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 […]
November 27, 2015
Offline recruitment campaigns

Are online recruitment campaigns enough?

With an abundance of technical tools to help you improve just about any part of the recruitment process, with technology dedicated to: save time / reduce […]