HEMA KANAKKAN
McKinney,TX
Summary
Highly self-motivated Software Engineer, Recruiter and Technical Support Engineer with great organizational and communication skills. Recognized consistently for performance excellence and contributions to success in projects. Self-starter with proven ability to manage multiple openings by effectively blending management, interpersonal and technical skills. In-depth knowledge of CRM and ATS utilization and customization for attaining maximum outcomes.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Sr Technical Recruiter/Talent Sourcer
AMAZON
Seattle, WA
05.2022 - 12.2022
- Coordinated with IT team leaders to forecast hiring needs and department goals.
- Source, phone screen, schedule interviews and manage entire candidate process, including offer negotiations and closing.
- Recruited by conducting in-depth interviews to source high-caliber SDE candidates while also recruiting and referring SDM, TPM, FEE, SysDev and DevOps candidates
- Successfully built a robust pipeline by conducting an average of 100 reach outs per day using Beamery, Hire, Hiretual,
LinkedIn Recruiter, Dice and GitHub as well as social media - Managing applicant data within Applicant Tracking System.
- Foster relationships with candidates and clients to ensure they have positive experience.
Senior Technical Recruiter
Reqroute.com
Milpitas, CA
05.2015 - 08.2017
- Leveraged multiple sourcing strategies and channels including referral generation, ad placement, direct sourcing, cold calling
and networking to secure high-quality candidates - Effectively recruited candidates and build talent pipeline through LinkedIn, Indeed, Career Builder, The Ladders, Dice,
Social Networks, Monster, Glassdoor and Stack Overflow - Used GOOGLE XRAY and Boolean operators effectively to navigate Google to find talent resources
Software QA Engineer - Intern
Oodle
San Mateo, CA
10.2012 - 05.2013
- Manual testing,Functionality, Browser Compatibility, Browser Page Testing, Application Testing & Internationalization. Performed functional testing, smoke testing, regression testing and acceptance testing. Developed SQL Queries for Back end Testing
Software QA Engineer - Intern
SlickPic
Los Altos, CA
02.2011 - 08.2012
- Prepared Test Plan, test Cases, Test scripts, Test data database Performed Smoke, Functional, Regression and System, End to End Testing. Recorded, maintained & tracked defects & severity levels using JIRA.
Software QA Engineer
The Bessemer Trust Company
Edison, NJ
09.2007 - 04.2008
- Analyzed user/business requirements, functional specifications and developed and maintained test cases in Quality Center. Performed data verification with the Mainframe reports against Global Plus and Cognos reports. Maintained the test logs, test reports by using Quality Center.
Education
B.E: Instrumentation & Control Engineer -
Madurai Kamaraj University
Tamil Nadu, India 01.1999 - 09.2003
Software Quality Assurance Information Technology
Portnov Computer School
Los Altos, CA 01.2011 - 03.2011
Skills
Applicant Tracking System
Candidate Evaluation, Screening & Hiring
Critical Thinking & Adaptability, Strategic Planning & Execution
Database: SQL, PLSQL
Test Automation: Selenium, Eclipse
Test Management: HP Quality Center
Bug Tracking: JIRA, Bugzilla, Quality Center
Report Preparation and Employment Data Tracking
Human Resources Management Systems
Timeline
Sr Technical Recruiter/Talent Sourcer
AMAZON
05.2022 - 12.2022
Senior Technical Recruiter
Reqroute.com
05.2015 - 08.2017
Software QA Engineer - Intern
Oodle
10.2012 - 05.2013
Software QA Engineer - Intern
SlickPic
02.2011 - 08.2012
Software Quality Assurance Information Technology
Portnov Computer School
01.2011 - 03.2011
Software QA Engineer
The Bessemer Trust Company
09.2007 - 04.2008
B.E: Instrumentation & Control Engineer -
Madurai Kamaraj University
01.1999 - 09.2003