Technical Recruiter Talent Sourcer

Nidhi Verma

adv1ba@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nidhi-verma-4b0a75106/

Address: **** **** **** **, *******, TX – 75078

Phone: 425-***-****

Experience Summary:

A highly motivated and experienced recruiter with expertise in IT, finance, medical, and supply chain recruiting. Seeking a challenging role in a dynamic organization where my skills and experience can be utilized to contribute to the growth and success of the company. Excellent full life cycle recruiting skills with the ability to take on any challenging staffing positions when needed.

Over 7 years of experience in recruiting, with a focus on Information Technology, finance, medical, and supply chain industries.

Demonstrated ability to source and recruit top talent through various channels, including social media, job boards, and referrals.

Proven track record of successfully placing candidates in both contract and permanent roles.

(Won best recruiter 3 times at Microsoft in the year 2022 for volume hiring.)

Strong communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills, with the ability to build relationships with candidates and clients.

In-depth knowledge of industry trends and best practices, with the ability to stay up-to-date on changes in the market.

Experience

Microsoft, Redmond, WA Aug2021 - Oct 2022

Started as a Full Cyle recruiter within GTA (Global Talent Acquisition) team.

As a Full Cycle Recruiter:

Worked closely with hiring managers to create new roles and successfully find candidates to fill their positions.

Did monthly intake calls with Hiring teams to help hire senior to Principal level Engineers, Product Managers, Program Managers,SDMs Security Engineers etc.

Screened and assessed candidates to determine their qualifications for open roles.

Sourced within candidate tracking system and LinkedIn to find qualified candidates for niche roles and leverage talent pools.

Worked closely with candidates throughout the recruiting process to maintain a positive candidate experience.

Extended Offers & Closed candidates keeping a balance between best candidate experience & what worked best for Microsoft.

Toward the second half of my time with Microsoft I got an opportunity to work as a Talent Sourcer with the Events Team.

As a Talent Sourcer:

Did extensive & diverse sourcing towards hiring talented Software Engineers across multiple teams and locations @ Microsoft. Teams include Azure, Cortana, Office, Security, OneDrive/SharePoint, Windows, ML/AI, etc. Our aim was hiring mid to senior level Software Development Engineers.

Built up centralized software engineer sourcing strategy and streamlined the recruiting process.

Recruiting for SDE2 and SDE3 roles

Promethean, Seattle, WA Feb 2021 – July 2021

Sr. Technical Recruiter at Promethean

Promethean is a leading global education technologies company who is re-inventing the way learning is being delivered, to create immersive learning solutions that enable teachers to engage and energize students across the world!

Responsibilities:

Build a pipeline of qualified candidates for Prometheans technical teams.

Deliver full cycle recruiting including sourcing, screening, and scheduling candidates.

Come up with creative ways to source and engage with passive candidates.

Recommend ideas and strategies related to recruitment that will contribute to the long-range growth of the company.

Sourced and recruited active and passive candidates for technical positions such as SDM’s, Principal SDEs, iOS/Android Dev, Front-End, TPM, PMs and various others.

Recruit passive candidates for US and UK.

Use Applicant Tracking System (CTS/ATS) for sourcing and tracking candidates for future pipelining.

Technical Recruiter Amazon Web Services, Seattle, WA Aug 2019 - Jan 2021

Sr. Technical recruiter at Amazon Web Services, Seattle responsibilities include the following.

Responsibilities:

Sourced and recruited active and passive candidates for technical positions such as SDEs, Embedded SDE, iOS/Android Dev, Front-End, Applied Scientist, SDM, TPM,PM, BIE, Network Development Engineers (NDE) and various others.

Partner with hiring teams to build effective sourcing and assessment approaches with an ability to manage customer expectations through a deep understanding of return on investment.

Recruit passive candidates and gauge both technical skills and chemistry of candidates for fit, and to understand candidate motivation.

Build and maintain an ongoing candidate pipeline to support hiring goals.

Metrics driven and adhere to Amazon’s target metrics for recruiters.

Build and maintain network of potential candidates through pro-active market research and on-going relationship management; conducts in-depth interviews of potential candidates, demonstrating ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences.

Building and utilizing a variety of sourcing plans, search methodologies, tools, including proactive phone and internet research.

Interview candidates within the framework of the position specification. Possess strong ability to screen, interview and prepare a candidate slate within an appropriate and consistent timeline.

Use Applicant Tracking System (CTS/ATS) for sourcing and tracking candidates for future pipelining.

Sr. Technical Recruiter Artech Information Systems, Bellevue, WA May 2018 - July 2019

Sr. Technical recruiter at Artech information systems, Bellevue responsibilities include the following.

Responsibilities:

Manage full cycle recruitment process.

Sourced and recruited candidates for a variety of finance and accounting positions, including financial analysts, accountants, and controllers.

Social Sourcing - LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Github, Stackoverflow...

Conducted interviews and evaluated candidates based on their skills, experience, and cultural fit.

Managed the hiring process, including negotiating offers and facilitating background checks and drug screenings.

Build a database of prospective candidates using the company candidate database. Maintain proper procedures with in-house Applicant Tracking System to track and record all candidates and requisitions.

Partner with Sales Staff to support and understand client needs.

Manage the interview process; communicate expectations, feedback, and status information to candidates, hiring managers, and other stakeholders throughout the selection process

Track and report key metrics designed to measure and predict staffing activity. Successfully hit hiring metrics every time.

Serve as a Brand Ambassador of Artech to external clients and candidates.

Lead Technical Recruiter at Flexasoft, Redmond, WA Mar 2015 - Apr 2018

Technical recruiter at Flexasoft LLC, Redmond, responsibilities include the following.

Responsibilities:

Manage full life cycle recruitment process including candidate sourcing, screening, and reference check, manage client interviews, salary negotiation, closing and follow up.

Sourced and recruited active and passive candidates for technical contract positions such as Software Development Engineers (SDE), Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), SQL Developers, Full Stack Developers, .NET Developers, iOS Developers, iOS Testers, Localization Testing, Graphic Designers, Technical Recruiters and Game Testers

Develop passive candidates through name networking, forum boards, meetup groups, cold calling, complex internet searches and research.

Worked closely with multiple clients such as Microsoft, Google, HCL, Aditi, Mindtree Inc, Tech Mahindra, Worked on high priority full time positions

Use Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for sourcing and tracking candidates for future pipelining

Managed candidate evaluation, and paperwork including I9, W4, offer letter and onboarding process

Scheduled interviews, conducted screenings for inductions with implementing partners

Used various channels including Boolean searches, LinkedIn, employee referrals, networking, and internal databases

Submit bulk candidates for high volume positions like .NET developers, Full Stack Developers and Game Testers and conducted pre-screening

Responsible for checking references, negotiating terms and compensation for each project, coordinating the interview process, extending offers and closing candidates

Part-time teacher Lake WA School, Redmond, WA Sept 2009 – Dec 2014

Worked as a Volunteer teacher in Lake Washington school district schools(Redmond).

Responsibilities:

Take substitute classes for Elementary schools.

Art Docent classes for Elementary classes in Einstein Elementary schools, Redmond.

Helping out in any and every department of the school whenever needed.

Software Engineer/BA – UPDESCO, India July 2006 – Feb 2007

UPDESCO – Government of India, Owned Uttar Pradesh Development Systems Corporation.

UPDESCO is a multi-disciplinary consultancy organization providing systems back-up to Governments, Enterprises, International organizations and other non-governmental agencies in diagnosing and estimating the magnitude of problems, identifying technological and other alternatives and suggesting methods of improvement.

Ever since its inception in 1977, UPDESCO has made consultancy services available in various fields to the Government and to International organizations like International Labor Organization (ILO), UNICEF, The World Bank, Royal Government of Netherlands, Japan International Co-operation Agency, The European Union and ODA etc.

The project involved a revamp of the old payroll systems of UP State Legislative council. The task of designing a new database and then implementing HR systems that included an all new Employee database, Payroll system, transportation system, etc. My role was to act as a liaison between employees of different departments (users) and a software team.

Responsibilities:

Participated in checkpoint reviews and walkthroughs during the verification and validation process.

Involved in project planning, coordination and implementation of QA methodology.

Participated in writing HLS (High Level Scenarios), Test plans, Test scenarios and Test cases, software documentation from business and functional requirement.

Extensively used SQL queries to perform back end testing to check the Data Integrity.

Performed Test Data set up - a pre-requisite to executing use cases during system testing.

Load and Unload flat files from Unix Box.

Performed Load testing using different sets of transactions mix for every run to determine the applications yield point.

Closely monitored all CRs (Change Request) and Regression testing.

Coordinating with the client during User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Reported defects in Clear quest and followed up on the resolution with the developers.

Asst. Prof, Institute of Environment and Management June 2003 – Jan 2006

Working as a Lecturer in Institute of Environment and Management - Master in Business Administration (MBA), Lucknow, INDIA. The job involved providing challenging course work, innovative projects and simulating real world exercises while utilizing active learning techniques and hands-on approach. Manage a class of 25-35 students mostly professionals who were much senior to me in age and experience. Participate in several committees and work collaboratively on assessments.

Lectures of Subjects in:

Business Laws

Business Environment

Management of Information systems

Organizational Behavior : HR

Designed the curriculum for courses taught in batches.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

Business Modeling: MS Visio, XP, Waterfall Approach, Agile and Iterative

Bug Tracking: Quality Center, Bugzilla, Test Director

Data Bases: SQL Server, MS-Access

Internet Technologies: HTML, DHTML

Packages: MS Excel, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, Word, MS Outlook

Operating Systems: Windows 2007, UNIX, XP and NT

SKILLS:

Strong communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills.

In-depth knowledge of Software Tech, Machine Learning, finance, medical, and supply chain industries.

Ability to source and recruit top talent through various channels.

Proven track record of successfully placing candidates in both contract and permanent roles.

Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.

Proficient in MS Office and applicant tracking systems.

References:

Available upon request.

EDUCATION:

MBA, Information Technology

BS, Computer Engineering

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