Don Patel Email & Phone Number

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

• Recruiting for Cognizant’s North American openings for Infrastructure Services, Oracle Solutions Practice, Oracle Cloud, and SalesForce CRM for all verticals (BFS, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Communications, etc.) for full time, contract to hire and contract positions.• Leading/managing a team of 4 onsite recruiters and 3 offshore recruiters in mentoring and coaching, conducting weekly meetings, and working on timelines for new hires.• Developing and executing new talent acquisition strategy to attract and retain highly qualified employees for all openings for various business groups.• Partnering with the business on all key talent decisions, providing advice and expertise.• Providing guidance with senior leaders on current market trends in regards to compensation, benefits, level of hiring, etc.• Partnering with the business on all key talent decisions, providing advice and expertise, tailored for specific business needs.• Engaging with leaders on workforce and succession planning.• Providing management with hiring metrics which includes time to fill, quality of hire, total number of requirements closed, and overall individual performance.• Attending and spearheading weekly team meetings to analyze hiring reports and trends for upper management.• Compiling weekly report for various business units that are led by team members and providing information to management.• Utilizing TALEO applicant tracking system for full cycle recruiting• Undertaking special projects in recruitment, labor relations, HR strategy, budgeting, forecasting, policy making, change management and market intelligence.• Managing, mentoring and training new on-shore and off-shore recruiters on day to day Cognizant recruiting processes and procedures.• Attending various HR related training programs that are associated with LinkedIn, immigration, payroll, relocation, etc.

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Montvale, New Jersey, Us

• Responsible for full life cycle recruiting for permanent and contract technology positions for financial, global media, insurance, consumer product/manufacturing, retail, real estate, pharmaceutical and healthcare clients, as well as for our internal Professional Services and Engineering Groups• Successfully completed company’s first 3 retained searches in one year, resulting in over 150k in revenue. These searches were for specialized positions within the pharmaceutical industry.• Managing off-shore recruiting team • Training and mentoring of junior recruiters• Researching, evaluating, and making recommendations to upper management for job boards and Web 2.0 technologies that will be resourceful to staffing team. • Play an integral role in helping company to commence a successful new ERP department as the Lead ERP Recruiter• Attending and participating at various technology events to market company services and network with potential candidates and clients

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• Executed entire recruitment life cycle, from qualifying potentials candidates to contract paperwork.• Researched and recruited potential IT candidates (independent or third party) with ERP experience (PeopleSoft, SAP, Oracle, and etc.) by using company database, Internet search engines (Monster and Dice), and extensive networking.• Generated company revenue by achieving and exceeding goals set by management.• Qualified, pre-screened, and interviewed candidates for various position levels (Entry-Level, Junior-Level, Senior Level, Management Level, and/or Director Level) for both permanent and contract positions.• Conducted in-depth interviews of potential candidates for current requirements.• Performed reference checks as requested by clients.• Organized and managed the necessary requirements needed for placing consultants for international clients. Interact with appropriate international agencies in obtaining the necessary information for international work.• Established and built long-term relationships with highly skilled independent and third party consultants. • Updated the company database with potential qualified candidates for future assignments.• Effectively interacted with Account Executives to qualify hot requirements.• Negotiated rates, salary, offers and contracts with selected candidates for potential jobs.• Negotiated candidates’ offers and contracts with hiring managers and third party firms.• Resolved issues between candidates and clients.• Posted current open jobs on company website by using HTML.• Help post news articles related to ERP companies and to our company by using HTML.• Put together a monthly company newsletter using HTML/FrontPage.

Mba, Management Information Systems

Ba, Economics

High School Diploma