Santhosh Rajashekar

CGI is one of the world’s largest IT and business consulting services firms. By combining human ingenuity with the power of technology, we help clients accelerate ROI‑led digital transformation. As we celebrate our 50‑year milestone, we take pride in a legacy of trusted client partnerships and a strong global culture of ownership—one that empowers our people to innovate, grow, and shape the future ahead.

Sonata Software Limited is a leading Modernization engineering company, headquartered in Bangalore. Sonata provides modernization services using its proprietary Platformation™ approach. It specializes in cloud and data modernization, Microsoft Dynamics Modernization, Digital contact center setup and management, managed cloud services and digital transformation services. Founded in 1986, the company has since grown to have a presence in North America, Europe, ANZ and Asia-Pacific. Sonata has partnerships with leading technology providers such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google, among others, and has received several awards and recognition for its services. With a focus on innovation and customer-centricity, Sonata aims to help businesses accelerate their modernization and digital transformation journeys. Key Competencies: • Full life cycle recruitment • Technology hiring • Stakeholder management • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) focus • Applicant Tracking System (ATS) expertise • Niche talent market research

I am an Executive Recruitment Lead for Cognizant’s Analytics Information Management Practice (AIM) & Enterprise application services (EAS). Our Practice creates solutions that cover the entire lifecycle of information utilization, from ideation through implementation. We offer consulting and development services to help our clients define their strategy and solution architecture. Then our teams deliver and manage data warehousing, business analytics and reporting applications that provide tangible business benefits.

Blue Star Infotech helps global enterprises derive measurable business outcomes through the efficient use and adoption of information technology. It works in the space of Mobility, Cloud Computing, Analytics & Business Intelligence, Product Engineering, Testing, Package Implementation and Applications Services. Talent Acquisition Lead with experience in various facets of Recruitment, Account Management, Vendor Management, Team Management etc. Proven skills in managing teams to work in alignment & motivating them for achieving business and individual goals. Key Responsibilities Handled & Platforms Worked on: •Involved in hands on recruitment in various IT and non-IT technologies. •Interaction with Sales, Channel Partners and Delivery Heads on daily basis to understand requirement flow and plan next action. •Involved in hiring and on boarding for candidates. •Responsible for timely full-cycle recruitment; creating JD’s, candidate generation, tracking, screening, scheduling of interviews, reference checks, negotiating offers, initiate the paper work, facilitating on-boarding processes. • Talent Acquisition & Team Management • Delivery Management • Technical Recruitment & Campus Hiring • Social Media Sourcing. • Building Strong Referral Networks/Running referral Campaigns. • Candidate Engagement.

•Managed a team of 15 sourcers/recruiters for North America & EMEA. •Responsible for hiring IT professionals for Analytics & Information Management (A&IM) Service line and verticals. •Interacting with Delivery heads, Technical Managers to understand staffing needs, job specifications and requirements. •End to End involvement with the process, from sourcing, conducting interviews until candidate’s on-boarding. •Publish weekly MIS for all stakeholders and to prepare Operational plans based on the same. •Compensation negotiation, background and reference checks, rolling out the offers to selected candidates.