Venkat Gaurav

Involved with full life cycle recruitment and placement of IT professionals with top tier. Schedule all interviews with hiring managers and pre-close candidates by way of selling organization's work environment. Worked with different Clients/Implementation Partners/Vendors like, Infosys, Wipro, Hexaware, HCL, Tech Mahindra, DirectTech, Fusion Alliance. Experienced in rate and salary negotiation on 1099/C2C as well as W2. Used an internal database, job boards (Dice, Monster, CareerBuilder, LinkedIn, and TechFetch etc.) and referrals to source active and passive candidates for contract, contract-to-perm, and permanent positions. Experience using ATS (Application Tracking System) Wisestep. Experience working with VMS (Vendor management system) Kenexa. Also keep the track record of resumes, so that if another client needs a candidate of same requirement, then check his availability with the position and submit. Recording details of candidate submitted to client in Microsoft Excel that includes rejection reason, Submittal date, feedback etc. for future use. Expertise in Boolean Search, LinkedIn X Ray Search. Some of the Applicant tracking systems used: Agency Manager and Brassring.

Handling end to end recruitment such as understanding client's requirement, sourcing candidates, screening, interviewing candidates, scheduling candidates' interviews with the client, salary negotiation, pre and post joining follow ups etc. Handling various Non-IT and IT requirements for various experience levels. Recruited for all IT skill sets across the Singapore. Worked with different Clients/Implementation Partners/Vendors like, NCS, UOB, Accenture, Prudential, Crimson Logic. Conducted needs analysis with hiring manager to determine skill set needed for project. Expert in the use of Job boards like Monster, and other networking sites. Dealing with consultants on Employment Pass, Dependent Pass, Student Pass, PR and CITIZEN, etc. Negotiating the rates on Contract, Contract to hire basis. Responsible to understand and analyze the requirements in different domain categories. Scouted recruiter websites/search engines to locate skilled consultants, Functional & Technical for Perm and Contract placements. Coordinating, Scheduling & Conducting Interviews. Maintain positive working relationships with employees/consultants and all levels of management to successfully recruit through employee referrals. Negotiated contracts and direct labor rates with an emphasis on company's profit margin.

Managed up to 10 requisitions a week (full time and contracts). Sourcing resumes from Monster, Dice, LinkedIn, Job Diva, as per client requirement. Worked with different Clients/Implementation Partners like, State of Utah, Capgemini, TechM, Persistent Systems, PJM Interconnection, SLK America, CAI, CIBER Global, BNSF. Worked with Implementation Partners, Direct Clients and preferred Vendors. Worked with all types of visas especially on OPT -EAD'S, GC's & US Citizens & H1B. Worked on different positions like Contract positions, permanent positions. Interviewing the candidates in terms of Technical, Communication, Stability, etc. Worked on different tax terms such as W2, Corp to Corp, Corp to Hire and 1099. Negotiating pay rate or salary with the candidates. Experience using ATS (Application Tracking System) Job Diva. Experience working with VMS (Vendor management system) Kenexa. Conducting Preliminary screening with the candidates & scheduling them for interviews. Negotiations with the candidates and successfully closing the positions. Expertise in Boolean Search, LinkedIn X Ray Search. Maintaining good relationship with our clients, vendors and candidates as well. Rendering quality service to our clients, vendors and candidates as well. Maintaining Excel report of my daily submissions.

Sales & Marketing, Recruitment & Team Management, Back-end Administration.