Guiding applicants through the Career Edge registration processAssessing cover letters, resumes, and video interview answers submitted by program applicants and providing feedbackReviewing supporting documentation submitted by program applicants and verifying for program eligibility requirementsReferring program applicants to employment search support-related organizations as requiredContacting program participants to encourage submission of applications for specific internship opportunitiesMonitoring volume and quality of applications to positions posted by host employers on Career Edge’s online posting boardsConducting internal database searches of registrant profilesResponding to public and stakeholder inquiries about Career Edge and its processesCollaborating with Career Edge Client Services Directors to support search efforts for qualified candidates for specific internship opportunitiesScheduling job interviews, providing interview preparation sessions, and conducting post-interview debriefings with candidatesAssisting with the processing of internship offersProviding support and guidance to Interns on assignment

Recruiting IT talent for mid and senior-level permanent roles across Canada.- Sourcing Software Developers and other IT professionals for Fortune 500 Companies.- Using tools such as LinkedIn, Indeed, Loxo & email to connect with talent across Canada.- Posting job vacancies on job boards and the company website by using the ATS - Loxo.- Coordinating and assisting in scheduling client interviews, including candidate interview preparation and debriefing.- Moving candidates through the entire hiring process from outreach, screening, interviews to offer.- Tracking metrics in shared team spreadsheets to track conversion and response rates.- Participating in team huddles & brainstorming ways to improve the recruitment process.Roles I am Recruiting:Full-stack Tech Lead (Angular+Node AND React+Node)Lead Java EngineerSr. Java DeveloperSenior Full-Stack DevelopersSenior Backend Developers (Node)Senior Frontend Developers (Angular and React)Cyber Security ConsultantsSr. ROR Developers.Net DevelopersCloud Engineers

Mom, Traveler, Investor, Caregiver, Freelancing recruiter, Volunteer, and Part-time EntrepreneurRaised two children during the parenting career break, traveled 10 countries, managed family’s real estate, and stocks portfolio, became a medical caregiver, freelanced as a recruiter, volunteered for community engagements and mentored students, moved continents, and became a part-time entrepreneur with home-based start-up into niche home décor products. In pursuit of becoming a fitness enthusiast.

Responsible for senior and leadership hiring and managing key client accounts in Banking, Financial Services as well as Big 4 accounting firms.Financial Services / Banking: Macquarie Bank, Bank of New York Mellon, Ernst & Young India, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC, Deloitte ITES: Ericsson GSS, Serco, HUL, UnitedHealth Group, Pangea3, Hutchison Global Services Recruitment and Resourcing:• Led comprehensive and consultative recruitment strategy meetings with clients HR teams and hiring managers, advising on market trends and talent insights in order to understand role requirements, core competencies and profiles in order to fulfill talent needs in a timely manner• Implemented robust recruitment processed to reduce turnaround time to meet client’s requirements• Mobilized talent through references & networking, job postings, bulk e-mails, industry mapping, active headhunting, e-recruitment tools – LinkedIn, Google+, Facebook, Yahoo Groups, IIM Jobs, CA Club, Bull Horn, Job Boards – Naukri, Monster, Times Jobs, • Championed all things recruitment, including candidate research, sourcing, assessment, interviews, negotiations, as well as consultation and guidanceAccount Manager and Business development• Served as an account manager on key clients and managed relations with HR heads and client stakeholders • Networked and developed business and made professionals pitches for the agency’s service offerings Team Management• Led a team of 5 Consultants/Sr. Consultants monitoring the performance of the team to ensure monthly individual and team targets.• Created and sustained a dynamic environment that fostered development opportunities and motivated high performance amongst team members.

Client portfolioMedia: Makemytrip, Dainik Bhaskar, Times Group, Radio MirchiFMCG: Samsung, LG, Sony, Coke, Pepsi Publishing: Macmillan, Aptara IT: MPS Technologies, Pitney Bowes, IRIS SoftwareAutomobile: Jay Bharat, Maruti Group, Hyundai, Force Motors, GM, Asia Motor Works, John Deere• Championed all things recruitment, including candidate research, sourcing, assessment, interviews, negotiations, as well as consultation and guidance• Led coached and developed a team of 2-3 consultants to build strong client relationships, while identifying, assessing, and recommending the ‘best person for the job’ to our partners and clients and to fill job orders and recruit top talent for clients• Acted as a Customer Success Manager to new and existing clients seeking recruiting services.• Actively managed 5-10 clients at any given time and up to 10-15 open job orders• Presented resumes along with a value-add profile highlighting: motivation, compensation expectations, why a ‘fit’, career progression and their story behind the resume.• Created Boolean searching and progressive tactics leveraging digital and phone-based recruitment strategies like identifying the potential candidates through various sources like Job portals (Naukri, Monster etc.), job postings, social medial platforms like LinkedIn, mass-emailing to the vendors, reference generation, recruiting calls, internal resume database etc.• Demonstrated solid ability to conduct different types of interviews (structured, competency-based, stress, etc.)• Negotiated temporary and permanent contracts with potential hires and acted as primary contact for the contractors while under employment.• Ensured high standards of customer experience are reflected in all touchpoints of the recruitment process

• Corporate recruiter leading a team of 2 recruitment consultants through full recruitment life cycle, quality initiatives and HR Operations.• Led the leadership and support function (Finance and Accounting) hiring for the Delhi/NCR region.• Ensured timely closure of requisitions withing the agreed CTQs (Cost, Time, Quality) SLA’s with the business.• Ensured adherence and compliances with recruitment Guidelines and SOP’s.• Strategized & planned the recruitment model to meet the hiring targets optimally and cost effectively.• Designed and implemented process improvements with respect to optimizing number & quality of hires.• Developed the talent forecasting model with the business and plans to build an effective talent pipeline.

Recruitments and Talent Advisory • Led end to end recruitments for leadership, support functions and business groups.• Designed and implemented recruitment strategy on external and internal sourcing across hierarchies.• Attracted talent through employee referral scheme, job portals, newspaper advertisements, consultants, walk-ins, campus hiring and headhunting to optimize recruitment cost.• Conducted number of walk-in drives for high volume and entry-level recruitments.• Facilitated selection process, conducted aptitude tests, coordinated final interviews & salary negotiations• Designed and published the dashboard for tracking progress and key metrics of the recruitment team and presented them to senior HR leadership identifying focus areas and recommended solutions.• Reviewed and updated technical and managerial evaluation forms to ensure improvements.• Mentored and trained junior colleagues in the talent acqusition team.• Owned the Company’s relationship with staffing and recruiting agencies• Led a number of projects for designing and implementing recruitment plans for newly formed business groups HR Administration• Created the annual employee engagement plan (Family Day, Annual Day, Sports Day, Picnics)• Formulated the Rewards and Recognition program across the Company.• Conducted onboarding and induction of new hires.• Handled employee’s grievances relating to recruitments, onboarding, compensation and relocation matters• Revamped the Company’s employee handbook, published the quarterly employee newsletter and facilitated employee satisfaction survey.Recognitions• Consistently recognized as a top recruiter delivering record recruitment targets and reducing time to hire. • Promoted from senior recruiter to Assistant manager with additional responsibilities as an HR generalist• Awarded “Star Performer” by the Vice President HR and numerous “Employee Appreciation Certificates”.

Technical recruiter for organization’s internal IT team as well as recruiting for external clients for specialized and complex IT projects requiring niche and hard-to-find skillsets. Key clients included Microsoft and hiring for skills like C and C++ languages.• Successfully handled and driven the recruitment process for both in-house project teams and key client projects.• Demonstrated understanding of technical requirements and hiring needs from internal or external hiring managers and developed suitable hiring strategy • Crafted and published technical job descriptions based on job duties, skills and qualification requirements• Successfully sourced potential candidates through job portals, referrals or niche platforms and demonstrated specialized skills and qualifications to parse and screen IT resumes • Reduced time to hire through personalized recruiting emails to passive candidates, specialized sourcing techniques, organizing hiring events as well as leveraging resume databases.• Performed pre-screening calls to assess candidates’ abilities and short-list qualified candidates• Conducted preliminary interviews through various methods (e.g. structured interviews, technical assessments and behavioral questions) and ensured smooth coordination of the interview process (face-to-face or telecon)• Developed compensation proposals and negotiated aligning internal budget and candidates’ expectations.• Prepared appointment letters and conducted background & reference checks• Facilitated candidate onboarding process and engaged with the candidate and clients or hiring managers to have a smooth experience through the process