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Pennsylvania, United States

Greater St. Louis Area

Greater St. Louis Area

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist / Manager - Information Technology this role entails leading the talent acquisition efforts at abhra Inc. It also called for coaching and mentoring technical Recruiters in the team to meet the expanding needs of their clients.My Role covered:• Conduct full life cycle recruitment as determined by business needs, including sourcing, screening, and interviewing candidates for assigned job searches, including complex and high level job searches• Proactively build global executive candidate pipelines utilizing various sourcing channels, including direct sourcing, professional networks, social media, internet search, database search, etc.• Conduct phone screens and interviews, coordinate executive assessments and summarize results in professional dossiers with recommendations on next steps• Perform compensation analysis and provide the inputs to abhra, Inc's. Executive leadership.• Research, recommend, and implement innovative sourcing methods and improved processes• Lead recruitment projects related to new business and expansion initiatives and also lead and train a team of Recruiters for helping in meeting abhra's inc's growing talent acquisition needs.abhra, Inc. is a full-fledged global IT solutions company with more than 15 years of experience in consulting and product development. abhra, Inc. is a certified Solution Implementation partners of ServiceNow® and SAP Hybris.

Greater St. Louis Area

Focused talent acquisition for senior sales and business development Talent for leading Information technology services firms such as Tech Mahindra and L& T Infotech . This role called for high level of networking with hiring managers at client businesses , understanding specific roles to be hired and sourcing the right profiles. Being senior position talent acquisitions, ability to articulate the unique aspects of the role from our client and finding at the same time the right profile for our clients was the challenge I enjoyed most. This role enabled me to understand talent acquisition process in established large IT firms and also connect with many experienced and highly skilled leaders of business.

Greater St. Louis Area

Computime Marketing Services (CMS Solutions) is a St Louis, MO headquartered business which provided Marketing and Business Development support services to its clients Nationwide. My role at CMS Marketing was to provide Sales and Business Development Operations support as a Marketing Account Coordinator. This role called for leveraging Sales Force.Com for all its Reporting and Dash boarding capabilities and also work with multitude of database tools and Marketing Automation tools.

Singapore

Global Indian International School and International Cultural Center, Singapore was founded in 2003. I was tasked to create the Not for Profit International Cultural and Arts center, modeled after the Bhavan's Cultural Centers in London and NYC. I was here responsible for curriculum development, talent acquisition for subject matter experts and managing student enrollments and center's operations management.

Master Of Arts, Economics

Master Of Arts, Economics

Bachelor Of Arts, Economics