Usha Sharma
Paramus,NJ
Summary
· Extensive experience in sourcing and full life cycle recruitment with healthcare, government and financial clients across USA for Software, Hardware, Networking, Designer, Scientist roles
· Excellent sourcing and candidate assessment skills and hands on experience in recruiting and hiring processes including posting, sourcing, interviewing, reference checking, tracking, salary negotiations, closing and offer.
· Strong experience in active and passive search methods
· Leadership experience in managing both offshore and onsite recruitment team.
· Possess strong technical/business acumen and understanding of technical requirements. Solution-focused professional with strong interpersonal and rapport-building skills.
· Sourcing, Interview scheduling, Salary Negotiation, contract signing and Background verification of candidates after hiring.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Full Life Cycle Recruiter, Science
Amazon
06.2021 - Current
- Company Overview: Part of Centralized Science Recruiting team, supporting Alexa devices in North America (NA)
- Lead full cycle recruiting for niche roles (45+ requests.)
- Partner with global sourcers/coordinators and hiring managers (30+) to prioritize hiring needs, develop and execute comprehensive/innovative sourcing plans
- Achieving 3+ hires a month with a 90% acceptance rate
- Manage candidate pipeline activity and lead regular sync up meetings with leaders up to VP-level
- Prepare, present, negotiate, and close competitive job offers, partnering with hiring managers, HRBPs, Finance, and compensation teams
- Coach and guide leadership on Talent Acquisition related best practices, processes, interviewing/assessment strategies and tools
- Conducted pre-brief and debrief calls with hiring team for each candidate who interviewed
- Helped hiring managers finalize interview panel and scheduled interviews with the candidates
- Represents Amazon Science at leading international machine learning conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, AAAI), planning and organizing recruitment events, networking with industry experts, and sourcing top talent to advance the organization's recruitment goals
- Part of TPA Program and helped impacted candidates during layoff to find new teams
- Part of the Centralized Science Recruiting team, supporting the Alexa devices org
- In North America (NA)
Sr Analyst/ IT Recruiter
Nagarro
11.2020 - 06.2021
- Responsible for lifecycle recruitment of technical professionals (Requisition developing, posting, sourcing, attracting, screening, interviewing, evaluating, selecting, negotiating and closing)
- Sourced top candidates active and passive through Cold Calling, Referral, Networking, Company website, Industry association, Social networking, Job boards, Career fair, Search engine, Blogging, and User groups
- Utilizing on-line database, candidate referrals, internet and networking to identify potential candidates & maintain candidate’s info in internal database
- Negotiating salary / contract rate, employment terms, benefit requirements with candidates
- Explaining company personnel policies, benefits, and procedures to employees and job applicants
- Sourcing candidates for IT, Non-IT, Freshers, Interns and Higher management candidates for skills like Java, .Net, ServiceNow, Intune, Business Analyst, Project Managers, Technical Lead, architects, IT Helpdesk, Data Analyst Etc
- Coordinating between hiring managers for hiring needs and candidates to source best candidates in market
Senior Resource Specialist
Tech Observer
09.2019 - 03.2020
- Company Overview: Tech Observer is an IT and Clinical Staffing Organization with offices in New Jersey- USA, Singapore, Sao-Paulo, Mumbai and New Delhi- India
- Handling full life cycle Sales and Recruiting activities to include; Posting Positions, Pre-screening & Interviewing candidates over phone, obtaining leads and reference checking, client interview arrangements, closing and offer preparation
- Experience working and submitting W2 and C2C candidates to the different IT roles like software developer (Java, .Net oracle etc), Network engineer, Cloud Architect, Big data developer, Hadoop developer, Business Analyst, Project Manager SAP roles etc
- Attending Client calls for assigned requirements and taking proper notes for the open positions
- Source for the right candidates through social media, internal & external databases, cold calling, referrals, User Groups, LinkedIn Recruiting Tool, job boards, advertising and ATS (Job Diva)
- Working with Accounts / Resource managers on all staffing related issues, such as recruitment, selection of candidates, offers, salary negotiation, interview techniques and closing candidates
- Forming strategic partnerships with senior management to determine staffing needs, participating in weekly recruitment meetings, conference calls, focusing on troubleshooting difficult positions and managing client issues
- Create and maintain a custom database of candidate contacts and job requisitions from open to close
- Interviewed candidates to establish a relationship by conducting personal interviews to match skills to a specific client, job order while adhering to labour and employment laws
- Interviewing and short-listing consultants before submitting to the client/Vendor
- Tech Observer is an IT and Clinical Staffing Organization with offices in New Jersey- USA, Singapore, Sao-Paulo, Mumbai and New Delhi- India
Technical Recruiter
Data Inc
10.2017 - 07.2019
- Executed and managed the complete cycle of recruitment of technology professionals for some of the biggest fortune 500 direct clients including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Mercedes Benz, DTCC, UPS
- Sourced top tier candidates for a multitude of technologies like java, .Net, Oracle, SQL, BA, QA, UX/UI, Python developer etc using a wide array of sourcing tools including job boards, social media and extensive candidate networking/referrals
- Supported 3-4 requirements in day and submitted 4-5 good profiles every day
- Guided the consultants through the interview process, selection/joining formalities, benefits information and paperwork
- Worked closely with Data Inc
- Account managers to successfully fulfil open and critical client requirements
- Extremely focused on building long-term professional relationships with consultants
- Manage End to End recruitment cycle, retention, vendor negotiations, business development, benefits and compensation, records management, Visa filing
- Responsible for full life-cycle recruiting including sourcing, screening and interviewing all potential candidates, setting up interviews, resume formatting and modification, benefits/ compensation negotiation, verification of work visa requirements, reference/ background checks, presenting formal offers, and follow up thereafter
- Leverage online recruiting resources and in-house ATS to identify and recruit the very best candidates
Technical Recruiter
Om Computer service
08.2016 - 06.2017
- Managed the hiring and onboarding process for new recruits and acted as a liaison for client staffing requirements to place suitable candidates for client opportunities
- Recruitment for Business Analyst, Quality Analyst, Java developer, UI/UX designer
- Networking and Sourcing candidates through Job postings via online job portals and social networking (Indeed, zip recruiter, LinkedIn, Facebook, WhatsApp)
- Source candidates, screen resumes, interview candidates to determine fit
- Facilitated the interviewing and hiring decision-making process with interviewing teams and hiring managers
- Identified technical talent and sourced relevant job postings on a contractual role
- Effectively worked on candidate pipeline to create a pool of qualified candidates to fill up vacancy in future
Education
Bachelor - Commerce
Kurukshetra University
Haryana, India06.2004
Timeline
Full Life Cycle Recruiter, Science
Amazon
06.2021 - Current
Sr Analyst/ IT Recruiter
Nagarro
11.2020 - 06.2021
Senior Resource Specialist
Tech Observer
09.2019 - 03.2020
Technical Recruiter
Data Inc
10.2017 - 07.2019
Technical Recruiter
Om Computer service
08.2016 - 06.2017
Bachelor - Commerce
Kurukshetra University
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