Project Management

SANTHOSH KUMAR SUNDARAM

#**/**, ****** *******, **** colony, B.Komarapalayam, Namakkal (DT) - 638183

Mobile : +91-750**-***** Email : ****************@*****.***

Objective:

I am seeking a challenging organization with a dynamic team environment, and which will afford me the opportunity to reach my growth potential. Also would like a company that will maintain an unbalanced view where customer is always priority, quality always beats quantity, and doing the right thing is always the right thing.

Key Strengths include:

1. Dynamic and result-oriented individual with 6.5 years of overall experience with 3.5 years in US Recruitment & 9 months experience in HR Management.

2. Experience in recruitment, interview and selection of candidates for various levels of position openings and promote a work environment that openly embraces individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

3. Experience in getting requirements from T1 Vendors and catering out to get best matching resumes.

4. Experience in sourcing resumes to W2 roles (permanent) & contract roles.

5. Having Strong US Client and Prime Vendor database.

6. Partner with hiring managers to understand the skills and background required for each opportunity and provide expert advice and coaching to hiring managers throughout the recruitment process.

7. Develop strong client and candidate relationships and maintain communication with both.

8. Utilize knowledge of multiple recruiting sources such as Dice, Monster, Corp-corp, Scguild, Jobvertise, Dev Bistro & 3rd party vendors, Independent consultants and execute various recruiting strategies.

9. Generate qualified candidates through cost-effective efforts (i.e., alternative sourcing). Utilize a resume database for sourcing and tracking of all candidates.

10. Experience in working with various tax terms like corp-corp, 1099, W2

11. Experience in Visas – OPT, H1B, EAD, GC and USC.

12. Experience in marketing the bench consultants.

13. Worked on Recruiting H1B Consultants, Green card Holders & US Citizens for Direct Client Requirements & Vendor Requirements.

14. High level of proficiency with MS Word and Excel software. Familiarity with Internet navigation and on-line recruiting technology/tools.

15. Excellent Interpersonal, Convincing, Rate Negotiation, Analytical & Problem solving Skills

Vertical Experience:

Healthcare, Telecom, Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, Oil & Energy, Healthcare verticals

Clients worked with:

Citi Bank, JPMC, Igate Patni, TCS, Standard & Poor’s, Microsoft, NIKE, Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Walter Kluvers, Clearwire, Pharmacy One, Merry Lynch, Southwest Gas, American Students Association.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

US Technical Recruiter

Kalven Technologies, IL, USA (Offshore Team) – 5 months Aug 2011 to till date

Resource Augmentation Specialist

As Resource Augmentation Specialists, having proven ability to source, select and secure top-notch consultants for multiple concurrent positions.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in creating and managing a candidate network and queue with a wide variety of IT skills.

• While screening the suitable candidates for the job requirements, I have used various IT job portals like Dice, corp-corp, Monster, Career builder, hot jobs, etc.

• I have negotiated with the consultants and employers on different contract terms like Corp to Corp, 1099 and Contract-W2.

• Involved in getting the roles from T1 Vendors.

• Keeping in constant touch with the consultants and giving timely feedback to them, helped me a lot in timely delivery of the consultants for the clients’ needs.

• I worked with IT consultants of various experience levels on QA, BA, DBA, SDET, .Net, Java/J2ee, Oracle, SAP, People soft and etc.

• Marketing the bench consultants and placing them to the right job.

• Posting the consultant’s resumes in portals, circulating their resumes to my vendor / client list & Scheduling interviews.

• Effectively negotiated pay rates with bench candidates for contract positions.

• The relationship with the consultant is extended further after he gets placed, I assisted them in signing up the contract forms and I was responsible for getting the timesheets on-time.

Bridge Technologies and Solutions at Idaho (off-shore team) – 9 months Aug 2010 to April 2011

Technical Recruiter

An Experienced Technical Recruiter with good strategy in Recruiting, Vendor relations, Negotiations, Employee Orientations, Presentations, Written/Oral Communication, Personnel Management, and strategic planning are all a part of my expertise.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Managing Director and the project team to plan and implement effective recruiting strategies for Technology or Consumer research positions.

• Insure job profiles and position requirements are aligned with business objectives

• Understand the client company, the market they are in, the products they produce, the strategic direction of the company, and the specifics surrounding the role we are working to fill

Serve as an ambassador of our firm when reaching out to candidates cold calling candidates for positions and acting professionally in representing the firm

• Identify and the best mix of resources to source top talent – using our research function, job boards, web searches, referrals and industry-specific sources

• Develop position-specific screening questionnaires

• Recruit, assess, and hire top talent

• Proficient in recruiting in various technologies like BA, QA, Java/J2EE, .NET, Oracle, Networking, SDET, OIM, C#, BA, Salesforce.com, SQL DBA, PM, Infra-Structure Director, Systems Consultant, Fusion middle ware and so on.

US Staffing Contract through NDOT (2.4 years)

NDOT is a web development firm that aims in building high quality, reliable web applications that work on Social Media, Social Networking, and Semantic Web. ThinkNXT & AZ Gems are the clients of NDOT for a web development product, NDOT had the accounts with the US Staffing side, and I was working through NDOT for US Staffing representing ThinkNXT & AZ Gems Inc till to the duration of the contract concerned.

ThinkNXT, LLC at NY, USA (off-shore team) – 1.1 year (Aug 2009 to Aug 2010)

US IT Recruiter

Experienced full lifecycle recruiter with in-depth sourcing experience and a passion for technology and a high level of drive to get the right things done in a supporting role.

Responsibilities:

• Leading the Team of 2 Recruiters and 1 Business development Associate.

• Analyzed staffing requirements, job functions, labor market conditions, laws and regulations.

• Consulted and partnered with managers on job requisition and recruiting processes.

• Developed and implemented internal staffing policies, Employee Referral, Agency Relations, relocation, Employee Orientation.

• Expert in interviewing candidates of all levels (entry-to-senior management & Director) utilizing behavioral interviewing techniques.

• Administered pre-employment screenings, assessment testing and background checks.

• Solid understanding of technologies and skill sets in the cutting-edge industries of .NET, JAVA technologies as well as very good technical and functional consultants who are certified in ERP tools such as SAP, PeopleSoft, Sales force and also Oracle DBAs, Business Analysts, QA leads, ETL, BA, BO & BI.

• Set company records for the most candidates hired from recruiting events and "least time-to-fill" for technical positions.

AZ Gems Inc at CA, USA (off-shore team) - 1.4 year (May 2008 to Aug 2009)

IT Recruiter

Dynamic Human Resource Professional with strong experience reducing vacancy rates while increasing revenue. Successfully recruited organizations with high staffing needs to achieve outstanding financial results and increase market presence. Talent for making rapid assessments of diverse situational challenges and then developing and leading the resulting action plans.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for hands-on recruiting efforts and using software for ensuring compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Programs.

• Participate in recruitment, interview and selection of candidates for various levels of position openings and promote a work environment.

• Evaluated candidate’s compatibility with specific job requirements.

• Develop strong candidate relationships and maintain communication with them.

• Source, screen, evaluate and select candidates through a structured recruitment process designed to obtain the best candidates.

• Utilize knowledge of multiple recruiting sources such as internet, our own database, reference, prime vendors.

• Checked references, negotiating terms and rates for each project, coordinating the interview process, extending offers, and closing candidates.

• Developed job responsibilities for each job position and created job postings.

HR Executive - NDOT, Coimbatore, India – 9 months August 2007 to April 2008

NDOT is a web development firm that aims in building high quality, reliable web applications that work on Social Media, Social Networking, and Semantic Web.

Responsibilities:

• Performance management and improvement systems, Organization development & Employee relations

• Employment and compliance to regulatory concerns, reporting, employee orientation, development, and training

• Company employee communication, Compensation and benefits administration

• Employee safety, welfare, wellness health, employee services and counseling.

Test Engineer – 2 years

3M&T Solutions, Bangalore, India July 2005 to June 2007

ERP HEALTH CARE – ADMIN - 6 months (Sep 2006 to Feb 2007)

Description:

This project is an ERP project which has many modules like Hospital Management Systems (HMS), HR, and Finance. The HMS module has the entire details for the hospital structure. The Admin module 3 subs modules (Master, Tools, and Report).

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Cases for Functionality Testing and executed in QTP 9.0

• Tested the functionality of the application in various environments such as Development, Integration & Pre-production, Participated in Test plans & Test plan reviews, TR updates and preparing Test results Reports

EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT & RENTAL SYSTEM - 8 months (Sep 2005 to May 2006)

This is also an ERP project in which I have done the employee module. It has 9 sub modules with the employee details, attendance details, leave details, salary annexure, pay slip, advances and PF reports.

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Cases for Functionality Testing using Test Log

• Executed Test Case after approval using QTP 9.0, participated in Test plans & Test plan reviews

Academic Qualifications

• B. Tech Information Technology – Bannari Amman Institute of Technology – 2005

• HSC - SSM Lakshmi Ammal Matric. Hir.Sec.School, B.Komarapalayam – 2001

• SSLC - SSM Lakshmi Ammal Matric. Hir. Sec. School, B.Komarapalayam – 1999

Personal Information

DOB : 22-10-1983

Languages Known : English, Tamil (R, W and S) Kannada (S)

Marital Status : Single

LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/in/santhoshkalventechnologies

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