Paul Arsenault
Wakefield
Summary
Results oriented and process driven recruiting leader with a talent for connecting with people and building relationships. Consistently recognized as a strategic leader with the proven ability to organize recruitment teams and staffing operations to meet and exceed corporate objectives. Resourceful decision maker who utilizes non-traditional sourcing methods for finding top talent.
Professional in talent acquisition with comprehensive experience in leading global recruitment strategies. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results, adaptable to changing needs. Skilled in talent sourcing, workforce planning, and leadership development. Known for reliability and strategic thinking.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Global Talent Acquisition
Plume Design, Inc.
07.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: Global SaaS based WiFi optimization, leveraging AI to create a better in home experience for all of your connected devices.
- Reporting to Chief Human Resources Officer
- Completely revamped Talent Acquisition function and team focusing on cost, quality, and speed.
- Successfully saved $3 Million annually while drastically improving on TA metrics.
- Direct a team of 8 global Recruiters located in US, India, Europe, Vietnam, Japan, and Taiwan.
- Managed relationship with Global Employer of Record to help expand and hire in new territories.
- Created the companies first global internship and student program.
- Leverage AI and talent insights to help scope new territories before hiring. I.E. Vietnam and India
- In charge of all high profile/executive searches that include negotiation of complex compensation packages including equity, long term incentive, relocation/sign-on/retention bonuses, and performance driven compensation.
- Maintain full system admin responsibilities for global ATS (Greenhouse) focused on automation, candidate experience, and reporting on metrics to executive leadership team
- Complete quarterly board reporting and recruitment metrics for Insight Partners and Softbank.
Director, Talent Acquisition
Symbotic
04.2016 - 06.2022
- Company Overview: (NYSE: SYM), an automation company that builds custom robotic and software solutions that automate distribution centers for companies across the US and Canada.
- Reporting directly to Chief Human Resources Officer
- Built companywide staffing strategy and process that has delivered more than 400 hires each year.
- Manage 5 recruiters (15 at one time) in both US and Canada that recruit for all departments companywide including but not limited to: Software, Hardware, IT, PMO, Product, Manufacturing, Operations, Support, Sales and G&A.
- Built SLA’s with outside vendors and staffing partners to ensure effectiveness and scalability.
- Designed a university recruiting strategy that extended beyond internships and into partnerships for development and R&D projects.
- Reduced the average time to hire from 60 days to 35.
- Manage and run weekly reports detailing information such as open requisitions, recent hires, recruiter KPI’s, as well as budgeting and forecast.
- Conduct workforce planning analytics to identify high performers in each department and turnover rate to help hire against budget, effectively pipeline, and take a more proactive recruiting approach.
- In charge of all high profile/executive searches that include negotiation of complex compensation packages including equity, long term incentive, relocation/sign-on/retention bonuses, and performance driven compensation.
- Manage all temporary staff hiring across 8 locations and 4 countries (US/Canada/Ukraine/India).
- Successfully completed two integrations of new ATS’s and trained recruiting and hiring staff. Systems implemented were Workday and previously SmartRecruiters.
- Hold weekly and bi-weekly meetings with business unit leaders and finance to ensure all departments are adequately staffed and within budget.
- Cut recruiting agency fees by $1 Million in one calendar year while increasing productivity and effectiveness.
- Implemented new employee referral program that grew referral hires from 10% to 30%.
- Selected, negotiated, and implemented Docusign for recruitment and onboarding that was then adopted companywide for all internal documents and signatures.
- Manage communication on Glassdoor to respond to reviews and provide feedback.
- Attend recruiting/brand marketing events such as TechJam, MeetUps, BoTaTo, Mass Robotics Fair, HubWeek, GraceHopper, WIT, and Battle of the Interns.
Recruiting Lead
Altisource Labs, Boston, MA
11.2014 - 04.2016
- Company Overview: A subsidiary of Altisource Portfolio Solutions (NASDAQ: ASPS) that builds SaaS-based applications and solutions for the mortgage industry.
- Provide full life cycle recruitment for 7 different global business units which included 22 separate hiring managers.
- Oversee the recruitment of 3 additional business units and lead a team of 3 recruiters and 2 coordinators.
- Partner with hiring managers to develop job descriptions and set manageable expectations by providing recruitment data and analysis of local/global market.
- Work closely with HR manager/business partner to determine salary ranges for each opening.
- Administered aptitude/behavioral assessments in form of Wonderlic and Predictive Index to all prospective employees and reviewed the data with each hiring manager.
- Negotiate and deliver compensation packages to candidates and hiring managers prior to hire.
- Ensure that all recruiters provide an exceptional and uniform candidate experience and interview structure for all prospective employees.
- Instill a data driven culture where recruiters and coordinators are accurately tracking each candidate through the steps of the entire recruitment lifecycle.
- Monitor all requisition and candidate data including but not limited to: Time to fill, requisition age, cost per hire, interview/hire ratio, and potential bottle necks for recruiter workload.
Senior Recruiter
Monster Worldwide (RPO Division), Weston, MA
04.2013 - 11.2014
- Company Overview: Premiere job-board company (NYSE: MWW) that also offered recruitment process outsourced as a product where we would partner with anyone from start-up to Fortune 500 to identify and place top-talent.
- Placed talented professionals within Software Development, Infrastructure, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Accounting/Finance, Sales, and Marketing.
- Provided consulting for talent acquisition best practices, compensation/benefits, interview structure/candidate experience.
- Specialized in providing data and analysis to hiring managers and HR business partners to help identify the correct profile and manage expectations.
- Successfully placed permanent/exempt level professionals in Canada, Israel, Hawaii, California, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, Utah, Missouri, Massachusetts, Indiana, Arizona, and Colorado.
- Led, trained, and mentored a team of recruiters to source candidates, conduct phone screens, manage clients, and negotiate salaries.
- Acted as point-of-contact and managed all large accounts pertaining to technology recruiting.
Technical Recruiter
CEI Group, Wakefield, MA
05.2011 - 04.2013
- Company Overview: Family-owned staffing agency for Technology.
- Built and maintained a database of IT professionals at all experience levels for various industries including but not limited to Retail, Insurance, Financial Services, and Software.
- Conducted recruiting meetings at the beginning, middle, and end of each week to track progress and productivity of each member of the team.
- Built relationships with 3rd party vendors and career institutes, attended career fairs, and expanded daily on my professional network to source top talented IT professionals for current and future openings.
- Negotiated salaries and benefit packages between both the company and prospective candidate and delivered temporary and permanent job offers.
- Built relationships with hiring managers for current and prospective clients to effectively relay their hiring needs to my recruiting team.
Recruiter
The Mergis Group (Acquired by Randstad), Boston, MA
01.2008 - 05.2011
- Company Overview: As part of the largest staffing agency in the world, The Mergis group was the Accounting and Finance division.
- Built up and maintained a database (PeopleSoft) of qualified accounting, finance, administrative, and legal professionals at all different experience levels.
- Initiate contact with targeted candidates, interview, develop relationships, and inform them of employment opportunities, consideration, and selection.
- Prepare and coach candidates on the interview process.
- Negotiate temporary and annual salaries with prospective candidates.
- Finished as the top producer in gross profit for first year hires nationwide (40 offices).
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management, Minor in Human Resources
BENTLEY UNIVERSITY
Waltham, MA01.2009
Skills
- Recruiting Tools: Linked-In Recruiter & Talent Insights, Findem AI, Gild, Connectifier, TalentBin, Job Boards, Handshake, Codility, CheckR
- Applicant Tracking Systems: Greenhouse, Workday, Taleo, SmartRecruiters, Avature, PeopleSoft, Adapt
Timeline
Head of Global Talent Acquisition
Plume Design, Inc.
07.2022 - Current
Director, Talent Acquisition
Symbotic
04.2016 - 06.2022
Recruiting Lead
Altisource Labs, Boston, MA
11.2014 - 04.2016
Senior Recruiter
Monster Worldwide (RPO Division), Weston, MA
04.2013 - 11.2014
Technical Recruiter
CEI Group, Wakefield, MA
05.2011 - 04.2013
Recruiter
The Mergis Group (Acquired by Randstad), Boston, MA
01.2008 - 05.2011
Bachelor of Science - Business Management, Minor in Human Resources
BENTLEY UNIVERSITY
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