Amit N Bhagwat

9594610144
E-mail: abh9307@hotmail.com
Current Location: Mumbai

Objective:

To work with decent company startup or established company as Sr. IT / Technical Recruiter & lead a team

Success Mantra: Be a copy cat if it gives you success.

Summary:
• I have total 13 years of experience. I am a techno-functional candidate, prior to being a recruiter I have
worked as Network Engineer, System Administrator, and Faculty.
• 4 years of solid experience solely in US IT Recruitments and Staffing.
• 6 years of solid experience in staffing
• Good knowledge about H1-B process can work alone for H1-B process (visa transfer & applying for new
visa also.
• Full Recruitment Life Cycle experience.
• Also familiar with all the major time zones in US. (EST, CST, MST, PST)
• Coordinated interviews, scheduled drug screens, and background checks.
• Extended job offers, presented company overviews and benefits.
• Performed reference checking.
• Worked with overseas candidates for office in USA.
• Developed requirements and job descriptions.
• Designed and developed Internet job postings.
• Facilitated strong, long-term company and candidate relationships.
• Worked with outside agencies/temporary services negotiating terms.
• Maintenance of job postings on the company web site.
• Monster, CareerBuilder, HotJobs, Dice, Free Boards (LinkedIn, recruiterblogs.com), etc.
• Very particular in providing the right resumes addressing different requirements daily in CORE
Competition.
• Very good Analytical and problem solving skills.
• Assertive and aggressive hunter mentality in approach to recruitment.
• Ability to think through as well as anticipate and solve problems.
• Strong verbal, written and presentation skills, interacts well with all levels.
• Good organization and time management skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work under deadlines.
• Experience in W2, 1099, corp to corp recruitment, vendor management, and salary & rates negotiation
with outsourcing companies. Signing contracts with outsourcing companies & consultants.
• Recruited for – Information technology, Banking, Healthcare, Finance, Manufacturing, Retail, US
Government & Semi Government for permanent, contract & contract to permanent positions.

Major Technical Recruiting Areas:

ERP:
Technical Support:
OO- Development:
ERP Packages:
Database Administrators:
Edwards, Peoplesoft, Oracle Apps, SAP, Lawson
DHCP, DNS, HTTP. HTTPS, Firewall, Proxy Servers
C++, Visual C++, MFC, COM/DCOM, API, Win32
R/3, SAP Modules-SD, MM, PP, FI/CO, ABAP/4, Peoplesoft
Oracle DBA, Sybase DBA, SQL DBA, DB2, Discover, People soft, CICS

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Amit N Bhagwat
9594610144
E-mail: abh9307@hotmail.com
Current Location: Mumbai

Mainframe: COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, VSAM, IDMS, IMS, NATURAL ADABAS, CA-7,
EXPEDITOR, Assembler
Testing: Winrunner, Load Runner, Test Director, Silk Test, Black Box Testing, White Box
Testing, Rational Tools - Rational robot.
Business intelligence: SAS, Cognos, Informatica, Business Objects.
CRM: SAP CRM, PP, MM, HRMS, Security, SD, Oracle, Peoplesoft, Vantive, Clarify,
Scopus, Siebel
EAI: WebMethods, TIBCO, SeeBeyond, IBM WebSphere MQ/MQSeries, MS BizTalk,
Weblogic, Oracle 9iAS
Languages: C, UNIX: C, C++/VC++, Unix, Linux Device Drivers, Unix Internals, IPC, Shared
memory, File Management, Socket Programming, Multithreading, Shell scripting,
Perl.
Networking: SNMP, NMS, ATM, TCP/IP
Telecom: Call Processing, Switching, VOIP, SS7, Mobile application, DSP, SIP Protocols,
Mobile Testing, Telecom Testing
E-commerce/Internet: J2EE, Java, Servlets, EJB, JSP, Core java, Applets, HTML, XML, XSL, MATRIX,
TIBCO, Silver Stream, Struts, JavaScript, Swing, AWT, RMI, Web Sphere, Web
Methods, Web Services, WAP, WML
Configuration: Rational ROSE, Rational Clear Case, Erwin, ER Studio, MS Visual Modeler,
Developer/Designer 2000, Microsoft Project, Visual SourceSafe, ClearQuest,
Winrunner, Load runner, Silk performer, Rational SQA Suite, Compuware QARun,
Intersolv PVCS Tracker, Norton Ghost, SilkTest, SQA suite, Webload
Application: Oracle, D2K, Forms, Reports, Pro*C, PL/SQL, Unix, Visual Basic, ASP, COM,
DCOM, Crystal Reports, Power Builder, Sybase, SQL Server, C#, Asp.net, Vb.net,
Ado.net
Data ware Housing: Business Objects, Informatica, ERWIN, Data Mining, Data Modeling, Micro
strategy
Technical Writer: Frame maker, Robohelp, Flash, Acrobat Reader
Systems Administrators: HP-UX, Solaris, AIX, SCO, NT, Network Administrators - Installation,
Configuration, Trouble Shooting, CCNA, CCNP
Billing Packages: Portal Infranet, Kenan, LHS, Kernel, OS Internals
Wireless: GSM/GPRS, CDMA, Motorola chipset, Wireless Handsets, RF Engineers, Mixed
Signal IC , Electrical Engineers, Design Engineers, ASIC Design Engineers,
Embedded, MMI Engineers
Regulations: HIPAA, SOX, ISO9000
Billing Packages: Portal Infranet, Kenan, LHS, Kernel, OS Internals

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9594610144
E-mail: abh9307@hotmail.com
Current Location: Mumbai

Industries:
Healthcare, Billing and Customer Care, Telecommunication, Wireless, Aviation, Storage Area Network,
Security, Fiber Optical Networks, Retail, Web Applications, Financials(Investments, Fixed-income),
Manufacturing, logistics, IT consulting, Construction, home improvement, government agencies

Experience:

InterBase Services Pvt. Ltd Since Oct 14th ‘09

Sr. IT Recruiter

Doing DBM & recruitment. I just created a Big 5 consulting company as client of IB got a requirement &
closed it in flat 1 week!!! Placed a Remedy CMDB consultant.

Note: I have removed my experience with a domestic recruitment agency since it was a disaster/insult
to my experience & knowledge!!!

Source One Professionals Aug 04th ‘08 – Mar 31st ‘09

Sr. IT Recruiter
Reason of leaving: lay off

Responsibilities:
 Business development.
 Sales & marketing of H1-B candidates
 Work on requirements received from tier one vendors & our Account Manager.
 Follow up for time sheets, generate a report on time sheets, and send the report to Payroll Company.
 H-1B filling, conducting briefing sessions for employees on visa interview
 Also working on H1-B visa transfer.

SPIA a venture of InterBase Corporation 14th Jun ‘05 – May 31st ‘08
Sr. IT Recruiter

An US staffing company.

Responsibilities
 Lead a team of 5 recruiters.
 Actively involved in internal recruitment of recruiters & developers.
 Trained new joinees on the process of US staffing.
 Received requirements from my manager & then distribute it among my team members, help them in
understanding the requirement & source candidates from job boards like Dice.com, Monster.com,
Nettemps.com, Hotjobs.com
 Negotiated hourly rates & salary.

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Amit N Bhagwat
9594610144
E-mail: abh9307@hotmail.com
Current Location: Mumbai

InterBase’s 85% of revenue comes from placements for permanent position, work mainly on W2 & 1099,
placements on corp to corp basis was little less. Since major focus was on permanent positions; my
interaction with outsourcing companies was less, but we did have preferred vendors if incase need be.

Worked on following positions:

ERP: Edwards, Peoplesoft, Oracle Apps, SAP, Lawson

Technical Support: DHCP, DNS, HTTP. HTTPS, Firewall, Proxy Servers
OO- Development: C++, Visual C++, MFC, COM/DCOM, API, Win32
ERP Packages: R/3, SAP Modules-SD, MM, PP, FI/CO, ABAP/4, Peoplesoft
Database Administrators: Oracle DBA, Sybase DBA, SQL DBA, DB2, Discover, People soft, CICS
Mainframe: COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, VSAM, IDMS, IMS, NATURAL ADABAS, CA-7,
EXPEDITOR, Assembler
Testing: Winrunner, Load Runner, Test Director, Silk Test, Black Box Testing, White Box
Testing, Rational Tools - Rational robot.
Business intelligence: SAS, Cognos, Informatica, Business Objects.
CRM: SAP CRM, PP, MM, HRMS, Security, SD, Oracle, Peoplesoft.
EAI: WebMethods, TIBCO, SeeBeyond, IBM WebSphere MQ/MQSeries, MS BizTalk,
Weblogic, Oracle 9iAS
Languages: C, UNIX: C, C++/VC++, Unix, Linux Device Drivers, Unix Internals, IPC, Shared
memory, File Management, Socket Programming, Multithreading, Shell scripting,
Perl.
Networking: SNMP, NMS, ATM, TCP/IP
Telecom: Call Processing, Switching, VOIP, SS7, Mobile application, DSP, SIP Protocols,
Mobile Testing, Telecom Testing
E-commerce/Internet: J2EE, Java, Servlets, EJB, JSP, Core java, Applets, HTML, XML, XSL, MATRIX,
TIBCO, Silver Stream, Struts, JavaScript, Swing, AWT, RMI, Web Sphere, Web
Methods, Web Services, WAP, WML
Configuration: Rational ROSE, Rational Clear Case, Erwin, ER Studio, MS Visual Modeler,
Developer/Designer 2000, Microsoft Project, Visual SourceSafe, ClearQuest,
Winrunner, Load runner, Silk performer, Rational SQA Suite, Compuware QARun,
Intersolv PVCS Tracker, Norton Ghost, SilkTest, SQA suite, Webload
Application: Oracle, D2K, Forms, Reports, Pro*C, PL/SQL, Unix, Visual Basic, ASP, COM,
DCOM, Crystal Reports, Power Builder, Sybase, SQL Server, C#, Asp.net, Vb.net,
Ado.net
Data ware Housing: Business Objects, Informatica, ERWIN, Data Mining, Data Modeling, Micro
strategy
Technical Writer: Frame maker, Robohelp, Flash, Acrobat Reader

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Amit N Bhagwat
9594610144
E-mail: abh9307@hotmail.com
Current Location: Mumbai

Systems Administrators:
Billing Packages:
Wireless:
Regulations:
Billing Packages:
HP-UX, Solaris, AIX, SCO, NT, Network Administrators - Installation,
Configuration, Trouble Shooting, CCNA, CCNP
Portal Infranet, Kenan, LHS, Kernel, OS Internals
GSM/GPRS, CDMA, Motorola chipset, Wireless Handsets, RF Engineers, Mixed
Signal IC , Electrical Engineers, Design Engineers, ASIC Design Engineers,
Embedded, MMI Engineers
HIPAA, SOX, ISO9000
Portal Infranet, Kenan, LHS, Kernel, OS Internals

Achievement:

7 closers in 8 months after joining InterBase Corporation.

Placed candidates for following clients:

Capital Group, US Tech, OptionOne Mortgage, Cardinal Health, Sony, Coke, IBM, Siltronic, Black & Decker
(home improvement division), AT&T, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Suzlon, Countrywide Financials.

United Systems Infotech Pvt. Ltd Jun ‘03 - Jun 10th ‘05
Asst. Manager- HR

A SAP training organization.

Responsibilities

 Recruitment of the staff, technical consultant and counselors

 Placing trained professionals with clients
 Developing Corporate Relations;
 Framing marketing strategies for business development.

Grace Computers and Electronics Oct ’01 - May ‘03

System Administrator

Responsibilities

Sales, service, maintenance of AMC customers.

K-Soft Technologies Mar ‘00 - Aug ‘01

Faculty

Responsibilities

After probation period of six months I was promoted to Lab-In-Charge. Lab was equipped with 15 machines,
excluding software development lab, which had 6 machines. The responsibility included maintenance of labs,

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9594610144
E-mail: abh9307@hotmail.com
Current Location: Mumbai

software and hardware maintenance, and maintenance of all machines. We were working on Windows NT
server. I was also the head of Linux training department. This lab had 7 machines. I was responsible in
drafting the syllabus for the same.

I also headed the Research and Development department for Linux. During my tenure as training department
head I successfully completed 3 batches. Total count of all machines was 33 machines, accounts department,
marketing department, 2 classrooms, and director of the company having 1 machine each.

Canpex Trading Corp Jan ‘97 - Mar ‘00

Network Engineer

Responsibilities

The company has import-export business, importing and exporting chemicals, raw materials etc. At the time
of joining I was designated as Jr. Programmer cum Asst. System Administrator. They had Novell Netware
3.11 as server with 20 clients. After 1 year I was promoted to Sr. System Administrator, which gave me rights
to upgrade the system, I upgraded the setup to Windows NT server and Windows NT workstation. My job
involved looking after any hardware problems and getting sorted out and also communicating with Annual
Maintenance Contract Company. The job responsibility also involved constant upgrade of the software
according to the needs of the management. I was leading a team of five programmers.

Technical Qualification:

Honors Diploma in System Management from Aptech Ltd.

Programming Language: COBOL, UNIX, and C& C++, .NET, Shell scripting.

Database Management: MS-Access, OLAP, and MOLAP.

Operating System: UNIX, Linux, Windows NT, Windows 2000,

Windows XP, Novell Netware, Sun Solaris.

Web Servers: Apache Server, Samba Server, Lotus Notes, and Lotus
Domino

Software Engineering: SDLC, water fall life cycle, data structures.

Education:

B.A – English

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