Technical Recruiter-Job Application
Resume:
Firdosh Soli Bhathena
Germantown MD 20874
Cell:240- 447-7742
email: **********@*****.***
To find a full time position as a human resources recruiter and help recruit and retain talented professionals including but not limited to systems integration, technology and management background.
Professional Summary:
Over 8 years of human resources technical recruiting experience for Federal Government and Corporate clients. Recruited professionals with US security clearance for federal government contract positions. Major federal government clients included: United States Postal Services, US Department of Transportation, US Department of Education, US Housing and Urban Department, US Department of Agriculture, US Health and Human Services, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman,Bearing Point. Major corporate clients included: IBM, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae ,Carefirst, Pricewater Coopers, AT&T, MCI,FINRA and other major financial services clients in New York City.
Worked directly with Account Managers, Procurement officers, Technical team leads and Business Development Managers to understand job requirements and find value added candidates with right skills. Experienced in working on proposals for business pricing structures. Experienced in ISO 9001 implementation, applicant tracking systems and job search boards.
Professional Experience:
Edge Professional Services, Senior Technical Recruiter, Rockville MD October 2008-Present
•Senior Technical Recruiter for the financial and commercial groups within Edge Professional Services
•Recruiting candidates for various financial ,government and commercial clients such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac , Lockheed Martin, Marriott , IADB, Alion, Qwest Communications,Travel Channel, American Red Cross.
• Recruiting cleared professionals with active clearances for federal contracts .
• Responsible for full life cycle recruiting, from qualifying candidates , to submitting resumes, to negotiating rates , conducting interviews, making job offer, conducting background and reference checks .
Altek Information Technology ,Senior Technical Recruiter, Frederick MD March 2008-October 2008
• Working as Senior Technical Recruiter helping fill technical positions for clients such as Carefirst Blue Cross Blue Shield, Marriott International, Verizon Federal Network Systems and CGI Federal .
• Working to find candidates independently as well as working with vendors to fill contract as well as permanent positions.
• Done full life cycle of recruiting from sourcing, screening, negotiating rates , to scheduling interviews ,hiring , paper work for new hires, background and drug check, and on boarding new employees .
Quality Software Services, Senior Technical Recruiter, Gaithersburg MD July 2004-January 2008
• Managed an offshore team of 3 recruiters and streamlined the onshore offshore recruiting activities.
• Worked on proposals to identify internal as well as external prospective candidates based on pricing structures and project budget.
• Created resource management project plan including budget, structure, schedule and staffing requirements.
• Created templates, procedures, and policies to craft consistent/repeatable engagements for recruiting and resource management
• Provided back office support to business development teams including activities to acquire new clients, sourcing, qualification, interviewing, negotiation and closure.
• Worked directly with project managers and senior executives to expedite the hiring process and improve logistics involved with resource allocation.
• Assisted hiring managers in tracking daily performance, work ethics and technical competency of new-hires.
• Conducted new hire orientations and processed new hire paperwork, including benefit enrollment/change forms and annual benefits open enrollment sessions.
• Coordinated meet and greet sessions for new hires.
• Trained junior recruiters and set up process evaluation checkpoints.
• Reviewed weekly reports to ensure service level compliance.
• Recruited information technology professionals for various US government agencies
• Worked with off shore team in India to co-ordinate recruiting events for US clients.
IQuest Solutions Inc, Technical Recruiter/HR Associate, Rockville MD January 2003-July 2004
• Recruited IT professionals for contract, contract-hire and fulltime placements.
• Developed third-party vendor network.
• Developed staffing strategies and procedures to document, track, and assess potential candidates.
• Assisted account managers for all aspects of account development, negotiating rates for temporary, temp to perm placements, recruited and placed contract staff, understanding of staffing industry, competitor analysis & market research.
• Recruited via Internet job boards (Dice.com, Monster.com, Computerjobs.com, Washington Post) direct phone sourcing, networking, referrals and expanded Internet sourcing.
• Conducted interviews, reference and employment verification checks, negotiated compensation packages and performed new hire orientations.
• Handled visa related matters for consultants and conduct background check for new employees.
• Created and maintained a quarterly benefits newsletter to ensure employees awareness of existing and new benefit programs.
• Conducted new hire orientations and processed new hire paperwork, including benefit enrollment/change forms and annual benefits open enrollment sessions.
• Interpreted HR policies & procedures to management and staff.
• Assisted in administration of benefits, including health, dental, disability, life insurance, COBRA, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, 401(k) retirement plans, s, paid/unpaid leave requests .
• Worked with hiring managers and directors and senior management to identify hiring needs.
• Worked on proposals to gain new clients by developing marketing models such as advertising company assets on the internet, media advertisements, telephone directories and trade journals.
Avesta Computer Services Ltd, HR Associate/ Business Analyst, support the Resource Management Group (RMG) New York, NY January 2002- to October 2002
• Worked with various project managers to formulate recruiting related strategies.
• Leveraged Third Party Vendor Management to handle various vendor related transactions.
• Created and maintained a benefits newsletter to ensure employees awareness of existing and new benefit programs.
• Performed job analysis and evaluations (point factor method) of positions to determine appropriate salary grade, incentive level and FLSA status classification.
• Interpreted HR policies & procedures to management and staff.
• Reduced company wide costs in recruitment including the employee headcount, approval and reporting.
• Supported effective recruitment business processes such as legal compliance, strong ROI, interview training, diversity initiatives, employee referrals, college recruiting campaigns, job fairs and salary classification strategies.
• Worked to build candidate inventories that met the recruiting footprints at Tier 1 Accounts. Interfaced with hiring managers at select accounts to clarify staffing needs and evaluate the viability of potential recruiting situations.
• Created, structured and implemented recruiting tools to effectively fill all requisitions
• Responsible for relationship management of outsourcing and search firms.
• Coordinated with legal and contractual agreements.
University of Bridgeport, CT Graduate Assistant January 2001-May 2002
• Supported the Associate Director of Systems and Operations in all aspects of report generation.
• Procured and organized reference materials for research
• Maintained University’s Database System.
• Answered student queries about general application process.
• Developed and maintained a web page to provide help to new students
• Provided clerical and administrative support.
• Provided online support to International applicants such as chat service, e-group and email correspondence.
Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd, India (I.T. Dept.), Software Developer ,India April 1999 to April 2000
• Designed and developed a database for the human resources department.
• Participated in the systems development lifecycle of an oracle implementation.
Education:
• Master of Business Administration (Major- MIS), University of Bridgeport, CT May 2003
• B.S (Electronics Engineering), University of Mumbai India June 2000
Certifications:
• Finished AIRS Academy Training
• Brainbench Certified for Interviewing and Hiring Concepts (US) and Recruiting Concepts (US) 2005
• AIRS Certified Internet Recruiter 2005
Training :
• Attended online training for SAP HR Functional Modue-2009
• Course on Visual Basic, Oracle, Unix, Boston Computer Institute , 1995
• Completed training for ISO 9000:2000
• Attended a workshop on ISO 9001:2000 training by EDS , 2005
Technical Skills:
Languages: HTML, DHTML, Visual Basic, Pascal, C, C++
Operating Systems: DOS, Windows NT/2000/XP and Unix
Software Applications: Office 2000, MS Visio 2000, Quickbase
Applicant Tracking System: PCRecruiter, Resumate , Cbizone,Winsearch
Internet: Dreamweaver, Namo Web Editor, FTP
Database: DBase, Lotus, Oracle 8, Visual Basic 6, Datatel ,Talenthook
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