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Karthikeyan Uthayasankar

Ontario,Canada

Summary

With a proven track record at Cognizant Technology Solutions, I excel in spearheading recruitment for high-demand tech roles, enhancing talent pipelines by over 100 candidates monthly. My expertise in AI and operational leadership, coupled with exceptional interpersonal skills, drives strategic hiring solutions and stakeholder satisfaction.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Executive – Recruitment

Cognizant Technology Solutions
08.2014 - 10.2024
  • Company Overview: www.cognizant.com
  • Spearheaded recruitment efforts for Data Science, Generative AI, and Cloud teams, collaborating closely with hiring managers to understand their requirements and deliver high-quality candidates
  • Efficiently managing team of 8 members and also involved in End-to-End recruitment lifecycle
  • Managing couple of verticals and involved in hiring 100+ candidates in a month
  • Managing multiple in person & virtual drives, this includes Client and Business specific drives
  • Managed the full recruitment lifecycle, from initial candidate engagement to offer negotiation and onboarding, ensuring a seamless and positive experience for both candidates and hiring teams
  • Recruited candidates for clients across NA and GGM includes UHG, CVS Health, McKesson, Cardinal Health, Cigna, Centene…
  • Responsible for hiring a large pool of consultants across various levels in Digital skills includes Data Scientist, Gen AI, Mlops, Cloud AI, Azure (Databricks, Data Factory, Admin) AWS, Snowflake, MDM, Hadoop, GCP, MDM, SAP MDG, STIBO etc.
  • With a strong blend of functional expertise & technology leadership
  • First person in Cognizant to successfully planned and executed a BOT drive (ALEX – Developed by Cognizant) for Data Science related skillset
  • Responsible for manpower planning, designing recruitment strategies, multi-location drives, referral schemes and vendor management
  • Involved in volume/bulk hiring for project-based positions for internal and external requirements
  • Constantly update myself on the job market through various channels and present effective resource fulfillment plans to business
  • Acumen in stakeholder management
  • Preparation of Recruitment metrics (Weekly status report, hiring pipe etc.) and ensure recruiting service levels are maintained
  • User level working experience on TALEO (Recruitment Application)
  • Try to get connected with various people in various niche technologies through LinkedIn so that the resource pool can be utilized in future
  • Www.cognizant.com

Associate – HR

SavvySoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd
06.2012 - 08.2014
  • Company Overview: www.savvy-it.com
  • Managing full Lifecycle of recruitment process according to corporate guidelines
  • Accomplished recruitment process starting from analyzing the Clients and requirements, sourcing, screening the candidates/consultants over phone with requirement related technical questions, reformatting resumes and composing selling summary to present to client
  • Sourcing within Applicant Tracking System (RMS) to recruit talents and also sourced using Job Boards (Dice, Monster and LinkedIn for potential candidates that fit the job requirements
  • Made sure that every filter in LinkedIn were used, so that the potential candidate matching the job description exactly was pulled out
  • Proficient in Vendor Management systems like Fieldglass, Peoplefluent, Peopleclick etc
  • Responsible for reviewing the resumes from other recruiters and submitting to the client in absence of the manager
  • Experienced in handling team and the client
  • Making cold calls to all candidates who fit the positions and screened them to make sure all technical and functional requirements are met
  • Negotiate with candidates regarding the compensation from initial hire through pay rate increases within compliance of company gross profit standards
  • Market the company to candidates, present benefits information and address any issues/concerns with candidates
  • Develop and maintain relationships with candidates and existing employees for referrals and future placement
  • Maintaining the database of each and every candidate for further proceedings and future requirements
  • Coordinate in scheduling interview, updating the consultants, Placement Coordination
  • Recruited candidates for the requirements from clients like GE Gas & Oil, GE Wind & Turbine, ADP, AT&T, CATERPILLAR, FISERV, GE Capital, GE-HealthCare, GXS, JOHN DEERE, MOTOROLA, SIEMENS, XcelEnergy, World Bank Group, IBM-Federal, Accenture and State/Federal Clients of US
  • Successfully placed candidates for clients: AT&T, CATERPILLAR, GE Capital, GE-HealthCare, FISERV and GXS
  • Coordinating background checking and other related on-board process with on-site administrative assistant
  • Coordinating with background checks, credit checks, Drug test etc
  • Good knowledge in US Work Authorization and Employment Definitions (H1B, TN, 1099, Permanent Resident, Citizen)
  • Have worked with technologies like COBOL, CICS, DB2, SAP, Java, ASP.net, VB.Net, SQL, J2EE, and Oracle
  • Www.savvy-it.com

Education

Bachelors - Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Anna University of Technology
Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
01.2011

Skills

  • Sourcing and recruiting
  • Communication skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Applicant tracking systems (ATS)
  • Talent acquisition
  • Pipeline development
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Business Administration
  • Operations Management
  • Meeting assistance
  • Report Preparation
  • Operational leadership
  • Strategic Planning

Certification

  • AON - Certified Talent Acquisition Professional
  • LinkedIn Certified Recruiter

Awards

  • Best Performer of the Year (Rating 5), 2023
  • Best TAG Partner for AIA BU (Award from Business Units), 2023
  • Gold reward for exceeding the expectation (Award from Business Units), 2023

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Sr. Executive – Recruitment

Cognizant Technology Solutions
08.2014 - 10.2024

Associate – HR

SavvySoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd
06.2012 - 08.2014

Bachelors - Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Anna University of Technology

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