Sellvaraj Natarajan

A position that will utilize my years of experience in Technical Recruiting, Consulting Training and mentoring.

9+ years of strong demonstrated hands on experience on various capacities as a recruiter, recruiting manager, trainer for junior staff and newly recruited candidates, specializing in IT industry. Willing to impart my knowledge and best practices to the team.
Excellent Knowledge of full staffing lifecycle.

VISA Sponsorship Required.

Freelance Recruiting Consultant/Trainer
Imed Consultants Inc
January 2007 - Current.

Offered advice and suggestions on New start ups as well as established firms in creating and revamping their HR/Recruitement department which included recruiting the right candidates and training them on Full Life Cycle Recruiting. The steps included are Research, Job description and posting, Candidate search and resume review, Candidate screening, Presentment and Placement and Hire.

Designed recruiting manuals for future reference, conducted workshops and seminars on Passive Candidate Recruiting techniques,advanced boolean string constructions, interview techniques, cold calling,and improving their communication skills.

1 visible recommendation for this position:

"It was an immense pleasure to have engaged the services of Sellvaraj Natarajan. Not only did we find him to be an expert (passionate) in his domain; his perseverance paid off at the end of the training program, helping us to accomplish very good results from the team. A very modest and pleasant personality - strongly recommended for passive search training." September 8, 2007
Top qualities: Great Results , Expert , High Integrity.
Amit Somaiya, CEO at Interactive Manpower Solutions Pvt Ltd hired Sellvaraj Natarajan as a Trainer on Passive Search in 2007

Other Referrals available on request.

Primary role was to lead and manage the recruitment team in ensuring its objectives are closely aligned with the needs of the corporate.
On day to day basis oversaw the recruiting team that actively interfaces with hiring managers to source, assess and hire highly talented individuals. Along with managing the team and leading searches also engaged in process improvement initiatives geared towards streamlining and standardizing policies, procedures, practices, tools and metrics.
Served as the recruiting expert, consultative resource, and a trusted advisor to the whole leadership team. Managed, coached and mentored the recruiting team and also trained the fresh recruits on Full Life Cycle Recruiting Techniques. Oversaw and guided the whole recruitment process for all hires, designed and created various search strategies, crafted job descriptions and developed inhouse recruiting manual for reference.
Monitored the recruiting workflow and provided direction for prioritizing the requisition load to ensure attainment of service level expectations. Trained the recruiters on how to build candidate pipeline for future positions through specialized programs and targeted sourcing channels. Also monitored and adviced on recruiting related budget areas.

Drove the hiring process in a high-volume / time-sensitive
environment, working directly with hiring managers for all of STS clients and managing candidates through the process to have them placed on assignments.

• Placed high-end technical professionals in the area of
  

Information Technology Industry in contract and full-time positions.
Specialized in Software Engineers/Architects (Distributed and
Mainframe), Database Architects/Developers/Administrators,
Network/System/Security Engineers, Web Developers, Quality
Assurance/Test Engineers, Technical Program/Product/Project Managers, Development Managers, and Business Analysts.

• Effectively recruited candidates through Internet research, internal database, cold calling, referrals, networking, job
  

fairs, and other strategies.

• Responsible for checking references, negotiating terms and
  

rates for each project, coordinating the interview process, extending
offers, and closing candidates.

Effectively recruited IT Professionals in a time-sensitive
environment.

• Placed high-end technical professionals in the area of
  

Information Technology Industries in contract positions. Specialized
in Software Architects/Developers (Distributed and Mainframe),
Database Architects/Developers/Administrators, Network/Security
Engineers, Web Developers, Program/Product/Project Managers and
Quality Assurance Testers/Analysts.

• Located potential candidates through Internet research,
  

internaldatabase, cold calling, referrals, networking, job fairs, and
other strategies.

• Qualified candidates for appropriate positions through a
  

process of sourcing, screening, and interviewing.

Recruited and hired candidates in state and out-of-state for
contract, contract-to-hire and permanent placements for all IT
positions for multiple client companies.

• Identified, qualified, and closed candidates through the use of
  

the Internet sites, senior technical resume database, and referrals.

• Filtered through and reviewed completed candidate
  

Profile/resume and evaluated applicant's work history, education and
Training, job skills, desired salary/hourly rate, and personal
Qualifications against open requirements.

• Made initial contacts, scheduled and conducted full-cycle
  

interview, met each in-person, reference checked and submitted for the
matching position.

• Negotiated salaries and hourly rates, extended offers of
  

employment to successful candidates and filled all the necessary paper
work after the hire.

Developed and implemented effective recruiting strategies in
order to attract, screen, recruit, and select high quality candidates.

• Practiced numerous sourcing strategies including referral
  

generation, ad placement, position postings, direct sourcing/cold
calling and networking to develop a qualified pool of candidates.

• Interviewed and screened candidates.
  

• Articulated and negotiated job offers with candidates.
  

• Clearly communicated all aspects of the offer including salary,
  

stock options, benefits, bonuses, relocating, etc.

• Established and maintained solid working relationships with
  

hiring managers.

• Determined the needs of the hiring managers.
  

• Developed business proposals for the company's clients.
  

• Developed databases for client and candidates contact
  

information.

Oracle & Developer 2000
AS400
Java
Visual Basic
IBM Main Frame.
1 year Diploma in Computer Applications.

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