Predominantly taking care of the recruitment function for Chennai office.Sahaj as a company does only niche hiring. We are very particular about every hire. Apart from conventional ways of recruiting, doing constant research about what are the newest ways to source the elite candidates. Given Sahaj is a services company it prefers polyglot programmers or SMEs of a particular tech.Sourcing is not only about the tech skills and the passion but to seek for someone who will blend into our culture. Here, in Sahaj it is open and a flat hierarchical culture. Transparency is at all levels, to the level of open salaries.

Chennai being my home office,I have worked & contributed to various ThoughtWorks offices, like Bangalore, Pune, Gurgaon & Uganda*Lateral Hiring@ ThoughtWorks it was mostly an individual contributor role, taking care of end to end recruiting activities. Right from lead generation, scheduling interviews, offer negotiation. Experience in handling roles of Developers, QAs, BAs & PMs ranging from Junior to Management levels. The role involves vendor management, supporting tech events for lead generation, spear heading the recruitment drives to fast track the candidates.*Campus hiringDuring the campus hiring season (July & Aug) we visit top colleges in Tamilnadu to hire the best talent. Right from doing researches about colleges which suits best for ThoughtWorks. Working on dates to get the best slot ( Dream Slot )to keep the tough fight with the competitors.*Networking/Community buildingThoughtWorks hosts lot of Tech events to keep the tech community engaged and also for brand building. Events like Hackathons,Geeknights,VODQA (Value Oriented Discussion in Quality Analysis), BA Conf. I will support in co-ordinating these events and try to generate some leads out of it by networking.*Sourcing - Portals (Naukri & Monster) - Linkedin - Generation of leads through online coding platforms like HackerEarth & HackerRank - Facebook graph search, Boolean search in google - Employee referral campaigns - Inbound applications through website - Vendors

Cache Next Generation Jan 08 – May 2009US IT Recruiter.CNG is a global provider of IT services. It uses a comprehensive blend of products, services and delivery models to help companies build deploy and maintain technology-based solutions to accomplish their business strategy. CNG’s team of experienced Software Engineers has executed numerous projects. CNG specialized in consulting services in .NET and J2EE. CNG supports all our client projects in these technology areas through onsite staffing and offshore project development and implementation servicesResponsibilities: - Recruited and hired candidates in for contract, contract-to-hire and permanent placements for all IT positions for multiple client companies. - Identified, qualified, and closed candidates through the use of the Internet sites, senior technical resume database, and referrals. - Placed high-end technical professionals in the area of Information Technology Industries in contract positions. Specialized in Software Architects/Developers (Distributed and Mainframe), Database Architects/Developers/Administrators, Network/Security Engineers, Web Developers, Program/Product/Project Managers and Quality Assurance Testers/Analysts. - Negotiated salaries, checked references, presented verbal offers of employment to selected candidates and completed necessary paperwork after hire. Clients. AT&T. JPMC. Nationwide Insurance. Verizon Wireless.Ohio Department of Education (ODE).Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI).VendorsComputer AID IncComsysIncepture