Pavan Kumar

End-to-end recruitment from planning, implementation of a recruitment strategy based on need. Manages onsite interviews, recruits technical and high-level management positions, and is proficient. Partner with Account/Delivery Managers to define specific roles, technology, locations, and functional areas. Sourced candidates through LinkedIn, Dice, employee referrals, and other networking platforms. Roles handled include Sr. Software engineers (C++, JAVA), Cloud engineers, QA Automation Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Sr. Program/Project managers, application developers, Software Packaging Engineers, Sr.ETL, Sr. .Net and SharePoint developers, BA, etc. Focused on creating a positive candidate experience throughout the sourcing and selection process. Develop and sustain strong relationships with management through proactive communication and commitment to understanding the services and needs of the assigned business lines. Develop, lead, and implement strategic recruiting initiatives, hiring standards, and practices. Drive the overall success of our Recruiting function to ensure that hiring targets are met on time and budget. Prescreened candidates through a detailed screening process; evaluated compatibility with the job order's specific requirements, ensured the candidate was a proper fit, and was in contact with candidates 80% of the time via phone and email. Boolean searches to source niche-skill resources. Worked in partnership with Hiring Managers and other team members to develop a pool of qualified candidates for various software positions.

Responsible for Bench Sales (Candidate/Resume Marketing), End-to-End Bench Sales and Business development, and IT Recruitment. Using sales techniques and placing the company’s W2 employees in a new project. Hiring H1B candidates, placing them, and converting them into the company’s W2 employees by transferring their visa. Working on bringing new clients and tier 1 vendors who have Fortune 500 clients. Placing candidates with Direct clients by using recruitment skills and job boards. Handling the team, conducting regular meetings. Performance reports of individual team members provide targets to the team and make them workable accordingly. Leveraged traditional methods of sourcing and social networking, job boards, and other channels to identify potential candidates and build a talent pipeline. Partnered with hiring managers to consult on hiring requirements, creating job descriptions to ensure the right fit of candidates. Owned the full cycle of the technical talent recruitment process, delivering high-quality and high-speed results. Primary responsibility as a Lead recruiter was to source candidates, phone screen/interview candidates, schedule technical screenings/interviews, and keep in touch till onboarding completes.

Marketing the new H1B candidates who come to the USA with fresh H1B visas, and need to market the candidates who are all in training and placement without work experience in the USA. Recruit the candidates who need an H1B and screen them technically. Also, recruit the OPT and CPT candidates for Training and placement. Gathering requirements from Tier-1 Vendors of clients, Job portals, and other networking techniques. A full cycle of sales - gathering requirements, submitting consultants, negotiating, confirming the best rates, following up for interview schedules, and closing the best deals. Recruit the candidates (US citizens, GC, EAD, H1B, and TN Visa) for the direct client and tier 1 vendor’s requirement, and recruit the candidates for new H1B transformation and build the company’s headcount. Talking to the sourced consultant and check his/her interest in taking a new position. Also, convince and explain the company policies, procedures, and Salary part, and H1B transformation. Finally getting the confirmation email that he/she can take up the offer once it’s confirmed. Maintaining a database of Candidates and Tier 1 vendors for future requirements and generating daily / Monthly reports to assess growth based on the team's performance in the USA and India. Work with the team of sales and recruiting personnel to market bench consultants to clients, resulting in closures for contract positions.

As a Bench Sales Recruiter was involved in selling the bench consultants, including searching, qualifying, scheduling interviews, rate negotiations, and closing. Involved in sales, i.e., bench consultants to the Vendors and Clients for the requirements. Searching the requirements for the allotted bench from portals, groups, and contacts. Sharing the requirements with the consultants by his/her comfort level used to submit the resume to the recruiter. Speaking with the recruiters regarding the rate and getting the best as suggested by management. Worked extensively on marketing bench consultants. Interacting with Tier one Vendors and making new vendors for the company. Involved in marketing consultants on the bench to the preferred vendors. Getting requirements for bench consultants from various sources like Prime Vendors, job portals, and other Networking sites. Keeping track of the start and end dates of the bench consultants. Maintain daily & weekly status lists of all activities through MS Excel. Keeping a track record of rate confirmation and making follow-ups about the submissions. Set up interviews and closed candidates for various positions. Follow up with the client/preferred vendors and the candidate after the interview. Process candidates from initial contact through the entire interview/placement process, which includes interview scheduling and follow-up. Actively involved in marketing consultants on the bench to the preferred vendors. Responsibilities include calling on prime vendors, developing corporate account relationships, presenting consultants, negotiating, and finalizing contracts. Negotiating rates with vendors & managing the long-term relations with them.

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