About

Arun Palanisamy is a Human Resource Graduate with 3.86 years of experience in talent acquisition and recruitment. He is a people-oriented person with strong communication and interpersonal skills, well acquainted with HR databases, hiring procedures, recruitment activities, interviewing candidates, and employee engagement. Arun is currently working as a Global Talent Acquisition Specialist at Intellect Design Arena, managing hiring for the Global Consumer Banking Unit across technologies. He closely works with hiring managers on multiple requirements across technology and manages off-campus hiring for non-engineering graduates while handling escalations over the hiring process. Arun has a proven track record of maintaining a 75% offer-to-joiner ratio, offering 35-40 candidates per month across technology. He manages hiring for Associate to Assistant Vice President level and introduced new methods, practices, and systems to reduce turnaround time. Arun has anticipated and tracked operational and tactical risks to provide strategic solutions. He leverages employee referrals, direct sourcing, internet applications, and recruitment agencies to source candidates for positions. Prior to joining Intellect Design Arena, Arun worked at Capgemini as a Talent Acquisition Specialist, managing PAN India requirements for 1750 demands across levels every quarter on niche and critical technology & skills. He managed hiring for more than 60+ projects and onboarded 90-120 candidates on a monthly basis with a conversion of 72%. Arun also handled escalations from stakeholders and staffing & RMG for demand discussion and delivery plan. He created and drove talent acquisition and job placement strategies to attract diverse candidates and optimized sourcing networks using proactive methods to direct source candidates. Before Capgemini, Arun worked at Teleperformance India as a Senior Executive Human Resources, handling entry-level, mid-level & leadership hiring for PAN India. He was completely involved in hiring domains such as Banking, Human Resources Operations, Customer Service, Sales, Finance & Accounting, and Information Technology. Arun closed positions across levels with the help of internal recruiting teams, consultants, job portals, employee references, etc. He issued offer letters to selected candidates and managed reference checks of candidates on work attitude and performance. Arun holds a Diploma in HR Analysis from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Bharathiyar University. He is a dedicated professional who is passionate about helping people get their dream jobs.