Arun Jose

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About Arun Jose

Arun Jose Thekkanal is a seasoned talent acquisition professional with extensive experience in full-cycle recruitment across diverse industries and regions. His expertise spans sourcing, screening, negotiating, and onboarding high-caliber candidates, leveraging various recruitment tools and strategies to meet organizational needs effectively. • Comprehensive recruitment expertise: Arun has managed recruitment in sectors including Education Technology, Cyber Security, Health Tech, Finance, and Human Resources, utilizing tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, and Workday. He is skilled in talent assessment, high-volume staffing, executive recruiting, and Canadian labor law compliance. • Leadership roles in technical recruiting: He has held senior technical recruiter positions at PointClickCare and Arctic Wolf Networks, partnering with engineering teams, optimizing candidate sourcing, leading recruitment projects, and implementing process improvements that reduced agency costs by over $2 million globally. • HR business partnering and talent acquisition: At Impressico Business Solutions and Pathway Communications, Arun designed job descriptions, managed hiring portals, developed contracts, and implemented employee engagement initiatives, while also coaching junior recruiters and improving hiring processes. • Early career and accomplishments: Starting as Deputy Manager at Extramarks Education India, he managed recruitment and training, organized campus drives, and implemented digital onboarding platforms. His achievements include hiring numerous software engineers rapidly, converting recruitment functions into profit centers, and receiving multiple awards for recruiting and training excellence