Arun Babu

Leading employer branding, recruitment marketing and talent market intelligence for India and the Philippines.

Lead employer branding for India for Amazon India Operations (IN OPS) and Compliance Operations (C-OPS) businesses under the e-commerce business umbrella.

Head - Talent Acquisition for Merck Information Technology Centre(MITC), our Global Technology Center (Captive Center / Global Capability Center - GCC) in Bangalore with an employee base of 1200+. Head - Employer Branding / Recruitment Marketing for Merck India - Conceived and drove Talent Branding and Employer Branding initiatives for Life Sciences, Health Care and Information Technology businesses of Merck India. Led a team of talented recruiters to grow the centre by 252% ( 600 people in a year) making MITC, a strategic, specialized, global Information technology hub for Merck Group. The centre continues to grow and evolve in to more specialised fields. Enhanced Gender Diversity in the centre from 12% to 22% through conscious hiring efforts. Head - University Relations (Campus Recruitment) for Life Sciences, Health Care and Information Technology businesses of Merck India.

Anchored Employer Branding at Infosys for India. Worked in collaboration with stakeholders within and outside the organization to present their success stories and experiences in a better way. Engaged with varied Social Media platforms to enhance the visibility and perception of the brand. Continually ideated on how to engage with the current and future employees and present that experience to the world at large.

We are the team at Infosys which hands out the very first job to many an aspiring Engineering and Business graduate :). I handle Campus Recruitment at Infosys for the region of Tamil Nadu and Kerala have hired from rest of India as well. Have conducted on campus, pooled campus and off campus events with turnout ranging from 300 to 3500 students. Experienced in handling end to end process right from pre-placement talks to post offer connect with the candidates. As part of employer banding initiative, I have conducted various campus engagement activitiesfor crowd size ranging from a few 100s to a maximum of 1300. Have demonstrated excellent relationship building capabilities and anchored collaborative activities with deans and heads of placements of various universities. My profile also gave me the opportunity to train more than 100 senior managers (10+ years of experience) on Competency based Behavioral Interviewing skills. Have undertaken learning & development sessions for employees. Also participated in brandig initiatives which included taking session for children as part of the organization's 'catch them young' initiaitve. A regular contributor for the HRD blog of the organization I work for which has been appreciated by employees of the rank of Senior Vice Presidents. I enjoy the art of public speaking and take active interest in honing this skill of mine by being a part of Toast Masters International club.

Worked as Engineer at Reliance Industries Limited and T.I.M.E. As part of the larger team I developed reports using various Business Intelligence (BI) tools so that the senior management could take informed decisions. During my stint at RIL, I got an opportunity to train managers at manufacturing plants with above 5 years of experience on various reporting tools of BI like SAP BI Analyzer. At T.I.M.E institute, I was part of the marketing team.