An De Jonghe (5700+)

Ceo, Ulysses Consulting

Brussels Area, Belgium

Current
  • Founder at TrendQ (Sole Proprietorship)
  • Board member at IBBT (Interdisciplinair Instituut voor Breedband Technologie)
  • HR-expert at Selor
Past
  • Business development B2B (via TrendQ) at Nieuws.be
  • Author, Founder & Speaker at Social Networks Around The World
  • Director at Titans
  • Member at EU Directorate General for Education and Culture
  • Author at Headhunters: Op zoek naar de witte raaf
  • consultant at dart
  • Freelance Interpreter at Federale Overheid ( BOB Belgische Opsporingsbrigade)
Education
  • Solvay Business School
  • Vlaamse Economische Hogeschool (Vlekho)
  • Vlaamse Economische Hogeschool (Vlekho)
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Staffing and Recruiting
Websites

An De Jonghe (5700+)’s Summary

New media consultant & business developer (www.trendq.eu)

Co-owner of a headhunting agency for the ICT market (www.ulysses-consulting.com)

Author of "Social Networks Around The World: how is Web 2.0 changing your daily life?" See http://tinyurl.com/33dqrj

Organizer of ThinkTomorrow.eu, the first European conference on the business value of Social Networks and Web 2.0

Professional speaker on HR, recruitment and Web 2.0 (See www.speakersacademy.nl)

Speaker at the CSN Conference in Amsterdam on November 22nd '07 "Where social networks meet business": www.csnconference.nl

Speaker at the Kennedy Executive Search Summit in New York on October 23-24th '07 "Power Networking for Search Professionals": http://www.kennedyinfo.com/ESS/speakers.html?C=x417OTIaIszXVkG

Guest lecturer at the University of Paraná, Argentina, on September 7-8th '07 "Selección internacionál"

Occasional journalist for IT Professional, 6Minutes, Datanews and others

Keywords: headhunter, ICT, blogger, author, speaker, social networking, book, Web 2.0, online community, virtual network

An De Jonghe (5700+)’s Specialties:

Management, sales & technology
Executive search & Contingency recruitment
More on our current missions at www.ulysses-consulting.com "missions"

Check out the interview by Dave Mendoza
http://sixdegreesfromdave.com/2007/06/17/international-staffing-perspectives-an-de-jonghe-ceo-ulysses-consulting-belgium/


An De Jonghe (5700+)’s Experience

  • Founder

    TrendQ (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

    February 2008Present (1 year 6 months)

    TrendQ helps companies use new media such as social networks to achieve their business goals (e.g. e-recruitment, shortening of sales cycles,..)

  • Board member

    IBBT (Interdisciplinair Instituut voor Breedband Technologie)

    (Government Agency; Internet industry)

    June 2007Present (2 years 2 months)

  • HR-expert

    Selor

    (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

    November 2005Present (3 years 9 months)

    Occasional HR expert for SELOR -the selection agency of the Federal Administration for management positions.

  • Ceo

    Ulysses Consulting

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 1999Present (9 years 9 months)

  • Business development B2B (via TrendQ)

    Nieuws.be

    (Online Media industry)

    August 2008March 2009 (8 months)

    Nieuws.be is a Belgian newsaggregation and distribution website with +2.500 sources in Dutch (major newspapers, magazines, blogs, press releases,...). It contains a B2C and a B2B part, as well as its own online community.
    As part of the startup team my job was to help launch the B2B site and attract Nieuws.be's first commercial partners.

  • Author, Founder & Speaker

    Social Networks Around The World

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    April 2007June 2008 (1 year 3 months)

    Social Networks Around The World (http://worldwidenetworking.ning.com) is an online community for Founders of social networks and Topnetworkers to exchange ideas and information on how to improve the Web 2.0 space. Registration is free but will be limited to people who are truly passionate about online networking.

  • Director

    Titans

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    May 2005February 2008 (2 years 10 months)

  • Member

    EU Directorate General for Education and Culture

    (Government Administration industry)

    October 2007January 2008 (4 months)

    European enterprises need to compete effectively in the global marketplace. The ELAN study, carried out for the European Commission during 2006 by CILT (the UK National Centre for Languages) suggests that there is enormous potential for businesses in Europe to increase their total exports if they invest more in languages and develop coherent language strategies. One of Commissioner Orban's objectives is to explore the concrete contribution that multilingualism can make to growth and jobs.

  • Author

    Headhunters: Op zoek naar de witte raaf

    (Writing and Editing industry)

    September 2006January 2007 (5 months)

    "Headhunters: Op zoek naar de witte raaf" is a book written by a headhunter, for clients, candidates and other headhunters. It gives insight into the world of recruitment and its challenges, with tips for each public: how to recruit candidates online, what to look for when hiring a headhunter, how to prepare for an interview,..
    For the full table of contents and to order, please visit http://www.ulysses-consulting.com/documents/news-items/boek-adj-headhunters.xml

  • consultant

    dart

    (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

    19971999 (2 years)

  • Freelance Interpreter

    Federale Overheid ( BOB Belgische Opsporingsbrigade)

    (Law Enforcement industry)

    October 1997December 1998 (1 year 3 months)

    Worked as a freelance interpretor in Dutch-English-Spanish for the human trade/prostitution division in Brussels and the drugs division in Zaventem airport.


An De Jonghe (5700+)’s Education

  • Solvay Business School

    CEPAC , management , 20042005

  • Vlaamse Economische Hogeschool (Vlekho)

    Master , Information Management , October 2003June 2004

  • Vlaamse Economische Hogeschool (Vlekho)

    licentiate , Interpretation (English-Spanish) , 19921996


Additional Information

An De Jonghe (5700+)’s Websites:

An De Jonghe (5700+)’s Interests:

Information Technology, marketing, real estate, sales, human resources, import/export, e-commerce, logistics, publishing, social networks

An De Jonghe (5700+)’s Groups:

Guberna, Associatie van Bestuurders
VMA
Unizo
Cepac Alumni
The LinkedIn Lions Forum
Voka Halle -Vilvoorde
Voka Antwerpen
Society of Industry Leaders (SIL)

  •    KIVA
  •    E-Marketing Belgium
  •    Web 2.0
  •    EMEA recruiters - knowledge sharing group
  •    NetworkingPros
  •    marzar CEO network
  •    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
  •    IBBT (Belgium)
  •    ThoseinMedia
  •    Friends of the European Union
  •    GroupLinked.com
  •    Innovative Recruitment Forum
  •    Internal Branding
  •    Recruitment Consultants and Staffing Professionals (30.000+)
  •    Online Media Professionals Benelux
  •    CSN Community
  •    linkedHRnl | connecting HR & Change professionals in The Netherlands (3000+)
  •    HRMinfo.net
  •    European Internet Professionals
  •    Brand 3.0
  •    OTYS Recruiters Community
  •    HR Professionals - Benelux Chapter
  •    Enterprise Social Search
  •    Digital Media Entrepreneur
  •    Europe 2.0 - web 2.0, startups, funding, & entrepreneurship in Europe
  •    Diversity @ Selor
  •    Community Beleidsinformatica Leuven (associated with Ekonomika Alumni)
  •    European HR professionals
  •    Ambtenaar 2.0
  •    Think Tomorrow
  •    Data News
  •    Dutch LIONs (Open Networkers)
  •    Business ICT
  •    Online Reputation Management (ORM)
  •    Net Work (ing)
  •    Nieuws.be
  •    Recruitment Community Europe
  •    Social Media Professionals Association
  •    Dutch Work Innovation
  •    Rekruteren
  •    Belgian LIONs (Open Networkers)
  •    ITalos Business Club
  •    Flanders District of Creativity
  •    Social Media Professionals Benelux

An De Jonghe (5700+)’s Honors:

Ended third in the "Jeune Administrateur dynamique" contest organized by the Associatie van Bestuurders in Sept 2006
Hermes contest (organized by Unizo): Second nominee for Vlaams-Brabant


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