Resume

Kandula Santosh Kumar
Hyderabad, 500013
Andhra Pradesh, India
Mobile: +91 8686456982
kandulasantosh@gmail.com
Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kandulasantoshkumar/ CAREER OBJECTIVE:

To work in a challenging, competitive and obtainable environment, where I can acquire knowledge as well as utilize my skills to achieve organizational goal and grow along with it.

CAREER SUMMARY:

Having 10 + years of experience in Staffing & Recruiting. A proven track record of sourcing, recruiting candidate, interviewing and generating job offers for talented Software / Hardware Engineers to accomplish new project goals and objectives for Fortune 500 companies. Highly experienced in placing professional employees in contract, contract to hire and permanent positions in Information Technology, Finance, Telecommunication and Engineering industries in an efficient timely matter. 

Sourcing experience includes internet utilizing job boards to search for candidates, profile matching of highly technical consultants with skills.

Good communications skills including negotiation, presentation, research, interpersonal and teamwork skills.

Specialties

Sourcer, Leadership, Mentor, Innovative, Creative. Strong Networking Capabilites, Cost Effective Sourcing Techniques/ Methodologies. Ability to find passive candidates in Information Technology, Accounting, Audit, Financial Services, Biotech, Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences, Medical Devices ,Healthcare, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sales.

Networking Organizations

LINKEDIN, FACEBOOK, SPOKE, XING, RECRUITINGBLOGS, TWITTER, ZOOMINFO, REFERYES, SOURCECON, OPENNETWORKERS, 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:


247 Headhunting

Senior Sourcing Specialist / Sourcing Team Leader     January 2009 – Present

247headhunting is the premier provider of offshore recruitment, sourcing and screening services — supplying superior candidates 24 hours a day. 247headhunting has offices in Chicago, IL; London, UK; and Hyderabad, India. visit http://www.247Headhunting.com.

My responsibilities include: • Managing a team of sourcers for a large client account / multiple client accounts 
• Interacting with US-based clients to develop sourcing strategies and managing the account
• Assisting in the training and development of senior sourcers, sourcers and 247Headhunting trainees 
• Certifying for team members 
• Monitoring the team performance and conducting Quick reviews and Monthly Appraisals for team members 
• Allocating resources within the team 
• Sourcing candidates using a multiplicity of Internet-based sourcing techniques including subscription and free job boards, web    crawlers and search engines, social networking tools, blogs, local organizations’ websites, discussion groups, and proprietary    resume databases 
• Preparing and send e-mails to candidates describing the job opportunity 
• Maintaining daily and weekly client reports 

247 Headhunting

Sourcing specialist     September 2006 – December 2008 

247Headhunting – The world's leading offshore Recruitment Process Outsourcing (oRPO) company.

To source qualified candidates for different job requisitions using Internet research assistance, network building & researching from job boards and corresponding to Recruiting staff

• Using both the Internet, Job boards and potentially using 247 Local database to identify candidates for specific job opportunities 
• Understanding job requisitions; matched Job description, roles and responsibilities of that position, Location of work, Pay range and also check on Visa status etc.
• Initial research to get information on nature of work for a specific position from sites like Google, Wikipedia or answers.com. 
• Sourcing resumes from various Job portals like Monster, Dice, Google, Career builder and Hot Jobs by using different search strings which suits the job profile; Screening & pooling the good set of candidature.
• Developing and maintaining an active list of available candidates 
• Short turn around time to source for a particular Requisition.
• Reporting-Track all activities we do which include job openings, obtaining feedback, hires and post-hire summaries 
• Track candidate details & update post feedback to find status of each candidate sourced.
• Responsible to send Daily status report and accountability report to Manager.
• Responsible to send Weekly submittals report to Clients
• Working knowledge of Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and Advanced Internet sourcing techniques. 

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION:

Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from Sikkim Manipal University.
Bachelor of Electronic and Computer Science from Osmania University.
Intermediate (M.P.C) from Aliya Govt Junior College, Gunfoundary, Nampally. 
Secondary School (S.S.C.) from Srinivasa High School, Amberpet, HYD (A.P).

IT ACQUAINTANCE:

Operating Systems           : Windows XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003, Server 2008, Linux
Databases                      : Knowledge of Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access.
Applications                   : MS Office, Adobe Photoshop, PageMaker
ATS                              : PCrecruiter, Smartsearch, Bigbiller, Zoho etc… 
Hardware/Networking     : MCSE, MCITP, PC Troubleshooting and CCNA Knowledge.