Varun Ashtikar

About Varun Ashtikar

11+ years of work experience in USA and EMEA recruitment. Industry expertise includes information technology, finance, pharma, healthcare, engineering, retail, and manufacturing. Expertise in recruiting highly technical professionals. Excellent negotiation skills with candidates and clients. Possess strong interviewing and candidate evaluation skills. Prior experience in BPO (technical and non-technical) industry. Our clients choose iPlace because we make them money. Our service excellence is affirmed by the ClearlyRated Best of Staffing Client Award, which we won for the sixth consecutive time in 2023 with a Net Promoter Score of 83.8%. In our 17 years of business, iPlace has helped hundreds of companies across the world implement flexible and scalable recruiting solutions. Our 900+ sourcers and recruiters specialize in different industries, technologies, and geographies to ensure our clients get the best talent faster. For more information on partnering with iPlace, please contact me at v••••••••@iPlaceUSA.com or call me at 70••••••04.

Experience

1. Director - Client Servicing

   Iplace

   Jul 2022 — Present · Pune, IN

   Managing multiple client accounts in the retainer business unit for RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) and OSR (Outsourced Sourcing and Recruiting) hiring solutions. Also responsible for managing client accounts in the success-based business unit. Hiring focus on pharma and engineering industries. • Review job applications (resumes, cover letters, salary expectations, etc.) submitted by recruiters to identify the ones that qualify against client requirements. • Phone screen candidates and present only qualified candidates to clients. Provide constructive feedback (reason for rejection) to the recruiters after disqualifying a submission. • Develop a strong understanding of the job requisitions provided by clients after analyzing client requirements, identifying technical skills, and contextualizing domain/business needs. • Conduct in-take calls with hiring managers, build recruitment insights for recruiters, create screening questions to qualify or disqualify job applicants. • Optimize job descriptions and distribute it to delivery teams. • Improve the quality of submissions by reframing summaries, highlighting the must-have and nice-to-have skills, as well as their key competencies and achievements. • Educating recruiters via phone, email, and webinars on industry best practices, passive sourcing skills, as well as help, develop and polish their recruitment efficiencies and overall competency. • Participate and lead client calls, get timely feedback from clients about candidates submitted, provide clients with analytics and reporting. • Manage client relationships at all levels, including growth through farming activities, and client referrals.

Education

• St. aloysius College, Jabalpur

  Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Business/Commerce, General

  2008 — 2009

• St. Gabriel Higher secondary School

  H.S.C, Mathematics and Computer Science

  2007 — 2008