Practice Manager

Location:

WOODLAND HILLS, CA, 91303

Salary:

65000

Posted:

July 30, 2012

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Resume:

Sapna Vinod

**** ************ ***., # ***

Canoga Park, CA 91303

818-***-****, *************@*****.***

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sapna-vinod/2/178/732

Work Authorization: EAD

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Seasoned Recruitment / HR professional with around 6 years of experience in Talent acquisition for IT requirements. Extensive experience servicing the hiring needs of both product development and IT services companies. Exposure working with start-ups, midsize companies and large MNC’s. Worked on numerous RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) and SOW (Statement of Work) assignments.

KEY COMPETENCIES ATTAINED

• Client Relationship Management

• Understanding and Servicing the Hiring Needs of Clients and delivering best results to the business.

• Working and delivering on tight deadlines.

• Strong People Management Skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CareerNet Consulting April 2005 to March 2011

www.careernet.co.in Established in 1999, CareerNet is the leading provider of Talent Acquisition and Recruitment Process Outsourcing solutions to the Technology, Knowledge Services, Banking and Financial Services sectors in India. They have a client base of around 150 companies which include the big MNC’s, mid-sized companies and the start up’s.

Practice Manager (4/2010 to 3/2011)

• Managing the Telecom SBU at CareerNet Technologies

• Partnering successfully with clients like Sonus Networks (www.sonusnet.com), Movik (www.movik.net), LifeSize Communications (www.lifesize.com), MindTree (www.mindtree.com) to name a few.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

P/L Management

• Responsible for achieving KPIs & profit targets.

• Responsible for initiating & driving the overall business of this practice, right from strategy formulation to execution of initiatives & projects.

People Management

• Managed a 12 member team . I was also managing an additional 6 people deployed at client offices.

• Was involved in training, mentoring, performance appraisal & career mapping of the team members.

• Was a part of the interview panel for internal hires within the organisation.

Project & Delivery Management

• Responsible for setting & achieving the Group’s financial targets.

• Setting-up processes, benchmarks for various tasks.

• Account Management for various clients in the Telecom space.

• Experience in managing the end to end delivery of RPO and SOW deals.

• Assessing the criticality of the projects & accordingly deciding the deadlines, resource allocation & devising detailed action plan.

• Resource planning & deployment.

• Involved in the complete life cycle of the various searches – identifying the talent, scheduling of interviews, following up on offered candidates till their joining and maintaining a relationship with the candidates even after their joining.

• Troubleshooting with the clients as & when necessary.

Business Development

• Prospecting new business.

• Executing network contacts for generating business.

Sourcing & Strategic HR Consulting

• Involved in sourcing active & passive candidates using multiple channels like job portal; networking tools and candidate references. Strong career counselling across levels.

• Industry mapping & talent landscaping for various skills .

Lead Consultant (4/08 to 3/10)

Project & Delivery Management

• Getting requirements from Clients.

• Understanding their requirements and technology in detail.

• Meeting client expectations with regards to closure of open positions within specified deadlines.

• Ensure successful interview process to align to the right requirements.

• Presenting daily/weekly/monthly/quaterly reports to Clients.

Candidate Management

• Mapping the candidate against the job requirement and organizational requirement

• Understanding the candidate’s expectations and professional goals

• Initial HR round screening

• Updating the candidate regarding his candidature.

• Offer follow up & negotiations when required

• Ensuring hassle free joining

People Management

• Managing a 5 member team.

• Responsible for training, mentoring of the team members.

Senior Consultant / Associate Consultant (4/05 to 9/08)

Working on varied requirements. Sourcing of profiles through job boards, social networking sites and head hunting.

Coordinating the complete interview process with the candidates. Doing the initial HR screening of candidates processed for different client requirements. Post Offer followup with candidates till their date of joining.

Maintaining and tracking data on HirePro (Internal hiring tool) and Excel sheets.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

Bachelor of Technology from National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala, India.

REFERENCES

Anshuman Das

Founder and COO

CareerNet Technologies Pvt Ltd

Salarpuria Soft Zone, 4th Floor, A Block, B Wing

80/1 80/2 Outer Ring Road

Bangalore – 560103

India

Email – ********@*********.**.**

Neelabh Shukla

General Manager