Ardhendu Sekhar Chanda

972-***-****, adz9g6@r.postjobfree.com Flower Mound, Texas, 75028

Li Profile : https://www.linkedin.com/in/ardhendu-sekhar-chanda-a0543813/

Experienced Full-life Cycle Technology Recruiter or Lead Recruiter and Delivery

Professional Summary

A success-oriented, energetic, trilingual professional with 20+ years of strong technical background and years of experience as a Full Lifecycle Technology Recruiter and Sourcing Professional, supporting many of the worlds most admired global enterprises through both direct hire and contingent labor programs. Comfortable managing a large workload, balancing immediate needs, along with strategic pipelining and hiring initiatives, leveraging an expansive network in coordination with creative sourcing techniques. Managed recruiting life cycle which includes develop/implement recruiting plans, candidate identification, interviewing, offer extensions, relocation, and acceptance. Also involved in leadership and mentoring.

Areas of Expertise

Technical Recruiting Account Management. LinkedIn Recruiting

Boolean Search Organizational Skills Job Boards

Pipeline Development Lead Generation Recruiting Strategy

Mentoring & leadership Social Media Onboarding and reference checks

Client Relationship Google/X-ray search ATS and VMS system

Analytical Skills Diversity & inclusion MSP Programs

Planning/Coordination Negotiation RFP/SOW

Team Collaboration Staffing/Consulting Skype/Video/Team/ Interview

Professional Experience

Walmart – RPO AGS Feb 2022 – Jan 2023

Recruitment Relationship Manager III (Client facing hands on recruiting) Full Time

Got Laid off in Jan 2023 because of uncertain economy and nearly hiring freeze condition. The complete team got laid off except 2 members of our team.

Working with Walmart as a Recruitment Relationship manager III. We are engaged in supporting Walmart Hiring manager for Technology or information Technology recruitment. Always communication with various hiring manager about the hot list of requirement or upcoming position and filling those positions. Involved in team to restructure the recruitment strategy, some mentoring to junior recruiters and sourcer, posting job to various Job boards and LinkedIn, conducting several online hiring events.

Responsible for building strong collaborative partnership with various lines of business to ensure a successful and timely process to reduce the time to fill.

Operate with a sense of urgency to ensure a successful delivery of vetted & qualified candidates based on search commitments & requirements.

Assess the talent needs of Walmart and define and implement strategies that can improve the diverse makeup of its workforce.

Am responsible for hiring candidate after partnering with hiring manager. It involves kickoff meeting with HM, finalization of job requirement, posting JD in different job boards, Sourcing, (testing karat test or hacker rank test), negotiating of salary, hiring manager review, Interviews, Offer preparation. Background verification and offer and finally the delivery. Also involved in making several reports, several client communications, Team meeting, implementation of several strategies from my managers etc.

Conducted structured Interviews, technical assessments, sometime third-party assessments, and behavioral interviews also.

Recruit active as well as passive candidates. Conducted several Online hiring events.

Maintain relationship and communication with the hiring managers, regularly joining team meeting/conference calls, while eliciting priority qualifications and essential requirements.

Conducted both phone and video conference interviews to perform technical screens and fit analysis for job openings along with negotiating salary and total compensation.

Participating weekly, by weekly meeting with various level of TA managers and hiring managers and upper level of managers to be aligned with our recruiting process and implementing various new idea and processes.

Main helping tools are social medias mainly LinkedIn, Workday, Avature, google search, posting in various job boards and some blogs searching, X-ray search is the main sourcing and recruiting tools we used.

All the rolls are software development type like Senior Developer, Lead Full Stack developer, Architect, Cloud Architect, DevOps professional, Security Architect. Principal Cloud Architect, SDET rolls, AI & ML professional etc.

Fusion IT Oct 2021- Feb 2022

Lead Technical Recruiter(Contract position)

Fusion IT is a mid-sized IT consulting and staffing company with main office in Coppell, Texas. Customers include several state Government, CenturyLink, CapitalOne, 5th third bank, Ericsson, T-Mobile and other large systems integrators. Top revenue generation was maintained through supporting these organizations through direct hire and contingent labor initiatives.

Responsible to assess the talent needs of several clients and define and implement strategies that can improve the diverse makeup of its workforce.

Build strong collaborative partnership with various lines of business to ensure a successful and timely process to reduce the time to fill.

Involved in full life cycle recruiting after partnering with hiring manager. It involves kickoff meeting with HM, finalization of job requirement, posting JD in different job boards before Sourcing starts.

Leveraged recruiting sourcing methods primarily using LinkedIn & Google, and Job Boards like Monster, Dice, indeed, X-ray search and blogging techniques.

Used teams, Zoom, ATS -.

Oversee 7 recruiters in India and 2 recruiters in Dallas, TX./ Mentoring the junior recruiters, helping in negotiating hourly rate/ Salary, sometime interviewing candidate for soft and hard skills, Maintain the KPI and metrices of the team.

Recruited IT, Telecom people with more concentration for warehouse people, construction people and HR people.

Always build pipeline of candidate after discussing future need of connected Hiring manager.

NextGen Global Resources Feb 2020 – Oct 2021 Senior Technical Recruiter (Full time)

NextGen, is now part of the KELLY’s SETT (Science, Engineering, Technology, and Telecom) Business Unit, we are committed to providing state-of-the-art telecom engineering and deployment solutions for legacy, 5G, and private networks. We are a leading provider of comprehensive high-value engineering, technology, and business consulting solutions, and we deliver these through (1) staffing, (2) scope of work, and (3) direct hire services. Support mostly Telecom and Technology clients including Comcast, Verizon, Cox, Motorola, Samsung, Nokia, Ericsson, Mavenir, Charter, Dish, & T-Mobile and AT&T

Operate with a sense of urgency to ensure a successful delivery of vetted & qualified candidates based on search commitments & requirements.

Assess Talent needs of NextGen and define and implement strategies that can improve the diverse makeup of its workforce.

Partnering with C-Level Executives, senior hiring managers, and HR leaders to set and drive strategy, goals, process, and metrics while managing a client-aligned recruiting team in addition to providing individual recruitment contributions.

Full lifecycle recruiting; sourcing, screening/interviewing, negotiating, work-up, placement and delivery of qualified technology consultants.

Attending several Conference calls with client manager and account manager to know the job description in detail from hiring manager, posting job description in several job boards, LinkedIn,

Leveraged recruiting-sourcing methods primarily using LinkedIn, X-Ray search & job boards like Monster, Dice, Career Builder, indeed, and other local niche job boards.

Maintain relationship and communication with the hiring managers, regularly joining team meeting/conference calls, while eliciting priority qualifications and essential requirements.

Recruited IT as well as Telecom professional with some concentration of recruitment also towards Construction people, warehouse people(warehouse worker, manager, forklift operator etc).

Specialized in sourcing and delivering on hard to fill SDEs, Lead developer, SMEs, DBAs, niche IT requirements, including Architects, Technology SMEs, DevOps, AWS, and other Cloud related positions.

TechTrueUP Oct 2017 - Feb 2020 (TechTrueUP, Astron Consulting and Trigger Consulting are all sister concerns) Lead Technical Recruiter (Full time)

TechTrueUP (Astron Consulting and Trigger Consulting) is a service delivery organization with core competencies in both the domains IT and Telecom. Complementing our service delivery efforts, TechTrueUP has been providing IT and Telecom professional services, recruiting and staffing services to some of the largest IT and telecommunication clients in the USA. Few Of our customers are Comcast, T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, Nokia, Ericsson, several state Governments etc.

Am responsible for hiring candidate after partnering with hiring manager/Account manager. It involves kickoff meeting with HM, finalization of job requirement, posting JD in different job boards, Sourcing (mainly through karat test or hacker rank test), negotiating salary, hiring manager review, Interviews, Offer preparation. Background verification and offer and finally the delivery. Also involved in making several reports, several client communications, Team meeting, implementation of several strategies from my managers etc.

Operate with a sense of urgency to ensure a successful delivery of vetted & qualified candidates based on search commitments & requirements.

Assess the talent needs of various clients and define and implement strategies that can improve the diverse makeup of its workforce.

Responsible for communicating with VMS/MSP program managers, setting up interviews, overseeing the build-out of qualified candidates pipeline using web sourcing, networks, referrals, user groups, social media, job boards and Google search, and ultimately negotiating pay rates/salary.

Engaged in vendor management and relationship management both with the client, candidates, and 3rd party supplier corporations, supporting both direct hire and contingent requirements.

Involved in mentoring the junior recruiters, training various recruiting techniques through LinkedIn, Google, and other sources.

In telecom side recruited several professional for Network Service Orchestration (NSO), Cloud, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Software Defined Network (SDN), Real-Time BSS, Field Cell site maintenance and Network Security along with Construction manager and cell tower guys also. One of the major recruiting efforts was towards construction people, warehouse worker (like forklift operators, warehouse manager, workers etc)

Specialized in sourcing and delivering on hard to fill SDEs, Lead developer, SMEs, DBAs, niche IT requirements, including Architects, Technology SMEs, DevOps, AWS, and other Cloud related positions.

Ideal Source Jul 2015 – Oct 2017 Recruiting Manager(Full time)

Ideal Source solutions is a mid-sized IT consulting and staffing company with main office in Irving Texas. Customers include an array of enterprise clients, notably Morgan Stanley, SAIC, JPMC, American Airlines, Travelocity, PSCU, and other large systems integrators. Top revenue generation was maintained through supporting these organizations through direct hire and contingent labor initiatives.

Responsible for building strong collaborative partnership with various account manager, hiring manager to ensure a successful and timely process to reduce the time to fill.

Responsible for full lifecycle recruiting; sourcing, screening/interviewing, negotiating, work- up, placement and delivery of qualified technology consultants with concentration towards application and Infrastructure professionals.

Responsible for communicating with MSP program managers, setting up interviews, overseeing the build-out of qualified candidates pipeline using web sourcing, networks, referrals, user groups, social media, job boards and Google search, and ultimately negotiating pay rates/salary.

Engaged in vendor management and relationship management both with the client, candidates, and 3rd party supplier corporations, supporting both direct hire and contingent requirements.

Involved in mentoring the junior recruiters, training various recruiting techniques through LinkedIn, Google, and other sources.

Conducted telephonic, or video conference interviews, while identifying qualified candidates through technical screenings

Managed resource allocation and job board posting, including and LinkedIn Recruiter.

We also supported some local company for their positions for warehouse worker.

Specialized in the delivery of niche technology consultants and professionals which included: Cloud/AWS Engineers, Cloud Architects, Bigdata/Hadoop Consultants, DevOps, Networking, Infrastructure Architects, Systems Engineers, System Administrators, Cloud Security Consultants, Java Developers, .Net Developers, Oracle SOA/BPM Developers, Technical Business Analysts, Project Managers, and Quality Assurance Analysts, and SQL Server Developers.

Cogent Info Tech Oct 2014 – Jul 2015 Recruiting Manager (Full time)

Cogent is an IT consulting company with its branches on Dallas, Austin, Texas, Pittsburgh, PA (corporate office), Miami, Florida, And in Hyderabad, AP in India. It serves a diverse array of public and private sector clients including State Departments of California, Florida, Texas, Montana, Washington, Georgia, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Large System Integrators, Procurement Technologies, and Software development companies.

Primarily engaged in full lifecycle recruiting; sourcing, screening/interviewing, ATS data integrity, negotiating, work-up, and placement and delivery of qualified IT technical professionals placed at client sites.

Involved in regular candidates’ communication, conducting candidate interview preparation and guidance. Managed client communication, eliciting job requirements, and preparing for upcoming hiring initiatives.

Buildout qualified candidate pipeline using web sourcing, networks, referrals, user groups, social media, job boards and Google search.

Concurrently perform functions of recruiting manager to six recruiters by mentoring, managing allocation, and ensuring the timely submission of qualified candidates to the clients.

Communicating with MSP/VMS Program Managers, managing interview logistics, and ensuring the delivery of consultants

Supported junior team members through training various recruiting techniques through LinkedIn, Google, and other sources.

Specialized in the delivery of Java and .Net Developers, Technical Business Analyst, Project Managers, and Quality Assurance Analysts, AWS Engineers, Cloud Personnel, Cloud Infrastructure Architects, DevOps, Networking Security, System Administrators, Bigdata/Hadoop Consultants, Networking, Systems Engineers.

Gap at work Oct 2013 – Aug 2014 My father was suffering from deadly disease and was hospitalized and then bed ridden in India. I went to India to take care of him so, I was not working at that time.

Paranet Solution June 2010 – Sept 2013 Senior Technical Recruiter / Lead Recruiter(Full time)

Paranet Solutions is a technology consulting and staffing agency, supporting an array of enterprise clients including American Airlines, JC Penny, PepsiCo, Southwest Airlines, SAIC, Federal Reserve Bank, Dallas Automotive, Toyota, HPS, Catholic Healthcare West, and Direct TV.

Primary responsibilities included sourcing and identifying technology talent, performing. technical screenings, negotiating terms, and successful delivery of candidates.

Engaged in client and vendor relationship management, including both end clients as well as candidate supplier corporations.

Social networking channels, notably LinkedIn

Conducted face to face, telephonic, and video conference interviews, while determining candidate fit through technical and behavioral screenings, and pay rate/salary negotiations.

Specialized in SOA with Java, J2EE and .Net, Mobile Technologies, AWS, Bigdata, Hadoop, Cloud Professionals, DevOps, InfoSec, Networking, Systems Engineers, Security Engineers, Cognos, ETL, SUN IDM, BA, PM, Oracle, Oracle ADF, SQL Server Developers and DBAs.

Rose International July 2006- May 2010 Sr. Technical Recruiter/Lead Recruiter

This is a Multimillion-dollar company with several direct clients all over USA. Rose is in the front row of Staffing, Consulting recruiting and placement industry and has its office all over USA with headquarter in Las Vegas, NV.

Perform the function of full Lifecycle Recruiter and as a team lead after a year from start. Overseeing recruiting efforts of 5 offshore Recruiters and 3 Onshore by distribution of work allocation, maintaining the matrix of submission KPI’s, while simultaneously recruiting on the most difficult to fill requisitions.

Provide support and leadership in the negotiation of rate, secondary screening of candidates before client submission, and candidate interview preparation.

Used Job boards, ATS, mass email and LinkedIn and google search for sourcing.

Managed posting of jobs, resource allocation, and ensuring that ATS data integrity was maintained and updated.

Personally engaged in sourcing, identifying, technical screening and placement of candidates to various direct clients all over the USA with more concentration in Mid-South (Dallas, TX) and Northeast area.

Mainly involved in recruiting candidates not only in the objective oriented programming area like C++, Java, J2EE, C#, .Net but also in data warehousing, Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, QA, Business Analyst and Project Manager area too.

R Square Sept 2005- June 2006 Recruiting manager(full time)

This is a Multimillion-dollar company with several good direct clients as well as huge bench of H1 on all over USA.

Perform the function of Full Lifecycle Recruiting (hands on) and of Team Manager also, overseeing recruiting efforts of 8 offshore and on shore Recruiters by distribution of work allocation, maintaining the matrix of submission and KPI’s, while simultaneously recruiting on the most difficult to fill requisitions.

Responsible for attending customer conference calls, performing needs assessments, and solving their human capital challenges with solutions.

TekForce Corporation. Jan 2004-Aug 2005

Manager- Technical Recruiting

(Allsoft and TekForce is the same company with two sister concern)

Alsoft Corporation Dec 2000 – Jan 2004

Senior IT Recruiter/Account Manager (SBI)

(Involved in Campus Recruiting Also)

Hoffman Estates, IL

One Stop Pantry Jan 1997 – Nov 2000 (Convenient store + gas station) Cashier cum Storekeeper Fort Worth, Grand berry road

Experience in India

Caltech, Deputy Manager Jan’ 1992- Nov 1996

Education

University of Dallas and Texas Wesleyan University – MBA -2000

Shivaji University – MBA with concentration in Marketing and Finance – MBA -1991

Shivaji University - PGDC in Computer Management

University of Calcutta – B.Sc., Physics, with honors

TRAINING:

Training: On-the-Job Leadership Development Program. Career Direction Workshop. Ethics at Workplace. Consultative Team Selling Process. The Art of Communication.

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