Keerthi K

Around 8+ years of experience in IT Recruitment. Proficient in Recruiting and marketing techniques such as vendor networking and Internet search. Expert level knowledge and work experience in internet recruitment sites like Dice, Monster, Career Builder, Tech-Fetch, Indeed, and LinkedIn.

Experience working for Full-time, Contract to Perm and contract roles. Full life cycle Recruitment in IT/Non-IT, State Department, and Engineering solutions staffing and recruiting experience with the flexibility and ability to multi-task in number and variety of projects.

Experienced working on ATS: Job Diva. Creative, proactive and self-directed professional with the ability to interact with all levels of management. A resourceful, solution-focused professional with excellent interpersonal and rapport-building skills. Self-motivated professional who achieves results and has superior ability to coordinate and perform several. Resourcing profiles through portals, headhunting, references & Professional database.

Senior US IT Recruiter / Technical Recruiter at UNIFY Technology (2024-03 – Present)

• Manage full-cycle US IT recruitment, including requirement understanding, candidate sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offer negotiation, and placement.
• Work closely with Account Managers, Business Development Managers, hiring managers, and clients to understand technical requirements and deliver qualified candidates within aggressive turnaround times.
• Source candidates through Dice, LinkedIn, Indeed, Monster, Career-builder, and other professional networking platforms, as well as referrals, vendor networks, and headhunting.
• Work extensively with VMS/MSP environments and understand vendor submission processes, candidate ownership, compliance, and submission guidelines.
• Recruit for a wide range of technical positions including Java,.NET, Python, Node.js, Angular, React, Full Stack, DevOps, Cloud, Data Engineering, QA/SDET, Business Analyst, Project Manager, Scrum Master, Cybersecurity, SAP, AI/ML, and Solution Architect roles.
• Screen candidates based on technical skills, project experience, location, work authorization, availability, communication skills, and overall fit with client requirements.

Senior Recruiter at US Tech Solutions – HYD (2024-04 – 2025-11)

Involved in full cycle Recruitment, sourcing, identifying, and interviewing, screening and placing personnel in quick turnaround time in contract, contract to hire and permanent positions.

• Daily use of applicant tracking system (ATS), posting available positions and searching resumes for potential candidates.
• Working with VMS (Vendor Management System)
• Explain duties, compensation, benefits and working conditions to all potential candidates.
• Understanding the client requirements, short listing and screening consultant.
• Responsible for recruitment analysis and Process of recruitment.
• Experienced in Test Screening, Short listing, scheduling interviews, updating the candidates, placing to the Project.
• Understanding the client requirements, coordinating for short listing and screening including preliminary interview of the candidates.

US IT Recruiter at NITYA Software Solutions Inc (2022-02 – 2024-04)

• Developing and maintaining network to assist in identifying and sourcing qualified candidates. Network and maintain relationships with key candidate communities for short and/or long term opportunities.
• Create and maintain a custom database of candidate contacts and job requisitions from open to close
• Has strong experience with high volume recruiting. Possess strong sense of Urgency, Flexibility.
• Reviewed, cleaned up and prepared candidate resumes for client submission.
• Working directly with hiring managers for all area clients and managing candidates through the process to have them placed on assignments.
• Consistently met and exceed staffing goals.
• Prepared candidates for interviews.

US IT Recruiter at Centraprise (2021-05 – 2022-01)

• Handling full life cycle Recruiting activities for US to include Posting Positions, Pre-screening & Interviewing candidates over phone, obtaining leads and reference checking, client interview arrangements, closing and offer preparation.
• Gathering and maintaining placement statistics for client and internal reports and benchmarking purposes.
• Working with Accounts / Resource managers on all staffing related issues, such as recruitment, selection of candidates, offers, salary negotiation, interview techniques and closing candidates.
• Discuss the "core" of the job description and deliver exceptional IT candidates in a timely fashion.
• Participating in weekly recruitment meetings, conference calls, focusing on troubleshooting difficult positions and managing client issues.
• Extensively worked on negotiating of rates on W2/1099/ C2C

US IT Recruiter at One IT Crop (2020-11 – 2021-05)

• Gathering Requirements from BDM.
• Understanding client needs and meeting their requirements with good response time.
• Circulating requirement to Vendors to get resumes from the 3rd party.
• Create job requisitions and accurately manage candidates through the recruiting workflow in applicant tracking systems
• Use social and professional networking sites to identify and source candidates
• Rate negotiation with Green Card /US Citizen Candidates on W2 or 1099 terms or Corp to Corp rates with 3rd party in case of H-1B, H4EAD, L2EAD visa candidates.
• Identify and submit qualified candidates to Client Hiring Managers based on the provided job description
• Coordinating with Accounts manager and the consultant regarding interview schedules.
• Collecting interview feedback and updating the same to the candidate.

Talent Acquisition Specialist at Reinciar Technologies Inc. (2018-05 – 2020-11)

• Scheduling interviews, hiring, and on-boarding new employees.
• Worked on, contract to hire as well as contractual assignments for all solutions as well as staffing requirements (C2C, 1099, W-2)
• Responsible for coordinating the interview process, checking references, negotiating terms and rates for each project extending offers, background and drug test initiation and closing candidates
• Developed and implemented effective recruiting strategies to attract, screen, recruit, and select high quality candidates.
• Used Dice / Monster type job sites with respect to searches & postings.
• Interviewed and screened candidates.
• Established and maintained solid working relationships with hiring managers.
• Determined the needs of the hiring managers.
• Developed databases for client and candidates contact information.
• Must be able to meet aggressive deadlines and handle multiple high priority requirements at any given time.
• Must have broad overall knowledge of technical terminology.
• Competent in all aspects of the recruiting lifecycle.
• Qualifies candidates by interviewing them, assessing soft skills, and suitability/technical fit to the position.
• Reviews and recommends qualified candidates for open positions.
• Coordinates the various rounds of technical, management and client interviews, collects and record feedback.
• Extensive experience with full recruiting process including sourcing, identifying candidates, telephone screening, in person & over the phone interviewing

B.E in Computer Science – Muffakham Jah College of Engineering & Technology (2017)