Revathy Damodharan

Senior Recruitment Consultant (Feb 2022-April 2024)

• Extensive experience and strong proficiency in recruiting candidates for the MENA & GCC region.
• Industry/Technology; Data science, Data engineering, BI, Banking domain (Technology, Software engineer & testing, Enterprise architecture), Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Marketing , Communication, Media & Content management, Aviation & Engineering
• Managing the end-to-end recruitment life cycle starting from intake session with Hiring manager, sourcing candidates through offer issuance & acceptance
• Consistently met or exceeded recruitment KPIs including time-to-fill, candidate quality, and hiring manager satisfaction
• Collaborating with the business to understand talent needs, develop sourcing strategies, and manage full recruitment life cycle
• Developed and maintained customized recruitment dashboards using tools such as Excel, Google Sheets, or dedicated ATS platforms.
• Using ATS for job creation,sourcing, candidate tracking, offer letter creation & onboarding
• Collecting job requirements and posting jobs on the company site, LinkedIn, and job boards
• Conducted post-interview discussions with Hiring Managers to assess candidate suitability and alignment with role requirements.
• Talent pipelining for future business needs, particularly for niche skills.
• Building and maintaining a strong referral network.
• Enhanced candidate experience by ensuring timely feedback.
• Mentoring and training sourcing associates.

• Successfully recruited candidates at all levels, from entry-level to senior management, across diverse regions including GCC, South East Asia, and the MENA region
• My expertise extended to both permanent and contract hiring for UAE Govt organization & other MNC clients
• Consistently achieving or surpassing set targets as the top billing recruiter
• Manage the entire recruitment life cycle, from sourcing and screening to conducting interviews, negotiating salaries, extending offers, conducting reference checks, and ensuring a smooth follow-up process
• I maintained strong relationships with clients and candidates, offering timely feedback and support
• Furthermore, I played a crucial role in business development, actively generating new leads and converting them into valuable clients.
• Maintaining an updated internal database through meticulous reporting and assessment, and I also managed invoicing and diligently followed up on payments.

• Managing complete recruitment life cycle by sourcing the best talent from diverse sources
• Understanding the Job description & mapping out the search plan based on industry, profile & demographic mix
• Optimize search through Headhunting, networking, internal/external database & advertisements and submitting the candidate profiles to the clients for the required positions according to the company format
• Handling candidate assessments & scheduling Telephonic and face to face interviews of the identified candidates with the clients
• Finalizing the selection process, preparing the documents for the mobilization, joining formalities & raising the invoices.

• A consulting company that provides business, marketing, and technology services to clients
• The company operates three divisions, SapientNitro, Sapient Global Markets and Sapient Government Services.Responsible for recruiting software professionals from various technology domains like ATG,WCS,Demandware, Java/J2EE, QA/Testing
• Handled the tasks of sourcing, screening, selecting and submitting candidates to job orders within a defined discipline
• Expertise with TALEO for all activities- Candidate management including sourcing, screening, interviewing and closing candidates on Taleo
• Assigned the tasks of utilizing on-line database, candidate referrals (internal & external referral networks), other conventional and unconventional sources to identify potential candidates
• Offer discussion, Salary negotiation and Offer creation
• Managed the recruitment process from initial candidate contact to offer release ensuring anextra ordinary candidate experience
• Onboarding for local and outstation candidates
• Partnering with multiple stake holders-Clients, recruitment coordination team and candidates
• Was the SPOC for maintaining the sourcing database (Referrals /online applicants/agency profiles) in the team
• Building strong Referral network
• Building strong candidate pipelines & maintaining the candidate trackers at various stages of interview
• Performed recruitment tasks by applying the policies, rules and procedures of the organization
• Maintain and update competitive intelligence data for current recruitments as well as businessneeds through continuous research assignments
• Actively participate in internal HR networking activities & recruitment drives in Sapient-Walk-in events, scheduled hiring events and campus recruitment.