#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use XML::Simple;
use Data::Dumper;

my $xml=new XML::Simple;

local $/;

my @data= $xml->XMLin( <DATA> );

print Dumper(\@data);

__DATA__
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<staff>
  <employee>
    <name>Pradeep</name>
    <age>23</age>
    <sex>M</sex>
    <department>Coder</department>
  </employee>
  <employee>
    <name>Pradeep</name>
    <age>22</age>
    <sex>M</sex>
    <department>HR</department>
  </employee>
</staff>