
#145 - Arpita Bagchi | How LuxExperience uses AI to make TA more strategic
Arpita Bagchi is Head of Talent Attraction at LuxExperience, where she leads global recruitment for Mytheresa, NET-A-PORTER and MR PORTER, with 600 to 700 hires a year across EMEA, APAC and North America. Before that, she held talent acquisition roles at Micron and zooplus, drove leadership development at Unilever in London and worked across HR business partnering and recruiting in India. Recognized with the HR40under40 award, Arpita focuses on skill-based hiring, AI-enabled recruiting and turning talent acquisition into a true strategic partner for the business. Shownotes 00:00 - Intro & Arpita's journey from India to London and Munich 01:44 - How a talent development background shapes talent attraction 03:35 - Skill-based hiring and talent rubrics built with Gemini Gems 04:56 - Hands-on with LinkedIn Hiring Assistant: input equals output 13:00 - The start date predictor: realistic hiring timelines in Excel 16:56 - How TA becomes a strategic partner instead of a transactional function 20:34 - AI in the next 6 to 12 months and why recruiters won't be replaced Guest Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arpitabagchi/ Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/ Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.com pplwise: https://pplwise.com/















