Taruna Kumar

Diversity and Inclusion Certified

adm90e@r.postjobfree.com - 647-***-****

Post Graduate certificate in Human Resources Brampton, ON L6X5P8

Member of HRPA, In progress- CHRP.

SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONAL

With over 15 years of diverse experience providing expertise in Account management, Delivery Management & VMS/MSP leader for IT, Finance, Telecommunication industries.

Account/Recruitment manager

Expertise in technical and non-technical; full time, contract, contract to hire, consulting and Campus recruitment experience.

Domain experiences including Information Technology, Finance, BPO/RPO’s, Telecommunications, Retail and Manufacturing.

Agency and Corporate recruiter trained; possess hybrid skills for optimal performance.

Knowledge in Employment Standards, Human Rights Code and Health and Safety Legislation - Canada, US and International laws governing employees in global regions.

Strong understanding of understanding of employment laws &legislation, including ESA, OHRC, AODA etc.

Proactively sourcing, identifying, screening and recruiting passive high caliber executive talent in the functional areas of Manufacturing, Logistics, Accounting & Finance, Information Technology and Engineering.

Proficient technical ability in candidate assessment techniques, sourcing strategies, including expertise in the use of social media.

Solid analytical and research skills, providing hiring managers with relevant market intelligence to develop leading edge recruiting strategies.

Acted as Subject Matter Expert for managers throughout the recruitment process

Build/maintain pipeline of candidates for recurring and hard-to-fill roles through appropriate and targeted sourcing

Review resumes and credentials for suitability of skills, experience and knowledge in relation to position requirements using appropriate selection techniques

Business oriented approach with a proven dedication to client service and customer satisfaction

Modern Headhunting techniques through different job board- cold calling, X-ray sourcing through Boolean searching on Indeed, Monster, CareerBuilder, Workopolis, Boolean searches, ATS/HRMS systems, references, LinkedIn recruiter, Social Media

Expertise in selection methods (i.e. interview techniques – behavioral, situational and functional; testing, references and negotiating offers).

Strong analytical ability and research skills, providing hiring managers with strong market intelligence to develop leading-edge recruiting strategies.

Hands-on experience with various ATS software, including but not limited to Ceipal, Bullhorn, Jobdiva, LINXXI, Maxhire, Taleo etc. Quick learner to adapt into new systems

Successful hiring and Maintaining active/passive candidate pool : Software developer(.net, c, c++,Java,Angular, full stack, frontend, Project managers, BA’s,BSA’s,Technical Managers, Agile Coach, UI/UX Java, User Experience, Teradata, Ab Initio, Charging, ETL, Testing (Manual & Automation), Visual Design, Cognos, SAP, User Experience (UX), IP & Core, Adobe Developers, Mainframe, Salesforce, Android Developer, iOS Developer & Machine Learning.

Areas of Expertise:

Technical Recruitment

Finance Recruitment

Campus Recruitment

Business Development

Consultative Approach

VMS/MSP models

ATS systems

Strategic Planning

Relationship Management

Market Research and Analysis

People skills

Negotiation

Work History:

Global Technical Talent

Account manager- CANADIAN OPERATIONS Dec 2020- present

GTT has been a leader in Staffing for over 18 years and SIA’s Best company to work for 2020 & 2021.

Prime focus: relationship management and client management.

Reporting to the President, responsible for managing high volume VMS accounts for largest banks.

Hybrid role wearing multiple hats as an account manager, delivery lead and prime contact for the clients in Canada

Managing team of 25 including 5 recruitment managers, 20 recruiters and leads

Full cycle of account management from gathering requirements, creating jobs into the systems, assigning roles to the teams, reviewing and submitting profiles, set up interviews in the client portal, offer negotiations, rate confirmation and working towards higher Gross profit for the company.

Primus Global Services

Account Manager – Sales and Recruitment July 2020- Dec 2020

Primus is a Texas based technology and business consulting firm that provides customized resource solutions through its project deliverable based and contingent workforce service options.

Managing nationwide strategic accounts including business development, recruitments gathering, attending client con-calls, management of recruitment team for the accounts and providing the deliverables as per needs.

Work closely with the COO and leadership Team to assist in the quality improvement of the recruitment processes, gap analysis and implement new process improvement strategies.

Creating a tailor-made recruitment plan specific to the client and market needs.

Implemented Agile recruitment methodology to optimize end-results.

Conducting standup calls, priority sessions and apply “re-focus and re-target” strategy to fill client’s requirements, client submissions, Salary negotiations, offer extension, Onboarding support and pre-hire/Post hire activities (FULL RECRUITMENT cycle)

Train, coach and mentor new hires with traditional and as well as newly designed recruitment cycle.(ATS training, conducting Mock calls, Effective Boolean searches on job portals and databases, sourcing and selecting candidates,initiating cold calls to create active/passive pipeline of candidates, sell the job and locking the candidates, salary negotiations,strong relationship building and closure of offers)

Designs and Implements client focused Training Curriculums, integrating the Program to assist management with business development and lead generation efforts.

Handling onshore/offshore teams and coordinate internally to align with the business model.

Eagle professional resources

Senior Talent Manager/Recruitment Lead April 2019- June 2020

Eagle is a privately owned and operated Canadian professional staffing company specializing in recruiting and placing technology, finance and accounting, executive and management consulting professionals in contract and full-time positions. With 10 offices across Canada, its a ISO 9001 certified and provide commitment to quality and excellence. Eagle has been Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies every year since 1999 and maintaining Platinum Status for that award since 2005.

Working on high volume IBM account acting as a Talent Manager.

•Partner with the hiring managers on position requirements, external market trends, and appropriate recruitment and sourcing strategies.

•Handling a team of recruiter, training and coaching on the roles, assigning jobs internally to dedicated recruiters.

-Conduct an intake with the hiring manager detailing the key skills required for the role, scope of the position and effectively write a job description to attract top talent

-Candidate sourcing using internal and external sources (corporate database, employee referrals, outside search firms, internet job banks, advertising, etc)

-Conduct the end-to-end candidate selection process including screen resumes, conduct behavioral interviews and qualifying candidates for consideration and guiding the hiring managers throughout the interview process

-Manage the job offer process, reference checks and ensure background checks and other selection strategies are completed

-Staying current on recruitment trends through attending industry conferences, events, and maintaining a network of professional recruiting and staffing contacts

TalentBurst Inc.

Sr Recruitment/Account Manager April 2015 to April 2019

Pioneers in providing IT and non- IT staffing needs to major Direct and consulting clients with Tier 2 support to Major banks across North America (US and Canada)

TalentBurst is a leading provider of contract Information Technology, Engineering, SaaS, Bio-Pharma, Accounting & Finance, Marketing, Utility and Compliance staffing solutions to over 65 Fortune 1000 corporations. We have branch locations in Boston, San Francisco, Miami, Milwaukee and international offices in Toronto, Canada, Gurgaon and Bangalore, India

Publicis Sapient (through Talent burst) January 2018-April 2019

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation of Publicis Groupe.

As digital pioneers with 20,000 people and 53 offices around the globe, spanning technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession – combined with our culture of curiosity and relentlessness – enables us to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

Handling Full recruitment cycle and proactively attracting, building and maintaining relationship with pool of Top talent in market internally and externally.

•Sourcing and creating new innovative strategies to initiate and improve recruitment process.

•Utilizing modern headhunting techniques to source and identify talent – Different Job boards Boolean searches on Monster, Indeed, CareerBuilder, Workopolis, LinkedIn Recruiter, internal databases & ATS technology.

•Creating training manuals and guidelines for new internals.

•Create and develop HR matrix and HR processes, mapping and re-engineering the process for better performances.

•Develop and Manage strong consultative relationships with hiring managers and candidates.

•Solicit and document hiring manager and candidate feedback throughout the interview process.

•Contacting candidates, following-up with candidates, and managing candidate pipeline.

•Schedule interviews, brief and debrief candidates before and after interviews, feedbacks and extending offers

•Organized careers fairs, open houses and other recruiting events and collaborated with career colleges to work with new work force in the market.

•Perform salary, fee, and contract negotiations with clients and candidates,

•Onboarding and conducting new assessments

•Exit Interviews and reviews

Account /Recruitment Manager

The Agency Employment services - July 2014 to April 2015

•Determining the needs of different departments and coordinating with supervisors for potential needs.

•Full cycle recruitment (posting, screening, interviewing, placements, background checks, on-boarding) for various clients in Manufacturing, Automobile, Retail, Hospitality Logistics and I.T

•High exposure in volume recruitment, active and passive hiring and sense of urgency with attention to detail.

•Process and shortlist employees' application.

•Maintaining and updating ATS regularly, entering new and updating files

•Capability of handling stress and performing in high pressure environment and completing deadlines.

•Proving support and assistance to directors, VPs and management as needed in implementation of policies

•Experience successfully closing positions from entry level to managerial roles.

•Reporting to Operational manager/Director for daily reports and KPI reports weekly as well as monthly.

•Administered contractor onboarding and negotiations of agreements by providing offer letters, agreements, benefit packages, health and safety online training and employment verification to manage temporary labor.

•Supported payroll through timecard collection, verification and tracking, distributing pay remittances and generating invoices to make sure contractors get paid.

•Implemented and trained employees on team, time and stress management for optimum utilization of workforce.

•Provide support and guidance to worker with legislation- MOL, WMIS, Health and safety, Back safety

•Ensured proper employment legislation are implemented within the procedures of federal laws.

•Administered and updated HR policies, processes and programs such as performance reviews, employee recognition program and benefits which promoted company's vision.

•Conducting job fairs at colleges, community centers and other institutions.

I.T Recruiter

Sapsol Technologies - January 2014 to July 2014

•Sourcing (Social Networking, Internet), Posting job ads, Recruiting IT, specifically SAP Consultants for various clients in U.S and Canada.

•Focus on continuous improvement and participates in projects as identified.

•Participates in establishing a signature On-boarding for all new hires, provides recruitment systems support to the business.

•Responsible for preliminary coordination and securing temporary resources as requested by the Business with approved employment agencies.

•Maintains and reports on employment metrics, continually looks for areas to improve and takes action.

•Worked in collaboration with Director submitting qualified candidates for very hard to fill roles, Primarily SAP consultants, Business Analysts, System architects and QA's.

•Used the "Full Recruitment Life Cycle" to recruit, qualify and place quality I.T professionals.

•Continuously located IT professionals by direct head hunting, Cold calling, web postings, web databases and using social media and LinkedIn.

•Documented updated information in to an existing database regarding new and existing candidates such as Personal information, technical background, future endeavors, and availability and salary expectations.

•Scrubbed and posted assigned job in to the database on a daily basis.

•Fully involved in presenting the contract and full-time offers to qualified candidates and follow up of candidates work progress during the candidate's employment.

Moved to Canada 2011 and Maternity leave

H.R Manager

Vantage consultancy - 2009 to 2011

Closely work with Hiring Managers and clientele to determine the requirement.

•Managed a team of recruiter to achieve high end goals.

•Directing, guiding and motivating team to achieve individual targets and team targets

•Develop and implement recruiting strategies to source the best talent.

•Cold calling to new prospective clients and prepares offers.

•Write, edit and review job descriptions for various job positions.

•Build customer relations with client-organizations.

•Manage the recruiting process to meet hiring goals using effective resource management and effective use of Enterprise applicant tracking system.

•Consistently meet the performance metrics as defined by the Director of Recruiting.

•Provide reporting and regular status updates to the Director of Recruiting and Hiring Manager as required.

•Preparation of postings, sourcing/screening/interviewing and reference checks.

•Weekly reports and exceed key performance metrics (ex. time to fill, quality of candidate, turnover) to ensure recruitment success.

•Meet Hiring for major players in market like various processes healthcare, technical, sales, non-technical of GE (GENPACT), technical hiring for Teleperformance (ADOBE) IT process, collection process for JINDALS, technical and non-technical process of DELL, WIPRO etc.

•Identify creative and effective recruitment methods, including social media, targeted advertising, niche job boards and networking to attract qualified candidates.

•Build and maintain a talent pool of targeted active and passive candidates with specific industry, technical and/or functional expertise.

Human Resources Executive

Brainwave Academy - 2004 to 2009

•Executed strategic sourcing techniques to include a variety of resources such as internet, advertising, employment agencies, internal and external databases, employee referrals, direct sourcing and job fairs.

•Closely work with students and counsel them for career development and planning.

•Guiding and mentoring the students and working for their job placements.

•Worked with external vendors to ensure appropriate tests, background, and reference checks were completed.

•Determined most qualified candidates and made recommendations to hiring manager.

•Mentored, coached and developed less experienced team members.

•Assisted with implementing major staffing initiatives.

•Proficient at bringing recruitment offers to a successful close.

•Conducted background and reference checks on all candidates.

•Input accurate information into the applicant tracking system.

EDUCATION

Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources (Equivalency from Canadian Institutions)

Bachelor’s in commerce - Delhi University

Languages Known – English and Hindi

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