Saravanan Vasu

Experience

1. Senior Executive Recruiter

   Cognizant

   May 2015 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Talent Acquisition:• Result-oriented IT Hiring expert with comprehensive end-end recruitment life cycle. • Hiring exposure in PAN India, APAC (Australia, Singapore and Malaysia) and Middle East regions. • Seasoned in hiring Niche & Super Niche demands. • Expertise in stake holder management and make sure regular meetings are scheduled to understand hiring forecast for each account and formulate hiring strategy.• Excelled in Crisis management and established performance under pressure to deliver SLA’s with a swift TAT using various hiring & resource pulling strategies. • Good in sourcing, pre-screening & mapping profiles for across levels via Social Media, Job Boards, Chire - Internal database, Referral, Campaign and etc. • Conducting HR Interviews, Salary Negotiation, Fitment & Offer Processing. • Bulk hiring for large ramp ups with more than 120+ requisitions. Conducted Multi-city walk-in drives for volume based hiring and large ramp ups.• Work closely with WFM team for the RR validation and resource fulfilment.• Provide Market Intelligence data (current trends, skill availability, competitors’ analysis, etc) to the stakeholders’ to facilitate effective resource planning and forecasting.• Liase with the BGV, Pre-Joining & On-boarding team to ensure smooth on-boarding of candidates.• Conducting periodic connect sessions between the pipeline candidates & the business unit to have good pre-joining experience for the candidates & strengthen the joining conversion ratio.Campus Recruitment:• Plan & drive the campus hiring for IIT Madras and Delhi, • Facilitated all logistics preparation in partnership with business to arrange for interviews• Planning and executing intern hiring program at Engineering based on business need• Participated & help set up in campus recruitment for various engineering college.

Education

• Anna University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA