September 28, 2016

Twitter as a tool for recruiters, not for recruiting

When I first started working in recruitment, my managers assumed I knew my way around social media because I’m a Millennial. Nothing further from the truth. […]
September 22, 2016

Thoughts on building a community

Over a year ago, when I was based in London, I set up a group called Recruitment Open Community. To be perfectly accurate, I set it […]
August 18, 2016

Thoughts on job titles

Marketing superhero, recruiting ninja, programming rockstar… Crazy job titles is a trend that apparently originated in start-ups. That would make sense for a couple of reasons. […]
July 14, 2016

Thoughts on Culture Fit

I’ve recently visited a new client at their office and keeping in mind they require a dress code slightly more formal than what I’m used to […]
June 29, 2016

Who do you know…? Asking for referrals

I recently read an interesting discussion about asking potential candidates for referrals. All of it started with a poll asking recruiters how many messages they exchange […]
June 13, 2016

Tips for hopeless networkers

As much as I enjoy attending all sorts of events, I am definitely not an “in person networker” by nature. Some people seem to be able […]
May 30, 2016
truBudapest: the view of Budapest

#truBudapest 2016

Last Thursday I had the pleasure of attending #truBudapest to lead a track on talent pipelining and network recruitment. When I say pleasure, I really mean […]
April 27, 2016

How (not) to write an InMail

I got really annoyed by a LinkedIn InMail I received earlier this week. An InMail! Even though my contact details are splattered all over the web. […]
December 2, 2015
Recruitment advertising

Recruitment advertising… we’re doing it wrong.

It would seem that advertising (including recruitment advertising) is a simple enough concept that has the potential to be understood by the general majority of our […]