##

#!/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use lib 'C:/xampp/perl/site/lib';

use HTML::Template;

$ENV{XML_SIMPLE_PREFERRED_PARSER} = 'XML::Parser';
use XML::Simple;
use Data::Dumper;

my $template = HTML::Template->new(filename => 'file');
my $xml = XMLin('file', ForceArray => ['departments']);

my @department = @{ $xml->{position}->{departments} };

$template->param(DEPT => \@deptartment);
print $template->output;

##

##

$VAR1=[
{department => {
'Finance' => {},
'Human Resources' => {}
}
]