Vidhya Krishnaraj Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• As part of the Talent Acquisition team I am responsible for end-to-end recruiting for all new hires at Brighthouse Financial. • This includes: Collaborating with hiring managers to define the needs on their team & meeting regularly to stay up-to- date on hiring efforts and employee retention • Conduct phone screens and measure candidates against a specific job profile, recommend candidates to hiring managers for in-person interviews, disposition both external and internal candidates• Managing interviews from step one all the way through to the offer acceptance • Onboarding assistance and partnering with HR Business Partners through various stages of recruitment and onboarding• Building strong relationships and partnerships with the business to manage and coordinate diversity and inclusion initiatives

Morristown, Nj

• Engaged in business development and daily interactions with the client hiring manager to better understand the business and implement process oriented work streams for service delivery.• Partner with hiring managers on recruitment strategies, HR and staffing sourcers located at both onsite & offshore to establish creative recruitment strategies to identify top-notch performers, industry specific candidates resulting in a steady flow of prospective hires in infrastructure services.• Supported recruiting efforts, submittal process, client relationships, interview scheduling/coaching, and on-boarding.• Led the Infrastructure line of business for a major Client and was the single point of contact for the client managers and leads. • Understood and gathered requirements from the Client/Hiring Managers and making strategies for hiring plans accordingly.• Handled and thrived in a fast paced and challenging environment.

East Brunswick , Nj

• Drove the hiring process in a high-volume/time-sensitive environment, working directly with clients and managing candidates through the process to have them placed on assignments. • Placed high-end engineering professionals in the area of manufacturing, pharmaceutical, healthcare and information technology industry in contract positions. • Specialized in placement of scientists, process engineers, electrical/mechanical engineers, validation engineers, quality assurance (QA) / test engineers, technical program/product/project managers, development managers, and business analysts. • Effectively recruited candidates through Internet research, internal database, cold calling, referrals, networking, and other strategies. • Responsible for checking references, negotiating terms and rates for each project, coordinating the interview process, extending offers, and closing candidates. • Consistently performed well above the required metrics in calls, submittals, interviews and placements.

Edison, Nj

Roles and Responsibilities---------------------• Recruit Manufacturing/Pharmaceutical/Healthcare and IT Professionals for major firms like BMS, Pfizer, Alcon and J&J in a time-sensitive environment. • Attracting the most qualified employees and matching them to the jobs. Responsible for full recruiting cycle: sourcing and screening, selection, offer and negotiation. • Negotiate wage rates and other terms and conditions of employment with candidates, and gain commitment from candidates for current and future job requirements.• Process background checks, coordinated drug screenings and expedited preparation and compliance of files for health organization accreditation.• Directly communicated with the HR team from major firms such as Pfizer, BMS etc. • Scan confidential documents into electronic filing system and categorize them for retrieval and review.