1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Kurt Mario Dcruze
Kurt.dcruze07@gmail.com
India: 91-9985870004
Oman: 968-90134995
Marital status: Married
Date of Birth: 06-10-1980
Passport number: L3775749
Date of Birth: 06.10.1980
Summary:
Over 10 years of strong track record of handling middle & senior level Talent Acquisition, with over 6
years in managerial roles. Positive, result orientated by building partnerships and modeling teamwork,
communicating in an open, balanced and objective manner. Hands on knowledge of talent acquisition,
employee engagement and operations. Produce results under pressure in a fast paced environment.
Ability to manage multiple and varied tasks with enthusiasm and prioritize workload with attention to
detail. Flexible, adaptable individual with excellent organizational skills. High achiever with the motivation,
tenacity and energy and resilience to see things through to successful completion. Client focused and
commercial awareness. Creative problem solving and operate constructively in a changing environment.
Record of demonstrable personal achievement with proven management and leadership skills. Ability to
manage large, complex project.
Working with Crowe Horwath (Al Ghazali Management and Economic Consultants) as Sr
Consultant Talent Acquisition from Sept 15-till date.
Responsible for development of the overall talent management strategy to build a candidate
pipeline and ensure alignment and collaboration across the business.
Leading productive and innovative sourcing, effective screening, interview and pre-hire
processes.
Continue to innovate and develop candidate sourcing strategies by leveraging available tools;
company website, job boards, employee referrals, recruiting tools and agencies where
appropriate.
Introduced and implementing strategic sourcing methodologies and recruitment initiatives,
including implementing psychometrics, enhancing the competency based interview and
implementing new tools (Group recruitment online portal)
Partner with stakeholders in the business and HR to understand needs and develop strategic
Talent Acquisition and Workforce Planning initiatives to attract top talent.
Maintain recruitment databases to ensure accurate tracking of vacancies and budget.
Supported the team in handling requisitions for high volume recruitment.
2. Managed the recruitment team to ensure effective prioritization of project needs.
Provide training and feedback to the Hiring Managers on interview techniques and continuous
improvement in the recruitment process.
Ensure up-to-date documentation and simple process flows for recruitment, on-boarding and
other relevant processes.
Ensure effective inductions take place for all new staff.
Provide accurate reporting on recruitment to the Senior Management team on a weekly basis.
Play a key role in the mobilization of new projects and management of large scale recruitment
campaigns under time constraints.
Meets regularly with the head of departments to ensure that they have an adequate manning to
support the operations and understands the job profiles and descriptions of new positions.
Coordinate with personnel department to ensure the visa processing of new hires are being
carried out in order to ensure the start date for new hires are as planned.
Working with Ducere Technologies Pvt Ltd as Assistant Manager-Talent Acquisition from
August 2014- 13 Sept 15.
Built and executed the talent acquisition strategy aligned with the business to create a seamless
recruitment and hiring process.
Served as a strategic business partner to the management organization and HR team, building
talent acquisition strategies and processes designed to recruit the very best talent in the
business.
Brought forward thinking anticipatory view to the recruiting function. Understands and plans talent
acquisition strategies for all areas of the business.
Played a key role in developing recruiting goals and strategies for Ducere’s and is responsible for
holding all members of the leadership team accountable for their respective roles in recruiting &
selection.
Lead, manages and mentors a team of 4 including a recruiting coordinator and both company and
contract recruiters.
Manage external recruiting agency relationships.
Build strong partnerships with Ducere’s recruiting leaders to implement recruiting systems, policy
and best practices.
Defines talent acquisition metrics and develops tracking and reporting methods. Analyzes the
data to determine functional effectiveness.
Engage in internal and external research, as well as benchmarking/ best practices activity.
Worked with Career Logic Staffing as Consultant from Dec 2010- July 2014.
Work closely with Clients and the HR community to deliver a superior recruitment service to
clients and candidates in the ITES/ IT product and Services domain.
Recruited for product based companies and services within software development cycle across
technologies.
Meet SLAs standards and engage with clients on metrics and data
Hands on experience in planning, staffing, and delivering results.
3. Innovative recruitment strategies to close niesh positions. Hands on experience in sourcing,
innovative sourcing methods.
Suggest qualitative and quantitative performance metrics to deliver in continuously improving the
hiring experience and results.
Involved in a consultative approach with the business to understand and deliver an appropriate
and timely recruitment service.
Data driven approach to clients.
Engage on Pan India recruitment assignments based on client, data and delivery.
Manage candidate sourcing, including candidate communication, reviewing and screening CVs,
scheduling interviews, tracking applicants and communicating feedback to uphold our candidate
care philosophy.
Driving numbers of prospective candidates using mix of low-cost talent acquisition channels.
Build relationships and credibility across clients with TA and resource managers.
Work in partnership with network of channels in delivering on hiring strategies and maintaining
cost.
Planning and running of recruitment campaigns such as job fairs, graduate recruitment and
advertisement management. Campus engagements branding and university connect.
Worked for SamCruz Consulting Pvt Ltd in Manager HR from Feb 2008 to Nov 2010.
Employee Engagement, Employee relations, employee resource center.
Handling attrition and retention of employees.
Policy framework, exit interviews, inductions, operations.
Leading a HR team of 5, and also Recruitment team of 4 .
End to End recruitment.
HR consulting and Recruitment consulting.
HR strategy, Start Up Campus strategy.
Worked for MA FOI as an Associate Consultant from. Jan 2007 to Jan 2008 .
Recruiting for IT (Product – Services) & Non IT .
Strong sourcing, negotiation skills, client engagement and candidate experience.
End to end contract staffing.
Co-coordinating with Clients and timely execution of assignments and other Mafoi centers and
Sub regions of Andhra Pradesh.
Involved in business development function in terms of negotiation and finalizing the permanent
staffing.
Strong campus background.
Administering psychometric tests on behalf of the clients.
Preparing MIS, Daily activity and Monthly reports.
Preparing various reports like Business Excellency reports, Mandate conversion and Monthly
review reports.
Worked for Brain Tree Consulting As Campus Coordinator July 2003 to Oct 2006
Campus coordinator.
Worked for Lead Skills Consultancy, As a HR Consultant from June 2002 to May 2003.
4. Provide recruits for various levels through walk-ins and head hunting.
Obtaining resumes as per specified requirements.
Screen and recruit candidates on all levels as per requirements.
Handle the complete recruitment cycle right from sourcing and short listing to tracing follow up
and referral checks.
Explain the job profile to the candidate and sell the job to the candidate.
Participate with hiring manager to understand the subject and background required for each
appointment with the client and the organization.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Symbiosis Institute of
Management 2005.