K.

Saravanan

Ashoksaravanan.k@gmail.com

9659812633

Summary:

 6+ years of extensive experience of Technology hiring, Technical Recruitment, Niche

skills recruitment, Talent Acquisition, Employer branding, Stakeholder management
for India market.
 Extensive experience in Product recruitment hiring for cutting edge technologies.
 Expertise in recruiting mid to senior level positions in various roles including
Engineering, Product and Business, in multiple fast growing startups.
 Maintaining the TAT (Turn Around Time) consistently.
 Addressing all the requirements without fail every day.
 Sourcing on job boards like LinkedIn, Monster, Naukri, etc.
 Setting a goal and tracking the growth in interval.
 Experienced working with SAAS based Product Companies (Eightflod.AI,6sense)
 Experienced with Greenhouse, EIghtflod.AI, Fieldglass, indeed, LinkedIn, Naukri,
monster, dice, career builder, Cutshort, GEM and various job portals to search
qualified candidates.
 Filtering and reviewing completed candidate profiles, resumes and evaluated
applicants work history, education and training, job skills, desired salary, and
personal qualifications against open requirements.
 Developing and implementing effective recruiting strategies in order to attract,
screen, recruit and select high-quality candidates including referral generation, ad
placement, position postings, direct sourcing, cold calling and networking to develop
a qualified pool of candidates.
 Establishing and maintaining solid working relationships with hiring managers and
internal stakeholders.
 Recruiting effectively through Job Portals & Employee Referrals.
 Creating and executing Candidate Referral Programs.
 Expertise in Linkedin recruitment, Boolean search and Xray search for searching
qualified candidates.
 Responsible for the full recruitment life cycle; including checking references,
negotiating pay, issuing offer letters, performing background checks and completing
paperwork for internal hiring.
 Develop and maintain a talent pipeline through social media, passive sourcing,
referrals, and establishing relationships with various professional networks

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

6sense Product Firm (AI Based Firm)

Technical Sourcing Recruiter (Talent Partner) Oct 2021 – Present

Responsibilities:

 B2B SAAS based Product firm

 Directly working together with the product director, the SWE director, the data
engineering director, and the business leaders to understand the business
requirements (hiring plan and discussing headcount on a quarterly basis) and to
close all the roles on schedule.
 Responsible for stakeholder management, advising them on available talent in Indian
market through market data, conducting live sourcing sessions and helping them
close the roles with appropriate candidates.
 Build the entire Product team from the scratch in the all the product division.
 responsible for hiring talent for Technology, and Product
 Oversaw hiring for two distinct business units (Product & engineering)
 Majorly involved in LinkedIn, Instahyre sourcing and headhunting and converting
them to active pipeline.
 Ensured positive candidate experience throughout the sourcing and interview
stages.
 Understand factors relevant to the business and Hiring Manager's needs (e.g., time
to hire, location, budget) and use this knowledge to develop and implement end-
to-end hiring plan aligned to the needs of the business group.
 Hired 'Diversity Talent' for Mid and Leadership level for Function IT & SC.
 Conduct market research and use data to build talent insights and
recommend hiring strategies.
 Provided recruitment counsel and guidance to hiring managers regarding market
employment trends, compensation, skills/attributes, target
companies, recruitment strategies, interviewing/assessments, and sourcing tactics.
 Hired the first Product Manager III (IC3 & IC4)  in India
 Shared weekly reports with management and stakeholders to keep them updated
on their requirements.

CelticBlue Technologies -(EightFold.AI) Product Firm (AI Based Firm)

Senior IT Recruiter February 2018 –Oct 2021

Responsibilities:

 Full Life-Cycle Recruiter with an understanding of employee recruitment, staffing,

interviewing and selection process.
 Coordinate meetings and interview times with candidates, hiring managers, and
stakeholders.
 Maintaining relationships with industry contacts to gain industry knowledge and get
referrals.
 Successfully designed and implemented Internship program.
  Having preliminary discussion with candidate over telephone in order to judge the
candidate's suitability, technical Skills, attitude, academic & professional
qualification, experience,
 Good communication and interpersonal skills.
 Handled bulk hiring, weekend drives and freshers hiring.
 Responsible for Stakeholder management, Vendor management directly interacted
with the Hiring Managers and Business for understanding of requirements and job
description, making appropriate key strings, and searching and sourcing on various
job portals like Naukri, Monster and LinkedIn, closing candidates with proper skill
sets.
 Pitching the company and the product, Screening, Interviewing, and scheduling
different rounds of interviews, arranging engagement calls, post offer follow-up
Supervise all aspects of the recruitment process.
 Cleaning ATS on a daily basis, reviewed all applications for technical positions and
stack ranked candidates based on skills needed for position requirements. Those
that met qualifications were scheduled for recruiter interviews.
 Provide a great candidate experience and act as a candidate advocate.

Enterprise Logic Enterprise Inc April 2016 - January 2018 (1 year 10 months)

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Responsibilities:

 Handled end to end recruitment process.

 Worked across all IT technologies and understood the client requirements.
 Formulation and Implementation of Recruitment/Sourcing strategies.
 Assigned the tasks of sourcing suitable candidates for different positions.
 Handled the tasks of maintaining proper records of the candidates in the database
system of the organization.
 Located potential candidates through Internet research, internal database, cold
calling, referrals, networking, job fairs, and other strategies.
 Qualified candidates for appropriate positions through a process of sourcing,
screening, and interviewing.
 Performed reference checks, negotiated terms and rates for each project,
coordinated the interview process, extended offers, and closed candidates.
 Updating and maintaining different Reports and Application Tracking System and
Resume Database 
 Ensured positive candidate experience throughout the sourcing and interview
stages.

EDUCATION:

 MBA Sastra University 2016

 BSc Computer Science NMSSVNC College 2014