Amit Bhagwat
Sr. IT Recruiter
I have total 10 years of experience. I am a tecno-functional candidate, prior to being a recruiter I have worked as Network Engineer, System Administrator, and Faculty.
· 3+ years of solid experience solely in US IT Recruitments and Staffing.
· Good exposure on RFP Documentation and follow ups for the Government Staffing RFP’s of USA.
· Good knowledge about H1-B process can work alone for H1-B process (visa transfer & applying for new visa also.
· Full Life Cycle Recruitment experience.
· Also familiar with all the major time zones in US. (EST, CST, MST, PST)
· Coordinated interviews, scheduled drug screens, and background checks.
· Extended job offers, presented company overviews and benefits.
· Performed reference checking.
· Worked with overseas candidates for office in USA.
· Developed requirements and job descriptions.
· Designed and developed Internet job postings.
· Facilitated strong, long-term company and candidate relationships.
· Worked with outside agencies/temporary services negotiating terms.
· Maintenance of job postings on the company web site.
· Monster, CareerBuilder, HotJobs, Dice, Free Boards (LinkedIn, recruiterblogs.com), etc.
· Very particular in providing the right resumes addressing different requirements daily in CORE Competition.
· Very good Analytical and problem solving skills.
· Assertive and aggressive hunter mentality in approach to recruitment.
· Ability to think through as well as anticipate and solve problems.
· Strong verbal, written and presentation skills, interacts well with all levels.
· Good organization and time management skills.
· Ability to prioritize tasks and work under deadlines.
· Strong hands on experience with MS Office products.
· Experience in W2, 1099, corp to corp recruitment, vendor management, and salary & rates negotiation with outsourcing companies. Signing contracts with outsourcing companies & consultants.
Skills Recruited and Placed (including but not limited to):
· SAP SD, IS Retail, Kurba, MM, PP, OM, INV, BW, WM, Basis, Security, CRM, IM, ABAP, Netweaver, FICO, Enterprise Portal, APO, PM, QM, SAP Utilities (IS-U)
· Oracle Applications – Oracle ASCP (Advanced Supply Chain Planning), CDH (Customer Data Hub), Oracle OTC (Order to Cash), Oracle Project Costing and Billing, Oracle Project Manufacturing, Oracle EBS (E-business Suite) R12,
· PeopleSoft Financials, PeopleSoft CRM, PeopleSoft Security, PeopleSoft HRMS, (all modules both functional and technical), PeopleSoft FSCM Process Consultants
· DBA’s: Oracle (7, 8, 9i, 10g, 11i), PeopleSoft, SQL Server, Sybase, UDB/DB2, IMS.
· Oracle Developers, MS.net, VB.net, ASP.net, Visual Basic (all versions), Unix & Solaris Administrators, Help Desk, Security Administrators, Business Analysts, Project Managers, QA analysts, Application Developers, Java Developers, J2EE, Sox (Sarbanes Oxley) Administrators and Trainers, PL/SQL, SQL Server 2000, XML, Sybase, SDLC, Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT, Weblogic, Websphere, Sun, Citrix, BAAN, Legato, ColdFusion, Brio, Crossworlds, Lotus Domino, Siebel, RPG, Tivoli, EDI, Webfocus, HP Open View (HPOV) Suite Consultants, VoIP Network Engineers, Business Analysts, Business Systems Analyst, QA’s, Testers, Motorola Powerstack, WBI / ICS Specialist, BizTalk, SharePoint, Mainframe Testers, Mainframe Developers, IBM POS (Point-of-Sale) 4690 Developers, Stellent Production Support consultants
· Data warehouse: ETL Developer, Data Architect, Data Modeler, DataStage
· Infrastructure: Cisco certified engineers, Microsoft certified engineers, Linux, Network Manager/Architects/Engineers.
Responsibilities:
Business development.
Sales & marketing of H1-B candidates
Work on requirements received from tier one vendors & our Account Manager.
Follow up for time sheets, generate a report on time sheets, and send the report to Payroll Company.
H-1B filling, conducting briefing sessions for employees on visa interview
Also working on H1-B visa transfer.
Responsibilities
Lead a team of 5 recruiters.
Actively involved in internal recruitment of recruiters & developers.
Trained new joinees on the process of US staffing.
Received requirements from my manager & then distribute it among my team members, help them in understanding the requirement & source candidates from job boards like Dice.com, Monster.com, Nettemps.com, Hotjobs.com
Negotiated hourly rates & salary.
InterBase’s 85% of revenue comes from placements for permanent position, work mainly on W2 & 1099, placements on corp to corp basis was little less. Since major focus was on pe
rmanent positions; my interaction with outsourcing companies was less, but we did have preferred vendors if incase need be.
Worked on following positions:
Database Admin- Sybase, Oracle, DB2.
Developers- .Net Developers, J2EE developers, ETL developers, ABAP developers
Business Intelligence, CRM, Peoplesoft – functional & technical, SAP- functional & technical.
Achievement:
7 closers in 8 months after joining InterBase Corporation
