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NOTICE PERIOD
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Yamuna CHANDRASEKARAN

Talent Acquisition Specialist
Chennai

Summary

HR Professional with cumulative experience of 4 years and a comprehensive background in end-to-end recruitment processes and business partnering, bringing valuable expertise across the HR domain.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Junior Executive - Talent Acquisition Group

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
08.2021 - Current
  • Handling End-to-End recruitment process, Involving the Recruitment Life cycle right from sourcing to Onboarding Candidates.
  • Tracking down suitable candidates through implementing various Strategies to source potential candidates such as job boards , social media , employee referral and professional hiring sites .
  • Communicating with the client/Business POCs to identify the hiring needs of technical project requirements
  • Networked with Background Verification Team to ensure candidates' compliance with client standards and regulatory requirements
  • Managed a database of over 4000 candidates, ensuring an up-to-date recruitment pipeline. Organized over 150+ drives, efficiently filling a multitude of positions.
  • Collaborated with Hiring Managers to identify key competencies and skills required for open positions, resulting in a 60% increase in successful hires
  • Ensured a consistent joining ratio of 55-60%
  • Reduced dependency on vendors by utilizing the available Channels and Networking intensively on LinkedIn and Naukri
  • Actively participated in Diversity and inclusion initiatives, fostering an inclusive work environment, and promoting diverse hiring practices
  • Liable for conducting video HR Discussions to learn about candidate's personal and employment history , run basic background checks on employment , Negotiating constructively on the salary , compute candidate's attitude and carry out the required actions to extend the offer .
  • Effectively achieved my Offer and Joiner Target
  • Fulfilling business requirement with quality hiring
  • Niche skill sourcing and hiring includes variety of skills of Salesforce , SAP , ADOBE .
  • Hired candidates with niche skills in demand likely SFDC Velocity, Veeva, FSL, SAP SAC reporting, Syniti ADM , Adobe BED , Adobe FED , Adobe EDS , Adobe Content Authoring , Adobe Fullstalk developer Technical and closed the demands within the timeline.
  • Recruiting and operation tool: TALRIGHT, PEOPLE SOFT HCM

Associate - HR

CHRYSALIS EZ VIDYA PRIVATE LTD
09.2020 - 08.2021


  • Managed Sourcing and Recruiting the candidates
  • Expertise in MS Excel and PowerPoint
  • Conducted Training programs on NITI Ayog and IBM's CSR Projects
  • Developed Content Creation Skills for our project and a software application called Sandbox
  • Conducted Employee Engagement Activities in the team to build our performance management skills

Education

Masters in Social Work - HUMAN RESOURCE -

MADRAS SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
Chennai, India
06-2020

Bachelor of Commerce - GENERAL

VIT UNIVERSITY
Vellore, India
04.2001 -

Skills

  • Screening and Interviewing
  • Negotiation
  • Sourcing and Networking
  • Assertive Candidate Engagement
  • Data Handling and Management
  • Effective Communication
  • Employer Branding Knowledge

NOTICE PERIOD

Immediate Joiner

Certification

AON Hewitt Certified Professional.

Timeline

AON Hewitt Certified Professional.

10-2024

Junior Executive - Talent Acquisition Group

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
08.2021 - Current

Associate - HR

CHRYSALIS EZ VIDYA PRIVATE LTD
09.2020 - 08.2021

Bachelor of Commerce - GENERAL

VIT UNIVERSITY
04.2001 -

Masters in Social Work - HUMAN RESOURCE -

MADRAS SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
Yamuna CHANDRASEKARANTalent Acquisition Specialist