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• Working closely with Recruiting Managers/ Account Managers/ Team Leaders to develop position profile and to understand overall needs and requirements (Description, salary, timing, expectations, etc).• Responsible for the full life-cycle search and recruitment of high-level candidates within the IT/ Telecom industries including contract, contract-hire, permanent/ Full-Time and special project consultants• Performing cold calling to job seekers/ consultants by LinkedIn updates and candidate references.• US Recruiting for clients like Microsoft, Intel, JPMC, Fannie Mae, FedEx, GE, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, Ford, Vertiv, HCSC/ BCBS, and others. • Expertise with different job boards like; Monster, Dice, Tech-Fetch, Career Builder, Indeed, The Ladders, Sixth Sense, and Corp2Corp along with internet search and LinkedIn.• Strong understanding and knowledge on different US employment Visas such as Green Card, H1B, L1/L2, H4, EAD, TN and many more.• Use the comprehensive job description to be used to present to candidates and to post jobs, find candidates from job boards and internal gateways.• With use of recruiting tools, review and select candidates to move forward from the slate presented by sourcing efforts, determine and instruct next course of action.• Developing and managing strong consultative relationships with candidates.• Solicit and document candidate feedback throughout the interview process.• Disposition of all candidates personally contacted in recruiting cycle (phone screen or in-person interview).• Excellent understanding and knowledge of telephonic interviews, screening, compensation negotiation and assuring the consultant to join the project.• Team player with strong analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities.

Performing needs analysis requirements definitions, consulting on sourcing, strategies, recruiting, screening, scheduling interviews, reference checking, making offers, creating contacts and closing candidates that can help actualize corporate missions etc.Responsible for the full life-cycle search and recruitment of high-level candidates within the IT/ Telecommunication industries including contract, contract-hire, permanent/ Full-Time and special project consultantsWork closely with Team Manager/ Team Leaders to develop position profile and to understand overall needs and requirements (Description, salary, timing, expectations, etc).Possess knowledge of sales and recruiting processes, effectively recruited candidates through internet research using Job Boards like Monster, CareerBuilder, Dice, Indeed and Tech Fetch.Perform cold calling to job seekers/ consultants by LinkedIn updates and candidate references.Use the comprehensive job description to be used to present to candidates and to post jobs, find candidates from job boards and internal gateways.Work closely with team managers and reporting supervisors to develop appropriate sourcing strategies for each role with appropriate search strings.Develop and manage strong consultative relationships with candidates.Solicit and document candidate feedback throughout the interview process.Disposition of all candidates personally contacted in recruiting cycle (phone screen or in-person interview).Dealing with consultants on H1B, GC, Citizen, OTP, TN Visa etc., negotiating the rates on contracts, contract to hire basis.Responsible to understand and analyze the requirements in different domain categories.Keeping track of responses and shortlisting profiles.Handled the tasks of screening, selecting and submitting candidates to job orders within a defined discipline.Responsible for recruiting and maintaining good relationships with existing candidates of the organization.

As a Team Lead, managed a team of 10+ engineers.Managed and reviewed 20+ direct client reports.Started initiatives with Sony R&D which led to product improvements.Created Goals & Objectives for engineers and monitored engineer performance.Lead, Coached & motivated engineers to perform to the best of their abilities.Created and implemented organizational processes for improvement.Created, implemented & documented the processes in the customer support organization.Worked with sales on escalated issues to maintain high customer success rate.Drive product quality initiatives with marketing.Managed projects which have a direct impact on organizational efficiency & productivityCreated Quarterly reports on team performance.Created & deliver quarterly operational presentations to organization.Created monthly reports on product quality.Collaborate on project to implement online knowledge base system.