virtual

Contract Sourcing Recruiter 1/10 - 5/12

• Assisted team members with their open requisitions by reverse matching of Taleo, searching Source Point, LinkedIn and Internet Mining of applicants.

• Shepherded fallen candidates in specific requisitions and reverse match them other open requisitions that fit their background.

• Have Led up to 5 members of the onshore and offshore team in special needs projects through various business units.

• Subject Matter expert on Taleo, AIRS Source point, LinkedIn Recruiter, Social Media, as well as processes and procedures.

• Sourced/ Recruited candidates with the following disciplines: SQL, Oracle AIA/SOA, SAP, Six Sigma Black belt, QA, UAT testers, Finance and Performance, Banking, Capital Markets, Systems Development Life cycle (SDLC) Network/Systems Engineers

(LAN/WAN) Unix, Linux, Windows, CRM, ERP, SAP, People Soft, C, C++, .Net, McKesson, Scorian, Healthcare, Performance Engineers, Database Architects Big Data, Hadoop, Data Scientist, Software, Systems, Solutions Sales from Top Tier companies.

• Worked closely and mentored/trained offshore/onshore team in finding qualified candidates using Web conference in relation to Job Boards, social media and internet mining as well as reverse matching on ATAS.

• Trained team members on how to effectively use Deep Web Searches, Flip Search, Boolean Search, Site Search, X-Ray Search, Peel Search, and Internet/Database Mining.

(Contract ended)

XpertTech Woburn, MA

BDM/Recruiting Manager/Trainer 10/09 – 01/10

• Supervised, managed and trained six recruiters offshore/in-house.

• Implemented new Bullhorn ATS and trained staff offshore/in-house in the system, Social Media, Deep Web, Flip, Site, and X-Ray.

• Held daily sprint meetings with recruiting team members and account managers on day-to-day activities, as well as daily /weekly/ monthly expectations.

• Sourced and recruited for various IT positions such as Project Managers, SAP, ERP, CRM, Oracle, SQL, DBAs and Developers, as well as Java/J2EE, .Net and C language programmers.

• Maintained existing clients, generate new business. (Highlights brought in 3 large accounts 1st week).

(Contract Open Ended)

Total Technical Services Waltham, MA

Sr. National Technical Recruiter – ATS I-Simply 04/09 – 10/09

• Sourced and recruited IT and Engineering professionals on a national level with and without active DOD clearance.

• Full Lifecycle contract recruitment professionals with Java, C, C#, C++, .Net, Doors, Rational Rose/tools, Unix/Linux Engineers, Mechanical Designers/Engineers, Piping Engineers, RF Engineers, Project/Product Managers.

• Negotiated applicant rates and explain benefits.

• Input and track applicants through Beeline, IQ Navigator ATS.

• Updated and maintained I-Simply and Hot sheet.

Clients: State Street Bank, General Dynamics, Rockwell Collins, BAE Systems, Boeing, L3 Communications.

(Laid off due to FCS Cuts)

Softscape/SumTotal Wayland, MA

Sr. Technical Sourcing / Recruitment Specialist – ATS: Proprietary 06/08 – 10/08

• Sourced and recruited professionals on an international level with various skills throughout US, UK and Australia branches.

• Sourced and recruited inside-sales professionals to provide lead generation and business development representatives with CRM, ERP, and HCM experience.

• Sourced and recruited for IT Engineers for corporate office Frontline and Backline C, C++ and Java Developers, technical leads and Desktop/Network professionals (Windows/Unix).

• Met daily with managers in US & the UK office to strategize and implement new recruiting strategies

• Reviewed, updated, and verified WIP (Work in Progress) and ATS.

• Dealt with various schools, colleges and preferred vendors in filling requisitions.

• Negotiated applicant salaries as well as our vendor fees.

• Trained hiring managers in conducting successful interviews.

(Reason for leaving: Contract ended)

Kelly HR on-site at State Street Corporation Boston MA Technical Recruiter / Sourcing Specialist – ATS: Active Recruiter 06/07- 02/08

• Sourced and recruited IT & Non-IT professionals in MA, NY, CA regions (DBAs, Programmers, Unix/Linux/Windows Administrators/Engineers (LAN/WAN), Exchange Administrators 2003/2007, Software Test Analysts, Business Systems Analysts, Java/J2EE Developers, .Net C Language Developers and Programmers, Administrative Assistants, Portfolio Administrators, Fund Accountants).

• Recruited professionals ranging from Associate 1 to VP level in Investment Services, Global Wealth Management, Enterprise Technology and Integration.

• Provided excellent customer service and vendor management.

• Negotiated applicant salaries and vendor fees.

• Meet daily with managers and co-workers to implement Sourcing and Recruitment strategies.

• Supported other recruiters and managers in sourcing for high-volume career fairs & college fairs.

• Liaison between applicants, management, and immigration attorneys concerning the applicant’s visa status as well as background status.

• Documenting, reviewing, and verifying data in ATS and WIP (Work in Progress).

• Provide customer satisfaction and maintain excellent working relationships with hiring managers and applicants.

• Updated ATS – Oracle, PeopleSoft and Active Recruiter daily.

• Train new hiring managers in hiring policies.

• Received training and implemented OFCCP rules and regulations.

(Reason for leaving: Contract ended)

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