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Shivkumar Gurram ↗️

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Talent Sourcing Trainer at Careernet
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Shivkumar is the Founder of SourcingXPress, a recruitment platform incubated with IIT Ropar. With over 15 years of experience, he is an expert in open-source talent sourcing and has trained thousands of recruiters. People often describe him as an exceptional, dedicated, and knowledgeable sourcing expert.

As a hobby that evolved into a mission, Shivkumar dedicates his free time, including weekends and holidays, to mentoring aspiring recruiters. He is passionate about helping people on career breaks return to work by creating a community of "Recruiting SoloPreneurs" and providing free training sessions.

Interesting fact: He was one of only 22 people worldwide to win the Global Sourcing Contest held by Boolean Strings.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
Talent Sourcing Trainer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Talent Sourcing
An expert with 15+ years of experience, he has authored publications on Boolean search techniques and provides extensive training on sourcing talent from the open web.
Recruitment Reform
He is on a mission to fix the "brutal" Indian recruitment business by creating a more transparent and ethical ecosystem through his platform, SourcingXPress.
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Career

Work history

1-2024
Talent Sourcing Trainer
Careernet
9-2023
Founders Hub
Microsoft for Startups
3-2023
Founder - Mission converting to Product
SourcingXPress
12-2022
Founder and Mentor | Hobby converted to Mission of Creating Recruiting SoloPreneur
SourcingXPress
5-2022 - 12-2022
SDE-III Recruiter
Amazon
In the press

Media appearances

Sourcing Shots by SourcingXPress : How I created 150 .... Featured in YouTube
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Education
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)
Dr. C. V. Raman University, Kota Bilaspur
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