About

Wasim Kanwade is an experienced Senior Talent Acquisition specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the IT and non-IT services industry. He has a Master of Computer Application (MCA) from the University of Pune and has expertise in tools like Dice, Monster, Naukri, LinkedIn, and Google Search. With over 8 years of relevant experience, he has handled bulk hiring for domestic clients and recruited candidates for USA and India clients for contract, contract-to-hire, remote, and permanent placements for all IT positions for multiple clients in different domains. Wasim is skilled in negotiation, communication, technical recruiting, self-confidence, and self-motivation. He has a strong human resources background and has recruited USC, GC, EAD's, H1B, TN, and other visa-dependent candidates on different tax term W2, C2C, and 1099 with and without benefits. His current designation is Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at EPAM Systems, where he is responsible for finding genuine candidates, their hiring, reference checking, documentation, tracking, and salary negotiations. Prior to joining EPAM Systems, Wasim worked as Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at FIS and Pro IT, Inc. At FIS, he managed end-to-end recruitment processes for the Merchant Solution BU in the banking and payments domain, with a major focus on requirement gathering, strategic sourcing, stakeholder management, team management, vendor management, salary negotiation, approvals, bulk hiring, niche hiring, senior hiring, candidate engagement, documentation, and onboarding. At Pro IT, Inc., he sourced candidates using internet-based sourcing techniques, conducted professional assessments and verifications for skills, experience, availability, compensation, willingness to travel/relocation, and overall suitability for the position. He also had thorough knowledge of recruiting processes from sourcing to recruiting for different employment types, including W2, Corp-to-Corp, for U.S. Citizens, GC, H1-B, TN, E3, and EAD holders. Wasim's education history includes a Master of Computer Application (MCA) from the University of Pune, with a specialization in Software Development, and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Computer Science from Shivaji University. He is proficient in Search, SQL, Data Warehouse, SDET, and Java.